In this episode, Amanda explores what happens when "life gets lifey." Those seasons when stress piles up, plans fall apart, and everything feels heavier than it should.  Through personal stories, emotional sobriety tools, and practical grounding strategies, she shares how she stays centered when life presents both the big challenges and the small, but relentless, ones. This episode is an honest look at trusting the process, reaching out for support, and remembering that what's meant for you will be yours.  

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Today's episode is a safe place to land if you're heading into the holidays feeling overwhelmed, sober-curious, newly sober, f=grieving, or just trying to get through the day. Amanda talks about sober holidays, letting go of expectations, navigating family dynamics, and creating exit plans that protect your peace.  

She shares practical tools, grounding exercises and a short meditation to help you stay present and sober.  Plus, reminders for anyone who feels lonely or out of place this season.

You don't have to do the holidays perfectly.  You just have to get though them, one moment at a time.  If you need support, you can find it here. 

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In this episode, Amanda shares a real moment from her week as a mom navigating the challenges of raising a teenager who suddenly stopped checking in while out with a friend.  It's not a recovery story, it's a parenting one, and she talks honestly about the fear, the boundaries, and the tough love required to keep her daughter safe.  

A grounded, vulnerable look at boundaries, safety, and the messy middle of motherhood. 

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What if "having it all" doesn't mean doing it all? In this episode, Amanda shares how peace comes from choosing what truly matters and letting go of the rest.  It's about redefining success, releasing expectations, and finding freedom in a life that fits you, not one that performs for others.

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In this episode, Amanda unpacks what it really means when life becomes unmanageable and how "I'm managing" can sometimes be another way of saying "I'm barely holding it together."  From control and perfectionism to body image, relationships, and drinking, she explores how powerlessness can show up in everyday life and why naming is the first step toward real strength.

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After losing her husband, Barbara turned to alcohol to cope, until faith and resilience led her to sobriety later in life.  She shares how grief became her turning point, what it's like to get sober in her sixties, and how she's learning to love her children without enabling.  

A story of faith, family, and the strength to begin again. 

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Sometimes love and fear sound the same.  Amanda explores how enabling keeps us stuck - and how letting go, with love, can be the start of real healing. 

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Sobriety isn't a punishment, it's permission.  In this episode, Amanda shares how she learned to actually have fun in recovery: the concerts, the laughter, the friendships, and the freedom that comes with remembering it all.  This is a reminder that we didn't get sober to be miserable... we got sober to live. 

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Nina opens up about growing up in chaos, losing a baby, and learning to break generational patterns through recovery.  This conversation explores love, grief, motherhood, and what it really means to heal the parts of you that were never safe.

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Always chasing approval?  In this episode of The Middle of It, we dig into why we crave constant validation, how it feeds unrealistic expectations, and why it so often leads to resentments.  From social media and people-pleasing to parenting and recovery, you'll learn practical ways to validate yourself, release expectations, and break free from the cycle. 

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