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My guest today is my life partner Paul Gemme. Paul got sober in 1985 when he turned 38 yrs old and his whole life changed in every way. In recovery he was able to get in touch with his creativity and after helping people get clean and sober for 15 years as a counselor, he picked up many other skills along the way. He learned to build drums and flutes, then canoes, kayaks and other boats while becoming a leader in the non-profit world. In more recent years he’s turned to photography, motorcycle touring and bread making because the creativity never ends.

You can reach Paul on his FB photo blog called Barns Along the Way.

You can find the book that Paul was a co-author for here: Practice: Wisdom from the Downward Dog, where he tells the story about dealing with the loss of his beloved sister to cancer and what she asked him to do.

Click here to find out more about COMEGA, the Connecticut Men’s Gathering where there is a retreat twice a year to help men get in touch with their deep masculine energy.

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My guest today is Peter Faulk, a man of many talents,  a director of marketing, a father, a musician and sober for over 8 years now. Peter is also the creator of Soberworld.org and is on a mission to raise the awareness of the disease and its side effects as well as educating young people BEFORE it becomes a go-to fix for what ails them.

Soberworld was created to sustain his recovery outside of the meeting world so he wanted to have something that was part of his every day mindset and thinking. It’s was a way to give back and keep the focus going in a positive direction.

The whole project has morphed into the building of a message and a methodology to help the world and society with this huge problem of underage usage of drugs and alcohol. We loose 3 million people globally to death by alcohol. In the USA we loose close to around 90K each year to alcohol related deaths. Peter was researching the fundamental cause and he came to understand that all of our fixes are on the backend of the disease instead of before it starts.

Peter came to the realization that we basically have a thinking problem before we ever get a drinking problem. Soberworld is helping to educate the younger generation about this very addictive substance we pump into our brains to hyperstimulate our brains which happens to be to their detriment. Not to mention the HUGE financial impact which you’ll hear about in this very interesting episode.

You can find Peter at www.Soberworld.org

#soberworldorg 

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My fellow entrepreneur, Cindy Morgan Jaffe, is a Money Coach and Recovery Coach in the DC area. Cindy helps people overcome the shame of struggling with addiction of any kind and helps other parents of addicts. She teaches the tools of mental fitness to make sure we stay on track for a balanced and positive life with money and self-care in leadership.

Cindy is also a financial educator who has worked across sectors, led organizations and teams, and started several businesses over the years. She has a Masters in Education and Human Development from George Washington University and in the process of being certified as a Positive Intelligence Coach.

You may visit her website at www.morganjaffe.com to check out a pilot program that she’s launching for 18-24 yrs old called The Substance Abuse Peer Support Group - 6-8 people - Designed to help a very needed subset of young adults. 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Making Peace With Money by Jarrold Mundis

My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem 

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Robin Clare was a colleague of mine over 20 years ago when we worked in corporate education in Hartford. We’ve remained friends these many years and now Robin is an intuitive coach, writer, the author of 5 books, and is in touch daily with her Divine Guidance. I have so much respect for her consistent work on her Recovery from an eating Disorder because she works a spiritual program of her own design.

Robin H. Clare has lived a magical, mystical journey that fostered a shift from just being on her spiritual path to fulfilling her divine destiny.

She has documented her fascinating journey as a spiritual channel in her best-selling books and shares this wisdom in her popular talks and Hungry for Answers radio show & podcast.

Robin is committed to helping clients achieve their life goals through her writing and life coaching programs. She was selected as a 10Best Coach and 10Best Energy Healer in the 2017-2020 CT Readers Polls.

Here’s how to reach Robin Clare and learn all about her and how she can help you: Clare-ity Website

Here is a link to Robin’s Hungry For Answers: From Recovery to Your Ultimate Life Podcast.

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My guest today is a very spiritual man, Charles Mitchell, who helps newly sober addicts and alcoholics find jobs in a program he runs at the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce. Charles spent 20 years in and out of prison and recalls that fateful day when he surrendered and felt truly free for the first time even though he was back in prison.

Charles has been sober since July 3, 2006, and works at the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce in Middletown, CT. You can reach him at [email protected].

Charles is also the author of his book called Under Attack Since Birth that you should check out!

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My guest today is Holly Hartman and she is the founder of the Solo Date Challenge on FB which has over 1000 women around the world. She helps to empower women to date themselves through intentional solo dating, no matter their relationship status. Holly recently started the Solo Date Challenge Podcast and is also an author of a collaborative book that is an international bestseller. She has been sober since 2009.

Holly’s challenge helps women learn to love themselves. She is a survivor of domestic violence and covert abuse and wrote a chapter in a collaborative book called I Am: How To Release The Shame of Narcissistic Abuse and Transform Financial Poverty to Wealth Beyond Numbers,  which is now an international bestsellers list. She is an advocate for women to heal from toxic relationships and families. Holly has been sober since Oct 3, 2009.

While at first in college she was the designated driver, Holly eventually realized that alcohol could take away her social anxiety. So she ended up drinking heavily through college until she got pregnant with her first child and then quit for a couple of years until going through a divorce. Then she began drinking again for 3 more years before she realized she needed to quit drinking for good.

Holly teaches about the free tools that we have access to live a life free of drugs and alcohol. Such as:

·        Know your values

·        Create good boundaries

·        Review your character defects and patterns to have awareness

·        Connection and healing through relationships

·        Practicing humility

·        Have faith and trust in Divine Intervention

·        Keep growing even if it’s uncomfortable

You can reach Holly Hartman at www.SoloDateChallenge.com to find links to the FB group and all the programs she offers.

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This episode is a solo podcast where I share a couple of stories about having faith and what I believe faith is and why it has served me so well.

My first story is about how I met my husband when he figuratively and literally planted a seed in my heart long before we fell in love. It was a miracle, how it happened, and now faith is the foundation of our relationship. On our wedding invitation, we had the words “Walking with God in the Service of Love and Truth.”

The next story is about how I asked God for help in deciding how to change my life and improve it for the better. First I got a direct message from a very unlikely animal spirit guide and after I followed the advice The Universe tested my faith by throwing many obstacles in my path which changed me spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally, and financially. Crazy scary year in 2001. Then it happened again in 2013 & 2014. And again in 2020 and 2021, the year of the pandemic. 

We will get through this and we will be stronger! But ONLY if we stay connected and have faith. I can show you how.

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Sober since she was 24 years old, my guest Marin Nelson, chose the road of recovery 15 years ago. Marin has created an awesome life for herself which has impacted many others. She, along with 3 other sober leaders at SalesForce created an affinity group at work called SoberForce which now has almost 300 members! This is a huge breakthrough to eliminate the stigma of alcoholism and is a fantastic model for others organizations to follow suit.

Marin is a wonderful example of how recovery can add so much to your career and provide so much wisdom when and if you choose to step into Leadership. Her career path has been a steady climb up the ladder in sales and then into a leadership role in Salesforce where the culture and the values are in alignment with who she is. She started as an individual contributor and has since accepted a position as the Regional Vice President. She leans heavily on the work she has done in recovery which translates well in leadership skills. Skills such as empathy, authenticity, listening, core values, and providing service to others which have built deep trust within her team.

You can find Marin Nelson on LinkedIn here. Please contact Marin if you’d like to create a Sober Affinity group at YOUR company. She can help you.

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Thank you for listening and being a part of a supportive community to help people with solid recovery step into leadership. If you liked this episode, please don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show HERE through Apple Podcasts, or HERE if you’re an Android user, and help us spread the word about this inspiring free content. 

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Schedule a free consultation with me today and let's get you going again:

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My guest today is Suzanne Logan and she’s from British Colombia and has been sober since 1991. She is a mother, foster mother, and sponsor. Suzanne also runs her own Seek Purpose Podcast — about finding your path to purpose once you found your pathway to recovery, and a yearly event called Just 4/24.

She also wrote her first book/guide last year called Seek Intimacy, Connecting through Communication. Suzanne has so much to share about walking through pain and healing her 30-year marriage and having a profound spiritual experience in the 11 years of sobriety.  

Listen to this episode to know more about her story and how she’s able to overcome her struggles to finally achieve the healing that she needed.

Click the links to connect with Suzanne thru Seek Purpose’s Facebook Page or visit www.seekpurposenow.com for their latest Podcast episodes and blogs.

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My guest today is Kenneth whom I met on LinkedIn after seeing a post that went viral where he was celebrating his 4 years clean and sober. Kenneth got in trouble after getting out of the military because he became addicted to cocaine so he could drink more, and began dealing it. He says that going to prison was the best thing that ever happened to him because he was able to focus on his personal growth and create a vision for his future company.

Kenneth is 4 years sober and currently, the President of Ameriton Freight & Logistics, a professional freight brokerage firm providing logistics services for businesses in the US and Canada where he started in 2020 after being in the industry since 2001. His purpose is to fill lives with optimism and work to engender positive self-worth and believes that every person has a purpose and wants to help them see that for themselves by providing his personal stories of hardship, failure, and the reinvention of himself to guide them away from negativity and toxic environments.

You can connect with Kenneth on LinkedIn here, or you visit his website at Ameritonfreight.com 

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