The SHAIR Recovery Podcast by Omar Pinto

12.29.2020

SP 292: The Final Episode of The SHAIR Podcast with Cole Chance and Omar Pinto

Six years ago, The SHAIR Podcast began as a small recovery podcast with intentions of interviewing others about their experiences in recovery. With no expectations about where it would lead, today, the Podcast has over two million downloads. The SHAIR...

12.22.2020

SRC 015: Healing Childhood Wounds by Crushing Limiting Beliefs

For many, the joys that come along with being a parent can be equaled out by the stressors and chaos that follow behind. Driven by an innate need to nurture and love, parents can live their lives for others, sacrificing...

12.15.2020

SP 291: Overcoming Trauma and Abuse with Essential Oils and Yoga Nidra

After fleeing from an abusive marriage, Rebecca Davison found herself using alcohol as a way to cope with her PTSD. She explains, “if I had a bad day, I would have an extra drink, I was very much a gray...

12.08.2020

SRC 014: Removing the Blockages and Limiting Beliefs Preventing Us From Getting into Action

We all have goals, dreams, and aspirations. But, what happens when the undertones of your past limiting beliefs gets in the way of achieving them. “I’m going to fail, so why even try?” “I’m not good enough.” “I’ll never be...

12.01.2020

SP 290: Breaking Free from Religious Guilt and Obligation

If you grew up in a strict religious home, you were most likely taught about heaven, hell, and a very long list of what makes us a good person or a bad person. At times, it feels as if our most intimate feelings...

11.24.2020

SRC 013: Battling Relapse and Allowing Self Forgiveness

Nothing good comes from self-shaming. When relapse happens, it can be easy to fall into a shame cycle of self-loathing. When we promised ourselves we’d “quit for good,” or “never fall back into old patterns,” and find ourselves back there,...

11.17.2020

SP 289: The Recovery Hour with Lori Windfeldt

After the loss of her Father, Brother, and Aunt, and a failed business, Lori Windfeldlt found her first sip of alcohol, “glorious.” As a stay at home mother, her habit continued to escalate until she had the realization that she...

11.10.2020

SRC 012: Inner Child Work and Reparenting – Recovery Coaching

For anyone looking to heal from past hurts, inner child work and reparenting is crucial. No matter what we do in our lives, we're trying to feel something. When we don't feel secure and confident within ourselves, we can find...

11.03.2020

SP 288: Don Cummins - The Prison Within and Breaking Free

In 2011, Don Cummins was homeless, desperate to get high, and had already served 20 years in prison for bank robberies. Not only suffering from mental health issues, addiction, and incarceration, the court had also declared him insane. Willing to...

10.27.2020

SRC 011: Learning to Love and Forgive Yourself – Recovery Coaching

With addiction comes lies, deceit, and betrayal. However, with recovery can come the looming after effects of guilt, shame, and regret. When we get sober, we must learn to love, forgive ourselves, and make peace with our past. Acknowledging the...

10.20.2020

SP 287: Debbie A. Anderson - Communicating with the Spirit Within

Do you believe that everything happens for a reason? We’re all drawn to different things for different reasons and learning to tap into our intuition can help us find the answers to questions we’ve long asked. One of the most...

10.13.2020

SRC 010: Co Parenting Challenges in Sobriety

There are so many elements that go into co-parenting, including charged emotions, high anxiety, and dysfunctional dynamics - which is maybe why you got divorced in the first place. Though, what about co-parenting when one person is in recovery and...

09.29.2020

SRC 009: Outgrowing Your Spouse or Partner in Recovery

Relationships are a two way street, but you can’t make your partner or spouse recover with you. Sometimes when we’re in the midst of a healing journey, we outgrow the people we love. While you may still be head-over-heels in...

09.22.2020

SP 285: Russ Perry The Sober Entrepreneur

Whether it be drug or alcohol addiction, money, or a relationship, we all have attachments that may or may not be serving us. However, when we’re able to identify them, overcome them, and use them as part of our story,...

09.15.2020

SRC 008: Why Asking for Help is So Hard

We all go through tough times. But why is it so hard for many of us to ask for help during these times? Asking for help is the cornerstone of sobriety, though, it’s one of the biggest barriers that prevent...

09.08.2020

SP 284: The Covid-19 Hero Pin with Lori Livacich

‘What we really need more than anything else during this pandemic is some hope.” As the COVID-19 pandemic struck us all with fear, frustration, and anxiety, Lori Livacich saw it as an opportunity to make a big difference with a...

09.01.2020

SRC 007: Recovery Capital, Procrastination and Self-Worth

How many of us feel like we’ve had to prove our worth as soon as we get sober? What if our friends, colleagues, or family discover we do not actually deserve everything we’ve accomplished? Just like recovery, self-worth doesn’t happen...

08.25.2020

SP 283: Our Happy Divorce with Ben Heldfond

From weeknight dinners and homework sessions to Christmas card photos and vacations, Nikki and Ben created a tight-knit, enviable family. From the smallest daily tasks to the biggest life events, they both work well together. However, it only took a...

08.18.2020

SRC 006 - Facing Fear and Breaking Old Habits

“I’m not good enough, I’m not pretty enough, I’m not old enough, period.” We’ve all told ourselves this at one point or another. When these limited belief systems interfere with our daily lives, they prevent us from living in the...

08.11.2020

SP 282: Hanna Somatic Recovery Healing with Chris Ruane

When we get sober, we prioritize healing our mental, emotional, and spiritual health, but what about our physical health? Stress, anxiety, and unprocessed trauma can leave an imprint on the body and affect our health for years to come. On...

08.04.2020

SRC 005 - Holding On To What we Want and Neglecting what we Deserve

In this week’s SHAIR Recovery Coaching call, we helped Chris navigate the uncomfortable world of boundaries. At home during the COVID-19 quarantine with his two adult sons, Chris has found himself engaging in maladaptive coping mechanisms to handle his frustrations....

07.28.2020

SP 281: Juggling the Jenkins with Tiffany Jenkins

"I felt nothing and it was such a glorious experience. I didn’t feel anxiety, depression, or out of place." That was Comedian Tiffany Jenkins first experience with alcohol. Years later, her addiction brought her to a desperate place where...

07.21.2020

SRC 004 - The Inner Critic - Reframing Negative Self-Talk

How do we combat the inner critic that tells us we’re no good? Negative self-talk is something we all have, and it’s one thing that prevents us from fulfilling our full potential. It’s in the moments of self-doubt, fear, and...

07.14.2020

SP 280: Meredith Atwood - The Year of No Nonsense

With no higher power or 12-step work, Meredith Atwood white-knuckled sobriety. After substance abuse, suicide attempts, and binge eating issues, she had realization that she would be dead within a year, and made the decision to stop drinking cold turkey....

07.07.2020

SRC 003 - Setting Effective Boundaries with a Parent or Loved One

Setting effective boundaries is hard. In this week’s SHAIR recovery coaching call, we helped Brandi navigate boundaries with her Mother. It’s completely normal for all of us to expect our parents or loved ones to be loving people. However,...

06.30.2020

SP 279: Amberly Lago - True Grit and Grace

At 38, Amberly Lago was a personal trainer, avid runner, and sponsored by Nike. However, she never expected her life to turn upside down. Hit by an SUV, she underwent 34 surgeries to save her leg from amputation. Diagnosed with...

06.23.2020

SRC 002 - Social Anxiety, Creative Outlets & Self-Awareness

On this week’s Recovery Coaching call we helped Barbara, Jill, and Frank. Barbara feels like she’s running on low-energy. Wanting to sleep a lot, she is having trouble finding motivation to participate in activities that are conducive to her recovery....

06.16.2020

SP 278: Erica Barnett - Relapse is part of my Story

This week on the SHAIR Podcast, we’re joined by author and advocate, Erica C. Barnett. Erica had tried everything to stop drinking. Detox after detox, and treatment center after treatment center, she continued to find herself in a state of...

06.09.2020

SRC 001 - Boundaries, Accountability and Releasing Anger

There are multiple pathways to recovery, including recovery coaching. In our first Recovery Coaching call, Omar Pinto introduced us to his style of recovery coaching and the concepts behind it. By holding space for others, and using our intuition to...

06.02.2020

SP 277: Jeanae White - The Healing Power of Ayahuasca

After a tumultuous relationship, a five year heroin addiction, and three overdoses, Jeanae White had all but given up. Trying 12-step support groups, multiple treatment centers, and therapy, Jeanae still struggled, felt sad, unhappy, and unfulfilled. However, that all changed...

05.26.2020

SP 276: Christine Hassler - Over It and On with It

Is there a past hurt or toxic trauma that’s keeping you from being your best self? Whether it be a person, ex, principle, or a belief system, many of us are used to sitting across from doctors, therapists, and psychiatrists...

05.19.2020

SP 275: Susan Shumsky - Meditation Affirmations & Visualization

Meditation should be easy, effortless, and joyous. In today's world, people are practicing meditation more than ever. Though, there are still many that aren't reaching the positive, uplifting, and spiritual effects that they desire. Dr. Susan Shumsky has dedicated her...

05.12.2020

SP 274: Mishka Shubaly - Quit Drinking Cold Turkey

Is it possible to quit drinking cold turkey without rehab and stay sober without AA? There are many different pathways to recovery and today’s guest is living proof that it’s possible to quit drinking and get sober on your own....

05.05.2020

SP 273: Battle Tested Recovery with Mark Gagarin

Today we have Mark Gagarin on The SHAIR Podcast. He is the host of the Battle Tested, a podcast about triumph over adversity. It’s not only about the war with addiction. It’s about showing up as our best selves to...

04.28.2020

SP 272: Holly Whitaker - Remember How Powerful You Are

Today we are excited to have Holly Whitaker on The SHAIR Podcast. She was the co-host of the HOME podcast, the bestselling author of Quit Like a Woman, and the founder of Tempest, a holistic, evidence-based digital recovery platform It’s...

04.21.2020

SP 271: Stefanos Sifandos - Human Evolution, Transformation and Covid 19

We are thrilled to have Stefanos Sifandos on The SHAIR Podcast. He is a relational alchemist whose mission is to assist individuals in actualizing the fullness of their potentiality, to relate to each other with authentic love, to be conscious...

04.14.2020

SP 270: Rabbi Simon Jacobson - A Spiritual Antidote for the Coronavirus

A few months ago, life was normal and predictable. But the coronavirus has drastically changed our lives, seemingly overnight, and we are all reeling from the mental, emotional, and spiritual fallout. It is a challenge for those fighting addiction, but...

04.07.2020

SP 269: New Life Ayahuasca and Recovery from Coronavirus with Matt Mormello

Our guest today is a bone cancer, heroin addiction, and coronavirus survivor. Matt Moremello is also an ayahuasquero at New Life Ayahuasca. Today he talks about what it was like to live through the coronavirus, his agonizing battle with opioids,...

03.31.2020

SP 268: Chakra Empowerment for Women with Lisa Erickson

Many people develop an addiction to soothe sexual abuse or childhood trauma. Our guest today is Lisa Erickson. She is a chakra-based energy worker and the author of Chakra Empowerment for Women. Lisa tells us how self-guided techniques using energy...

03.24.2020

SP 267: Oleg Lougheed - Rewrite Your Own Story of Recovery

When we talk about addiction, we have to talk about overcoming odds. The idea of getting clean and sober seems impossible and the thought of living the rest of our lives in recovery can be paralyzing. But the world is...

03.17.2020

SP 266: Dan Peres - As Needed for Pain – Recovery from Prescription Addiction

Dan Peres looked like he had a glamorous life. He was working in New York City in a great career as an elite journalist. No one knew that on the inside he was broken, alone, and terrified. Dan Peres always...

03.10.2020

SP 265: Breaking Open: Addiction Recovery and the Evolution of the Soul with Rebecca Daigle

Today we have Rebecca Daigle on The SHAIR Podcast. She’s been a member of the SRC since 2017 and has one unconventional story. At first, alcohol was a fun compliment to Rebecca’s exotic life. But her addiction unconsciously evolved, turning...

03.03.2020

SP 264: The Gifts of Recovery with Curt Clemenson

In our society, we are taught to hide our emotions and feelings. Most of us feel isolated even when we’re among people. We pretend everything’s okay, using our accomplishments and material possessions to hide the suffering and inadequacy that plagues...

02.25.2020

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