Everything Sacred

Getting sober changed the direction of my life. But sobriety alone didn't answer a much bigger question:

What actually creates lasting transformational change?

In this episode of Everything Sacred, Tiberius Ryuu (Joshua Wagner) shares some of the origins of Threshold Reorganization™ — a self-guided framework for understanding transformational change.

The story begins with the early struggle to get sober and the role 12-step recovery played in that process. But eventually, recovery reached a threshold of its own. Getting sober had solved an immediate and potentially deadly problem, but there was still much more to understand about changing the patterns, identity, relationships, environment, and ways of living that surrounded it.

After eventually finding something that worked, another question emerged:

Why did it work?

Over the last several years, that question has led to an effort to reverse-engineer the map — examining the process of lasting personal transformation through neuroscience, psychology, behavioral science, social systems, ecology, philosophy, and our long human history of navigating major life transitions.

That exploration eventually became Threshold Reorganization™.

This episode isn't a rejection of 12-step recovery or an argument for one universal path to sobriety. It's the story of what happened when one path took me as far as it could — and the search for a deeper understanding of what came next.

In this episode:
• The early struggle to get sober
• What 12-step recovery provided — and where it stopped being enough
• The difference between sobriety and broader transformational change
• Searching for the mechanisms behind lasting change
• The origins of Threshold Reorganization™
• Why environment, identity, behavior, relationships, and meaning may all matter

Everything Sacred explores spirituality, psychology, recovery, philosophy, identity, culture, and the search for meaning.

Learn more about Threshold Reorganization™, The Rite of Becoming, The Path of Becoming series, and Awen Awakenings at awenawakenings.com.

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Today is an experiment. I'm recording more stream of consciousness on a handheld recorder while going about my normal day to day routine. Warning, there is a fair amount of background noise, and this has very little editing. I'm going more for authentic sharing and less polished studio sound is the trade off. Please do let me know if you enjoy this format, or if the background noise is just too much. In this episode, I talk about how my new book series 'The Path of Becoming" came to be and also how you can request free digital downloads of all six books.

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This episode we talk about living a principled life and make the tough moral assessments of self. Some language in this episode can be triggering to some people. Proceed with caution.

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 Trigger warning! Discussion includes sensitive topics such as physical, mental and sexual abuse, violence, drug addiction and suicide. In part four of this four part series, Tiberius explores the promise of living with new perspective and new freedom. He shares some of his own experience with this transformational process. 

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 Trigger warning! Discussion includes sensitive topics such as physical, mental and sexual abuse, violence, drug addiction and suicide. In part three of this four part series, Tiberius explores strategies for gaining insight and new perspectives as it relates to past events and trauma. 

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 Trigger warning! Discussion includes sensitive topics such as physical, mental and sexual abuse, violence, drug addiction and suicide. In part two of this four part series, Tiberius explores the development of new communication strategies as an essential step in overcoming trauma. He shares some of his own experience with communication and offers a brief introduction to Transactional Analysis.

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Trigger warning! Discussion includes sensitive topics such as physical, mental and sexual abuse, violence, drug addiction and suicide. In part one of this four part series, Tiberius explores the idea of honesty and deep self inventory as an essential step in overcoming trauma. He shares some of his own experience with trauma and the distorted perception of reality that allowed the effects of trauma to linger for many years.

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Tiberius discusses a chapter from the book "the Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff, "Cottleston Pie".  We explore the application of Taoist principles as it relates to embracing change in the form of healing processes.

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Tiberius is joined by guest Samara Powers to discuss the transition into clergy work and what it means to be in service to community.

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Tiberius Ryuu explores some common definitions of Spirituality and shares his views of what it means to put spirituality into practice.

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