My faith journey began with desperation and willingness. Sobriety first introduced me to the idea of depending on a power greater than myself, even when I felt awkward and unsure about it. It felt more like discipline than conviction. I practiced gratitude, prayer, and “acting as if” I believed, long before I felt connected to anything. That willingness squeaked opened the door. I began to see that faith is continuing to reach for something beyond myself.After my stroke, faith became survival. My disability left me terrified, uncertain, and stripped of the things I used to depend on, and that is when I felt a thirst for faith. Sobriety taught me how to pray, and stroke recovery taught me how badly I needed prayer. It turned faith into oxygen for me. I am still growing into it, practicing, and am majorly uncomfortable most of the time, but I know that prayer, dependence, and trust are keeping me emotionally well. I’m sharing this because it has carried me when I could not carry myself, and hope that anyone else who’s suffering might need to hear it.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling#faith #strokerecovery #stroke #recovery #recoverypodcast 

From Routine to Thirst: How My Stroke Deepened Faith

How do we know when it’s time to make a change? The process begins long before the actual decision. We must notice that we are suffering. I can often recognize pain in other people much faster than I can recognize it in myself, but change begins when I stop long enough to admit, “I’m not okay.” That pause matters, rather than rushing straight into self-pity or problem-solving mode. Take time to see the situation clearly and acknowledge that what you’re going through is hard.Treating myself with the same compassion I would offer someone else is something I don’t excel at. It’s brave to acknowledge our pain without judging ourselves or feeling like a failure. The longer we are willing to sit with those emotions and talk about them out loud, the more clearly we see them for what they are.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling#selfcompassion #change #timeforchange #recovery #recoverypodcast 

Self-Compassion: Knowing It’s Time to Make a Change

Change began when I conceded to my innermost self that the way I was living was no longer working. This pivotal point happened when I got sober and when I left my career for stroke recovery. That inner voice tends to get buried under denial, fear, and survival mode. Admitting complete defeat meant I was willing to change something, and stop forcing my way to work. Little did I know, the only thing that had to change was everything…TWICE.Willingness felt desperate, painful, and uncertain. But once I admitted that I was not okay, a door opened to another way of life. Sobriety helped me reconnect with the voice of my innermost self, and over time I learned to listen to it instead of the voice of my disease, fears, and depression. I’ve relied heavily on that connection in stroke recovery. I try to stay connected to my innermost self each day, through fellowship with other survivors and a growing faith in something bigger than myself.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling#strokerecovery  #acceptance #step1 #disability #recoverypodcast 

Conceding to My Innermost Self: I’m Not OK

Living with a chronic illness or disability, it’s difficult to know when to stop chasing doctor appointments, medications, and possible fixes, and instead start living life. For a long time after my stroke, I searched for the next solution, better specialists, drugs and treatments that might finally change what was happening to me. I found the most frustrating part was that no one ever said, “There’s nothing more I can do, it’s ok to just go live now.” I had to come to the realization myself that it was time to accept the unexplained and adapt my life. I now keep regular check-ins with doctors, but I stopped letting my calendar and my hope be run by constant appointments and recovering from therapies that weren’t helping me.Choosing to step back from treatment was the beginning of living again. I decided that my limited energy was better spent adapting my life to having a disability than endlessly chasing relief that wasn’t coming. That shift helped me feel more in charge of my own recovery. If you are at that point, wondering whether it’s okay to stop and just live the best way you can, only you can answer that. No doctor will make that decision for you, nor should they. Whatever choice you make from that place will be the right choice for you.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling#vestibulardisorder  #acceptance #chronicpain #disability #recoverypodcast 

When Appointments Become the Illness: When To Say When

This week is the VEDA (Vestibular Disorders Association) Conference, Life Rebalanced Live 2026. It’s become one of my favorite weeks of the year because it’s the one time I’m immersed into a fellowship of hundreds of people who get it. The dizziness, brain fog, nausea, visual intolerance, migraines, and fatigue are shared along with solutions for how we live well when we don’t even feel comfortable in our own bodies. For me, it starts with daily, repetitive acceptance. Before my feet even hit the floor, I remind myself that this is the current version of me, and there’s no going backward. “Once a pickle, always a pickle,” as we say in sobriety. Acceptance is the key to unlock my morning. It opens the door to willingness and allows me live well despite the symptoms. I got to learn slowly, and sometimes stubbornly, that I’m the expert on my body, and no doctor can chose the right healing path for me. I’ve had to participate in making those decisions, weighing what’s available with what helps and what hurts. I kept a symptom-and-joy journal where I wrote down what I did, when I did it, how bad my symptoms got (0–10), and how much joy I felt (1–10). That journal turned my chaos into patterns. And over time, these practices of acceptance, tracking, fellowship, rest, and small brave repetitions built confidence, purpose, and hope amidst uncertainty.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling#vestibulardisorder #liferebalanced #acceptance #livingwithchronicpain #healthjournal #recoverypodcast 

Living With A Vestibular Disorder: Acceptance Unlocks My Morning

Even when our painful circumstances don’t move, our emotions around them do. My disability is permanent, but my emotional experience is fluid. You may have heard before that our emotions move like weather, and it’s our job not to attach ourselves to them. But, my character defects tell me that whatever hurts today will hurt like this forever. I don’t have to drag my pain through a hard season. I can acknowledge it without letting it run my life. The way I create that distance between me and the pain is getting honest about what’s happening, out loud, with safe people.I tend to feel more comfortable in pain than I am in joy. Pain feels familiar and predictable. Joy requires vulnerability and needs me to participate. Almost ten years ago, someone threw me a life raft. It took several throws before I caught it. Life rafts come in a thousand forms: AA, support group, therapist, sponsor, friend, faith community, or rehab program. Anyone can throw you one, but it’s our job to reach for it, catch it, and keep holding on long enough for the rescue to unfold. We need each other to process pain, and together we learn how to float.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling#PainIsAProcess #OneDayAtATime #EmotionalSobriety #StrokeRecovery #VestibularDisorder #peerrecoverysupport #peerrecovery 

Pain is a process: Catching the Liferaft

I sat down with Kaitlin Weigle to discuss what it’s like to live with OCD, and what misconceptions exist, like “all OCD’rs are clean.” Kaitlin breaks down how OCD is the obsessive loop and compulsions that try to neutralize fear, including mental compulsions like arguing with your thoughts, seeking reassurance, and avoiding triggers. We talked about intrusive thoughts, why they feel so convincingly real, and the shift that happens when you learn that the content of the thought isn’t the problem. Instead, the solution is in the relationship you have with the thought. Along the way, we laugh a lot and, not surprisingly, we connect the dots between OCD, anxiety, and the universal experience of “the conversation between our ears.”We discussed practical recovery concepts, like exposure and response prevention (ERP), accepting uncertainty, and the idea that “possible doesn’t mean probable.” Kaitlin shares what it looks like to do one uncomfortable thing a day and pair it with self-care, plus how loved ones can be supportive without feeding the reassurance trap. From there, we pivot into peer recovery support, what it is, and how it’s different from traditional talk-therapy. We close with rapid-fire takeaways, resources like Sharewell and HeyPeers, and a clear message for anyone struggling quietly with OCD: you’re not alone, you’re not your thoughts, and you deserve a life that isn’t driven by fear.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling#ocd #intrusivethoughts #ocdrecovery #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #ocdawareness

Living With OCD: No One Is Too Far Gone

Yesterday I heard the phrase, “gratitude is action,” and it gave me pause. What does that really mean? In early recovery, my sponsor and sponsees shared three “gratefuls” with each other every day. Not autopilot answers, but three gifts that positively affected my life that day. It took time to build the habit, but I began scanning for strengths, assets, and connection. That training mattered when my life changed after my stroke. The shift toward noticing what is available, what is working, and what is possible became a practiced skill. Gratitude moved from a feeling to something I did on purpose.Gratitude becomes action when I use what I’ve been given. Recovery communities work because each of us brings something different to the table. I don’t have to be everything to everyone. I just bring my gifts. If I’m grateful for my voice, I speak. If I’m grateful for creativity and steady hands, I make things for people. If I’m grateful for connection, I show up to meetings, support groups, and my world-famous 💃🏻 podcast. Hope is transmitted through example, and participation is how I express gratitude. So, gratitude asks two questions: what have I received today, and what can I offer today? Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling#gratitudeinaction #gratitude #gratitudeisaction #grateful #threegratefuls #gratefulforgifts

Gratitude is Action: The Gifts I Offer Others

After my stroke, I began experiencing vision problems and headaches that I couldn’t clearly explain. Over time, I realized the core issue wasn’t my eyesight itself but my inability to tolerate motion, especially seeing things move. Walking through a grocery store felt overwhelming, like everything was rushing toward me. I saw multiple eye doctors and completed extensive testing, yet I was repeatedly told my vision system was normal. Some tests were painful, particularly visual convergence exercises, but the only explanation I was given was a minor convergence issue. I lived with symptoms that didn’t match the test results.I tried vision therapy, but it consistently triggered nausea and worsened my symptoms without improvement. Vestibular therapy, however, helped me function better. It didn’t remove my symptoms, but it reduced my fear and gave me practical strategies, such as focusing on a stable object while walking or moving my eyes intentionally instead of scanning. I still manage headaches, light sensitivity, and motion intolerance daily, but I’ve learned how to pace myself, identify triggers, and adapt. My vestibular disorder is permanent, but with the right tools and acceptance, I’m building a joyful life around it.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling#vestibulardisorder #vestibularmigraines #vestibularsystem #visionchallenges #strokerecovery #visiontherapy #vestibulartherapy

My Vestibular Disorder: Vision Challenges and Daily Migraines

I’ve been wrestling with self-inflicted pressure that turns choices into requirements. I’m typically intrinsically motivated but can still get tripped up by extrinsic forces like approval, guilt, fear of disappointing people, and that inner “should’a” self-talk.I’ve actually found a way to put pressure on myself to live the perfect recovery life, trying to build a perfect routine going to AA, church, trying social groups, hobbies, and even walking my dog. How easily I start to measure my recovery by how many things I can commit to and be perfectly consistent. Protecting my sobriety and my stroke recovery must factor in what supports my brain and body, not what fills my calendar. Recovery is building a life I can comfortably live inside where serenity is a valid metric. I challenge anyone who relates to “should’a” self-talk to try one small experiment this week: pick one thing you’ve labeled as a requirement for yourself and relabel it as a choice. Instead of saying “I need to” say “I get to.” Notice if what started out as an obligation gets promoted into something fun.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling#EmotionalSobriety #StrokeRecovery #MentalHealth #SoberLiving #Recovery

Should or Shouldn’t: Reclaiming Serenity

My expectations are resentments under construction. Learned in sobriety, praying for someone I’m resentful toward helps me move toward forgiveness by remembering we’re all flawed and “sick in some way.” I realized, however, it can still carry an underlying tone of “I forgive you for not being what I wanted you to be.” A friend suggested to me that praising the other person can move us further into acceptance. Praise removes the expectation entirely as well as the need to control someone’s character or rewrite who they are. Praising is choosing to see the value in another person’s temperament and God’s design, and even recognizing that what irritates me might be a strength in their life. This same practice of praise can be turned inward too. Learning to praise myself, accept my own wiring, and remembering that the parts of me that I sometimes judge harshly, like my anxiety and sensitivity, can be my superpowers.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling#EmotionalSobriety #resentments  #radicalacceptance #expecations #ego 

Expectations and Ego: Moving from Prayer to Praise

Yesterday I finished an amazing book! It’s called Unexpected Awakening: 22 Days at a Buddhist Monastery Freed Me from Abuse by Laurie S. Jacobson (Available on Amazon here: https://a.co/d/09rqj0Ln)It’s a MUST READ for anyone who’s ever stayed too long in a relationship that was breaking you. While this book tells a story, it is a testimony of resilience of the human spirit. There is a beautiful series of synchronicities throughout the book that inspire the reader to look beyond what’s in front of you to the hope we can cultivate within ourselves in our darkest seasons.I was able to relate to the main character on so many levels, from quietly enduring emotional abuse to the restitution of her identity she found at the monastery. I, as a grateful recovering alcoholic and stroke survivor, recognized the deeply familiar feeling of detoxing from the chaos and finding that I’d not yet given up on myself. The mercy and silence at the beginning of a structured recovery journey is uncomfortable but necessary to start rebuilding one’s self-worth.The psychological toll of emotional abuse is a self-constructed prison, and the author nails articulating her inner battle, fears, and the journey of her awakening. Her journey is not ordinary, in fact, it leaves the reader inspired that there is more going on in this life than what we see with our eyes. The story shows us how small choices and inner dialogue can lead us to freedom, just as it has in my recovery. Noticing, staying, and feeling the hard stuff is the imperfectly human pathway to living a new beautiful life. That ending? I wasn’t prepared for it, and it absolutely undid me.On my world famous Reads and Recovery Readometer scale it came in at 5 TAIL WAGS! https://recoverydailypodcast.com/reads-and-recovery/Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcyclingLink my low impact Recovery Exercise Program Week 1: https://recoverydailypodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Exercise_Week1.pdf#emotionalabuse #spiritualawakening  #freedomfromabuse #recoveryjourney #abusivemarriage 

Reads and Recovery Q1 Book Review: Unexpected Awakening by Laurie S. Jacobson

I’m exercising while I podcast, because my commitment to the show is solid and I’m hoping I can “borrow” a little of that and apply it to building a new exercise routine. It’s odd, but it works! 💃🏻As I move through an upper-body-and-posture routine today, I talk about an amazing quote I heard: “Some of the worst things in my life never happened.” - Mark Twain. Wow! Doesn’t that just speak volumes about the terrifying stories we tell ourselves, especially during the slow collapse of my life when I felt trapped yet feared change. Chronic headaches and winter isolation has blurred the line between fatigue and depression lately. It’s important during the winter months to notice if I still feel gratitude and look forward to things. These are signs that I’m experiencing fatigue instead of depression. Recognizing that they feel similar and learning how to distinguish them within me is a big step in stroke recovery.If you’d like to join my low impact Recovery Exercise Program Week 1, listen to todays episode, and click here for your copy: https://recoverydailypodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Exercise_Week1.pdfListen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling #StrokeRecoveryExercises #VestibularRecovery #PostStrokeRehab #GratitudeInRecovery #AdaptiveFitness

Stroke Recovery Exercises: Day 2 and Fatigue vs Depression

Exercise used to be second nature for me before my stroke. I used to do flow yoga at 4pm daily, 4-mile walks with Autumn daily, and frequent outdoor runs. Now my vestibular symptoms, headaches, and stubborn back pain turned movement into a whole new negotiation.So I outsmarted the resistance by pairing exercise with the one routine I never abandon — my podcast! As I demonstrate Day 1 of a 7-day, 30-minute, low-impact exercise plan ✨SEE LINK TO EXERCISE PLAN BELOW ✨ (sit-to-stands, supported lunges, calf raises, weight shifts, heel-to-toe walking), I also share what’s been rattling around in my head: self-imposed crisis, expectations, ego, motives, and the tension between showing up for others versus showing up for myself. As the inner debate built a verdict, I landed on the role of gratitude in my life after stroke. Link to Recovery Exercise Program Week 1: https://recoverydailypodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Exercise_Week1.pdfListen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling #StrokeRecoveryExercises #VestibularRecovery #PostStrokeRehab #GratitudeInRecovery #AdaptiveFitness

Stroke Recovery Exercises: Day 1 and the Role of Gratitude

An unscripted check-in about enjoying the Super Bowl without looking at the TV, navigating vestibular limits, sober traditions, and the quiet mental load of noticing what affects symptoms.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling #vestibulardiscorder #vestibular #sobersuperbowl #soberlife #vestibularmigraine

Listening To the Super Bowl: Checking In

Practicing Step 1 in stroke recovery is the activation point of building a psychological immune system. By accepting that my stroke changed my life forever, I could then begin adapting to the injury without exhausting myself in a constant fight against reality. Admitting powerlessness and unmanageability over my neurological injury took two years. In both alcoholism and stroke recovery, denial delayed healing. No matter how hard I tried to act normal, I was only making things worse. Step 1 interrupted that pattern. Once I accepted my disability, I could start healing physically and psychologically.Each day I make decisions based on today’s brain, not yesterday’s. I must accept my fatigue, visual overload, and pacing as reality not failures. This is the same muscle I built in sobriety, accepting that alcohol was not an option and building a life around that truth. Acceptance stabilized life, strengthening my psychological resilience allowing for healing, adaptation, and hope.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling #strokeRecovery #StepOneAA #AcceptanceInRecovery #PsychologicalResilience #LivingInAcceptance #lifeafterstroke

Step 1 For Stroke Recovery Part 2: Building Our Psychological Immune System

Step 1 in my stroke recovery started the same way Step 1 did in my sobriety. I had to admit that I’m powerless over my disability just as I did my alcoholism, and that my life had become unmanageable. I was in denial prior to the moment of admission in both situations. No one could see what was wrong with me, and with both, all the pain was between my ears. I could describe symptoms, explain the pain, but I dismissed the severity with both. I tried to function normally while the pain gradually got worse each time. I pushed through and convinced myself the pain would go away. It never did. Step One taught me to become self-aware. Stroke recovery took that lesson I learned in sobriety and turned the volume all the way up. Now I’m conscious of my eye movement, my pace, my gaze, the tiny shifts that most people don’t even notice but trigger pain for me. I see the same pattern in my addiction cravings and my impulse in stroke recovery to push beyond the limits of what my brain can do. My biggest challenge isn’t knowing what I can’t do, it’s accepting it. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling #StrokeRecovery #AcceptingUnmanageability #RecoveryJourney #RadicalAcceptance #LifeAfterStroke #step1 

Step 1 For Stroke Recovery: Accepting Unmanageability

What are you afraid of, and would you be willing to expose your fears? I used to be afraid to leave the house, talk to people, and even answer the phone. Now, at 9.5 years sober, many of my fears have been addressed, while a few are still very much alive. The biggest thread for me, abandonment, was exposed the first time I did my Step 4 in 2017. I have some irrational fears that I work on with my psychiatrist weekly, and although they aren’t reasonable they are very real and scary for me.Sobriety has grown my confidence and shifted my perspective on so much. I encourage you to get out a piece of paper and a pen (remember what those are?) and listen to this list of fears. This is a great opportunity to learn about yourself and build a life where fear doesn’t drive the bus. You might not even notice the fears you return to most often.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling #EmotionalSobriety #StepFour #FacingFear #InnerWork #RecoveryDaily

Step 4 Part 4 of 4: Exposing All My Fears

Everything in my head feels like a five-alarm fire. How do I take my emotional emergencies and right-size my thoughts and emotions so they match the situation I’m actually in. I tend to treat discomfort like it’s urgent, permanent, and catastrophic. Not every uncomfortable feeling requires an immediate action, and sometimes no response at all is the wisest.I’ve always had big emotions, but big feelings don’t require big actions. The majority of my time is spent emotionally time-traveling. I’m either reliving the past or panicking about the future. If I can sit with discomfort long enough to see where it took root, I can choose a response that matches the size of the situation, and build new habits of self-awareness and emotional regulation. I’m not a victim of my emotions.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling #EmotionalRegulation #MentalHealthAwareness #EmotionalWellness #MindfulnessPractice #selfawareness

Emotional Emergencies: Emotional Time-Travel

When I’m pissed at someone, I played a role in the communication breakdown. I must stop fixating on what the other person did to me and look honestly at where I’ve been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking, or afraid (without turning it into a shame-fest).It’s humbling to set aside the emotional inner retaliation and ask, “What was my part?” So in today’s episode, I admit some of my real-life mistakes 😬 and those character defects I still battle, like wanting things my way, jealousy, wanting to be the best, and wanting to be liked. Gratitude is the best antidote. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube. Rather listen on Apple Podcasts? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recovery-daily-podcast/id1693924779 Visit my Etsy shop, and join my creative journey at Recovery Upcycling. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryUpcycling #StepFour #AARecovery #SobrietyJourney #gratitude #step4 

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