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The SHAIR Recovery Podcast

Omar Pinto, the host of the SHAIR Podcast, is a world-renowned Life Coach, Recovery Coach and Speaker. He helps people break free from unhealthy habits and heal the areas of their lives that are preventing them from living a life of happiness, fulfilment, and joy. Each week Omar interviews individuals who SHAIR their incredible journey of recovery as well as coaching people one on one live on the call. If you are interested in exploring an Alcohol-Free Lifestyle, becoming the best version of yourself and discovering the Recovery Pathway that is right for you, then you are in the right place.
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May 30, 2017

Brinn Black joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast.

Brinn’s new single “Daddy’s Medicine” is a powerful ballad that tells the all-too-real tale of living with a father who struggles with alcoholism.

Since she was a child, her dad has really struggled with alcohol addiction and it’s torn the family apart.  A few years ago, he decided he was going to go to a rehab facility in Nashville, which ended up bringing them a lot closer together.

On today’s show Brinn talks about the steps she took in her own recovery to develop the coping skills she needed to deal with her Father’s Alcoholism, here are few highlights from our interview.

Omar:  What is the best suggestion you have ever received?

Brinn:   To let myself be loved. I needed that, to hear that permission. A friend of mine just kind of shook one time and was like, "Just let yourself be loved. Why are you fighting it from everybody?" That same friend, we always joke, we're like, "Sometimes you just have to make life work for you."

Omar:  That is awesome. I love it. "Just let yourself be loved."

Brinn:   "Just let yourself be loved." She just looked right into my soul and was, like, "I don't understand you, why you love so hard, you love big, but you fight this from everybody around you. Like, wake up," you know?

Omar:  Finally, if you could give our listeners only one suggestion, what would it be?

Brinn:   Just to give themselves some grace, because I think if we give ourselves grace then we can extend it to others more. But it's hard to give to yourself.

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The Shack - by Wm Paul Young

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear - by Elizabeth Gilbert

 


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Website - http://www.brinnblack.com/

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May 23, 2017

Christopher Lee Falck joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast.

Chris is Peer Recovery Specialist, the founder of Recovery Rings and a very active member in the Facebook private group. He has dedicated his life to recovery and being of service. His battle with drugs and alcohol is a grueling tale leaving years of wreckage behind him, one could say it’s a miracle that Chris is alive today.

Below is Chris’s Bio and where you can connect with him! HP Baby!

Hello, My Name is Christopher Lee Falck and I am an Addict in Long term Recovery, and what that means to me is; I have been Chemically Clean &/or Sober from any &/or all Mood Altering Drugs &/or Alcohol for over 3 & 1/2 Years now. I am Now a Better Loving Person then I was in my Active Addiction; A better Father, a better Son, a better Brother, a better Spouse, &/or a better Student... In my search to find myself; how &/or why my brain acts the way it does &/or does the things it does, I was given a gift from God himself. “Constant Conscious Contact” and Realization with God has Helped me to find the most Virtuous of Values to Help Others in Gods Ways, Not mine. Only by giving my willingness to God was any of this possible. In return God took my Cravings Away so I can have a Sound Mind, Body, &/or Soul.

So here I am & I don't want to be Anonymous! I want to Show You My Face and for You to Hear My Voice! I am One of 24 Million Fellows in Recovery and Now that We have been able to Start to Raise Awareness and reduce some STIGMA... Well now there is God’s Work to do! Help prevent this deadly disease of addiction. Speak Up! Recovery Works!

May 16, 2017

Cindee Rifkin is a yoga and meditation teacher who brings her skills and daily medicine practices to those who want to find relief from addictions and to bring meaning into their lives.She believes that by quieting our mind, strengthening our body and using ceremonies and spiritual remedies, we can heal our emotional and physical pain, gain the power to create a better life and be our wisest self. She carefully integrates yoga, breathing, prayer, music and ceremony as she works with others to find our source of strength, fulfill our potential and discover the wonder of our spirit.

Her vast studies and certifications are in Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Forrest Yoga, which began in 2008.  Cindee moved to India and immersed herself in yoga traditions and philosophy with Shri Sheshadri and B.K.S. Iyengar – both are students of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. Her current primary practice is Forrest Yoga in which she continues higher level trainings with Ana Forrest and Forrest Guardian Jambo Truong.

Cindee truly feels that life experience is one of her greatest teachers and her intuition is her continuous ally. Having been a part of the corporate/financial world for many years, she understands the demands that world places on us and the toll those demands can take. Additionally, she has courageously faced the impact of her personal addictions and has been very successful in working with those of us who are now learning to address our own.

Every day for her begins with a sitting meditation, selected breathing practices and a conscious acknowledgement of her gratitude for her life in the present.

Although Cindee lives in New York City, she travels extensively to the west coast, providing instruction and creating ceremonies for small groups, couples and individuals.

If you would, please take a moment right now and breathe deeply – breathe the deepest breath you have taken all day. Pause and do it again. You have begun the process.

From the heart.

May 9, 2017

Tim Ryan the author of From Dope to Hope: A Man in Recovery joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast.

A six-figure salary, a beautiful home in the suburbs, a loving family – Tim Ryan had it all, then lost it all because of an addiction to heroin, cocaine, other drugs and alcohol.

For years, Tim had great success in business and in life, despite a habit that was forming around “drinking and drugging.” But when he added heroin to the mix, Tim’s balancing act spiraled out of control. Often spending nearly $500 a day to support his opiate habit, his career and relationships suffered setback after setback. His uncontrollable addiction to substances resulted in multiple overdoses, rehab stays, and even jail time.

Sentenced to seven years in the Sheridan Correctional Center for a number of drug-related convictions, Tim got clean and sober behind bars. However, “life on the outside” wasn’t working in his favor.

While there, his wife divorced him. And his son Nick, who he had introduced to heroin along with his teenage friends, continued to abuse the drug, caught in a seemingly hopeless trap. Tim was released from prison after just 14 months, yet his time there was enough to convince him to maintain a strong 12-step recovery program. At last, it seemed as though hope was returning to his life.

But six months later, the bottom fell out. His 20-year-old son Nick died tragically from a heroin overdose.

Attempting to get beyond the devastation and heartbreak, Tim used Nick’s death as the inspiration to spread a message of hope and recovery to others, believing that if even one family could be spared the horrors of the disease of addiction, he would be making a difference. Then one family led to two, which led to four, which led to eight and so on.

Today, in addition to running addiction recovery groups for addicts and families, Tim is the Chief Marketing Officer for Banyan Treatment Centers. He is a “sober coach” and frequently speaks to school groups, corporations and others who care to hear his message. And, most importantly, he is the founder of A Man in Recovery Foundation, whose vision is ambitious yet realistic.

Tim believes he is blessed with the gift of continued sobriety, and he has made it his personal mission to promote awareness of the life-threatening effects of opiate addiction, most especially heroin. He has left the business world behind, instead committing himself to educate people about the hard truths of addiction and the potential for a full and happy life in recovery.

Join us now as Tim takes us through his battle with Drugs and Alcohol and his inspiring journey into recovery.  You don’t want to miss this episode!

May 2, 2017

Jennifer Matesa the author of Sex in Recovery: A meeting between the covers joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast.

Sexuality in the context of recovery is rarely talked about openly, in part because our broader culture may inhibit us from sharing our true experiences. For some, the prospect of sober sex feels like uncharted waters--in the past, we've rarely had sex without first numbing ourselves with drugs and alcohol. What does it mean to have an intimate relationship in sobriety? Exploring that question deepens our recovery journey.

With this groundbreaking work, Jennifer Matesa uncovers the challenges real people encounter when they start taking their clothes off--without drinking or using in order to do so. Providing readers "a meeting between the covers," Matesa blends first-person accounts bravely shared by diverse members of the recovery community, insights from experts, and her own perspectives. The result is a book that creates a space for a vital, new dialogue about sexuality and intimacy. As we find a common language for this more hidden aspect of our healing, we can truly "practice these principles in all our affairs."

Jennifer Matesa has written about health for more than twenty years and authors the award-winning blog Guinevere Gets Sober. She is a regular contributor to TheFix.com, and in 2013 she became a fellow of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. She is the author of The Recovering Body (Hazelden, 2014).

“Sex In Recovery is a work long overdue. In a frank, personal and highly personable way Jennifer Matesa opens a topic usually only whispered about: the essential role of sexual healing in sobriety. Many readers will be grateful to her.”
—Gabor Maté M.D., author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction

“In this beautifully written work, Jennifer Matesa accomplishes a herculean task. For decades, clinicians have struggled to assist patients to integrate healthy sex lives into robust recovery programs. At the same time, traditional 12 Step programs have promulgated rules that shamed and denied their members’ sexuality. Sex in Recovery resolves this disconnect. Through compelling narrative descriptions, it gives its readers a map to navigate, resolve and embrace their sexuality in its most rewarding expression.”
—Dr. Paul Hokemeyer, America’s Family and Addictions Therapist

Join us now as Jennifer takes us through her battle with Drugs and Alcohol and her inspiring journey into recovery. You don't want to miss this episode!

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