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Atheists in Recovery

Release Date: 06/10/2021

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Atheists in Recovery

"Never let a good crisis go to waste." Winston Churchill Welcome to today’s show! In today’s episode, I list 3 ways to build your resilience in the face of pivotal events.    I announce a new project I’m excited about and invite you to join me on my new journey!   WHAT WE’LL LEARN What types of events are pivotal  (e.g. arrest, loss of a job, divorce/break up, big birthday, pandemic/languishing, loss, trauma, realization that I’m on the wrong path and life is passing me by).  How do these events impact us? Understanding the Window of Tolerance.  What do...

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Atheists in Recovery

Welcome to today’s show!   In today’s episode, I talk about how to tell when your pain is protecting you  by dialoguing with our emotions. And the pain that I will be referring to is guilt, shame, remorse, maybe judgment, self judgment caused by the inner critic. WHAT WE’LL LEARN What are the types of pain? The pain of guilt or shame, remorse or judgment caused by the inner critic. Who is the Inner protector is and what is its purpose. How to listen to the healing signals through writing (what can they be signifying or letting us know we need to pay attention to?) I give a...

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Atheists in Recovery

“You had someone to go places with. You had a date on national holidays!” -Marie, When Harry Met Sally, 1989 Welcome to today’s show! Loneliness is a feeling that I know a lot of us try and avoid. And the thing is, we've all felt lonely at different points in our life. So it's an important topic. I've described loneliness as an epidemic in previous shows (and so has the 19th Surgeon General of the U.S. Vivek Murthy). It's so prevalent and it's also so destructive mentally, and physically. So let’s dive in.   WHAT WE’LL LEARN What does society tell us about loneliness (hint:...

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Atheists in Recovery

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own persona. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” -Oliver Wilde   Welcome to today’s show!   In today’s episode, I talk about the masks that do more harm than good. The masks we wear because we are afraid; we are afraid that it anyone see’s how incompetent we are at our job, relationships, parenting, at anything we feel is part of our identity, the costs will be too great. WHAT WE’LL LEARN I talk about the top 3 masks: the social mask, the emotional mask, The “Who AM I”  Mask. I give you a challenge to...

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Atheists in Recovery

People who are resilient allow themselves to be changed by the experience of adversity. To be resilient is not to avoid difficulty but to play an active role in how difficulty transforms you. -Kelly McGonigal, PhD, health psychologist, Stanford University   Welcome to today’s show!  I’ve found that if one can focus their attention on resilience in these trying times, it shows that they can handle almost anything-it’s a learned capacity to cope! Resilience is as important to our well-being as Josh allen is to the Buffalo Bills. :) WHAT WE’LL LEARN  Skills and...

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“Creativity is a basic human response to trauma and a natural emergency defense system,” Louise DeSalvo  Welcome to today’s show!   I spend some time talking about what writing can do for us and why writing works. I talk about how writing in community can be beneficial and how I will structure my upcoming writing groups based on the literature and personal experience.   WHAT WE’LL LEARN Why writing? What writing can do for us? Writing in community - what is the additional benefit? What should we be aware of regarding safety/boundaries with writing I will explain my...

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Atheists in Recovery

Welcome to today’s show! WHAT WE’LL LEARN What is narcissism really? I discuss the myth of narcissism and how social media gets it terribly wrong. How do you know if you’ve been in a relationship with a narcissist? You’ve tried to be who your partner needed and when they are gone, you’ve lost yourself. Now what? How writing helps with healing. I give you a few writing prompts. RESOURCES MENTIONED                                   ...

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Atheists in Recovery

Welcome to today’s show! In today’s episode, I list 3 ways writing takes you from hopeless to hopeful:. And I’ve decided to end the Atheists in Recovery podcast so this is the final episode. I thank you all for listening.   I announce a new project I’m excited about and invite you to join me on my new journey!   WHAT WE’LL LEARN Writing as a coping mechanism. Writing allows us to sit with the uncomfortable feelings and be curious about them-their contours, shapes and sizes.  Writing can help us honor and light up our stories while prompting us to envision our future...

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Atheists in Recovery

Welcome to today’s show!   WHAT WE’LL LEARN: How Johnathan’s early view of religion helped shape his identity in the world. How his southern baptist “angry form of Christianity” messages made him question life. At age 37, Jonathan found himself at a critical crossroads when staring into a garbage can. The three steps to help you overcome your sugar addiction. Why Johnathan feels the willpower argument is a lie. Johnathan talks about what to do now that we are physically distancing and food is everywhere. What practice Johnathan started in order to socially connect while staying...

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Welcome to today’s show! In today’s solo episode, I’m sharing how I use hypnotherapy to treat addiction. Below I outline 5 takeaways hypnotherapy can help you with addiction.   WHAT WE’LL LEARN   Hypnotherapy is not new. Hypnotherapists have been getting to the root cause of one’s suffering for years Say hello to your future self. You are the storyteller of your present & future When you fire it, you wire it. Making new neural connections The language you use matters The story of Duane (how he kicked his 20 plus year smoking habit) Some amazing things happen during...

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Welcome to today’s show!

 

WHAT WE’LL LEARN:

  • John described his deepest roots led him to Syracuse New York...from his upbringing, to his professional development, to his professional career and to his sobriety.
  • John’s sobriety journey is intertwined with a dual diagnosis with Mental Health issues.
  • How he needs to maintain his mental health so that he does not drink again and vice versa.
  • John’s first sponsor made him take his mental health seriously.
  • How he balanced advocacy work with personal recovery-especially in early recovery.
  • Where John was at the beginning of his recovery to where he is today-a person recovering out loud while respecting the traditions that people care about.
  • When in conversation with a student in Rams in Recovery, the student asked John how it is that he claims to be in recovery if all he’s doing is advocacy (e.g. the coffee bike). This helped John become more connected with the recovery community. And helped him to build an “underground network” of people all over the world which he taps into to help others.
  • How these projects (e.g. Coffee Bike, Narcan Bike) served as John's recovery program for a long time.  And how the advocacy piece changes with each project. Now, the Narcan Bike, beyond the design, is largely all about advocacy.



Key Quotes:

“I tried to do it on my own with my will power alone and the group of people in that room (recovery room) knew what I was going through and had been where I was...it was one of my only options. It’s the one thing I could connect to and participate in that wasn't making things worse.”

 

“I’ve gone from an artist who’s an activist to an activist who’s an artist.”




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