Recovering From Reality

In today's episode, I am doing a solo Q+A where I dive into the following topics…

- Self-sabotaging in relationships with family member and friends

- My crystal recommendations (smokey quartz, clear quartz, rose quartz, amethyst, selenite, black turmaline, obsidian, red jasper, lapis lazuli, moldavite, and tiger’s eye to name a few) and how to cleanse your crystals

- Connecting with your spirituality and my tips for embarking on your own religious journey

- Navigating your recovery and a career

- Working through shame surrounding addiction recovery

- Emotional sensitivity and sitting in the discomfort of our current reality

 

Mentioned in this week's episode...

- Sign up for the Sacred Sunday Newsletter on recoveringfromreality.com

- RFR Merch

- Loving Thyself Rocks on Etsy and Instagram

- Neville Goddard: The Complete Reader

- Agape International Spiritual Center

- Science of Mind 365 by Ernest Holmes

- How to Know God by Deepak Chopra

- The Medicine Bag by Don Jose Ruiz

- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

- The Places that Scare You

 

 

 

Follow Alexis (@itsalexishaines), join our Facebook group, and follow @recoveringfromreality on Instagram to stay up to date on all things RFR! You can also enroll in Alexis’ Life Reset Course at liferesetcourse.com to learn the exact, tools to recover from limiting and self- sabotaging beliefs, thoughts, emotions, feelings and behaviors and replace them with new ones that will set you up for the life you deserve and are fully capable of as you integrate the learnings and tools in your life.

 

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In today's episode, I am joined by my sister Gabrielle Hames to discuss the profoundly spiritual experience of her recent birth where I was her doula.

 

In this episode, we dive into the following topics…

- Gabrielle's birth story from contractions to postpartum recovery

- The contrasts between midwifery care and OB/GYN care

- Navigating family relationships during the birthing process

- Coping with birth complications as a mother and doula

- Eating your placenta post-birth and the associated health benefits

- Connecting with your newborn and dealing with the anxiety when you don’t

- How you can help support a new mother post-birth

 

Mentioned in this week's episode...

- The Business of Being Born

- PUSH Midwifery

- Birth, Babies and Circumcision with Robyn Pool from PUSH Midwifery

 

 

Follow Alexis (@itsalexishaines), join our Facebook group, and follow @recoveringfromreality on Instagram to stay up to date on all things RFR! You can also enroll in Alexis’ Life Reset Course at liferesetcourse.com to learn the exact, tools to recover from limiting and self- sabotaging beliefs, thoughts, emotions, feelings and behaviors and replace them with new ones that will set you up for the life you deserve and are fully capable of as you integrate the learnings and tools in your life.

 

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This week, I am joined by Vanessa Fitzgerald. Vanessa is a health coach, natural foods chef, yoga teacher, and overall wellness wizard. Learning to eat the right foods for her body has changed her life, and she’s passionate about helping her clients achieve this change.

Vanessa can personally attest to the power of proper nutrition to heal. She’s been an advocate of its healing capabilities since the age of 14, when she eliminated her acne by changing her diet. At 19, she was diagnosed with Celiac disease and Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Doctors prescribed several kinds of medication for symptoms like weight gain, depression, lethargy, and acne. But again, she found a solution through nutrition. By learning to manage her sugar intake, she erased her symptoms, making most of her prescriptions unnecessary.

After attending NYU as an undergrad, Vanessa studied yoga at the Bikram Yoga College of India and received her teaching certification. Still, her pursuit of wellness and nutrition remained a pastime. She started a career in real estate, but found herself more interested in what was in homeowners’ refrigerators. Before long, they were asking for her advice on nutrition. It was clear that the passion she’d discovered as a teen was her true calling.

Vanessa enrolled in the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Upon graduation, she began working as a private health coach in New York City. Her practice is characterized by a focus on the individual; as she says, “it’s not one-size-fits-all.” She works with each client to create a wellness plan designed to enhance every aspect of life. After all, her theory is that everything must be done with moderation—even including moderation itself. (Bio via vfwellness.com)

In this episode we dive into topics like:

- Alexis’ experience with and Vanessa’s expertise on nutritional response testing

- Understanding that healing is a lifelong process and not a short-term journey

- Why kombucha and probiotics may not be helping your gut health

- The short-term and long-term effects of antibiotics on your body

- Vanessa’s experiences with ADD/Adderall and its impacts on the body

- The inflammatory effects of of food dies and other additives

- A holistic approach to healthcare

 

Mentioned in this week’s episode:

- Grain Brain by David Perlmutter M.D.

- SOTO-USA.COM

- PUR water filter

- Alive Water

- Mountain Valley Water

- Bellicon Trampolines

- Higher Dose

 

Follow Alexis (@itsalexishaines), join our Facebook group, and follow @recoveringfromreality on Instagram to stay up to date on all things RFR! You can also enroll in Alexis’ Life Reset Course at liferesetcourse.com to learn the exact tools to recover from limiting and self- sabotaging beliefs, thoughts, emotions, feelings, and behaviors and replace them with new ones that will set you up for the life you deserve.

 

 

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In this week's episode, I am joined by Caroline Calloway  Caroline is a 27-year-old Instagram influencer known for her lengthy captions and unique posts. She came into the public eye during her time at Cambridge University and again when the I Was Caroline Calloway article was released in The Cut by her former friend Natalie Beach.

In this episode we dive into topics like:

- Dealing with online shaming and hate on the internet

- Caroline’s childhood trauma and her experiences growing up with a mentally ill parent, verbal abuse, and the recent suicide of her father

- Caroline’s struggle with her Adderall addiction and the enabling lifestyle she was living

- The impact of privilege (racial, economic, etc) on addiction

- The complexity of Caroline’s relationship with Natalie and their writing careers

- Pop-culture scandals in Caroline and Alexis’ lives

 

Follow Alexis (@itsalexishaines), join our Facebook group, and follow @recoveringfromreality on Instagram to stay up to date on all things RFR! You can also enroll in Alexis’ Life Reset Course at liferesetcourse.com to learn the exact tools to recover from limiting and self- sabotaging beliefs, thoughts, emotions, feelings, and behaviors and replace them with new ones that will set you up for the life you deserve.

 

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This week, I am joined by Susan Burton. Susan is an activist and the founder of A New Way of Life (@anewwayoflifela on Instagram.) She is based in Los Angeles and works with formerly incarcerated people who have been through similar experiences to her own. In 2010, she was named a CNN Hero and two years later, a Purpose Prize winner. (Bio abbreviated from Wikipedia)

In this episode we dive into topics like: - Susan’s life story and her experiences with poverty, losing her son in an accident involving a policeman, drug and alcohol addiction, imprisonment, and more - Processing through grief and resulting addiction - A New Way of Life: Susan’s organization which works to provide housing and support to formerly incarcerated woman - The racial bias that underlies the criminal justice system - Alexis’ experience during her imprisonment and her reflection on her white privilege in that environment - The challenge women face to regain custody of their kids after imprisonment   Follow Alexis (@itsalexishaines), join our Facebook group, and follow @recoveringfromreality on Instagram to stay up to date on all things RFR! You can also enroll in Alexis’ Life Reset Course at liferesetcourse.com to learn the exact tools to recover from limiting and self- sabotaging beliefs, thoughts, emotions, feelings, and behaviors and replace them with new ones that will set you up for the life you deserve.   10% of all Recovering From Reality merchandise sales will be going to support A New Way of Life. Get your merch at recoveringfromreality.com/merch   Visit curednutrition.com and use code ALEXIS25 for 25% off your order today!

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In this week’s episode I am joined by Arielle Lorre  Arielle is a lifestyle, wellness, and health influencer in the digital space.  Six years ago, that was far from the case. After nearly losing her battle against addiction, Arielle decided to turn her life around by relentlessly pursuing health and happiness. She is now the host of The Blonde Files. (bio abbreviated from theblondefiles.com)

 

In this episode we dive into topics like:

- our favorite skincare products and recommendations

- the foods and supplements we recommend for balancing your hormones

- our perspective on taking ADHD stimulants while going through recovery

- the best pieces of advice we’ve been giving and the advice we’d give our younger selves

- likes and dislikes when dating older men

- navigating dating and sobriety

 

Follow Alexis (@itsalexishaines), join our Facebook group, and follow @recoveringfromreality on Instagram to stay up to date on all things RFR! You can also enroll in Alexis’ Life Reset Course at liferesetcourse.com to learn the exact tools to recover from limiting and self- sabotaging beliefs, thoughts, emotions, feelings, and behaviors and replace them with new ones that will set you up for the life you deserve.

 

Improve your sleep with guided meditations, soundscapes, and more by going to calm.com/reality and receive 40% off your subscription!

 

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In this weeks episode I am joined by Zara Barrie (@zarabarrie). Zara Barrie is a writer who has been pouring her heart out and offering up heaps of advice to girls across the great expanse of the internet for over a decade. She was a wildly popular teen blogger notorious for her angst-ridden detailed accounts of her hard-partying weekends, her melodramatic adolescent depression, and her screwy relationship with food. For college, she attended California Institute of The Arts where she studied theatre. She haphazardly fell into a professional writing career when she scored a job as Senior Writer at the ever-popular digital publication, Elite Daily. At Elite Daily, Zara starred in, produced and wrote a popular original web-series “Lez Get You Laid: Sex and Dating Advice To Men From A Lesbian” and hosted a weekly live advice show for the publication. Zara has recently launched her own bad girl wellness site: "The Dirty Beauty." She writes a weekly column for GO Magazine and is the cohost of DNR's popular weekly radio show AnxieTEA Radio. Her bevy of viral essays and videos are regularly discussed in mainstream media outlets such as; The View, The Real, The Talk, Huffington Post, Cosmo, Refinery29, Bustle, and Elite Daily. She's on the squad of influencers for Samsung, and hosts events with celebrities and artists in their exclusive meatpacking district space. She's a founding board member of The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, a powerful non-profit that focuses on empowering the underserved LGBTQ youth in rural America. She identifies as a mascara lesbian and lives beyond her means in New York. (Bio via zarabarrie.com)

 

In this episode we dive into topics like:

- The millennial perspective on the evolution of self-exploration and mental health

- Zara’s new book, Girl, Stop Passing Out in Your Makeup

- The male attention that accompanies puberty

- Identifying as lesbian and processing sexual trauma caused by men

- Zara’s story of sexual abuse, her career path, self-medicating, eating struggles, OCD, and more

- Working through trauma in therapy and the lifelong journey to recovery

- The importance of creative expression

- The effects of sharing your mental health story publicly

- Zara and Alexis' perspective on sexuality and the empowerment it gives you

 

Follow Alexis (@itsalexishaines), join our Facebook group, and follow @recoveringfromreality on Instagram to stay up to date on all things RFR! You can also enroll in Alexis’ Life Reset Course at liferesetcourse.com to learn the exact tools to recover from limiting and self- sabotaging beliefs, thoughts, emotions, feelings, and behaviors and replace them with new ones that will set you up for the life you deserve.

 

Go to hellorory.com/reality to try out nightly defense and get a free doctor’s consultation and your order for just $5!

 

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This week, I’m joined by Kara Lowentheil, the host of UnF*ck Your Brain. Kara attended Yale University where she received her BA in English and Literature before graduating from Harvard Law School to practice as a women’s rights lawyer. She now works as a Master Certified Coach and uses a combination of evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and feminist theory to teach women how to literally rewire their brains to create confidence, self-love, and the courage to create the lives they truly want to live. You can find Kara on Instagram at @karalowentheil.   In this episode, we dive into the following topics... - Kara’s career path from prestigious lawyer to life coach - Navigating the discomfort that comes with taking a risk - Reworking the sexist messages projected on us by society - Imposter syndrome in thew workplace - A breakdown of subconscious belief systems - The judgments and attachments we place on neutral events and interactions     Follow Alexis (@itsalexishaines), join our Facebook group, and follow @recoveringfromreality on Instagram to stay up to date on all things RFR! You can also enroll in Alexis’ Life Reset Course at liferesetcourse.com to learn the exact tools to recover from limiting and self- sabotaging beliefs, thoughts, emotions, feelings, and behaviors and replace them with new ones that will set you up for the life you deserve.   To enjoy refreshing, low-calorie drinks that support sobriety in America, go to cleancause.com and use code "REALITY" at checkout for 20% off your order.   To improve your energy levels, sleep, and decrease the effects of blue light, head to blublox.com and use code “REALITY” for 15% off.   For 20% off your first order of Himalaya Ashwagandha, use code “REALITY20” at checkout on amazon.com!  

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In today's episode, I am joined by Dr. Kyl Myers, a sociologist, award-winning educator, and a globally-recognized advocate for Gender Creative Parenting. Since 2016, Kyl has been speaking and writing about Gender Creative Parenting and using their own parenting story to help the world learn about and embrace a new type of childhood. Kyl is genderqueer, uses they/them and she/her pronouns, and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. You can find Kyl’s musings and bite-size gender studies lessons on Instagram @kyl_myers (bio abbreviated from kylmyers.com)

 

In this episode, we dive into the following topics...

- Kyl’s experience identifying as queer in a heterosexual appearing marriage

- Kyl’s perspective as a gender-creative parent

- Alexis’ experience coming to terms with her bisexuality while in a heterosexual relationship

- how gender disparity affects all genders

- Sex (anatomical and physiological characteristics regarding sexual reproduction) vs. gender (identity and expression)

- Navigating parenting decision and gender identity with extended family members

- Gender terminology

 

Mentioned in this week's episode...

- Kyl’s TedX Talk

- Bethany Meyers’ Instagram @bethanycmeyers

- Ashlee Marie Preston’s Instagram @ashleemariepreston

- Raising Them: Our Adventure in Gender Creative Parenting by Kyl Myers

 

 

Follow Alexis (@itsalexishaines), join our Facebook group, and follow @recoveringfromreality on Instagram to stay up to date on all things RFR! You can also enroll in Alexis’ Life Reset Course at liferesetcourse.com to learn the exact, tools to recover from limiting and self- sabotaging beliefs, thoughts, emotions, feelings and behaviors and replace them with new ones that will set you up for the life you deserve and are fully capable of as you integrate the learnings and tools in your life.

 

Go to hellorory.com/reality to try out nightly defense and get a free doctor’s consultation and your order for just $5!

 

To enjoy refreshing, low-calorie drinks that support sobriety in America, go to cleancause.com and use code "REALITY" at checkout for 20% off your order.

 

Visit curednutrition.com and use code ALEXIS25 for 25% off your order today!

 

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In today's episode, I am joined by Syd Wilder. Syd Wilder is an actress, model, writer, and digital influencer. She grew up in Marietta, GA as your average fat kid with high cholesterol and a boy’s haircut. Luckily, puberty hit her like a freight train and a few years later she grew out her hair and traded coasts in favor of Los Angeles. 

Syd has carved her own path in the comedy world with her ditzy, dark and devilish sense of humor. She’s written, produced, and starred in original sketches that have amassed over 60 million views across multiple digital platforms such as: Funny or Die, College Humor, and Huffington Post.  She has appeared on Tosh.0 (Comedy Central), Men at Work (TBS), and recently the feature film Laid In America released by Universal. 

Syd’s modeling has been featured in Maxim, FHM, and Sports Illustrated. She was named Ask Men’s Top 99 Crush List of 2016 and Playboy’s Top 10 Hottest YouTuber’s of 2015. She’s also frequently asked by her family members to post photos wearing more clothing, which she’s actively working on.

She won a Hollywood Comedy Shorts award for her original web series, Fab Life Teresa XO. The same series was also screened at the prestigious Holly Shorts Festival. Syd describes herself as a glamorous goofball who loves to push the envelope with her cynically optimistic comedy. She continues to create online content and original characters for her social platforms. Syd enjoys dancing when she has free time and she will always have a special place in her heart for the awkward fat kid.

 

In this episode, we dive into the following topics...

- Eating disorders and Syd's experience with bulimia

- Abusive relationships and recovering from that trauma

- Alexis and Syd's marriages and Syd's divorce

- Narcissism and being in a relationship with a narcissist

- Getting cheated on and the emotional recovery that follows

- Parenting an addict

- Alternatives to chemical intervention for mental health issues

 

Mentioned in this week's episode...

- The Power of Vulnerability by Brené Brown

- Syd's Podcast: Girl Insta-rupted

- How to Spot a Dangerous Man by Sandra L. Brown

- Alo Recovery

- Alexis' episode on Syd's podcast

 

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To enjoy refreshing, low-calorie drinks that support sobriety in America, go to cleancause.com and use code "REALITY" at checkout for 20% off your order.

 

Improve your sleep with guided meditations, soundscapes, and more by going to calm.com/reality and receive 40% off your subscription!

 

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