🧠 Why You Relapse (Even After Doing Everything Right): The Hidden Blueprint for Lasting Freedom (Ep. 2)
Strategic Recovery with Matt Finch
Release Date: 07/06/2025
🌀 Healing Trauma Through the Lens of Strategic Recovery™ (Ep. 13)
Strategic Recovery with Matt Finch
💔 Addiction isn’t just about what you use — it’s about what you’ve survived. 🌱 Here’s how to finally heal what’s underneath. In this transformational episode, Matt Finch uncovers the most overlooked cause of addiction — unresolved trauma — and why true recovery requires a whole-person approach. You’ll learn: 🧠 What trauma really is ❌ Why coping isn’t the same as healing 🔁 How trauma and addiction create a survival loop 🧘 The Triad of Trauma Healing™: Mind, Body, Spirit 🌱 How the Strategic Recovery method helps rewire your nervous system and rebuild...
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🏡 The Power of Environment in Recovery – How Your Spaces Shape Your Healing Journey (Ep. 12)
Strategic Recovery with Matt Finch
✨ Your surroundings aren’t neutral — they’re either fueling relapse or feeding your freedom. In this episode of Strategic Recovery with Matt Finch, we dive into the hidden force behind relapse and recovery: your environment. From the clutter on your nightstand to the energy of your relationships, every space you inhabit is influencing your brain chemistry, your cravings, and your spiritual resilience. Inside this episode: 🌿 Why environment silently drives relapse or healing 🏠 The four dimensions of environment that shape your recovery 🧭 A step-by-step “Environment Audit”...
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🏛️ Recovery Capital – How to Build the Inner & Outer Resources for Lasting Freedom (Ep. 11)
Strategic Recovery with Matt Finch
💎 Your greatest wealth isn’t money — it’s the resources you build for lasting recovery. Most people don’t relapse because they’re weak — they relapse because they’re under-resourced. In this powerful episode of Strategic Recovery with Matt Finch, we explore the revolutionary concept of Recovery Capital — and how it forms the foundation for sustainable healing, resilience, and transformation. You’ll learn how to assess and strengthen your own recovery capital across five core pillars: Physical Capital (brain, energy, sleep, nutrition) Psychological Capital (mindset,...
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🌱🧠 The 4 Hidden Root Causes of Addiction — And How to Reverse Them (Ep. 10)
Strategic Recovery with Matt Finch
🧬🔓 Why do cravings keep coming back, even after you’ve quit? Why does recovery feel like a battle — even when you’re doing everything right? In this episode, we expose the hidden biological drivers of addiction, cravings, and relapse — through the powerful framework developed by Dr. Charles Gant, author of End Your Addiction Now. You’ll discover the 4 Root Causes behind biochemical imbalance: 🔬 Poor Nutrition ☣️ Toxins 😫 Chronic Stress 🧬 Genetic Predisposition These aren’t just theories — they’re the missing links that explain why recovery often fails… and...
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🌊 The Emotional Root of Addiction – How to Break Free from Shame, Loneliness, and Emotional Overload (Ep. 9)
Strategic Recovery with Matt Finch
💔 Addiction isn’t just physical — it’s emotional. In this transformational episode of Strategic Recovery, Matt Finch explores the hidden emotional drivers of addiction — from shame and anxiety to grief and loneliness — and offers a practical, heart-centered framework for healing. You’ll discover: Why relapse is often emotional, not logical What substances are really soothing beneath the surface The 5 emotional roots that drive addiction A 4-part process for emotional healing and nervous system repair Why being “too sensitive” is actually your hidden superpower Coming next:...
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🧬 The Biochemical Root of Addiction – How to Heal the Brain and Reclaim Your Power (Ep. 8)
Strategic Recovery with Matt Finch
💡 Your cravings aren’t a character flaw — they’re a chemical signal. In this breakthrough episode, Matt Finch reveals the biochemical root of addiction — and the specific science-based strategies to heal it. If you’ve ever felt hijacked by cravings, stuck in relapse cycles, or exhausted by willpower alone… this is the game-changing insight you’ve been missing. 🔍 You’ll discover: The 4 Mood Types behind addiction (dopamine, serotonin, GABA, endorphins) Why substances work in the short term — but make things worse over time How nutrient deficiencies, brain...
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🧩 The 12 Strategic Recovery Assessments™ – Build Your Personalized Healing Blueprint (Ep. 7)
Strategic Recovery with Matt Finch
🛠️ Are you trying to recover using someone else’s blueprint? In this breakthrough episode, Matt Finch introduces the 12 Strategic Recovery Assessments — a powerful set of tools that help you uncover your biological wiring, psychological drivers, emotional patterns, and hidden imbalances… so you can stop guessing and start healing with strategy. 🔍 In this episode, you'll discover: ✅ The real reason most recovery programs fail ✅ How to personalize your recovery using mood, brain, and identity tests ✅ The connection between sensitivity, stress, and relapse ✅ How to identify...
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🌅 The 5 Phases of Strategic Recovery™ – From Detox to Transcendence (Ep. 6)
Strategic Recovery with Matt Finch
🗺️ Most recovery models are fragmented — focusing only on sobriety, trauma, or community. But what if you had a complete roadmap… one that shows you exactly where you are, what’s missing, and how to move forward? In this powerful episode, Matt Finch reveals the 5 Phases of Strategic Recovery™ — a proven path that guides you from early preparation all the way to deep, lasting transformation. You’ll discover: ✅ Why most people relapse (and how to prevent it) ✅ What phase of recovery you’re actually in ✅ How to move from physical detox to identity transformation ✅ Why...
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🎭 The 4 Archetypes of Addiction Recovery – Unlock Your Healing Personality (Ep. 5)
Strategic Recovery with Matt Finch
🧙♂️ Are you The Seeker, The Empath, The Achiever, or The Thinker? In this breakthrough episode, Matt Finch introduces the 4 Recovery Archetypes™ — a transformational lens that reveals your healing personality and custom path to lasting freedom. After helping thousands of people through addiction, patterns emerged... and those patterns became powerful archetypes that help explain how you heal best. ✨ In this episode, you'll discover: What archetypes are — and why they’re crucial for recovery The unique strengths and shadows of each recovery type How to stop fighting your...
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🧬 The Neuroplasticity Blueprint – Rewire Your Brain, Reclaim Your Life (Ep. 4)
Strategic Recovery with Matt Finch
⚡ Addiction isn’t just about substances — it’s about patterns wired into your brain. In this episode, we go deep into neuroplasticity — the science of how your brain can rewire itself for freedom, peace, and lasting transformation. Inside you'll discover: ✅ How addiction reshapes the brain — and how recovery reshapes it back ✅ The Rewire Phase of Strategic Recovery — where your identity begins to shift ✅ The 3 Universal Rules of Brain Change ✅ 5 Practical Tools to Rewire Your Brain from the Inside Out ✅ A guided visualization to activate healing on a nervous system...
info_outlineWhy do people relapse — even after therapy, rehab, meetings, supplements, and sheer willpower?
In this transformative episode, Matt Finch reveals the real reasons relapse happens — and why it’s not your fault. You’ll discover how addiction hijacks the brain, how shame and trauma create identity fragmentation, and why most recovery systems don’t treat the whole person.
Most importantly, you’ll walk away with a new paradigm — the 5 Pillars of Strategic Recovery™ — and a deeper knowing that you’re not broken… you’ve just been healing with the wrong blueprint.
🎧 What you’ll learn:
- Why willpower doesn’t work when the nervous system is dysregulated
- How addiction is a symptom of survival, not a moral flaw
- Why traditional recovery often fails highly sensitive or complex trauma survivors
- A strategic, spiritual, and science-backed path forward
➕ Bonus Downloads Included:
- Decode Your Inner War Worksheet
- Rebuild Your Recovery Blueprint Planner
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