All Episodes

You Don’t Look Disabled

When My Enthusiasm Exceeds Capacity

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Through the Lens of Disability

What Are the Four Absolutes?

Don't Wait Until Things Fall Apart

Giving Yourself Grace: Live the Moment You Have, Not the One You Planned

What is Sitting on the Throne of Your Life?

The Gift Hidden in the Wreckage: When Your Past Becomes Someone Else's Hope

Seeking Faith Without Understanding Can Be Comfortable

The Joys of Recovery: Rediscovering Me

Managing Cravings With Willingness

How to Grieve Sober: Letting Feelings Move

When I'm Disturbed, What's My Next Right Thing?

I’m Back: Recovery With Eyes Wide Open

Health Update

When Your Brain Says, "That's Enough": Living with a Vestibular Disorder

Rest Is Productive: The Reward is Quality of Life

Recovery Doesn't Take a Day Off: Acceptance Every Single Day

Trusting Others: When Self-Sufficiency Fails Us

Relief Is In the Seeking, Not the Understanding

Stop Rehearsing the Worst: Walking Toward Fear Creates New Evidence

Stay Curious To Stay Present

Learning How to Stay Instead of Escape

Relapse: It Takes What It Takes

Learning How to Stay Instead of Escape

The More We Give, the More We Get

Romanticizing the Drink, Romanticizing the Past

Freedom From Fear and Want: Trust the Future, Accept the Present

Justified vs. Unjustified Anger: The Cost of Holding On

The Wisdom of Waiting: Does It Need To Be Said?

Relieve Me of the Bondage of Self: When Pain Turns Into Self-Centeredness

Acceptance vs Being Taken Advantage Of: A Path to Gratitude

Meditation for Stroke Recovery

Step Two: Becoming Willing to Believe

Reads and Recovery: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Living in the Solution of Steps 1, 2, and 3: Control, Help, and Micro-Decisions

When Protection Becomes a Prison: Is Your Armor Your Weapon?

Freedom: Fear vs. Want

Poor Me: Never Too Late to Start Your Day Over

“I Can Figure This Out Myself”: How To Increase the Frequency of Hope

Living Gratefully: Gratitude Forward, Not Backward

Admitting Complete Defeat After Stroke: Willingness To Find Better Days

Joyful Discoveries In Recovery: Using My Body Instead of Abusing It

Growing a Conscience: What’s Your Motivation For That?

Untethering Shame From My Past: Using the Steps to Travel Through Life

The Program That Changed Everything: Learning How to Live

Rebuilding Identity: My Relationship With Myself

I Trust Me: Changing My Relationship With the Past

Medical Retirement: The Emotional Weight of Forced Change

Be The Bridge of Hope: From Demoralization to Liberation

Watching Reruns: Get Out Of Your Head

Talk to Someone: The Beginning of Everything

You Are What You Were: Breaking the Pattern

Just Be: The Peace I Was Missing

Crying for the Moon: But Choosing What’s Within Reach

Celebrating a Sober Decade: As Happy As I Allow Myself