Welcome to Neff Inspiration, a show dedicated to revolutionizing your health through the lens of functional medicine. Hosted by a functional medicine doctor, this platform delves into the science of healing from the inside out. Whether you’re seeking solutions for mental health, post-traumatic growth, or overcoming mental blocks and challenges, I provide actionable tools and expert insights to help you transform your life. With a focus on root-cause medicine, sustainable wellness strategies, ...
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510 Crystal Hamilton: How To Redefine Family After Religious Trauma
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1:29:48In Crystal’s words: I was raised in a strict Mormon household with teachings about my purpose in life was only to be a wife and mother. At a young age, I knew there was more planned for me than this and I struggled with conforming to Mormon values. My parents pressured me into a young marriage when they discovered that I was having premarital sex. …
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10 points in 10 mintues: John David Graham - From homeless, to business owner, to published author. A second-chance journey
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23:29In John Graham's words: I have always been a curious person. Try taking a new road, a different direction, another adventure—or maybe failure. As a result, I have gone from homelessness to a business owner to a published author. Along the way I was a door-to-door salesman, children’s home counselor, substitute school teacher, truck driver, fireman,…
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509 Laura Moulton: Grieving The Living - When The Heart Says Yes But The Brain Says No
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1:13:33Laura Moulton is the author of Boundaries: Grieving the Living - and helps others to live their life to the fullest. Her credentials: MA, LPC, NCC, CCTP-II, CIMHP, ACS, CAGCS, business owner. She has been a trauma therapist since 2017 and currently enjoys clinical supervision. 3 Top Tips 1. A solid definition of boundaries 2. The misconceptions of …
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508 Mary Beth Schrudder: Take back power and break free of toxic relationship patterns & addictions
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1:40:01Mary Beth Schrudder is a Spiritual and Transformational Life Coach. She is founder of Day One Life Coaching, author of Addiction Recovery with the Law of Attraction, and the host of the “Spiritual Transformation Podcast with Mary Beth”. Mary Beth will help you heal addictions and transform relationships, including the relationship with yourself! He…
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507 Alon C Ferency - Get through Your Creative Crossroads by Unburdening Your Soul of Bad Beliefs
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1:27:42Creativity Consultant, Counselor and Coach, Rabbi Alon Ferency is a cross-country bicyclist, Peace Corps volunteer, author, concert producer, chaplain, and Dungeon Master. He served Heska Amuna Synagogue, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Burt Reynolds' "The Last Movie Star," and was the first treasurer of the Community Coalition Against Human Traf…
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10 points in 10 minutes: Christopher Mack - Drug Addiction - Don't be a bad actor
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7:27Christopher Mack has been in recovery for the past 24 years. I found that their is a dynamic to recovery and healing, and speak to groups and individuals about the evidence and process. I have worked on Skid Row in LosAngeles for the past 21 years which is the largest recovery community in the world. People are recovering from all types of trauma a…
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506 Zulma Williams: I Had Breast Cancer, Cancer Didn't Have Me
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1:24:36In Zulma’s words: We all have our share of challenges, and sometimes doubt our ability to overcome them. I am a warrior, and I made it my mission to inspire people to discover and honor the warrior inside them. I was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and immigrated to the United States at age 31. At age 42, I started my Bachelor of Social…
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505 Ken Kunken: 50 Years of Challenging How The US Sees & Treats Disabled People
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1:02:41In 1970, while a junior in Cornell University’s College of Engineering, Ken Kunken broke his neck making a tackle on a kick-off in a lightweight football game against Columbia University. Ken sustained a spinal cord injury at the C 4-5 level, rendering him a quadriplegic, almost totally paralyzed from the shoulders down. Ken spent more than 9 month…
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504 Steve Ward: Everyone's Addicted to Something and That's an Opportunity to Live life Better
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1:16:43We all have issues, and everyone is addicted to something. One half of families have someone struggling with substance abuse or mental health issues, but only about 10% of those hurting people are getting any help. There are practical principles and steps that have been proven to work that integrate principles from recovery, wellness, psychology, n…
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503 Satya Sardonicus: help your body get over trauma so your mind can follow
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1:32:33While there are plenty of doctors who find incredible solutions for their patients without living through the experience themselves, there’s something special that happens when the solution was developed by someone who has experienced the same struggle too. My guest today is Dr. Satya Sardonicus, a chiropractor and expert in the neurobiology of str…
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502 Blair Dunkley: How to Go Beyond Mindset: Overcoming Life’s Toughest Challenges with Mind Models
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1:21:04Blair Dunkley, a Life Skills Coach and NLP practitioner, discovered the limits of mindset training during a personal tragedy when his father fell into a 14-year coma after surgery. Despite following all the recommended steps, including hiring a mindset coach, the advice to "believe more" failed him. Realizing the potential harm of such advice, Blai…
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501 Denise G Lee: From Survivor to Leader - Healing Trauma and Reclaiming Your Personal Power
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1:24:55Denise G Lee is a Healing and Leadership Coach, guiding entrepreneurs and business leaders through personal transformation. A recovering sexaholic and alcoholic, and an incest survivor, Denise draws from her own experiences to help others break free from trauma, limiting beliefs, and emotional blocks. With over a decade of experience, she uses a bl…
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500 John David Graham: From Homeless To Business Owner To Author - A Second-Chance Journey
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1:11:31I have always been a curious person. Try taking a new road, a different direction, another adventure—or maybe failure. As a result, I have gone from homelessness to a business owner to a published author. Along the way I was a door-to-door salesman, children’s home counselor, substitute school teacher, truck driver, fireman, building contractor, mi…
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499 Bev Mitelman: Your Attachment Style Predicts The Quality Of Your Relationships
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1:43:12As a child, Bev lived in a very unpredictable and chaotic environment where she never knew if she could rely on her parents to meet her emotional needs. This led her to absorb unhealthy relationship ideas based on what she was witnessing: she believed relationships were supposed to be unbalanced, uncertain, and overall chaotic. If you have an insec…
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498 Jason Stanley: Heal your compulsive emotional eating Food Monster
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1:22:00Jason Stanley is a social research scientist focusing on field research and clinical trials on obesity. His focus is to teach the obese to understand and heal that unrelenting urge to eat when not hungry and continue eating far past full. We call that urge the Food Monster. His job is bringing Freedom from your personal Food Monster. 3 Top Tips 1. …
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497 Ria Flanagan: The " Happiness Is An Inside Job Playbook"
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53:54Ria Flanagan (she/her/hers) is the Clinical Supervisor at Rise Up Recover, LLC. She also provides Workshops and counseling services to individuals struggling with the effects of addiction, trauma, and mental health issues. Her experience includes working with people struggling with addiction, trauma, and co-occurring issues: PTSD, depression, anxie…
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496 Austin Davis: How Does The Current State of America Influence Teenage Drug Addiction?
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1:06:21My name is Austin Davis. I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor in the State of Texas. As such, I’ve worked in the mental health field for over a decade, and have helped rehabilitate over 5,000 teenagers since I founded Texas’ largest teen-oriented treatment center in 2017, Clearfork Academy. I’m currently the CEO for said facility, and a…
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495 Jennifer Westcott: Wholeness Means Embracing Brokenness As Part Of Life
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1:17:29About Jennifer Westcott Hi I'm Jen. I am a therapist, artist, mother, wife, friend. I am a woman devoted and passionate to making therapists the best they can be, the most supported and human and kind to themselves. the reason I believe so strongly in this is through my own journey through healing and encountering both great and awful therapy! As t…
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494 Adam Peters: Path To Purpose - How Veterans Rediscover Their Mission
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1:17:20As a strategic Veteran, Adam Peters brings a wealth of experience and a unique perspective that resonates deeply with podcast hosts and their audiences. Adam’s journey from military service to entrepreneurial success is not just a personal story of resilience and transformation; it's a powerful narrative that offers invaluable lessons and inspirati…
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493 Owen Marcus: Beyond Stress - Transforming Men & Lives Through Emotional Physiology
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1:15:46Owen Marcus started helping men because he realized he needed help with his relationships. His 30-year journey from leading men’s groups led to writing a book, a documentary film on his work and starting three businesses that adapt the science behind stress and trauma therapy, attachment theory, and leadership development to train men to succeed in…
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492 Theodore Henderson: Learn How Light Is Repairing The Brain
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1:21:28Theodore A. Henderson MD, PhD is president and founder of Neuro-Luminance Inc, which is bringing revolutionary treatments to bear upon traumatic brain injury, depression, Alzheimer’s disease, post-COVID fatigue syndrome, and other brain disorders. He holds three patents and three patents-pending. Dr. Henderson is president of the International Soci…
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491 Jeremy Grater: How to embrace vulnerability as a strength
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1:19:04Motivation doesn't show up. It's created. Each person is the cause of and solution to most of their own problems. Vulnerability is a strength. Life is messy but you don't have to clean it all up at once. Sometimes it starts with just clearing a path. Jeremy Grater lives in British Columbia. He’s spent the majority of the last decade experimenting w…
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490 Christopher Mack: I'm In Recovery, Now What?
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1:18:16Christopher Mack has been in recovery for the past 24 years. I found that their is a dynamic to recovery and healing, and speak to groups and individuals about the evidence and process. I have worked on Skid Row in LosAngeles for the past 21 years which is the largest recovery community in the world. People are recovering from all types of trauma a…
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489 Martin Bodek: Zaidy's War: 4 Armies, 3 Continents. One Man's Impossible Story of Endurance
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1:40:44Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Martin currently lives in NJ with his wife and three children. He is an avid marathoner, Wordler, vexillologist, and halvah aficionado. He is a technologist by day, and a writer by night. A freelance writer on Jewish interest topics for three decades, his work has been published in The Huffington Post, The Denver Po…
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10in10 Logan Hufford: Sexual Addiction: I can show you the way out
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30:01Logan is a born & raised Alaskan, married to his gorgeous bride Carrie, who herself is a 4th-generation Alaskan; and together they are raising 4 amazing but crazy little monkeys. Their life is a simple one - they love their family time, their dogs, and exploring the beautiful Alaskan wilderness. Logan and his wife Carrie each lead Recovery groups, …
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487 Marcy Langlois: You Truly Can Overcome Anything and Live an Incredible Life
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1:13:05Born with a cleft lip and palate, Marcy's childhood was marked by an excruciating series of surgical procedures—23 in all before the age of 18. Because she looked and talked different than other kids, she was relentlessly teased and bullied. Her journey into adulthood was marked by challenging, traumatic, and downright tragic waypoints: coming out …
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486 Pat Roos: Surviving Alex - A mother's story of Love, Loss, and Addiction
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1:15:48In Pat’s words: My new book, Surviving Alex: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Addiction (Rutgers University Press, May 2024). It would be useful to talk about my goals. And the two questions that drove my narrative: how to survive something trauma like this, and what might we have done differently? It's most useful to focus on what "we" more gen…
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485 Laura Mangum Broome: How to Move Beyond Adversity and Flourish in Life
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1:13:44Laura Mangum Broome is a Resilience Coach and Author of "Flourishing After Adversity." In a five-year period, Laura overcame breast cancer, the loss of her oldest son, a heart transplant, and a sudden divorce after 27 years of marriage. Adversity makes you bitter or better. Laura chose better. From her experiences, she developed a 3-Step Resilience…
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484 Steve Wilson: Teetering on a tightrope - My bipolar journey
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1:10:34As an energetic normal boy of nine, Steven W. Wilson would not have guessed that the most horrifying day of his life was lurking just months ahead. From that terrifying day when he was at the theater, to his suicidal ideations, his attempt to kill his father and his subsequent hospitalization, Teetering on a Tightrope sweeps the reader headlong int…
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483 Craig Meriwether: Overcome Fear and Anxiety In Life & Program Yourself For Confidence
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1:15:57Craig Meriwether is a mindset coach and clinical hypnotherapist helping people eliminate negative emotions and trauma so they can reach their full potential. Craig is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Medical Hypnosis Specialist, Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) specialist, and Founder of Arizona Integrative Hypnotherapy helping people elimina…
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482 Nicole Poulton: How to get sober in 5 simple steps
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57:22Nicole Poulton is an addiction and recovery coach, transformational speaker, entrepreneur and an inspiring survivor of sexual abuse. With over 12 years in the addiction and recovery field, Nicole has impacted over a million lives with her message. Currently, Nicole serves as a coach and mentor guiding individuals, teams and families through the tri…
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481 Eva Rodriguez: How Unexpected Tragedy Forced Me to Transform My Life and Health
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1:13:44Eva Rodriguez is a former HR executive turned trauma-informed Certified Life, Health, and Weight Loss Coach for Millennial women. She teaches women all over the world how to lose weight without dieting and how to become strong from the inside out. Eva’s life came to a complete halt in 2015 when her fiancé and the father of her only child died in a …
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480 Birgitta Visser: The Journey Of Healing From Trauma To Empowerment
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1:06:46Birgitta Visser is a modern-day mystic, guiding others on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment. As a Soul Empowerment Coach and Divine Channel, she tunes into higher frequencies, delivering messages from the many Light Beings and Master Teachers. With her gift for Light Language Healing, she weaves light codes that activate transformation in…
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479 DK Ciccone: Hurting Does Not Equal Broken - Finding Resilience Through Movement
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56:54Dana Karen (“DK”) Ciccone is a certified Pilates instructor who helps people in pain improve strength, mobility, and well-being in a weight-neutral environment. She’s also trained in pain reprocessing therapy through the Pain Psychology Center. Having begun her own journey with chronic back pain as a young teen, she has been exploring ways to help …
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478 Helen Sernett: Feeling Lost and Finding the Way Again - A Guide To Healing With Sleep
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1:01:49Helen Sernett, founder, and host of the Sleep Lists podcast, was a non-profit fundraiser at the end of her rope struggling with a long list of medical issues. Underlying all of it was the fact that she could no longer get herself to sleep. With Sleep Lists she serves up bedtime dreams every episode by reciting a lulling list of similar items. Latel…
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477 Karoline Fischer: The transformative power of working with the subconsciousness via hypnotherapy
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1:04:33Karoline Fischer is a trained MD who decided to train as an RTT Hypnotherapist as she found out personally how transformative this way of work can be. In her own words: I had worked my entire adult life with therapists for my own life, and when I found methods that worked with subconsciousness, transformation really started to happen in my life. I …
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476 Leslie Draffin: Microdosing Magic Mushrooms for Mental Health & Sobriety
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1:08:06Leslie Draffin is an certified psychedelic guide, Integrative Somatic Coach, meditation teacher, feminine embodiment mentor, and podcast host who is passionate about helping people embrace their bodies, cycles, sex and psychedelics. She supports conscious souls who want to heal themselves through intentional microdosing, pleasure, womb reconnection…
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475 Pamela Wagner: Thriving After Trauma: Your Dream Life Awaits
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55:25There's little that Pamela hasn't done yet at the age of 31. Just to mention a few accomplishments: She's been to 100 countries, bootstrapped and built a 6-figure agency with no entrepreneurial background, worked at Google, been featured multiple times in Forbes, got a Master's degree from Harvard Extension School, and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. Pame…
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474 Carolyn Sophia Skowron: How to live as the most resilient authentic raw version of you!
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47:23My name is Carolyn Sophia Skowron. I am someone who has always felt like an outsider. From a young age I struggled making friends, fitting in and being my true authentic self. I grew up feeling like I never fit in and never was good enough. I spent most of my life internalizing every situation. I always thought people didn’t like me. What I failed …
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Episode 23 - Steve Pereira - There is no acting when it comes to quitting alcohol, but acting saved my life
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1:15:24I wished that I took the hints to stop drinking i, like many, knew I was drinking way too much. I was in hospital so many times but I just didn’t take the hint. I just thought I’d be ok, I’ll stop next time, it didn’t kill me last time, until it nearly did. I was laying there in hospital for the 6th time, half the weight I was normally, I couldn’t …
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Episode 19 - Zuhaib Khan - A warrior of Depression, passionate about helping men!
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1:11:51Join me in this interview with Zuhaib from England! "My Name is Zuhaib and I help men to face the darkest part of themselves and to find clarity and success to become the man they always desire to be. I believe what ever has happened to us in the past, we cannot change it. It’s part of us, we just need to acknowledge it and accept it and use it tow…
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Episode 20 - Jimmy Roos - Former nervous wreck now teaching others how to be unstoppable in life
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1:15:22Fear and procrastination has affected all of us at one time or another. It has robbed us of time... of lost income and opportunities to advance our careers. In this interview Jimmy Roos, an admitted former nervous and fearful wreck, takes us behind the scenes to show us what happens when we are fearful and procrastinate. He then shows us how to eli…
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Episode 21 - Mike Warren - How to ditch the dad bod and live a long and healthy life
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1:00:34Mike Warren: "A few years back I was a fat, lazy alcoholic, eating crappy food but believing I was clever and successful. Deep down I knew my kids, family and career deserved better, so I made the decision to clean up my act and get healthy. Now I am passionate about helping my mates do the same and live the life we all deserve." "Ditch the dad bod…
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Episode 18 - Michelle Barrial - How to feel confident without drinking
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1:21:15In Michelle's words: Social drinking is a way to fit in and be a part of a group yet when you choose to say no everyone treats you like you are no fun. The crowd will tell you to loosen up just one drink can’t hurt. But, truth is drinking doesn’t give you confidence. In fact, it creates numbness in your body and brain so that your thoughts are uncl…
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Episode 17 - Taylor Martin - Escaping the limitations of labels to allow myself to live authentically
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1:24:52A former member of the “Work hard numb hard” society, Taylor knows the suffocating effects of addiction. In a pursuit to find herself, she removed all affiliations to her name. “Just Taylor,” was just enough to allow her to live the life of her dreams, including finding sobriety. As a writer, she shares her triumphs in overcoming limitations create…
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Episode 16 - Maja Iten - From Depressed to Free and Strong
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1:37:37More and more people suffer from depression and feel helpless, powerless and hopeless with such a fate. Many of them begin to consume drugs or alcohol (or both) to numb their emotions. But we have much, much more power over our life-boat than we may ever believe….even when we are standing in front of a wall of adversity. Depressions are not a given…
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Episode 15 - Brooke Collins - Becoming clear: Recovery and how to live a life created by you for you
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1:34:47How can you break free from addiction and people pleasing? Brooke Collins, Speaker, transformational life coach and founder of the simplicity seekers club shares her story about hitting rock bottom to discover the power within and create the life she always envisioned for herself. She shares tips on how to revolutionize your life, take responsibili…
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Episode 14 - Samantha Tirone - Addicted to My addict; Life After Loss
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1:32:31Samantha is a business owner and advocate, and is on a mission to help others become advocates for themselves. There are multiple sides to addiction, and her goal is to help those who were or are in similar situations to what she experienced. Learn from her story and continue to grow, love and support your addict and yourself. In Samantha's words: …
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Episode 13 - Suzanne Carpenter - From Eating Disorder to Peace with Food - How one mum did it
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1:05:21Suzanne had a secret until someone asked this question. “You say you would die for your kids, but would you change for them”. It lead to her overcoming adult bulimia because she couldn’t stand the idea that her girls would grow up to talk to themselves when looking in the mirror-like she was. Even though crippled with shame and fear, she changed fo…
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Episode 12 - Leslie MacNabb - How a spouse can best support their partner in recovery
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1:06:54This episode is for the partner and spouse of someone in recovery. Find out how you can best support your partner through long-term recovery. Leslie MacNabb is a spouse of a man in long-term recovery who wants to support other spouses/partners of recovery. Leslie MacNabb, owner of Rise with Recovery, is a Self-Care Coach, Yoga Instructor, Recovery …
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