Talking about addictions, codependency, and boundaries.

Larissa and Janine join me to get into it about how we coped through Christmas. This is definitely a deeply personal episode, so if you have ever questioned your status with substances or codependency, join us as we discuss how we have walked through healing on our journeys with substances. In this episode we talk about: Addictions, vices, escapism, and substance abuse. Alcoholics Anonymous, and 12-step fellowships such as CA, NA, and CodA. Surviving Christmas and the holiday season. How Christmas breaks us down and shows us our deeply held patterns. What it’s like being in an AA meeting and going through a 12-step process. How to recognize when it’s time to go to a meeting. Gabor Mate and the Myth of Normal. The link between codependency and addictions. Taking life one step at a time while healing addictions and codependency. How we downplay our need to ask for help. How to gauge sobriety in codependency. Setting healthy boundaries with family. Meeting our parents where they are at in their healing. Practicing boundaries within yourself first. If you are interested in finding a meeting to join, visit https://www.aa.org/, https://ca.org/, https://oa.org/, https://coda.org/ or one of the many anonymous groups that exist. More about our guests: Larissa Olson is a prolific tarot reader, death doula, and health care aide. You can find her on IG @larissaolson. Janine Schellenberg has developed her own unique practice called SomaKnow which combines her wisdom from years of service as a massage therapist, acupuncturist, cranial sacral, neuroscience, and spirituality. You can learn more about her practice at www.somaknow.com. Lauren MacLean hosts Causally Profound and is on Instagram @_i_am_lauren_. She is an intuitive guide, coach, and artist that holds real space for you to take action on your dreams. Casually Profound is a podcast dedicated to anyone who has ever looked around at the people in their lives and realized they had no one they could really TALK to and go DEEP with. We are here to have those conversations and welcome you into the secret sanctum with us. There are no sacred cows here, we are just here to talk about what it has been like implementing half the stuff the "gurus" go on about on social media. If you’re interested in joining these conversations, please send us a message!