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Season 7 Begins: Releasing the Inner Critic and Choosing Self-Compassion in 2026

As Season 7 of the Recover Your Soul Podcast begins, I invite you into a deeper conversation about healing self-judgment and choosing a more compassionate relationship with yourself.

The spiritual path to a happy and healthy life is not linear. For many of us, the journey into healing begins through codependency, people pleasing, over-functioning, and self-abandonment. We learn early on to take care of others, to stay small, and to silence our own needs in order to feel safe or loved. Over time, this creates an inner critic that speaks harshly in the name of protection.

In this episode, I reflect on how the Recover Your Soul Process invites us to gently uncover these patterns, understand where they came from, and release what no longer serves us. As we step into 2026 and a new season, we are being called to move beyond awareness and into embodiment, living from our wholeness rather than our wounds.

I also share my own experience of how self-compassion, honesty, and spiritual practice allow real healing to occur by choosing kindness and truth instead of self-judgment.

In this episode, we explore:

• How codependency and people pleasing lead to self-abandonment
• The role of the inner critic as a learned protector
• Using the Recover Your Soul Process to release old patterns
• Choosing self-compassion as a spiritual practice
• Stepping into a new cycle of healing and

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While I am away this month, I’m sharing another listener-favorite replay from the Recover Your Soul Bonus Podcast. This episode comes from our reflections on Al-Anon through the lens of the Recover Your Soul Process, exploring one of the most life-changing shifts on this journey: the surrender that frees us from codependency.

So many of us have lived in the exhausting cycle of trying to fix, control, or anticipate someone else’s behavior. We analyze every interaction. We hold silent resentments. We tense our bodies hoping we can make everything okay. But eventually the strain becomes too much. We feel tired. We feel defeated. And we know something has to change.

In today’s episode, we reflect on a powerful reading from In All Our Affairs that asks the simple, courageous question:
Am I willing to give up the struggle?

This invitation isn’t resignation. It’s remembering your own wholeness and handing back what was never yours to carry. It’s letting go of the quiet contempt, the overthinking, the need to understand every detail, and the belief that your safety depends on managing someone else’s life.

When we choose surrender, we choose peace.
When we stop trying to control the uncontrollable, something softens.

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This week, while I am away, I’m sharing a replay from the Recover Your Soul Bonus Podcast. Together, we explore one of the tender teachings from Al-Anon through the lens of Recover Your Soul, the quiet courage it takes to stop pretending you’re fine and to gently return to yourself.

Many of us learned to people-please as a way to stay safe. We tried to hold the family together, soften the edges for everyone else, and become whatever version of ourselves we thought was needed in the moment. And over time, that way of living can pull us farther and farther away from our own truth, our own voice, and even our own feelings.

In this episode, we reflect on a beautiful reading from In All Our Affairs about “the obligation to be myself.” We look at what it means to slowly release the façade, to feel what you feel without managing the emotions of everyone around you, and to begin discovering who you truly are and not who you learned to be.

Through my perspective in Recover Your Soul, we look at
 • why authenticity is part of spiritual awakening
 • how people-pleasing keeps us disconnected from our true selves
 • why detachment creates space for everyone’s growth
 • the difference between being “nice” and being whole
 • how to honor your feelings without laying them on others
 • and what it means to walk through your life as the real you

If this conversation resonates with you, I invite you to subscribe on Apple Podcasts or become a member on Patreon, where you receive a new Recover Your Soul Bonus episode every week. It’s a beautiful way to deepen your practice and stay connected to this supportive community.

This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not allied or representative of any organizations or religions, but is based on the opinions and experience of Rev. Rachel Harrison or guests. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein. Take what you need and leave the rest.

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What do you do when someone you love is hurting and you cannot fix it?
This episode explores one of the most challenging spiritual lessons, learning to detach with love. Through the lens of both Al-Anon and the Recover Your Soul process, we look at how to witness another’s pain without absorbing it, rescuing them, or losing yourself in the process.

We reflect on trusting each soul’s journey, creating compassionate boundaries, and choosing your own peace even when the people you love are struggling. This is tender, sacred work, and it reminds us that we are held by something greater still.

This episode is from the Recover Your Soul Bonus Podcast earlier this year, and if this episode resonates with you, I invite you to become an Apple Podcast subscriber or Patreon member. You’ll receive an extra Recover Your Soul episode every Friday and have access to an entire library of deeper teachings, meditations, and spiritual reflections.

Thank you for being part of the Recover Your Soul community.

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This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not allied or representative of any organizations or religions, but is based on the opinions and experience of Rev. Rachel Harrison or guests. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein. Take what you need and leave the rest.

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As we close out 2025, I want to invite you to take a gentle moment to recognize how much you’ve grown.

When you’re recovering from codependency, people-pleasing, and the habit of trying to manage everything around you, progress often shows up in quiet ways. A pause before reacting. A boundary you were once afraid to set. A moment of choosing peace over control. These shifts matter. They are the foundation of the Recover Your Soul Process.

In this episode, we look back together at the small but powerful changes that shape an entirely new way of being. Whether you arrived here through Al-Anon, through a painful relationship pattern, or through a longing to feel more connected to yourself, I want you to see just how far you’ve already come.

We talk about awakening, the year’s energetic shifts, and why so many sensitive souls are feeling called to release old stories and step into deeper truth. You are not alone. You are part of something unfolding, and your healing is part of that greater transformation.

Let this episode be a reminder: you are doing the work. You are waking up. And you deserve to feel proud of the courage it takes to reclaim your own life.

Until next time,
 Rev Rachel

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The holidays have a way of bringing everything to the surface - the joy, the love, the tenderness, and also the old stories, the anxieties, and the patterns we thought we were done with. Being around family gives us a front-row seat to our operating system, the parts of us that still tighten, protect, or try to keep the peace.

In this episode of Recover Your Soul, I talk about the real spiritual work of being with family while staying connected to yourself. We explore how to actually feel your feelings rather than suppress them, how to listen to the information they carry, and how to recognize when you’ve slipped into old roles of managing, pleasing, or fixing.

This is the heart of the Recover Your Soul Process - learning to turn inward with curiosity and compassion, letting the emotions arise without judgment, and allowing others to be exactly who they are.

My hope is that these reflections help you stay rooted in yourself through the holiday season - not armored, not shut down, but present, awake, and open to the deeper healing that is always happening beneath the surface.

You are allowed to feel what you feel. You are allowed to honor your needs. And you are allowed to let others walk their own path while you stay connected to your own light.

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As we enter the holiday season, many of us feel the familiar pull of old patterns… the pressure to keep everyone happy, the fear of conflict, and the overwhelm of family dynamics. In this episode, we explore how gratitude can become a powerful spiritual tool. Not for fixing anyone else, but for staying grounded, present, and connected to your own inner peace.

I share simple Recover Your Soul practices you can use before, during, and after family gatherings to help you soften, breathe, release control, and return to yourself. These tools support you in choosing presence over perfection, compassion over judgment, and allowing over absorbing. You will learn more about:

• gratitude as a lens that dissolves judgment
• moving from control to spiritual sovereignty
• holiday triggers, expectations, and old roles
• powerlessness over others, power over self
• family systems, secrecy, and generational healing
• micro-gratitude and grounding practices
• a separation-and-Thanksgiving boundary scenario
• meditation as steady support for calm presence
• choosing love, compassion, acceptance over fixing

If the holidays feel complicated, this conversation offers an opening to experience more peace, clarity, and gratitude - no matter what unfolds around you.

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Many of us arrive here because someone we love is struggling - addiction, depression, or the weight of life - and we’ve carried it all, believing we had to fix it. But what if the moments that feel like collapse, yours or theirs, are actually the opening your soul has been waiting for?

In this episode, we explore how “wall-hitting moments” can shift us from fear and managing to witnessing and allowing. I share from my own recovery from alcoholism and years of codependency, and how everything changed when I turned inward and began to recover my soul.

In this episode I talk about: 

• seeing someone else’s rock bottom as an invitation for your own awakening
• moving from control to compassion
• the difference between accepting and allowing
• trusting each person’s unique soul path
• finding your center even when others are not okay

My hope is that this conversation helps you soften, breathe, and come back to yourself remembering that your healing does not depend on someone else changing. You are guided, held, and never alone on this journey.

Join me and the Recover Your Soul community as we walk this path of awakening together.

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Are You Helping or Enabling? Finding Peace in Loving Detachment

It’s such a fine line - the space between helping and enabling - and that line looks different for every one of us.

In this episode, I talk about what it means to love and care for someone without losing ourselves in the process. In the Recover Your Soul journey, we’re learning to see through a new perception - one that honors the soul’s path, both ours and theirs.

Sometimes what we call “helping” is actually keeping someone from the discomfort or consequences they need to experience to grow. And sometimes, it truly is right to offer support. There’s no single answer. The work is to slow down, connect with your higher self, and listen for the truth that comes from your most healed and awakened heart.

As we recover, we begin to understand that suffering to save someone else doesn’t serve them - and it doesn’t serve us either. Real love allows others to walk their own journey while we stay centered in our peace, trust, and compassion.

If you’ve been trying to help someone and feel torn about what’s “right,” this conversation is for you.
Because Recovering Your Soul isn’t about getting it perfect — it’s about learning to love in a new way.

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What does it really mean to Recover Your Soul?

In this episode, I walk you through the updated 9-Step Recover Your Soul Process to Healing and Awakening™ -a spiritual path to a happy and healthy life. These nine steps were born from my own recovery from alcoholism, codependency, people-pleasing, and control addiction, and from the awakening that came when I finally stopped trying to fix everyone else and turned the attention to myself and my own healing journey.

This process is for anyone who’s ready to release control, let go of old patterns and stories, and discover a new sense of peace and purpose. Each step offers a way to move from fear to faith, from confusion to clarity, and from pain to the freedom of living as your authentic, awakened self.

Recover Your Soul™: The 9-Step Micro Teachings (Visit the website for the full description for each step)

1. Ready for Awakening - Recognize the Call
 2. Release Control - Surrender the Struggle
 3. Discover Unhealthy Patterns - See the Stories
 4. Open to Co-Creating - Trust in the Divine Partnership
 5. Release Old Patterns - Let Go and Heal
 6. Embrace New Beliefs - Reclaim Your Truth
 7. Align with a New Perception - See Through the Eyes of Love
 8. Deepen Your Spiritual Practice - Live in Sacred Presence
 9. Shine Your Light - Be the Light You Are
This is your invitation to join

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This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not allied or representative of any organizations or religions, but is based on the opinions and experience of Rev. Rachel Harrison or guests. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein. Take what you need and leave the rest.

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