Jessica Barone is celebrating one year of sobriety from alcohol and cocaine. She is a military spouse of 11 years, married for almost 14 years, mother of four, college student, and freelance face painter.
Expectations, heartache, and an inability to cope, eventually lead to her downward spiral with drugs and alcohol. When God told her to go to rehab, she listened.
Today, she has learned to accept things as they are, and knows that with love, anything is possible.
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What’s keeping you from fulfillment, success, and happiness? What are you holding on to that is holding you back?
For those of you who haven’t listened to my live speech called The Power of Letting Go that I did at MicDrop Studios in Miami on May 5th, 2019, here is the live audio version.
This is my personal account of how I became the hero of my own story. It’s about letting go in sobriety so you can move on to a new life of love and healing.
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What’s preventing you from reaching your full potential and stepping into who you were meant to become?
Often, we try to figure out what’s holding us back before we dare to push the boundaries of our comfort zone. It’s seems like the logical way, but this not only makes growth take longer, it can also be used as a tool for procrastination.
Today’s guest is Deborah Yager from Yager Training. She went from being a stripper and meth addict to successful NLP practitioner and business coach. Today she talks about her journey from darkness to light, from addiction to recovery and beyond!
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Watching a loved one struggle with addiction is heart wrenching and frustrating. We feel powerless, overwhelmed, and desperate. What’s the best way to help them?
Today we have Pam Lanhart and Shelly Young on The Recovery Revolution. They are both mothers to children with substance abuse disorder and have become warriors on the front of addiction.
Pam and Shelly teach us how to set boundaries, learn how to communicate, and model recovery in our homes so we can provide a safe place for our loved one who is in the battle for their lives. They also give extraordinary insight into the power of loving right and how to rewrite the embedded stories we have about addiction so that we can approach recovery with an open mind and heart.
This show will revolutionize the way you think about recovery.
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Anxiety, fear, and overwhelm create a state of paralysis. How can we move past the fear and take action in our lives?
Carolyn Colleen is a PhD candidate, speaker, author and coach.
Out of sheer necessity Carolyn developed the F.I.E.R.C.E. 5 method, which helped her grow from a downtrodden, scared and ragged victim, standing in a food line at the Salvation Army, to the confident and successful person she is today, living a happy life she never realized she deserved.
In this episode, she talks about her recovery from codependency and how her F.I.E.R.C.E. 5 method will empower you to transform your life in just 5 minutes at a time.
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Anne Beaulieu is an Emotional Intelligence Coach, Keynote Speaker, and the author of twenty books. She was always a driven, successful woman who built the perfect image for herself, but deep inside hid a darkness and rage that closed her off from the world.
As a child, Anne experienced horrific emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. A warrior emerged to protect her. She vowed to snuff out her heart and approach everything with cold intellectualism.
At the same time, Anne was addicted to pleasing others. She felt responsible for everyone around her. She was emotionally unhealthy, and this was reflected in all her relationships.
Finally, Anne had no choice but to confront the past and face the darkness. In having healed herself, she now knows how to dip into someone’s pain and walk with them back into the light to live in freedom, peace, and self-love.
In this episode, Anne also gives Omar a live coaching session where we get to witness firsthand how self-limiting beliefs develop, how to find them, and debunk them.
This is a high-energy, breakthrough interview you will not want to miss!
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Why do we fall into toxic relationships? How can we stop acting out on codependent behaviors? How do we know when someone isn’t right for us?
Today’s guest is Relationship Expert Elizabeth Overstreet and she’s going to give us the truth behind why we find ourselves in unhappy, destructive relationships. The big secret? It’s you.
If you find yourself hopping from disaster to disaster or just surviving in an unhappy marriage or relationship, then it’s time to own up to it and take action.
Listen as Elizabeth teaches us how to become aware of our patterns, stop playing the victim and empower ourselves to create healthy, happy relationships with people who are good for us.
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Eli Nash is a super successful entrepreneur and is here to bravely share his journey in recovery from sex addiction. Sex and porn addictions are growing out of control in this age where sex and porn are accessible 24/7 on the internet. Because of stigma, few people will seek help for an addiction that is just as dangerous and destructive as any drug.
Eli hid the details of his own abuse secret for many years. Now he is passionate about empowering others to speak up and to use their voice to be an agent of change in their community through MicDrop, a public speaking program he cofounded for those who could not imagine ever sharing their story in front of an audience.
Eli's story gives hope to those suffering in silence. Recovery from sex and porn addiction is possible.
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What happens if you’ve never been truly challenged in life? What if you’ve never had to face a severe illness, tragedy, death, or war? How do you know that you have the mental toughness to overcome adversity and persevere no matter what the circumstances?
Today’s guest is Brad Ritter. He was a successful guy who had all the ingredients of a perfect life—a good job, a beautiful home, and a great family. But one day he looked himself in the mirror and asked, “Who am I? What do I really want in life?”
Brad talks about how he put himself through SEALFIT Kokoro training, the world’s premier event for forging mental toughness. This experience forced him to meet himself for the first time. He now knows what he’s truly made of and that he can handle any challenge that comes his way.
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Today we have David Clark back on the show for an exclusive Recovery Revolution author spotlight! He is the author of Out There: A Story of Ultra Recovery and is here to talk about his new book, Broken Open: Mountains, Demons, Treadmills And a Search for Nirvana.
Learn about the deep cathartic effects of writing and how it allows you to deconstruct who you were, helping you to eliminate false identities and self-limiting beliefs, and leaving a blank page for a new you that you would have never thought possible before.
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Britt Taylor is a renaissance woman. She's a mom, martial artist, actress, athlete, health enthusiast, and the lead singer of a band. It's hard to believe for most of her life she was a heavy drinker.
Britt is the child of divorced parents and started drinking at an early age. She always had a deep-rooted fear that if anyone knew who she really was, they would discover that she was unlovable. Britt used alcohol as a buffer between her and other people. She was always social, but never deeply connected with anyone, leading her to years of loneliness.
At the age of twenty-eight, she remembered repressed memories of being abused as a toddler. She bravely confronted her inner turmoil and is grateful that it shaped her into who she is today.
Listen to how she up-leveled her life and is now helping others see the same potential in themselves.
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Christine Line is an Entrepreneur and High Performance Coach who helps her clients break free from their old BS stories and step into a life of freedom and love. She is also a single mom of three teenagers.
Christine grew up as the child of an alcoholic father who tragically never embraced his true potential. This made Christine into a fiercely independent and hard soul, but that fierce protection could only work for so long and she had to find a way to honor what her father went through and how it shaped her.
In the process of healing herself, she discovered her inner light, became relentlessly focused on self-love and creating alignment. Now she is a successful entrepreneur and coach.
She blends together 20 years of holistic health training with scientifically grounded mindset reprogramming and her spiritual journey to guide her clients to new levels of health, passion and purpose.
Listen to how she leans into discomfort to keep learning and growing and thriving in life!
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Today we have a game-changing show! We have JF Benoist, author of Addicted to the Monkey Mind: Change the Programming That Sabotages Your Life.
As Einstein said, you can't fix a problem with the same mindset that created it. The addictive mind is reactionary, triggered by deep-rooted fears and insecurities. JF Benoist tells how we can approach our thoughts from an observer's view point so we can pause and see the reality of a situation before executing our old programming of destructive thoughts and behaviors.
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Jesse Harless is the founder of Entrepreneurs in Recovery and the author of Smash Your Comfort Zone with Cold Showers: How to Boost Your Energy, Defeat Your Anxiety, and Overcome Unwanted Habits.
Jesse’s primary goal in life is to develop his intuition. He combines a comprehensive morning routine with radical self-care. Practicing these good habits has taken him to mind-blowing heights. You will be shocked when you listen to the utter destruction he has risen from.
It's a true testament to the powerful combination of personal development and addiction recovery.
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How does a two-time felon, registered sex offender, disbarred attorney claw his way back to a normal life? Joseph W. Naus is a former guest and we are thrilled to have him back on the Recovery Revolution to do an exclusive live Q&A with our community members!
You might remember him as the author of Straight Pepper Diet about how at age 32, Joseph’s American Dream-life became a nightmare when his addictions to sex, alcohol and cigarettes collided and exploded.
"On Tuesday, I was a respected civil trial lawyer making six-figures. On Wednesday, I woke up handcuffed to a hospital bed charged with attempted murder...and then it got worse."
Joseph talks about the deal he made with the devil to get out of jail, being released into the wreckage his addictions caused, and the miracles that took place along the way. He also talks about his new follow-up memoir that details how he leaned into recovery and spirituality to become the grateful man he is today.
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Mark Crandall was born to a crack-addicted mother and put into foster care at the age of three. From childhood, he dove down into addiction and destructive behavior, trying to blot out the emptiness and self-loathing.
Mark has been in the recovery community beginning in 2007 and has since re-written his story, dedicating his life to empowering others by teaching people with past trauma to overcome the victim mentality. Listen to how he achieved a complete transformation, from addicted to heroin and homeless to winning his future.
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This is the age of internet entrepreneurs. Anyone can find a place to start a business on the web. Today we are psyched to talk to Tim Stoddart, the mastermind behind Sober Nation and the founder of Stodzy Internet Marketing.
After triumphing over addiction, Tim used his spirituality, his self-belief, and a slight chip on his shoulder to prove to the world and himself that he could be successful no matter what. He started Sober Nation just 7 months after getting clean.
Though this passion project never became a significant source of income for Tim, it was the guinea pig and learning experience that spawned his profitable endeavors.
If you ever thought about starting your own business, you might want to take notes on Tim's entrepreneurial journey!
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Rock Thomas is a self-made millionaire who's on a mission to bring the best-of-the-best to the world. He has developed transformative programs that blend his extensive knowledge about personal development with cutting-edge success formulas designed to produce whole-life wealth.
Rock Thomas believes that transformation comes from application, not acquisition. You can have all the information in the world, but if you don’t apply it, it’s useless. He talks about how to succeed with a purpose-driven life by being intentional and focusing on what we can do in the present moment. In this episode, you will learn how to turn your knowledge into action and Grab Life Big today!
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Shirley Solis is the founder of the Live Life Experience, a 3-day transformative event that gives women the tools to become the empowered, free, and inspiring person they know they can be. Shirley was always a girl with big dreams, but after she got married and had six children, she discovered her husband suffered from a sex addiction.
Shirley spiraled down to a dark place, losing her identity, her self-respect, and her ability to set boundaries. But ultimately, her husband's problem became a catalyst for change, forcing her to seek tools that helped not only to heal herself, but her marriage and family. Listen to how Shirley became the powerhouse she is today and how she helps other women break free from numbness and live life on all levels.
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Sarah Hepola is on the show for an exclusive Author Spotlight Q&A with our Recovery Revolution Community. She is the author of the wildly popular memoir, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget and shared her harrowing addiction recovery story on our show back in September 2017.
Sarah Hepola returns to talk about her journey as a published author and what has happened in her life since. She reveals how even though she's succeeded in one of her lifelong dreams, she still has a long way to go to become the person she wants to be. Sarah generously shares her inner struggle to find self-acceptance, self-love, and inner peace.
This is a candid discussion that speaks to the lonely and brave. Don't miss this exclusive interview!
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Tia Johnson is part of the Recovery Revolution sobriety community, a nursing student, and a woman in recovery. Besides the triggers every addict must face, Tia has to navigate PTSD triggers without turning to drinking or self-harm, which were her coping mechanisms in the past. Tia has undergone an amazing transformation and has discovered the key to recovery. Find out what it is in this episode!
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Welcome to another episode of Recovery Revolution (formerly The SHAIR Podcast)! Patrick Holbert has been making his living in NYC since 2003. A comedy scene regular, you can find him in the city’s hottest rooms every night. You can also catch him online co-hosting “The Comic’s Table” podcast. He’s also a Sober Coach who is celebrating ten years free from alcohol.
Patrick grew up with friction in the home and began drinking to escape his uncomfortable feelings. He suffered from a low self-esteem and alcohol made him feel cooler and more confident. Patrick is a chronic perfectionist who also used sex, porn, and food to quell his emotions. Limiting screen time is his newest challenge.
Patrick shares his experience about being okay with not being perfect. He talks about staying sober in even the most bizarre and awkward situations. He also talks about how he left the life he thought he was supposed to live to chase his dream of being a comedian.
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Welcome to another episode of Recovery Revolution (formerly The SHAIR Podcast)! Today we have Liz Rockwood. She was introduced to the show by one of our most impactful guests, Ken Rivord, and has since become an obsessed listener. Liz is also a member of the SRC and super active in the SHAIR Sobriety network.
Liz’s love affair with alcohol started with her first bottle of Zima. Her drinking kept getting progressively and dangerously worse. She suffered depression, abuse, divorce, and 5 DUIs. Bad stuff just kept happening to her and she took no responsibility for her life.
Since she found sobriety, Liz has transformed herself into a new person and sets an example of all the different pathways addicts and alcoholics can use to create a strong foundation of recovery.
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Today we have my good friend Austin Linney joining us. Austin lives in San Antonio, Texas and is married to the love of his life for ten years. He is a real estate investor with three properties and five Airbnbs. Austin is part owner of Kaizen Accommodations, an executive short-term rental company with properties across the USA.
Austin has been in the service industry for 19+ years. Hospitality is something he truly was born to do. Serving and helping people is a calling that fills his heart with great joy.
Listen to his battle against addiction and overcoming paralyzing, self-limiting beliefs that were holding him back in life.
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Melanie Williams is an adventure blogger who posts audio and blog versions of her experiences entitled A Hundred Days in Mexico. From a comfy corporate job, to owning a yoga studio, Melanie's life is now all about surfing and writing. She shares her past pain and how following her heart's desire lead to a life of self-acceptance and joy.
Here’s a summary of what you can expect!
What was supposed to be a vacation in a resort town, turned into a journey from which I have not yet returned. What I have encountered on the road is changing my life forever. Run-ins with the cartel, waves the size of houses, earthquakes in the dead of night, broken bones, Latin men, scorpions in my bed and chewing on fish eyeballs were all just the beginning. Ready to go on a road trip? Strap in. Let’s do this!
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