Worth Recovery

In this preview episode, Amy interviews Lu Duke, one of the presenters at the upcoming Worth Recovery Event: Engaged in the Struggle.  Lu is not only a CSAT therapist, but a Daring Way Facilitator - Consultant, trained in the work of Brene Brown.  In this episode she discusses core and aspirational values and how they play a role in our recovery. 

To celebrate her 4 year sobriety anniversary, Amy shares her own Spiritual Awakening. Knowing that addiction is an "illness that only a spiritual experience will conquer", Amy shares some of the major spiritual experiences that have contributed to her spiritual awakening.

14 symptoms that you are having a spiritual awakening.

1. You have the sense that something is different.
2. You feel yourself drifting away from some relationships.
3. You become aware of those things which no longer serve you.
4. You feel great compassion for the suffering of this life.
5. You feel an urge to do something.
6. You become more sensitive.
7. You begin to search for the answer to the question, “Who am I?”
8. You begin to regularly experience synchronicity.
9. You experience a loss of identity.
10. Your sleep patterns change.
11. You lose interest in lesser emotions and thoughts.
12. You feel a sense of Oneness.
13. You begin to experience better overall health.
14. You experience tingling at the top of your head.

Grief comes to visit all of us on occassion. It is it's own size.  It can feel like a presence in our life.  It manifests in different ways for each of us.  In this episode, Amy discusses some of the grief she is dealing with, some of the ways it manifests, and some of the strategies she is using to get through it in her life.  

Thoughts from Amy's car continues with an episode about preparing for the holidays. Amy shares how unvoiced expectations are just resentment waiting to happen.

Trauma can be complex and deep.  It brings wounds into our lives that we try desperately to master.  In an interview with Candice Christansen, Amy discusses the correlation between trauma and addiction, some of the ways we act out our trauma, and some of the tools we can use to work through and eventually master our trauma. You can learn more about Candice and the work she is doing by visiting www.namasteadvice.com. 

In the continuation of the deep dive on the 12 steps of recovery, Amy explores how all of the work we have done up to this point prepares us for Step 9, for making amends.  She discusses how amends is more than apologies, more than just saying we are sorry.  In preparing to work step nine, we need to understand the principles behind all of the other steps as well as why apologies are insufficient. 

In the conclusion of the series on Objectification, Amy discusses two questions:  How am I objectifying myself? and what boundaries do I need to set in objectification by others?

While driving to spend some time with her family, Amy shares the cycle and evolution of relationships in her recovery.

In the continuation of the series on Objectification, Amy discuses the first of the reflection questions from last time, "How do I objectify other people?" and provides 4 concrete strategies you can use to stop!  Objectifying goes so much deeper than just looking at appearance.  Learn some strategies to stop the objectification you are doing in your life.

Concluding the discussion on step 8, Amy shares one of the most influential experiences she has heard about forgiveness.  Using the experience of Corrie ten Boom, related in her book "The Hiding Place", Amy shares why forgiveness is something we continually practice.  And just as essential as forgiving others is learning and practicing forgiving ourselves. We just keep working at it and keep practicing until our higher power "changes the temperature of our heart."