Feeling angry tends to come with the territory of loving someone with an addiction.

It is a strong emotion and one of many. Sometimes we try to suppress our anger while other times we feel so angry but we do not even know why.

Today I will go over why it is ok to feel angry but also what holding on to that anger is doing to your body.

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Days, weeks and months of stress adds up. Their addiction is adding to all of the other stress that life brings and you may be feeling that!

If you find that you seem less tolerant, feel more overwhelmed or emotional, you are not crazy or weak. Your stress bucket is probably full. Listen as I explain the stress bucket with 3 tips to starting emptying yours.

Last week I shared my story about how the years of unmanaged stress from my loved one's addiction caused my cortisol to be chronically elevated.

This week I wanted to share some symptoms of chronically elevated cortisol and some tips on how to keep your cortisol regulated. 

Maybe try incorporating one of these tools a day !

Remember the goal is never to have cortisol at zero. Cortisol is a beneficial and necessary hormone. 

If you missed last week find it here

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Episode 16

Years of chronic stress, during my loved one's addiction struggles not only led me feeling overwhelmed, and exhausted, but I did not know that a lot of the reason for this was because I was not supporting my body. 

I began to experience emotional and physical changes in my body due to a dysregulated nervous system and chronically elevated cortisol. Here is some of my story.

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The purpose of this podcast is to support you as you navigate this season of chaos while loving someone with an addiction.

Today I wanted go over my 6 foundations of supporting your body while it is under this chronic stress.

Be the ANCHOR in the sea of turmoil that addiction brings.  ⚓️

You do not need to try to overhaul your life all at once. Take these foundations a little at a time and start with your biggest struggle.

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Episode 4 fight or flight

Lack of sleep and loving someone with an a addiction tend to go hand and hand, unfortunately. 

It seems that as soon as our head hits the pillow, our mind begins to wander.

Your body needs sleep to function and to juggle everything that you need juggle.

Let's get out of survival mode and become the anchor in the sea of chaos that addiction brings.

Today I am giving you some tips to help you and your body get prepared for rest. 

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Addiction is a thief. It steals our loved ones away, it steals your joy and slowly it steals you.

Little by little as their addiction takes over and you become so many things that you did not even sign up for. You may realize that you do not even know who you are anymore.

I urge you to start reconnecting to yourself. Remember that your identity is not their addiction.

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In the sea of our loved ones addiction and substance abuse,  we neglect ourselves including our minds and our bodies. This continues to leave us exhausted and eventually to burnout

To move us out of survival mode we need to support our body in many different ways.

One of the ways is moving it. The chronic stress that we experience shows up as headaches, tension, joint pain, and more. 

 Stress Management is key and movement is just one more way to do this. 

You do not have to feel like you are barely coping while trying to navigate chaos.

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It is easy to jump out of bed and start scrolling, turn on the news, or open the laptop and start checking emails.

When you are under the chronic stress of loving someone with an addiction from substance abuse or alcohol.  Try these 4 simple  morning routines to start your day in a more peaceful way. Begin to go from barely coping to creating safety in your body in moment that you can.

Balanced breakfast ideas in this episode

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When your loved one is struggling with addiction from substance abuse or alcohol it is normal for us to want to rescue them or fix them.  

But what is this doing to your body? Are you carrying more that you need to be? Are you taking on to much and barely coping?

Lack of boundaries leaves us stressed, exhausted and ultimately burnout.

Where can you make changes this week to remind yourself what is your responsibility and what is not your responsibility.

 Ultimately, I want you to become the "anchor" in this sea of turmoil that addiction brings.  Setting healthy boundaries is just one step to becoming that anchor.

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