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Emotional Sobriety: The Next Step in Recovery — 203 episodes
Made a Searching & Fearless Moral Inventory (Of Someone Else)
We Are More Capable Than We Realize
“My Brain Would Kill Me if It Didn’t Need the Transportation”
Don't Stop Before You Even Start!
Disappointments Are Not Obstacles
Anger is Just Another Feeling
Moving Forward After Relapse, Part Two
Moving Forward After Relapse, Part One
Adjustments at Close Range
“The Power of Gentle Presence” with John Amodeo
Whitehat Addictions
Excavating Your Lost Self
"Focus Mokus" with Joe C.
Personal Agency in Emotional Sobriety
Tout Est Possible
Resilience Myths
Self-Supporting Holiday
“God Doesn’t Flunk Anyone, but He Gives a Lot of Re-Tests”
Holidays Aren’t So Bad! (Unless You Get Kicked by a Horse)
Your Family Is Your Alma Mater
"You’re the One You’ve Been Waiting For" with Melanie Gulde
Codependency and Emotional Sobriety
The Merry-Go-Round
Emotional Sobriety & Creativity with Michael J. Harney
The Bedroom Opens off the Living Room
Trauma is Subjective
Beliefs Are Choices
Close to the Ditch
Streamline Your Thinking!
"I Am Not a Counselor"
The Reverse Golden Rule
“Sobriety Didn’t Solve My Problems, It Exposed Them”
Second First Steps
Are These Extravagant Promises? Inconceivable!
Right-Sized Expressions
Letting Go Never Stops
“Lift My Lamp Beside the Golden Door”
Recovery Capital with Samantha Duggan
Staying In
Bright Sunshine in the Rat Park with Dr. Carl Erik Fisher
Flowing with Becoming feat. Joe C.
Inukshuk with Julia Heidmann
Proficiency vs. Perfection
To Be Human Is to Be Impacted
Gratitude, Humility, and Awe
For the Newcomers
Uncertainty and Emotional Sobriety
Filing with the Complaint Department
Newfound Responsibility
Emotions Are (Part Of) the Solution
Guidance vs. Advice
Re-Solving
The Regret Reduction Program
Emotional Sobriety and Love
Seeing More, Seeing Further
Awareness is the Foundation
Surviving Fire
Post-Traumatic Gains
2024 in Review
Lucky Attachments
Any Port in a Storm
Early Holiday Observations with Joe C.
Acorn to Oak Tree with Herb K.
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot
How's Your Practice?
Emotional Sobriety as “Democratic Pluralism”
Acknowledging & Accepting Another Perspective
Expanding the Zone of Comfort
In Pardoning, We Are Pardoned
He Doth Protest Too Much (Missive from ICSAA)!
So Worth Living
Grip Lightly
Challenging Core Beliefs
When We Need Outside Help
Accepting the Road Ahead with Dr. Shawn Horn
Stay Connected & Add More Self
Balancing on the Relational Beam
Beating the Questionnaire
Hurtling Towards Serenity
Life Goes On
Get Quiet, and Listen
Connection/Hope/Identity/Meaning/Empowement
Never Judge Your Earlier Self by What You Know Today
Spiritual GPS
Any Way You Slice It (Cheerio to London!)
Make Plans, Don’t Plan the Results!
So Worth It
Courage to Change
Dream Come True
Party Guy
Getting the Help
Unity = Love
"The Experiment" with Sara Stromberg
Passing It On
Está Bien
"Fear of Economic Insecurity Will Leave Us"
Little Surrenders
It All Adds Up
Tending Our Gardens
Our Way of Life with Herb K.
To Crush and Not Be Crushed
Moving Beyond Our Challenging Year
Happy Happy, Joy Joy
The Dubious Importance of "Being Right"
Adapting to the Unexpected
What Aren’t We Thankful For?
On the Rocks
“There Ain’t No Easy Cancer”
New Recovery From Trauma and PTSD
Recovery in Poetry with Janine McJannett
Daily Practices on Recovery's Frontier (with Patrick McAteer)
Oh, the Places We’ll Go (with Joe C.)
Emotional Sobriety in Residential Treatment
It’s Never Too Late
Awakening Our Truest Selves
Surviving and Thriving in Motherhood with Celeste Yvonne
Self-Esteem and Emotional Sobriety with Roger Andes
Recovery's Paradoxes
Keeping Cool with Carol Carter
Change Calls the Tune We Dance To
Let Fear Be Your Teacher
Emotional Sobriety & Self-Respect
Every Life Is Worth a Novel
Depression's Long Game
Freedom at Cost
Shifting to the Best Possible Attitude
A New Way of Making Amends
When the Road Meets the Rubber
When the Rubber Meets the Road
True Acceptance
The Decision Maker
Emotional Sobriety, Stewardship & Service (Part Two)
Emotional Sobriety, Stewardship & Service (Part One)
A New Perspective on Failure
Authentic Values
Ripple Effect
“Maddiction” with Joe C.
Radical Honesty
Practice Makes Practice
Philosophy over Psychology with Tom Potash
A Spiritual Path Through Emotional Sobriety
Living Consciously with Roger Andes
Meditating on the New Year with Herb Kaighan
More Will Be Revealed with Joe C.
Higher and Friendly Powers with Dr. Peg O’Connor
Our Inner Civil War
The Importance (and Difficulty!) of Our Daily Practice
Thanksgiving Survival Guide
The Holidays: Come As You Are
Between Wisdom & Discipline
Thom & Allen at the ICSAA
Making the Most of Fellowship & Support
What Progress Am I Making?
Room for All
Living in the Moment
A New Self-Esteem
Secular Recovery with Joe C.
Managing Anxiety with Gina Ryan
Emotional Sobriety at Work
What Love Is
Neutralizing Fear
Recovery 2.0 with Tommy Rosen
Getting Disappointments to Work for Us
Overcoming Disappointments
Integrating Role Models
Nihilism and Perfectionism are "Kissing Cousins"
Defeating Nihilism
Finding Inner Peace
Bonding with Dad
Adding Self to Intimate Relationships
Love vs. Dependency
Milestones in Early Recovery
Grief and Flexibility
Mother's Day
Navigating Marriage (Part One)
Showing Up for Ourselves
Therapeutic Improv with Brian Lutz
Conflict Resolution: Taking Emotional Sobriety into Traffic
Practical Solutions to Challenging Perfectionism
Episode Forty-Five: Perfectionism is a Destructive Belief System
Episode Forty-Four: Emotional Sobriety as Philosophy (Part Two)
Episode Forty-Three: Emotional Sobriety as Philosophy (Part One)
Episode Forty-Two: Summarizing “12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety”
Episode Forty-One: Busting Shame with Dr. Shawn Horn
Episode Forty: Paddling Your Own Canoe
Episode Thirty-Nine: Jefferson Ross and "Southern Currency"
Episode Thirty-Eight: Holding Onto Ourselves in Relationships (Part Two)
Episode Thirty-Seven: Holding Onto Ourselves in Relationships (Part One)
Episode Thirty-Six: Allen’s Sponsor (Part Two)
Episode Thirty-Five: Allen’s Sponsor (Part One)
Episode Thirty-Four: Living a Purposeful Life (Part Two)
Episode Thirty-Three: Living a Purposeful Life (Part One)
Episode Thirty-Two: Healing Through Forgiveness (Part Two)
Episode Thirty-One: Brian Cuban on Recovery & Self-Hate
Episode Thirty: Healing Through Forgiveness (Part One)
Episode Twenty-Nine: Perfectionism and the Holidays
Episode Twenty-Eight: Breaking the Bonds of Perfectionism
Episode Twenty-Seven: Discovering Novel Solutions
Episode Twenty-Six: Living Life on Life’s Terms (Part Two)
Episode Twenty-Five: Living Life on Life’s Terms (Part One)
Episode Twenty-Four: Accepting What Is
Episode Twenty-Three: Recognizing the Problems in Our Relationships as Opportunities
Episode Twenty-Two: "Sober Enough" with Joe. C