Love Letters and Mixtapes

A love letter from my heart to yours. I want you to know that it's okay to not be okay right now. If you are feeling isolated, lonely, misunderstood, disconnected, anxious or simply just confused, then this episode is for you.

We all have things we think we can't or shouldn't say out loud - feelings too big for our bodies. 

I hope you know that there's room for you here.

There's room for all of you.

Sometimes, it's the worst or most unattractive things about us, the things we think will push people away, which end up being exactly what someone else needs to hear to feel safe, seen, and connected.

Something to think about at the end of the world (and the start of a new one).

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Step 9 

"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."

What is needed to make intentional and impactful amends?

clarity

humility

acceptance

willingness

trust

Are we living the promises and expecting the 12 steps to simply unfold in our lives, or are we working the 12 steps and allowing the promises to unfold in our lives? What is the difference?

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Are we attempting to think our way into good actions or acting our way into good thinking?

In this episode, we explore embodiment practices and the impact they can have on our self-esteem, our perception, and our relationships. Together, we move out of "trying" and into "being."

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Step 8

"Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and become willing to make amends to them all."

How do we begin the process of getting back into right relationship with our family, friends, co-workers, and romantic partners?

Step 8 is a journey toward willingness, humility, community, and connection. 

The obstacles we encounter on this journey can look like:

being unwilling to see how we have harmed others

a reluctance to forgive others

purposeful forgetting

rewriting the past

But, if we can move through these obstacles, this step leads us out of isolation and into connection.

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We have all had moments when it was difficult to look at ourselves in the mirror, when it was a challenge to be accountable for our own behavior, and when the story we told ourselves about a situation was so much louder than reality.

Why are we running away from ourselves?

How does this impact our relationships? 

How does this impact our physical, mental, and emotional health?

In this episode, we explore coming back home to ourselves and strengthening our ability to access connection and vulnerability in our relationships.

"I am personally convinced that the basic search of every human being, from the cradle to the grave, is to find at least one other human being before whom he can stand completely naked, stripped of all pretense or defense, and trust that person not to hurt him, because that other person has stripped himself naked, too.”

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Step 7

"Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings."

What is humility?

How can it change our lives?

This step moves us out of self-will and towards our Higher Power.

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We have all had experiences in our lives where we felt stuck on something that occurred in the past. Sometimes it feels as if our wounds simply won't heal. This episode explores four practices to support us as we heal what we think can't be healed. 

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Step Six

“Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.”

In this step, we come face to face with our distorted perceptions about many things including:

readiness

a higher power

grandiosity and weaponized perfectionism

character defects, strengths, survival skills, and limitations

Welcome to the Sunday Morning Sobriety Series! Many of you have reached out to me with questions about physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional sobriety. And so I thought that I would add a mini-episode every Sunday morning to explore aspects of sobriety and all the different modalities and practices that we have come to know about healing and recovery from any kind of addiction.

I am by no means the final word on sobriety and recovery, but I am happy to share what I know, keep the conversation open, and stay curious and teachable. So whether it is sobriety from drugs, alcohol, or behaviors that are impacting your ability to function like gambling addiction or sex addiction, whether you are curious about mental and emotional sobriety from people places and things, or you identify as an adult child of an alcoholic, addiction, or dysfunctional family, this space on Sunday mornings is for you.

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In this episode, we explore humility, intention, action, and impact. 

Are we perseverating on the past? 

Is our integrity at the mercy of outside circumstances?

What story do we tell ourselves about who we are in the world?

We break down the phrase "I am less than the actions I take" and use what we learn to remove limits in our lives.

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Step Five

“Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” 

A difficult but necessary part of sobriety and peace of mind, this step introduces us to honesty, openness, and willingness in action. We begin to shift our relationships with God, other people, and ourselves. We chip away at our sense of isolation, receive forgiveness and learn how to give it. We gain honesty and realism about ourselves and learn about humility and the danger of rationalization. 

Welcome to the Sunday Morning Sobriety Series! Many of you have reached out to me with questions about physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional sobriety. And so I thought that I would add a mini-episode every Sunday morning to explore aspects of sobriety and all the different modalities and practices that we have come to know about healing and recovery from any kind of addiction.

 I am by no means the final word on sobriety and recovery, but I am happy to share what I know, keep the conversation open, and stay curious and teachable. So whether it is sobriety from drugs, alcohol, or behaviors that are impacting your ability to function like gambling addiction or sex addiction, whether you are curious about mental and emotional sobriety from people places and things, or you identify as an adult child of an alcoholic, addiction, or dysfunctional family, this space on Sunday mornings is for you.

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