SHE RECOVERS Podcast

Rising Resilient in Recovery with Victoria LaMadeleine of Aware Recovery CareHow can you transform your life to go from experiencing childhood trauma and a generational line of addiction, to surviving early sobriety and ultimately rising resilient in recovery? How can a moment of desperation turn into an opportunity to “become sweetly willing” to change? Why are radical self-love, connection in community, and meeting people right where they are the gateways to healing and lasting change?In th...

Have you gone above and beyond at your job? To the point of sacrificing sleep, personal plans, and perhaps, your moral values?Overworking, also known as workaholism, is when someone is addicted to work. It can also be described as incessant internal and external activity with the underlying belief that if you're not always active, you don't have the right to exist.In this recovery educational series replay, Mental Health Monday, SHE RECOVERS co-founder Dr. Dawn Nickel explains overworking and...

When we get sober, many things come to light and we're faced with knowing ourselves fully for the first time. This includes getting more acquainted with our sexuality.In this candid conversation, our podcast host, Dr. Tiffany Wynn, speaks with writer, podcast host, and "sober sexpert," Tawny Lara, about Tawny's journey to uncovering her bisexuality once she got sober. A self-described love and sex addict, Tawny describes her transformation from finding self-worth in relationships ...

Moral injury occurs when clinicians are repeatedly expected, in the course of providing care, to make choices that transgress their long standing, deeply held commitment to healing.Moral injury is a form of trauma that can occur in any workplace. It is often a result of someone witnessing or participating in a behavior that goes against their beliefs or values. This can cause an employee to feel isolated and be less motivated and engaged at work — and it can have a lasting negative impact on ...

In this previously recorded session of our educational series, Mental Health Monday, bestselling author Ann Dowsett Johnston, discusses how writing can be a powerful tool in recovery, and how we can shape our own stories. Ann believes writing is a process of discovery and at the heart of good writing is finding your voice. She guides us to explore how to tell the stories that are deep within us and how to frame our work and even get it published.During this session Ann helps us to understand:...

Gender is often a core part of identity, and like other aspects of identity, it fundamentally shapes our perception of ourselves, each other and our experiences in the world. From the earliest recovery literature to the most contemporary recovery meetings, gender roles have affected and continue to affect both individual recovery and recovery communities. In this previously recorded episode of our educational series, Mental Health Monday, Marya Hornbacher and SHE RECOVERS Co-Founder Dr. Dawn ...

In this candid conversation our podcast host, Dr. Tiffany Wynn, speaks with storyteller, recovery coach and recovery advocate Meghann Perry.They discuss:Meghann's recovery story and how she created her storytelling workshops Why and how the system of the recovery movement needs to be shaken upHow powerful and empowering storytelling can be in the recovery realmThe importance of women's storiesABOUT MEGHANN PERRYMeghann Perry, CARC, RCPF, is an award-winning Storyteller, Theater Practitio...

Julie is an International Coaches Federation (ICF) Certified Professional Coach, a SHE RECOVERS® Designated Coach, and an Accredited Integrative Enneagram Practitioner.Julie specializes in mental health coaching, and working with high functioning, high achieving women who are questioning their relationship with alcohol. Many of the women she works with share the experience that alcohol is no longer serving them the way it used to and they are noticing an impact on their mental health. Ju...

In this candid conversation, Dr. Tiffany Wynn speaks with SHE RECOVERS Co-Founder Dr.Dawn Nickel about:The herstory of SHE RECOVERS Foundation - born from Dawn’s longing to find an inclusive recovery community Dawn’s personal experience as a woman recovering from substance use disorder, codependency, overworking and intergenerational traumaRecovery as a family affairWhy recovering out-loud, redefining recovery and providing identity-based support are all essential in our society todayYou...

Jen Butler, MBA, CPC, CPRC, SRCD, spent a decade as a stay-at-home mom before becoming a Certified Professional Life and Recovery Coach and SHE RECOVERS® Coach. To cope with the rollercoaster of motherhood and enabled by wine mom culture, Jen was stuck in the fog of gray area drinking until 2018. As a coach, she provides connection and accountability – the very keys that helped her start her own journey to alcohol freedom – to gray area and heavy drinkers who struggle with anxiety, perfection...