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Episode 231: Episode 231: Outrage Overload and Staying Sober
Episode 231
Tawny and Lisa talk about how the 24/7 news cycle, algorithmically designed to spark extreme reactions, can make us feel overwhelmed and sometimes ho…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 230: Episode 230: Addiction is a Family Disease
Episode 230
Tawny and Lisa talk about addiction as a family disease. Whether it’s with your birth family or your chosen family (or both!), healing individually a…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 229: Episode 229: TikTok, Self-Diagnosing Disorders, and Mental Health in Schools
Episode 229
A recent article in The New York Times discussed two recent studies that cast doubt on whether large-scale mental health interventions are making you…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 228: Episode 228: Trauma Recovery Through Art
Episode 228
Tawny and Lisa talk with composer Melissa Dunphy, an award-winning composer who specializes in vocal, political, and theatric music. Her work include…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 227: Episode 227: Music in Recovery with Emmy Jo
Episode 227
Tawny and Lisa talk to Emmy Jo, an indie-soul pop musician based in New York City. Emmy Jo's first viral moment came with her Spotify single "yellow …
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 226: Episode 226: Catching Up!
Episode 226
Tawny and Lisa catch up on what’s been going on lately. Tawny has been settling into post-book tour and post-(parentheses) launch life and taking tim…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 225: Episode 225: Loneliness and Food Cravings
Episode 225
Tawny and Lisa talk about a recent article in The Washington Post, "Why Loneliness is Associated with Food Cravings in Some Women." It reports on a …
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 224: Episode 224: Tawny’s Changing Relationship with Substances
Episode 224
Tawny gives Lisa an update on her changing relationship with substances, which she wrote about in her recent newsletter. They talk about her discover…
1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 223: Episode 223: People Pleasing is Over
Episode 223
Tawny and Lisa talk about Tawny’s recent Beyond Liquid Courage newsletter, "People Pleasing is Over." She learned through years of recovery and ther…
1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 222: Episode 222: Declining the Invitation
Episode 222
Tawny and Lisa talk about being discerning with what we add to our plates and what we say “no” to. Our tendency to be “people pleasers” means we end …
1 year, 10 months ago