What Healing Actually Looks Like When Its Messy Hard and Real Tiffany Jenkins on Building a Good Life After Addiction

This episode of Quick Before You is literally years in the making.Receipts and all, this is a wild ride you're not going to want to skip.In this deeply honest conversation on Quick Before You Forget, I sit down with New York Times bestselling author Tiffany Jenkins to talk about what healing actually looks like when it’s messy, nonlinear, and far from perfect.We talk honestly and openly about addiction, motherhood, mental health, postpartum depression, and the reality of starting over after rock bottom.This isn’t a polished success story. It’s the truth. And if you’ve been feeling burned out, lost, or like you’re failing at healing, same.So take it from us: this one is going to meet you exactly where you are. Because life after addiction, trauma, or burnout is possible. And more importantly, you don’t have to do it alone.************If you’ve been following along for a while you already know this wasn’t random.This was the yellow brick road. Leading us here to this conversation at exactly the right time.So if you’re wondering whether the pieces of your life are adding up to something, they are.Keep walking.THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD (Backstory behind ALL OF THE THINGS)The OG meetup story in June 2019: https://www.instagram.com/p/BzT-JwKHxAJ/?img_index=1Gratitude changes everything post in July 2019: https://www.facebook.com/ty.schmidt.9/posts/pfbid02Fv3M8fc9uA1PPWoMG4kVGc9pSS4RjpE8PwmwUi53B4nY83tGp2PMQHpX3MRVdh2Gl?rdid=GbvNty3tVidIQzyV#"Funny" Jimmy backstory post in July 2019: https://www.facebook.com/ty.schmidt.9/posts/pfbid02jUmW1XAvJUEG8MuAVStE2s9EZbhxh1uAN6Gdt7gpckLoDStzJr9LvVMCzVEVZeZcl?rdid=Zuumxm2auIo0IDd3#Clean Mess original visceral full body reaction to the subtitle in July 2025 – INCLUDING WHEN I FIRST SAID I WANTED TO HAVE HER ON MY PODCAST (that didn't exist until six months later): https://www.instagram.com/p/DLoQ-KFsaOP/?img_index=1You don’t have to do it alone reflection in July 2025: https://www.facebook.com/ty.schmidt.9/posts/pfbid0pmKeSsFZWSgSxj7W23Us8yBfR2CdoqddYnbo5JJhV7Bpv6ZFxpZqnm1MhWNS1zWFl?rdid=Nbsjzb5yKGMUzOGj#My bat signal attempt to ask her to please be on Quick Before You Forget in January 2026: https://www.facebook.com/ty.schmidt.9/posts/pfbid0WMFHBYJcDMSAeXiBCQT7SuAGR9DVxgkorLoACnX9SFCvAym3ady5s1avudSuMxAAl?rdid=49IXu1NfoaEX7zra#All of our Facebook memories in one place: https://www.facebook.com/profile/125600233/search/?q=tiffany%20jenkinsIf My Brain Held a Morning Meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N9r8nVogM8My sportscaster friend Jason Fitz gets emotional in his episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJIhEX20vLISpecial song spotlight: Alex Warren, First Time on Earth: youtube.com/watch?si=txbl6Sk2Um2CIT0x&v=Aammt9Mvbwk&feature=youtu.beQuick Before I Forget backstory, initial red threads starting to come together: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyschmidtty/video/7589100397415910686Quick Before I Forget becomes Quick Before You Forget: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyschmidtty/video/7592824004096838943 Special song spotlight: QBIF becomingQBYF ties to The Manuscript by Taylor Swift: “It’s Yours” – This was referenced in my original chapter for the Triumphs of Transformation book (Should I release that somewhere? Would anyone want to read it?) https://www.tiktok.com/@tyschmidtty/video/7630580377685363998 RelatedYellow Brick Road Playlists on TikTokQuick Before You Forget: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyschmidtty/video/7562549049761549599Gratitude changes everything: Joy From the Ground Up: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyschmidtty/video/7511812444558314783Manifesting Connection starts here in 2021 with a post with Tiffany and I: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyschmidtty/video/6979381205456243974Start Today: A RISE Story starts in 2023 with a post from Dave Hollis’ memorial: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyschmidtty/video/7204458423688285486Alex Warren is FIRE: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyschmidtty/video/7521198555042712863Triumphs Book backstory: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyschmidtty/video/7426444699239468319Health and Healing journey: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyschmidtty/video/7507472611450817823Swiftie Love: Just Keep Swift-ing https://www.tiktok.com/@tyschmidtty/video/7505601042634132767 and Swifties in Healing https://www.tiktok.com/@tyschmidtty/video/7481092834473331999Let Them: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyschmidtty/video/7429138702149913886Also everyone needs these Lovisa earrings: https://www.lovisa.com/?ref=tyler2922 Use this code for 10% off! TYLER2893Meaningful Moments00:00 – Introduction to Tiffany Jenkins 03:30 – Childhood trauma and losing her father suddenly07:00 – How childhood impacts parenting13:00 – Addiction begins and downward spiral18:00 – Arrest, jail, and more21:30 – Choosing recovery and rehab journey23:00 – Becoming a mom in early sobriety27:30 – Starting “Juggling the Jenkins”31:00 – Using humor to talk about addiction36:30 – Life after addiction is possible37:00 – My personal story (cirrhosis, sobriety, rebuilding)42:00 – When healing feels impossible56:00 – “Healing isn’t linear” explained1:00:00 – Advice for feeling like you’re failing at healing1:09:00 – The question she wishes people would ask1:13:00 – If the whole world had to listen…