Podcast Episodes

Episode #223 - "To Thine Own Self Be True. But YOU? You Should Do What I Want"

Season 1 Episode 223

In this episode I talk about when I learned it was not helpful for me to boss people around and try to make them do things.

Do I actually believe in …

4 years, 10 months ago

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Episode #222 - "Action Quiets the Brain"

Season 1 Episode 222

It is action that quiets the brain. 
In this episode I talk about how faith is not enough.  
In fact, the Big Book says that on its own, faith is dead.…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Episode #221 - "The Phrase, 'Life On Life's Terms'"

Season 1 Episode 221

In this episode I talk about my thoughts concerning the phrase, "Life on Life's Terms."


- Why do "life's terms" sound so bad



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4 years, 10 months ago

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Episode #220 - "Hitting a Wall in Sobriety"

Season 1 Episode 220

In this episode I talk about how my sobriety has been an endless series of taller and taller walls to walk through.
Everything is a growth opportunit…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Episode #219 - "If I'm Looking for God, I've Found God"

Season 1 Episode 219

When I was in early sobriety someone said, "God says, don't be afraid. If you know to look for Me, you've already found Me." 

Here, I talk about this. 

4 years, 10 months ago

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Episode #218 - "A Step Three Check-In"

Season 1 Episode 218

In this episode I talk about some simple ways I can tell I need to remind myself I'm no longer running the show.

- Which side of the counter am I on?
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4 years, 10 months ago

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Episode #217 - "Saying, 'I Shouldn't Feel This Way'"

Season 1 Episode 217

I used to say to myself, "I shouldn't feel this way" because I intellectually knew I shouldn't. 
But the fact is that telling myself that never helped…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Episode #216 - "Allowing Myself to Feel Sadness"

Season 1 Episode 216

In this episode I talk about feeling sadness.

- Adult Children of Alcoholics  (Visit website here)

- Feeling peace and sadness simultaneously 

- Separat…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Episode #215 - "Restless, Irritable, and Discontented"

Season 1 Episode 215

In this episode I read the section in The Doctor's Opinion that talks about being restless, irritable, and discontented and discuss its context.


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4 years, 10 months ago

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Episode #214 - "Forgetting the Basics"

Season 1 Episode 214

In this episode I talk about how simple it is for me to forget the basics.

The problem always seems much too complicated to be solved with simplicity.…

4 years, 11 months ago

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