Tripping Over Myself the podcast
by Gerard Bradbury
Spoken sticky notes on anxiety and alcoholism. Short, real stories from my life. No filler, just the moments that matter. 2–5 minutes. New episode every Wednesday.What listeners are saying:“I love your podcasts!” — danee.marshThis came in after the show unexpectedly charted #1 in Gambia. I’m building this podcast slowly, honestly, and one listener at a time.
Episodes
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Bonus — Three-Book Giveaway | 12 Winners
A short invitation to enter my giveaway. I'm giving away 12 complete sets of my three published books. No purchase necessary, and shipping is free. Enter at trippingovermyself.com before October 30, 2026.
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The Professional League of Anxiety / 3 Minute Sticky Note Sunday Bonus
The Professional League of Anxiety 3-Minute Sticky Note | Sunday Bonus If anxiety were a paid profession, I’d have a contract that would rival any professional athlete. But there’s one problem with being a professional worrier. You never really get to hang up your gear. In this Sunday bonus...
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When The Day Goes Off Script Ep 35
How often do we let a small change in our plans ruin an entire day? In this week’s 3-Minute Sticky Note, I explore why we become so attached to the stories we write about how life should unfold—and why peace often begins the moment we stop expecting reality to follow our script.
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Your day goes off script
A preview of Episode 35 of the 3-Minute Sticky Note, available October 14th. What happens when your day refuses to follow the script you wrote for it?
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Start Here - What the 3 Minute Sticky Note Is About
A short introduction to the podcast, why I started it, and the path behind the stories. I’m not here to tell anyone how to live. I’m sharing what I lived through with addiction, anxiety, and the hope that something in it may help someone else.
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The Day You Quit Ep 34
Why is quitting so much harder when the day finally arrives? In this episode, I reflect on quitting smoking, leaving alcohol behind, and why the hardest battle is often with the stories we tell ourselves. Sometimes the greatest victory isn’t quitting a habit—it’s choosing yourself, one day at a...
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Asking for Help
Asking for help doesn’t take away from what you’ve accomplished. For years, I let pride and embarrassment keep me from asking for help when I needed it. Even recently, I found myself feeling guilty for getting help with my writing. In this Sticky Note, I talk about why asking for help isn’t...
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Drifting Into A World You Didn’t Create Ep 33
How do we end up living a life we never intended to create? In this week’s 3-Minute Sticky Note, I reflect on how we can slowly drift into fear, addiction, and other people’s expectations without even realizing it. Sometimes the most important question we can ask ourselves isn’t, “How did I get...
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The Anxiety Escape Plan Ep 32
How often do we mistake anxiety for protection? In this week’s 3-Minute Sticky Note, I explore how anxiety can become an escape plan we quietly depend on—and why true calm isn’t something we perform, but something we learn to trust. Sometimes the battles that steal our peace are the ones that…
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The Silent Losers Ep 31
Episode 31 – The Silent Losers When addiction enters a family, it rarely hurts just one person. In this episode, I reflect on the hidden pain carried by parents, spouses, family, and friends who continue to love someone caught in addiction. Looking back at my own life, I finally understood that...
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The Weight We Carry
Sunday Sticky Note — The Weight We Carry Some burdens are too heavy to carry alone. This Sunday Sticky Note is a reminder that strength isn’t found in staying silent—it’s found in knowing when to let someone walk beside you. Thanks for listening.
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Don’t Squeeze The life out of Today Ep 30
Episode 30 – Don’t Squeeze the Life Out of Today It’s easy to spend our lives replaying yesterday or worrying about tomorrow. But neither one is a place we can actually live. In this short episode, I reflect on why our greatest accomplishments and our deepest losses should guide us—not anchor us....
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Problems That Were Never Yours
Sunday Sticky Note — Problems That Were Never Yours Sometimes the heaviest burdens we carry don’t belong to us. This short reflection is about learning to let go of worries that were never ours to hold in the first place. Thanks for listening.
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The Neighborhood Between Your Ears Ep 29
Episode 29 – The Quiet We Keep Interrupting A quiet mind can feel unfamiliar, but maybe that’s because we’ve spent so much time filling every empty space with thought. In this episode, Gerard explores why calmness often appears when we stop building stories and start leaving a little room for...
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The Breath Between Steps
When self-doubt creeps in, our first instinct is often to keep pushing. But sometimes the wisest thing we can do is pause. In this Sunday Sticky Note, I share why taking a breath between steps isn’t giving up—it’s giving your mind the space to settle so your wisdom can lead the way again.
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When Anxiety Writes The Script Ep 28
Episode 28 – When Anxiety Writes the Script What if the stories causing the most fear never actually happen? In this week’s 3-Minute Sticky Note, I reflect on how anxiety can quietly take over the pen, writing fictional endings before life has a chance to unfold. For years, I believed those…
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Self Doubt Isn’t The Truth
Some nights, self-doubt gets louder than our own wisdom. Tonight’s Sunday Sticky Note is a reminder that uncertainty isn’t always telling us the truth. Take care of yourself.
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Your Most Important Relationship Ep 27
Episode 27 – The Most Important Relationship You’ll Ever Have The relationship you have with yourself shapes every part of your life. It influences your confidence, your fears, the choices you make, and the future you believe is possible. In this week’s 3-Minute Sticky Note, I reflect on how my...
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Open Space
When life finally becomes quiet, why do we feel the need to fill every empty space with another thought? In this Sunday Sticky Note, I explore how our minds become crowded—not because of what’s happening around us, but because of what we continue to build within us. Sometimes the greatest gift we...
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When Admitting It Becomes The Problem Ep 26
Episode 26 – When Admitting You Have a Problem Becomes the Problem Sometimes the hardest part of recovery isn’t asking for help. It’s admitting to yourself that you need it. In this week’s 3-Minute Sticky Note, I talk about the quiet conversation we have with ourselves before anyone else knows...
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The Vacant Lot
We spend so much of our lives filling every quiet moment with another thought, another worry, or another story. But what if the most valuable space in your mind is the one you never build on? In today’s Sunday Sticky Note, I share why not every thought deserves your attention—and why leaving a…
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The People I Envied Ep 25
For years I envied calm people. I thought they had something I was missing. In this episode, I talk about the trap of comparing our inside to someone else’s outside, and how real peace isn’t borrowed from other people—it’s discovered within ourselves. That would be enough to make me click.
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Don’t Harden Yourself Against Life Sunday Sticky Note
Welcome to Sunday’s Short Sticky Note. Each Sunday, I’ll share a short message pulled from my experiences with addiction, anxiety, recovery, and life. These aren’t long episodes or deep dives—just a few minutes of reflection and a simple idea to carry into the week ahead. One thought. One lesson....
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The Mental Binge Ep 24
We all carry different versions of ourselves — the anxious one, the guilty one, the angry one, the calm one. The thoughts you binge on decide which version shows up. This episode is about noticing the mental loops we feed and choosing which version of ourselves gets the microphone.
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Nothing Is Wrong With You Ep 23
For years, I believed there was something fundamentally wrong with me because of my anxiety. I avoided people, made excuses, and hardened myself against the very things I wanted most — connection, friendship, and life itself. In this episode, I share how fearful thinking kept me stuck and the...
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Running Out Of Tomorrow’s Ep 22
Perspective: Walking Into the Uncomfortable Loss has a way of stripping away the noise and leaving only the truth of what actually matters. I recently lost a dear friend—someone who believed in me long before the books or this podcast existed. Her passing shifted my perspective in a hurry. It...
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Before Your Week Starts: You Are Something to Be Loved
Before your week starts, a reminder for anyone who has spent too much time fighting themselves. For years, I thought staying silent, avoiding people, and handling everything on my own was the safest way to live. Looking back, I realize anxiety slowly became part of my identity—not because it was...
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Why You Care What People Think Ep 21
The Spotlight Effect: Why Nobody Actually Cares (And Why That’s Good News) Do you ever feel like the world is a giant jury and you’re the one on trial? In this episode, Gerard dives into the "invisible committee" we all carry in our heads. From the paralyzing fear that stopping to re-tie a…
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I Wasn't Trying to Get Drunk
A short Sunday bonus from one of the earliest episodes of the podcast about anxiety, overthinking, and mistaking silence for healing. Sometimes alcohol wasn’t about getting drunk — it was about trying to find relief from the noise inside my own mind.
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Stop Replaying the Pain Ep 20
We only get to live today once. There’s no fast‑forward button on life, and there’s no rewind either. In this episode, I talk about what happens when we keep replaying painful moments, rolling them around until they turn into anxiety. I share how I used to let alcohol do my thinking for me, and...
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When Silence Felt Like Peace
A short reflection from the very beginning of this story. I was thirteen when I first discovered what silence felt like — and I mistook it for peace. Looking back now, I can see how anxiety and alcohol were already shaping each other long before I understood either of them. Take care of yourself.
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Doing the Next Right Thing Ep 19
Most of the time, you don’t realize you’re helping people while you’re doing it. You’re just trying to stay sober, show up, and do the next right thing. It’s only when you look back that you start to see the impact you’ve had. In this short episode, I talk about the quiet ways we give back…
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You Don't Always Know Your Giving Back
A reminder that the quiet things you do every day might be helping someone more than you realize.
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Stop Solving Fiction Ep 18
Stop Solving Fiction We spend half our lives trying to solve problems that don’t actually exist. In this episode, I open up about how my anxiety began—not with reality, but with the "fiction" I created about myself and the world. I talk about the trap of replaying "harmless" thoughts until they...
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Before the Week Begins
A short moment of calm before the week begins. Take a breath, let the noise settle, and start fresh.
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The Echo Chamber: AI & Addiction Ep 17
🎙 Episode 16 — The Lies We Tell Ourselves In this episode of Tripping Over Myself, I explore the strange connection between addiction, anxiety, and the way we talk to ourselves. I look at how the mind can act like its own form of artificial intelligence — answering whatever questions we feed it…
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The Questions Your Mind Already Answered
Sometimes the mind doesn’t want truth — it wants confirmation. In tonight’s short bonus, I share how the questions we ask ourselves can keep us anxious, stuck, and believing things that were never true. Full episode on Wednesday.
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The Need To Be Noticed Ep 16
Before alcohol… before gambling… before any of the obvious addictions… there was something deeper driving it all. The need to be noticed. In this episode, I talk about how chasing attention, approval, and a sense of belonging led me into a life filled with drinking, gambling, and smoking — three...
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The Addiction No One Talks About
Before alcohol… there was something else driving me. The need to be seen. This Sunday bonus is a short preview of this week’s episode — where that need led me, and what it nearly cost me.
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Friendship & False Safety Ep 15
Friendship isn’t always what it looks like on the surface. Sometimes we build friendships around the wrong things — the wrong comfort, the wrong habits, the wrong kind of silence. In this episode, I talk about the friendship I formed with addiction, how it became my escape, my constant, and...
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When Addiction Feels Like a Friend
What happens when the thing hurting you feels like the only thing there for you? In this short bonus, I share a moment that changed how I saw addiction — not as an enemy, but as something that once felt like a friend. This Wednesday’s episode tells the full story.
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Loneliness isn’t What you Think Ep 14
In this episode, I explore the kind of loneliness that doesn’t come from being alone, but from the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and what we deserve. During the stillness of recovery, I began to see that loneliness wasn’t my home — it was the place I’d been hiding. This episode looks...
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A Quiet Thought Before Ep 14
A short Sunday night reminder that loneliness isn’t always about who’s around you — sometimes it’s the story your mind keeps repeating. Take a breath tonight. Episode 14 arrives on Wednesday.
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Before You Listen to Me… This Matters
Before you listen to the rest of this podcast, I wanted to share a bit about who I am and why I do this. This isn’t built on theory or something I studied — it’s built on lived experience with anxiety, addiction, and everything that comes with it. I’m not here because I’ve figured everything out....
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Alone in the Hospital Ep 13
In this episode, I return to the early weeks of my hospital stay — a time when everything I used to rely on was stripped away. With no routines, no escape, and nowhere left to hide, loneliness hit harder than ever. But in that exposed place, something unexpected happened: real connection began to...
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Where Loneliness Cracked Open
Part 2 of the loneliness series. This is where everything changed. Full episode drops Wednesday. Follow so you don’t miss it.
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Loneliness Before the Bottle Ep 12
Title: Loneliness Before the Bottle Not the kind where you're physically alone — but the kind where you feel disconnected even in a room full of people. Alcohol creates the illusion of companionship. The drink in your hand feels like friendship — until it wears off and leaves you hollow. I drank…
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The 5% Chance: Liver Failure Ep 11
I didn’t realize I was dying. I thought I was just sick... just hungover... just going through something I could handle. This moment marks the point when everything fell apart — when I was caught between a hospital bed and denial, unaware that I had been given only days to live. This isn’t a…
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The Stories That Never Happened Ep 10
The only real judgment that exists is the one we place on ourselves. I wrote this down the morning we left for Portugal. My anxiety about flying had been building for a week. And on top of it, I was tangled up in worry about our little rescue dog, Frankie — how would she handle a flight from…
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The Truth about Fear and Self-Worth Ep 9
In this episode, I open up another layer of the story — the moments we hide, the choices we question, and the quiet truths that shape who we become. Episode 9 looks at the turning points that force us to confront ourselves with honesty, even when it’s uncomfortable. It’s about awareness,...
About this show
Spoken sticky notes on anxiety and alcoholism. Short, real stories from my life. No filler, just the moments that matter. 2–5 minutes. New episode every Wednesday.What listeners are saying:“I love your podcasts!” — danee.marshThis came in after the show unexpectedly charted #1 in Gambia. I’m building this podcast slowly, honestly, and one listener at a time.
Hosted by
Gerard Bradbury