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EPISODE · Jan 26, 2026 · 11 MIN

Addiction by Circumstance: What Trees Taught Me About Leaving

from Mandy on the Mountain · host Amanda H Shook, M.Ed.

Healing does not always feel peaceful at first, sometimes it feels like withdrawal.In this episode, I talk about what happens when you stop disappearing to keep connection alive, and why your body can panic even when your soul knows the truth. Through stories of trees, roots, soil, and the quiet wisdom of the mountains, I reflect on transplant shock, bending and breaking, red clay ground, and the slow realization that some environments change what you are able to absorb.This is a story about addiction by circumstance, about learning when the soil is wrong, when it is time to be replanted, and why sometimes you have to be your own soil.

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