Adam founder of Mind Body & Sole UK & Denise producer and host of Life Beyond Our Wildest Dreams Recovery Podcast have joined forces for mental health and addictions by creating a once a month drop in centre on zoom each month will feature a guest speaker this month Nov 18 meeting will be Wendy Blanchard Motivational speaker and author and founder of harmonioushealth4life.com look forward to seeing you there if you experience anxiety depression or addiction please drop by we recover together

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Wendy shares her story of a 40 year drug addiction and now her 9 years of her integrated recovery she shares the importance of mental Health and self care checks and she has earned many degrees and certifications but what she has earned most is the love and respect of her children and her grandchildren They Have the gift of only see her in recovery now she discusses the importance of mental health and substance use disorder and co occurring disorders Her book to be released in dec 2021 is titled WRITE PRAY RECOVER check out her website harmonioushealth4life.com for all her workshops and integrated recovery tools

We discuss candidly mental health recovery from. Depression resulted specifically from deep grief and life’s losses infertility and the death of a child chris shares her experiences with depression the cultural expectations and finding safe recovery spaces amazing woman a solid support to the recovery posse community really don’t want to miss hearing her share please show your appreciation by going to podcast at apple and leaving a written review letting our guests know they are making a difference subscribe while you are there

If you are adopted and in recovery and struggled with these issues this is a great book on addiction adoption child sex abuse prostitution and most importantly ….healing in recovery we do recover a day at a time and do get to live a life beyond our wildest dreams

This episode for our recovery on mental Health looks at the organization NAMI a walk through of all the mental health resources available from weekly meetings to peer support to training on line a great resource for dual diagnosis like myself with addiction and anxiety and depression Rachel is a fierce advocate really worth a listen we are trying to make resources available so people do not have to suffer in silence or alone please listen subscribe and leave a written rating on apple

A wonderful conversation with founder of Mind body & sole uk a non profit organization helping those in need through financial support and sports Adam is clean and sober for 5 years from alcohol and cocaine and during covid he created this safe space for men seeking recovery his logo on his merchandise is based on the mind and his love of the adidas casual culture he along with Matt ship merchandise all over the world the funds all going completely to the people in need a heart warming interview of how one man who from his own experience decided to reach out and help others and what he has found is peace of mind healthy body and a big soul (and sole) one person lifting another up a person at a time and if you love football for sure give a listen a humble man just passing g along what was freely given to him look for him on Twitter Facebook Instagram Or email [email protected]

Exploring issues of addiction and mental health juggling our recoveries candid discussion with @d_cappy aka Dave he discusses his coping techniques and controlling his environment and most important how pausing and breathing helps in the moment to bring relief and you will not want to miss this episode of raw courage and inspiration everyone who listens to this episode helps us to remove the stigma of mental health

We welcome back to the podcast Dr Gigi Langer to discuss further in part 2 who to Trust in recovery who to surround ourselves with and how to change our negative and harmful self talk and how to peel the layers of our recovery a layer at a time all tips from her book 50 ways to worry less and info on her upcoming events Her 5 week book group a personal journey through her book coming in January 2022 Upcoming sober holidays and how to deal with people places and things with support another amazing chat with Gigi who is sober 32 years

Award winning Aurhor Lisa Boucher discusses with me being immersed in alcoholism her entire life she talks about the books key points Family disease her mothers recovery of 30 yrs her own recovery 32 years her being a liaison with the medical professionals in re to alcoholism as she is a registered nurse And she discusses the high bottom alcoholics and women alcoholics experiences a great chat and a great educational episode please listen subscribe and don’t forget to rate on the platform you listen on enjoy another story of a life beyond our wildest dreams

Darren shares some of his daily disciplines that make him successful in his recovery now 2 years sober we discuss his work with Forward Trust he shares pushing himself out of his comfort zone and doing things that only being in recovery allows him to do so if you are new not a stepper don’t think this recovery won’t work for you listen to Darren he also is working with LGBTQ so contact him if you need help and are in the UK @dazlarr on Twitter or contact me and I will get a message to him an amazing young man shows you do the work and you can see daily changes you will see you don’t need to have years of recovery to reap the benefits