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The Harmonious Mind
by redroofrecovery
The Harmonious Mind is a collection of practical insights for developing greater awareness, resilience, and self-empowerment in everyday life.Created by Tanya MacIntyre, founder of Red Roof Recovery and Mental Health Fitness Alliance (MHFA), the podcast reflects years of experience exploring recovery, mental health, behaviour change, and emotional well-being. Drawing from evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), along with mindfulness, self-compassion, and other practical tools, Tanya’s audio insights offer simple ways to better understand and manage thoughts, feelings, emotions, moods, and behaviours.What began through a focus on addiction recovery and mental health education has evolved into a broader exploration of the harmonious mind - helping people build healthier habits, strengthen their relationship with themselves, and develop skills that support lasting mental and emotional well-being.These short audio insights are designed to meet you where yo
Episodes
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S9E5 Put Your Own Mask On First: Daily Habits for Self-Compassion
S9E5 This reflection explores why putting your own well-being first isn't selfish - it's what allows you to continue giving from a place of greater balance and resilience. In this short insight, you'll discover simple daily habits designed to strengthen self-compassion, reduce overwhelm…
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S9E4 How to Deal with Financial Insecurity Fears
S9E4 This episode takes us back to 2022 - when Tanya & Lance were among the many who lost their jobs during the pandemic. Rather than allowing fear to make their decisions for them, they turned toward a powerful tool that helped them change the way they understood uncertainty, money, and their…
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S9E3 The Gift of Self Compassion
S9E3 In this episode, the founder of Red Roof Recovery, Tanya MacIntyre, shares 3 gentle steps to nurture awareness around the emotions of guilt & shame. Extending ourselves the gift of self compassion can be a vital step in quieting the relentless inner critic - and initiating true emotional...
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S9E2 Just Put It On My Tab
S9E2 The Harmonious Mind is an ideal prescription for people who want steadier thoughts, calmer emotions, and a more balanced nervous system. In this episode, the founder of Red Roof Recovery, Tanya MacIntyre, shares a simple idea from 2-thousand years ago that can help you live a more calm and...
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S9E1 Using our THREE Brains for Better Mental Health.
S9E1 Using our THREE Brains for Better Mental Health. Tanya recorded this episode in January, 2026 but then forgot to upload it... so it's rather apropos that you listen to this halfway through the year! In this short vignette, Tanya shares some insights around how she stays mindful of her THREE...
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S8E12 Some Pillars of Practice for Better Mental Health
S8E12 Some Pillars of Practice for Better Mental Health In this short vignette I'll share some insights around how I successfully use a few foundational "pillars of practice" to manage my mental health and remain free from addictions. Keep seeking, keep learning, and keep showing up for yourself....
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S8E11 Finding Stillness in the Storm
S8E11 The Harmonious Mind is a bite-sized podcast where each episode offers practical insights - rooted in mindfulness & brain science - to help you reduce stress, shift perspective, and strengthen your mental health. This is an ideal prescription for people who want steadier thoughts, calmer...
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S8E10 How Changing Your Relationship with Your Thoughts Can Contribute to Better Mental Health
S8E10 The Harmonious Mind is a bite-sized podcast where each episode offers practical insights - rooted in mindfulness & brain science - to help you reduce stress, shift perspective, and strengthen your mental health. This is an ideal prescription for people who want steadier thoughts, calmer...
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S8E9 Embracing Self Compassion For Better Mental Health
S8E9 The Harmonious Mind is a bite-sized podcast where each episode offers practical insights - rooted in mindfulness & brain science - to help you reduce stress, shift perspective, and strengthen your mental health. This is an ideal prescription for people who want steadier thoughts, calmer...
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S8E8 7 Daily Habits For Better Mental Health
S8E8 The Harmonious Mind is a bite-sized podcast where each episode offers practical insights - rooted in mindfulness & brain science - to help you reduce stress, shift perspective, and strengthen your mental health. This is an ideal prescription for people who want steadier thoughts, calmer...
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S8E7 A 12-Step Program For Better Mental Health
S8E7 The Harmonious Mind is a bite-sized podcast where each episode offers practical insights - rooted in mindfulness & brain science - to help you reduce stress, shift perspective, and strengthen your mental health. This is an ideal prescription for people who want steadier thoughts, calmer...
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S8E6: The Road Less Travelled
S8E6: The Harmonious Mind is a bite-sized podcast where I share meaningful ideas that can add up to a more balanced mind. Each short episode offers practical insights - rooted in mindfulness & brain science - to help you reduce stress, shift perspective, and strengthen your mental health. This is...
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S8E5: 8 Factors to Nurture Better Mental Health
S8E5: The Harmonious Mind is a bite-sized podcast where I share meaningful ideas that add up to a more balanced mind. Each short episode offers practical insights - rooted in mindfulness & brain science - to help you reduce stress, shift perspective, and strengthen your mental health. This is an...
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S8E4 Formula A, For Better Mental Health
S8E4 Formula A, For Better Mental Health When it comes to managing my mental health, I love using the tools from CBT - Cognitive Behavioural Therapies. There are countless tools to help manage the "waves of life." I notice that, when I can stay consistent & persistent in my efforts, the waves…
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S8E3 Silence Your Inner Critic, For Better Mental Health
S8E3 Silence Your Inner Critic, For Better Mental Health In this short vignette I'll share some insights around how I successfully use a "Triple A Formula" to manage my mental health and remain free from addictions. Remember to talk to and treat yourself like you'd talk to and treat a good…
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S8E2 Unpacking Emotions For Better Mental Health
S8E2 Unpacking Emotions For Better Mental Health In this short vignette I'll share some insights around how a "3-minute reset" can calm your nervous system and unpack your emotions. Keep seeking, keep learning, and keep showing up for yourself. Remember to talk to and treat yourself like you'd…
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S8E1 Setting Intentions For Better Mental Health
S8E1 Setting Intentions For Better Mental Health In this short vignette I'll share some insights around the power of "setting intentions" - and how we can use simple, consistent steps to get what we want. Keep seeking, keep learning, and keep showing up for yourself. Remember to talk to and treat...
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S7E12 Better Decisions For Better Mental Health
S7E12 Better Decisions For Better Mental Health In this episode, I share the results of a study done with 4-year-olds back in the 60s. The outcome study had some valuable insights about how important it is for us to learn how to delay gratification and learn self control at an early age. We are…
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S7E11 Conscious Communication for Better Mental Health
S7E11 What I learned as a journalist for 20 years - and as a mental health professional for the past 7 years - is that communication is not merely a skill. Communication can become a doorway to deeper self-awareness. In this episode of the RRR show, I share a few principles for more effective...
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S7E10 Try the Diet that Really Works
S7E10 On this episode, I talk about how important it is for us to be the gatekeeper of our life and of our mind. Our mind is a complex chemical organ that seeks the easiest path and is too easily conditioned to forge paths that are unhealthy. After 20 years as a broadcast journalist (perpetuating...
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S7E9 How Can Becoming an Optimist Help our Mental Health?
S7E9 Mental fitness is just as important as physical fitness. The conditions of our mind manifest into conditions of our body. On this episode, I share some tips on how becoming an "optimist" can contribute to better mental health. To support you on your journey to better mental health, I’ve...
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S7E8 Conscious Communication for Better Mental Health
S7E8 Mental fitness is just as important as physical fitness. The conditions of our mind manifest into conditions of our body. On this episode, I share some tips on how "conscious" communication can nurture empathy, self-compassion, and deeper connection. To support you on this journey, I’ve...
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S7E7 Catch It, Check It, Change It for Better Mental Health
S7E7 On this episode, Tanya talk about another of her favourite "snappy slogans." The "Catch It, Check It, Change It" tool can help you: Catch unhelpful thoughts, check the unhelpful thoughts using tools from CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), and then change the unhelpful thoughts to more...
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S7E6 How to Achieve & Maintain Better Mental Health Using "Formula A"
S7E6 In this episode of the Red Roof Recovery show, Tanya shares her "Formula A" that not only helps her remain free from addictions but also helps her manage her mental health without pharmaceuticals. Tanya also reveals some exciting news as Red Roof Recovery evolves into the Mental Health…
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S7E5 Five Steps for Better Mental Health
S7E5 In this episode of the Red Roof Recovery show you'll learn FIVE STEPS you can take for better mental health! There's no shortage of tools & techniques to deal with the messiness of life. Red Roof Recovery provides courses, programs, and retreats to help people deal with the multitude of…
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S7E4 Removing the Stigma from a Complex Mental Health Illness
S7E4 This episode of the Red Roof Recovery is a discussion about the ongoing challenge of removing the stigma from the complex mental-health illness of addiction. There is no shortage of tools & techniques to deal with the messiness of life. Red Roof Recovery is far more than a treatment to...
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S7E3 How SMART's Evidence-Based Program Helps Manage Mental Health
S7E3 This episode of the Red Roof Recovery show was recorded during the pandemic, when Tanya was facilitating SMART meetings for a Toronto group with which she is no longer affiliated. Please connect with SMART on their global website https://smartrecovery.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is no...
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S7E2: What to Do When You're NOT a Good Fit.
S7E2: In this episode of the Red Roof Recovery show, Tanya revisits the pandemic - when addiction and suicide rates more than doubled. During COVID, Tanya became an online facilitator for the Toronto group of SMART (Self Management And Recovery Training). After 2 years of volunteering with the...
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S7E1: How our Perceptions Colour Our Communications
S7E1: Recorded on "Canada Day," Lance and Tanya talk about how their differences have worked to keep their marriage alive for over 30 years! ***** Red Roof Recovery is based on CBT (cognitive behaviour therapies), DBT, MET, IFS, and REBT. Each episode of the Red Roof Recovery show covers a…
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S6E10 Tools & Techniques for Better Mental Health and Life Balance
S6E10: There is no shortage of tools & techniques to deal with the messiness of life. Red Roof Recovery is far more than a treatment to overcome addictions. Red Roof Recovery helps people deal with the multitude of mental health illnesses that plague our society. On this episode of the Red Roof...
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S6E9 How Mentorship Plays a Role in Recovery
S6E9: The magic happens when you find a tool that works for YOU, because there are hundreds of things that we can tap into that are going to contribute to our better mental health and recovery. In this episode, Tanya talks about some of the "tools" (including CBT - Cognitive Behavioural…
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S6E8 From Homelessness & Addiction to Becoming a Social Worker!
S6E8 Special Guest Serenity Cates shares her story from becoming homelessness and addicted to being recovered and becoming a social worker. Always remember... You are not the sum of your setbacks, but the hero of your relentless comebacks! Red Roof Recovery is located in the beautiful lakeside…
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How I Got My Life Back After Years of Drugging!
S6E7: In this episode of the Red Roof Recovery show, Tanya talks about the important role that CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapies) played not only in her freedom from addictions but also with her recovery from the mental health conditions she had been plagued with most of her life. ~~~~~ Sign…
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S6E6: How a Mental Meltdown Changed My Life!
S6E6: In this episode of the Red Roof Recovery show, Tanya talks about how important it is to "banish all doubt" when it comes to maintaining better mental health. Tanya shares how her experience in journalism contributed to her progressive addictions and chipped away at her soul. The Swiss Air...
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How is Addiction related to the Stages of Grief?
In this episode of the Red Roof Recovery, Tanya and Lance share some insights about how their 30+ years of marriage barely survived Tanya's addictions. Lance talks about how he experienced the "7 Stages of Grief" while living through Tanya's addictions and recovery! Moving to Spain in 2007 was…
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S6E4 What Does it Take to Finally be FREE from Addictions?!
S6E4 In this episode of the Red Roof Recovery, Tanya and Lance talk about how their 30+ years of marriage have evolved and survived Tanya's drug & alcohol addictions. Moving to Spain in 2007 was the pivotal point for Tanya to hit what's referred to as "rock bottom." After a 30-day stay in rehab -...
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S6E3 Exercise with the Hula-Hoop & Recover Forever!
S6E3 In this episode of the Red Roof Recovery, Tanya talks about the valuable CBT tool called "the hula hoop." There are hundreds of tools to use in life, the K.E.Y. is to Keep Educating Yourself to find what works for YOU. Whether it was the pandemic in 2020 or the recession that came...
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S6E2 Is Trauma Related to Addictions?
In this episode of the Red Roof Recovery show, Tanya talks about her experience with both 12-step programs and the secular program of SMART (Self Management And Recovery Training). This episode was recorded during the pandemic, and Tanya makes reference to smartrecoverytoronto, but now recommends...
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S6E1: Letting Go of the Fear of Financial Insecurities
Tanya founded Red Roof Recovery in 2020, and then convinced Lance to retire sooner than later so he could be the family-support person in her business. Tanya & Lance have insightful conversations around a variety of topics. Have a listen to how Lance and Tanya have learned to let go of the fears...
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S5E12: How CBT Helps Me Remain Free from Addictions
S5E12: On this episode, Tanya shares her experience around mental health conditions including addictions. About RED ROOF RECOVERY Whether you're trying to overcome an addiction yourself or trying to help a loved one overcome an addiction, you can find a wealth of information in these podcast...
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S5E11: Helping a Loved One Overcome Addiction
S5E11: On this episode, Tanya and Lance talk about how to help (or NOT help) a loved one who's stuck in addiction. About RED ROOF RECOVERY Whether you're trying to overcome an addiction yourself or trying to help a loved one overcome an addiction, you can find a wealth of information in these...
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S5E10: Unconditional Acceptance & REBT with Dr. Walter Matweychuk
S5E10: On this episode, Tanya chats with Dr. Walter Matweychuk who is an American psychologist and expert in a form of cognitive therapy called REBT (Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy). About RED ROOF RECOVERY Whether you're trying to overcome an addiction yourself or trying to help a loved…
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S5E9: Perception is Projection
S5E9: On this episode, Tanya and Lance talk about how our perception colours our communications. Whether you're trying to overcome an addiction yourself or trying to help a loved one overcome an addiction, you might find our conversations helpful. Recovery from addictions doesn't take long. It...
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S5E8: Overcoming Addiction with Acceptance
S5E8: On this episode, Lance and I talk about the importance of acceptance. Whether you're trying to overcome an addiction yourself or trying to help a loved one overcome an addiction, you might find this conversation helpful. We recorded this in 2022, when the fallout of COVID started to reveal...
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S5E7: Tools of Therapy for Addiction Recovery
S5E7: On this episode of the Red Roof Recovery, I'm joined by Tammy Bannon to discuss the challenges of acceptance for ourselves, others, and life. Among her many talents, Tammy is an NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) practitioner, and a master hypnotist. ✅👉 Personal Programs Tailored for YOU…
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S5E6: How to (Not) Help Your Addicted Loved One
S5E6: Tanya and Lance offer thoughtful conversation about a variety of topics from both ends of the recovery table. We've created programs that are based on our successful lived experience to navigate the adversities of life without harmful substances & behaviours. ✅👉BEGINNER SOBRIETY COURSE:...
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S5E5: How to Get Rid of the Stinkin’ Thinkin’
S5E5: Thanks so much for your support! My name is Tanya MacIntyre. I'm a former broadcast journalist who packed up negative news and progressive addictions; And, then I finally decided to STOP BEING ANONYMOUS, and started speaking and writing publicly about my challenges to overcome addictions.…
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S5E4: What’s the HAMMER in Your Toolbox?
S5E4: After 8 years of relapsing in 12-step programs, I finally decided to STOP BEING ANONYMOUS and start speaking and writing publicly about my challenge to overcome drug & alcohol addictions. I've managed to remain FREE from addictions since 2018, using a variety of tools. In this episode of…
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S5E3: How AA Saved My Life & SMART Gave Me My Life Back!
S5E3: This episode of the Red Roof Recovery show was recorded during the pandemic, when Tanya talks about her drug and alcohol addictions, her experience in a treatment facility in Spain, her subsequent 8 years of relapsing in 12-step programs, and her SMART discovery of cognitive therapy that…
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S5E2: It Works When You WORK it!
S5E2: In this episode of the Red Roof Recovery show, Tanya & Lance chat about the work required to maintain freedom from addictions. May the force be with you, and - remember - YOU are the force! ❤ Tanya https://redroofrecovery.com Search for the Red Roof Recovery podcast on your favourite...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Harmonious Mind is a collection of practical insights for developing greater awareness, resilience, and self-empowerment in everyday life.Created by Tanya MacIntyre, founder of Red Roof Recovery and Mental Health Fitness Alliance (MHFA), the podcast reflects years of experience exploring recovery, mental health, behaviour change, and emotional well-being. Drawing from evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), along with mindfulness, self-compassion, and other practical tools, Tanya’s audio insights offer simple ways to better understand and manage thoughts, feelings, emotions, moods, and behaviours.What began through a focus on addiction recovery and mental health education has evolved into a broader exploration of the harmonious mind - helping people build healthier habits, strengthen their relationship with themselves, and develop skills that support lasting mental and emotional well-being.These short audio insights are designed to meet you where yo
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