The Unbreakable Boundaries Podcast

Working on our mental health is preventative like working on our physical health. Sometimes though, we hear mental health and we think about anxiety, depression, bi-polar, addiction, etc. It is just as important for you to work on your mental health as it is for your physical health. All that chatter in our brains if we don't learn how to quiet the chatter is like if we were waking up and eating chocolate cake for breakfast. Your mental health dealing with someone that has mental illness is so important and we don't do it alone. Reach out and get help!

"Live as if your prayers have already been answered" -Tony Robbins

What would happen to your life if you started living as if your prayers had already been answered? Would you be sleeping better? Eating better? Enjoying doing the things you love more? Connecting better to your other friends, family members, etc? That's the idea behind this quote. You can have all those things NOW. Often times we get caught up into the idea that if XYZ would happen THEN I would be ok. IF this person just got better, I would be better. We don't need to wait for the external things to fall into place. When the internal things fall into place, the external things follow.

Your prayers have already been answered!

www.maneelyconsulting.com

Email: [email protected]

In this podcast, I discuss the can of worms. What gets in our way of "going there with ourselves?" What do we need in order to go to the depths of ourselves that we need to go to? We need people in order to help us go there so we don't fall into our own shame spirals. I discuss some about my new project in order to help people feel like they can open that can of worms. This is a great place to start.

https://theyanaconnection.square.site/

In this episode, I talk about why I took a step back from recording podcasts for a minute and what you can expect moving forward.

I also go into the 4 non-negotiables of recovery.

My Website is https://www.maneelyconsulting.com/

Adam Gunton is helping other people in recovery to tell their story. In this episode, we talk a bit about how he is doing that and why.

Adam Vibe Gunton delivers a powerful message of hope for any audience. His story of overcoming homelessness and drug addiction to becoming a 7 figure business owner, bestselling author, and coach for other recovered addicts to write and publish their stories – in only two years – motivates every audience that hears him speak to take massive decisive action in their own lives. His compassion for the difficult times in life, coupled with his passionate delivery to overcome these times to become the person you have always wanted to be, is what makes his message so powerful for the audiences he serves. With confidence in his belief that anyone, anywhere, at any time, can change their life in an instant with decision and action, he drives home practical steps for any audience to take immediately to change the course of their life forever.

To learn more about Adam, check out his website: https://recoveredonpurpose.org/

His book: From Chains To Saved: One Man’s Journey Through The Spiritual Realm of Addiction.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZY5XW15/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07ZY5XW15&linkCode=as2&tag=treatalk-20&linkId=53b44d7d58fad14436efc5171d444ce1

When it comes being a family member with a loved one in addiction/substance abuse issues, we have to come at it like we are training for a obstacle course where we don't exactly know what the obstacle course is going to look like, so we need to be prepared for anything. How do we do that? One, we don't do it alone. If I had to actually train for a marathon or obstacle course, I'd have to find people to help me. This is important for self care, so when the event happens that we don't know about yet, we are going to be prepared for whatever situation it is. We may stumble still, but we will be more prepared to handle the situation. 

I met Allison as part of my Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown Book Club. Wholehearted living is so important for people who are dealing with loved ones in addiction. Through the situations we find ourselves in during this time period, it's important to connect with yourself and with others. Allison has a 5 steps to connect process to help people come back to center in the chaos. 

Contact Allison
www.5stepstoconnect.com
There are two ways to work with Allison: 
1. A membership with classes + LifeSaving Listening sessions
2. 1:1 coaching with a free 15 min discovery session.

In this conversation we talk a lot about the family dynamic of what it means to grow up with an alcoholic parent. Family has a big influence over our lives, it can be both positive and negative as in Nicole's case. Having grown up in a home with an alcoholic, she spent many years comparing herself to her family member and deciding she couldn't have a problem because "she wasn't that bad." Only, as it goes with Substance Use Disorder, it progressively gets worse. She found her way into a fellowship and got the help she needed, largely due to the family member she watched for all these years.

Now, Nicole is in recovery for 2 years and is very active in the recovery community and working with the McShin foundation and glorious recovery as well. She is passionate about showing people what happens when you put down the drink or drug


McShin Foundation: https://mcshin.org/
Glorious Recovery: Website: https://gloriousrecovery.org/
Glorious Recovery Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/gloriousrecovery

I sincerely doubt I will ever find another opportunity to get to interview a couple like this again. Nick is a person in recovery, his wife Kaitlin is what we often will refer to as a "Normy", meaning someone who does not has substance use disorder. What makes this so unique is Kaitlin has witnessed the very beginning of the progression Nick made along his addiction journey. Meeting in High School, and riding the ups and downs presents a opportunity to us that will be hard to come by ever again. Listen as I interview this couple about their journey together.

We talk about their life today, which is not all about their challenges but more about what they are focused on in their careers, their lives with one another, and their kids together. Below is the link to their passions that give them a life beyond addiction.

Nick's Links
https://dochelm.com/
https://www.brokenhelm.com/
@dochelmsauce

Kaitlin's Links:
https://oneoakmarket.com/
@oneoakmarket

This is the first episode I ever turned into a video podcast. You can go watch this on youtube at
https://youtu.be/WQrMlE-NU_E

Jeff Jones is a licensed therapist, addiction counselor, interventionist and family recovery coach. He has a mission to change the conversation about addiction in the addiction/recovery space with family members and professionals alike. To that end, he’s in the process of writing a book that reframes the family member’s dilemma as looping. Through his years of experience working with families with a loved one at various stages of addiction or recovery, he’s created a 3 phase process for families to learn and practice over and over. The goal is for families to understand how to get out of the looping, and how they can best create an awesome life. Together.

Website: https://thefamilyrecoverysolution.com/
Email: [email protected]