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Loving An Addict | Al Anon, Stressed, Exhausted, Support, Boundaries, Codependent
By Tara Little| Christian Coach, Self Care Coach, Wellness Coach, Boundaries CoachHealth & FitnessReligion & SpiritualityChristianityEducationSelf-Improvement
Loving An Addict | Al Anon, Stressed, Exhausted, Support, Boundaries, Codependent episodes
- 13/ 4 Simple Tips To Start Your Morning More Peaceful . Especially When Under the Chronic Stress of Addiction
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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15 min - 12/ Why Trying to Rescue Them is Keeping You Exhausted, Stressed and Eventually Burnout
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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12 min - 11/ When You Love Someone With an Addiction From Substance Abuse , Are You Exhausted From Grief?
When you love someone struggling with an addiction from substance abuse or alcohol one of the hardest emotions that many do not talk about is the grief that you experience for someone who is still alive. The stress and exhaustion you may be feeling could be linked to the fact that you are trying to push these feelings away.
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14 min - 10/ Loving Someone With Addiction Leaves You Exhausted: Chronic Stress Effects Explained with Cassie Hutton
Hey there! I am so excited for today's episode. I have with me a special guest, Cassie Hutton.
Cassie is a HTMA Practitioner who helps women heal burnout through holistic, trauma informed functional care.
She is going to talk to you about how the chronic stress of your loved ones addiction from substance abuse or alcohol can be depleting you leaving you burnout and exhausted.
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I hope you enjoy! Connect with me mailto:[email protected]
Connect with Cassie:
👉. Burnout Recovery Workshop Registration:
👉. Download your free guide: The Overwhelm Detox Planner:
👉. Work with Cassie
36 min - 9/ Did Their Substance Addiction Cause Another Stressful Day? Your Body Needs Support At Dinner.
Hi there!
I know that sometimes eating meals or preparing meals is the last thing on our mind but it is key to giving our body the safety it needs and the mental and physical energy it needs during the stress and exhaustion that we experience when we have a loved one with an addiction from substance abuse or alcohol
Today I will give you some simple but nutrient dense dinner meal ideas.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Episode 7
Episode 8
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23 min - 8/ Exhausted Loving Someone With An Addiction ? Is Your Body Getting the Support It Needs Midday?
Hi Friend!
I know that sometimes when we are in the thick of things the last thing that we want to do is eat. Or maybe you want to grab some sugary foods only to cope.
We are under stress, burnout and exhausted from our loved one's addiction from substance abuse or alcohol we want to let our body know that it is safe and that it will be fed.
Today I give you three simple balanced lunch examples to reduce overwhelm but also keep you nourished and supported.
For breakfast ideas check out episode 7
Why Skipping Meals Leaves You Exhausted. Nourishing Yourself Is Self Care
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19 min - 7/ Women Loving Someone With An Addiction from Substance Abuse : Why Skipping Meals Worsens Stress and Exhaustion
Do you find yourself skipping meals because you feel too stressed or exhausted to eat?
Are you finding yourself binging on sugary snacks in the evening to cope with the stress and overwhelm of your loved one's addiction?
Today I want to discuss the importance of nourishing your body with balanced meals to help create safety in your body and nervous system to help prevent burnout.
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20 min - 6/ Walking On Eggshells? How Keeping The Peace With Them Hurts You Leading to Burnout
Today we discuss the last state, the Fawn State of the nervous system.
How people pleasing or enabling during your loved one's addiction from substance abuse or alcoholism is slowly causing you to lose yourself and how to take steps to move out of this state.
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20 min - 5 / When The Chronic Stress and Exhaustion Shuts You Down: The Hidden Toll Of Their Substance Addiction.
In today's episode I talk about the Dorsal state or freeze state of our nervous system.
Months or years of being in the flight or fight state can eventually put your body in a shut down state.
If you are struggling with the stress, exhaustion and feeling burnout out from your loved one's addiction from substance abuse or alcohol you may find that you are in this state.
I give you examples of symptoms you may be experiencing and some tips to pull you out of this including the importance of setting healthy boundaries.
Check out episode 4 if you are wondering if you in the flight or fight state https://healthycopingforchristianwomen.podbean.com/e/4-is-your-loved-ones-addiction-keepingyournervous-systemin-chronic-fight-orflight-here-are-symptons-tolookforplus3-simpletools-tosignal-safety-in-you/
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16 min - 4 / Exhausted From Loving Someone With An Addiction? Calm Your Nervous System From Flight or Fight
`Weeks, months or years of focusing on your loved one's addiction can you put your nervous system in a chronic state of flight or fight. Especially if you do not know what to look for. Are you feeling chronically stressed, exhausted, or burnout?
Are you setting healthy boundaries for yourself?
Listen up for some symptoms that can help you determine if this is happening to you.
Also, 3 simple tools that you can try to bring your body back to safety.
I hope to help you avoid the years of mistakes that I made so that you can become an ANCHOR in the Sea of turmoil of addiction
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Remember take the time to turn the focus to you
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About Loving An Addict | Al Anon, Stressed, Exhausted, Support, Boundaries, Codependent
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*** Top 5% Globally Ranked Podcast***
Hey friend! I am Tara a faith led wellness coach and I too love an addict.
For over two decades. I spent most of my time on a mission to cure my loved one from his addiction. I spent years trying to get him into rehab centers, visiting him in jail, moving him from house to house, being the go to person to try to take some burden off of my family, looking up natural ways to "cure" him, obsessing about it really. His addiction became my addiction in a sense.
All of this time I did NOTHING to take care of me. I ignored my needs. I ignored my body to the point I was completely disconnected from it. Until it began screaming out loud and made me listen.
I was stressed, exhausted and eventually burnt out. I had no idea why I had lost my resilience. Why were little things so hard. Why was a crying all of time. Why was I gaining so much weight when I had not changed anything in my eating. Why was I tired but wired. Why had I lost interest in anything that I used to love. Why was I waking up at 3 am? And eventually why could I not get off the couch.
I could not help myself it seemed let alone even think about helping my loved one anymore.
After years of prayer, study and self reflection. The reason was clear. I had focused so much of my energy on my loved one and everyone else, that I forgot about myself.
Not once did I consider what I need in order to take care of my self through while coping with his addiction.
I had no idea that self care should have been my priority. My body had had enough neglect and it shut me down.
So now I am here for you. I am here to remind you that YOU matter. YOU need self care. YOU need boundaries. YOU need to fuel yourself. YOU need to rest. YOU need all of the things that you feel that they need and more.
You need to be an ANCHOR in the sea of turmoil that addiction brings. You did not choose this. You can not control this. You can prioritize yourself though. No one else will. It is not selfish. It is necessity. It is survival.
This podcast is for you. The woman who loves an addict. Who feels she is alone in this. Who does not recognize herself anymore. Who has no peace or joy. Who feels like self care feels selfish and impossible during this season.
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