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Summer is right around the corner! Do you want to feel and look your best? Tired of losing and gaining the same weight over and over again? Are you interested in learning what foods can take your recovery to the next level and help you look great all at the same time? We thought you might so we've put the Silver Package of our signature online course - 6 Weeks to Evolved Recovery - on sale just in time to complete it before summer begins. Right now we're offering the entire course for $57 which is over 50% off the regular price of $127! 6 Weeks to Evolved Recovery is not a program of SOBRIETY. It is a program of HEALTH for those recovering from alcohol and addiction to support your path to a happy and healthy body. When we designed this course, we did it with the sole purpose of working with the addict brain. We understand how we alcoholics and addicts makes decisions, so we developed a way to support YOU through this big lifestyle change. We offer a NO SHAME GUARANTEE!! A word about the different paths to recovery - we have no stake in what programs or methods you use to get and stay clean and sober. 6 Weeks to Evolved Recovery compliments any addiction treatment program to incorporate principles of holistic living into sobriety. That’s one more thing that sets us apart. THIS IS AN INCLUSIVE PROGRAM. We welcome everyone and we never share opinions about methods of recovery that differ from our own. There are many paths and we want everyone to find their own. We hope that 6 Weeks to Evolved Recovery can begin to shift the health paradigm in recovery. We hope to help you find long-lasting, optimal health.

Traver Boehm is an author, speaker, and transformational coach. He also created the Year To Live Project. Traver's story of sobriety, travel, working with hospice, encouraging awesomeness, leaving his businesses, and finding himself will inspire you in this week's episode of Evolved Recovery. An excerpt from Traver's website: 2015 was a challenging year for me to say the least. We hang our hats on only a few pillars of identity – be it our jobs, our relationships, our connection to church, or our family. Take one of those away and we can be left wondering who we are and what we’re here for. Believe me, I know. When my wife left unexpectedly, I was crushed. When the harsh reality became clear a few days later that my business situation would also be transitioning, I was left with what can only be called a colossal crisis of identity. I’d be lying if I didn’t say that soon after there was a day –  a moment to be clearer – THE moment when I looked at the twelve pack in my fridge and the loaded pistol in my drawer and knew that one could lead to an irreversible decision that I really didn’t want to make with the other. There were two distinct choices – go dark, or go light. Both required going all in. In I went. All in.   Show Links: Traver on Facebook Brené Brown Rising Strong Robert Masters To Be a Man Stephen Levine A Year To Live

This week we're breaking down the differences and symptoms of allergies and intolerances related to food. The first step to eating for recovery is to know what foods are unhealthy for your system. In this episode... Learn the difference between symptoms of allergies and intolerances. How to get tested for allergies. Find out how to do an elimination diet. Autoimmunity and allergies/intolerances Get started on an allergy/intolerance free diet for recovery with OUR PROGRAM!

While clinical depression is real, it may be more rare than you think. What if it could be lessoned? What if it could be a mere memory in your life? This week we discuss an article titled "Depression is A Disease of Civilization: Hunter-Gatherers Hold the Key to the Cure" from Back to Now which reviews the book, "The Depression Cure." Depression, The Epidemic Why are we the Prozac nation? Stats from Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance: Major depressive disorder affects approximately 14.8 million American adults, or about 6.7% of the U.S. population age 18 or older, in a given year. 25% of cancer patients experience it. (National Institute of Mental Health, 2002) Strokes: 10-27% of post-stroke patients experience it. (National Institute of Mental Health, 2002) Heart attacks: 1 in 3 heart attack survivors experience it. (National Institute of Mental Health, 2002) Women experience it at twice the rate of men. This 2:1 ratio exists regardless of racial or ethnic background or economic status. The lifetime prevalence of major depression is 20-26% for women and 8-12% for men. (Journal of the American Medical Association, 1996) Major depressive disorder is the leading cause of disability in the U.S. for ages 15-44. (World Health Organization, 2004) It is the cause of over two-thirds of the 30,000 reported suicides in the U.S. each year. (White House Conference on Mental Health, 1999) Depression, A Disease of civilization 99.9% of our genes were formed before agriculture. From a biological perspective we are still hunter-gatherers. We are not evolved to live our modern-day, stressed out lives. Nutrition, digestion, stress management, sleep, mindfulness, fitness and play are integral components to creating an entire lifestyle that balances our modern-day lives with principals from our past to improve health, emotional well-being, and performance. We CAN lesson the effects of modern-day, non-clinical depression by connecting to our most primal selves. Find out how by clicking!   Show Links: Instant Pot Book: The Depression Cure    

In Reward Deficiency Part 1 last week, we talked about the real cause of addiction: "reward deficiency syndrome." A popular belief in recovery is the acceptance of replacing food and exercise. We believe there is no safety net for recovering addicts to continue replacement addiction. Learning healthy coping skills is the way to break that roller coaster cycle of trading addictions. Reward Deficiency - Part 2 But what are healthy coping mechanisms?? There is a huge difference between coping mechanisms and self-care. Food, sex, and exercise should never be used as "coping skills." In this episode we break it down and we explain the difference between self-care versus self-destruction. Ancestrally we are designed to eat, move, and procreate. So how did we turn that into the destructive addictive lives we have now as a culture? In this evolutionary mismatched life we live, becoming the most simple human versions of ourselves will lead to peace. Pleasure We believe in pleasure and we believe in very simple ways to be happy and healthy. We practice gratitude, living in the grey, love and service, using our skills, meditation and that's just part of how we've found the peace and pleasure that we are passing onto you. Are You Ready to Find Pleasure? "You didn't get sober to be sick, unhappy, or overweight!" We created 6 Weeks to Evolved Recovery to help alcoholics and addicts just like you break the cycle of reward deficiency. Show Topics Healthy coping mechanisms Why is self-care so important? What is the difference between self-care and coping skills? (Hint: a lot!) Is excessive running killing addicts? How do we experience pleasure on a healthy and non-addicted level? Find us on Facebook and Twitter Review us on iTunes here!  

We're back with a new episode of the Evolved Recovery show discussing reward deficiency!  We've created a two-part podcast series with some of the points made in our recent presentation on reward deficiency at the Nutritional Therapy Conference.  In this first part, we discuss what the relationship between addicts and dopamine resistance is. We also explain why reward deficiency should matter to your recovery.   What is "Reward Deficiency?" In a previous podcast, we argued what the "Real Cause of Addiction" was. Our opinion was unlike the popular Huffington Post article by Johann Hari. He claims that lack of community is the real cause of addiction.  We politely disagree and here's why: 1. Genetic responsibility has to be addressed. 2. There are way too many variables to dump the real cause of addiction into a little box with the word "community" on it. 3. Addiction is a primary, chronic, and progressive mid-brain illness. The symptoms of addiction involve the inability to feel reward, pleasure, purpose or meaning in the way "normal" people do. This stems from a genetic mutation in the dopamine receptor sites in the brain.    We believe the real cause of addiction is a "reward deficiency syndrome." A reward deficient addict will use any dopamine booster they can get their hands on to self-medicate. Including, but not limited to: drugs alcohol exercise food status gambling shopping shoplifting sex and/or relationships (love)  Just because you remove what appears to be the most toxic addiction in your life, does not mean you will stop being addicted. No matter what method of recovery you use. A large and unfortunate misconception in the recovery community is that replacing "bad" addictions with "less bad" or so-called "healthy" addictions is A-OK. People are dying because of that mentality. It is damaging to healthy recovery. Being "addicted" to anything means that we're still relying on something to avoid being present in our selves and we're avoiding feeling our feelings.      Reward Deficiency - Part 2 Food, sex, and exercise should never be used as "coping skills" and we'll go much further into that in next week's podcast episode. We'll dive into the dark side of reward deficiency in recovering alcoholics and addicts as we answer these questions: How do we stop replacing addictions?  What are healthy coping mechanisms? Why is self-care so important? What is the difference between self-care and coping skills? (Hint: a lot!) How do we experience pleasure on a healthy and non-addicted level?  

Today's show is all about SLEEP! One of our favorite topics at Evolved Recovery. We are thrilled to be interviewing, Dr. Mark Burhenne, dentist, sleep expert, and the author of the 8-Hour Sleep Paradox available here. First, a couple of announcements! Portland, Oregon, we will be in your city for the Nutritional Therapy Association's 9th Annual Conference March 18-20. If you'd like to have us speak to your recovery organization during our visit, please contact us here! If you're interested in the conference and learning a huge amount about nutrition and health, we will be speaking Friday afternoon, and all details are at nutritionaltherapyconference.com.   We talk about Susan's new toy which will revolutionize your cooking and time in the kitchen: The Insta Pot 6-in-1 Multi-Functional Cooker--Pressure Cooker, Saute/Browning, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Steamer & Warmer Large, easy to use control panel with ten built-in Smart Programs, automatic keep-warm, and 3 temperatures for saute/browning and slow cook Delay cooking time up to 24-Hours; Manual setting up to 120 minutes of cook time UL and ULC certified with 10 proven safety mechanisms; Highly energy efficient Includes 3-ply bottom stainless steel cooking pot, stainless steel steam rack, rice paddle, soup spoon, measuring cup, instructions, recipes, and cooking time tables Check out The Insta Pot here. At the time of this post, the price is reduced to $86 which is 61% off. That's huge!! The 8-Hour Sleep Paradox   Please give a warm welcome to today's guest Dr. Mark Burhenne from Ask The Dentist. He is an integrative family dentist of 30 years, contributor to Yahoo! Health, CNN, and HuffPost. You can find him on Facebook and Twitter. Dr. Mark Burhenne is the author of The 8-hour Sleep Paradox: How We Are Sleeping Our Way to Fatigue, Disease and Unhappiness. Get Dr. Burhenne's book here. Show Topics & Links: Sleep Apnea UCLA Study Sleep in early recovery. Sleep studies Oral Appliances Should everyone have a sleep study? Why falling asleep quickly is not good. Oral healthcare after neglecting for a long time. How to avoid dentist shaming.  

Welcome back to the Evolved Recovery Show with Susan and Kendall discussing the best way to avoid diet failure! New Year diet attempts are already being tossed aside and it's not even February. It's no wonder when those diets are not set up to be successful. Oprah is selling Weight Watchers and Kirstie Alley is selling Jenny Craig. These women are chronic yo-yo dieters so why would anyone follow their sales spiels?! How many times have either of them gone on TV to say they've lost all the weight only to gain it back within years? In this episode we talk about how YOU can avoid the sales pitch and find a diet and lifestyle that is not only optimal but also sustainable!! We are thrilled to share that we are now offering PERSONAL COACHING for our online 6 Weeks to Evolved Recovery course. Say no to the fad diet and say yes to long-lasting, optimal health! Make 2016 your year to thrive!! We've got your solution...all you need to bring is the willingness to live the life you've always dreamed of! There are three choices to choose from to start your path to holistic sobriety: Option 1- The original 6 Weeks to Evolved Recovery online course. Option 2- Includes the online course in addition to a 30 minute coaching call each of the 6 weeks and food journals to track your habits. Option 3- Our premium option is the online course, the 30 minute coaching calls each week with the food journals. In addition, we'll provide a 90 minute initial consultation to dig really deep into your current health. You'll also have the option to take a Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire. We'll provide for you personalized recommendations for diet, lifestyle, and supplements.  Learn more at sobercourse.com!  

We're back with a new podcast episode! After a break for the holidays and much needed family time, we are returning to our weekly Evolved Recovery Show schedule. We are also excited to share that we are now offering PERSONAL COACHING for our online 6 Weeks to Evolved Recovery course. Education and Accountability! What more could you need to start this journey to long-lasting, optimal health?? Make 2016 your year to thrive!! We've got your solution. All you need to bring is the willingness to live the life you've always dreamed of! There are three choices to choose from to start your path to holistic sobriety! Option 1 is the original 6 Weeks to Evolved Recovery online course. Option 2 includes the online course in addition to a 30 minute coaching call each of the 6 weeks and food journals to track your habits. Our premium option is the online course, the 30 minute coaching calls each week with the food journals. In addition, we'll provide a 90 minute initial consultation to dig really deep into your current health. You'll also have the option to take a Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire. We'll provide for you personalized recommendations for diet, lifestyle, and supplements.  Learn more at sobercourse.com!! Now onto the podcast! One of our favorite friends from the Ancestral Health Community joins us today to talk about habits, willpower, and rewards. Mark Rogers is helping people discover how simple being a human really is. Eat like a human. Move like a human. Sleep like a human. Enjoy life...like a human. He blogs and podcasts at Simply Human Lifestyle. He recently wrote the Creating Human Habits series on EverdayPaleo.com. Make sure to read Part 1 and Part 2.

Welcome to Podcast Episode 41 (listen here) on how to survive the holidays while being happy and not worrying about your waistline in the process! Let's not kid ourselves, the holidays aren't the "happiest time of the year" for recovering alcoholics and addicts. It's the time of year when most relapses occur and some of us slip into our deepest depressions. Whether it's past trauma, being triggered by family, or just the general change in weather and light, it's a tough time for so many in recovery. What if there's a better way? One that doesn't involve self-medicating or relapsing. As a bonus, what if you could get through the holidays without adding those extra holiday treat pounds? We've found a better way to cope with the holidays and we'd like to share these tips with you in the hopes that your holidays turn out to be merry and joyful (and most of all sober!) Surviving the Holidays: Mindfulness Perhaps we're beginning to sound like a broken record on this whole "mindfulness" thing, but that's only because it works! We think the number one key to finding happiness is through mindfulness and meditation, ESPECIALLY during the holidays. Click here to check out our recent Mindfulness For Beginners podcast. Drop Expectations: Other people are not responsible for your happiness. Lower your expectations of how you think people should behave and watch your peace and serenity soar! Meditate: Sit down and get quiet whether it's one minute or thirty minutes. Practice it everyday. Meditation is a muscle and it needs to be worked often. Don't react, instead respond: If you find yourself in family squabbles, take a time out and breathe. (Mindfulness as relapse prevention)   Surviving the Holidays: Planning “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” -Benjamin Franklin Like every scout motto, be prepared. Setting yourself up for success is best done by planning and the holidays are no exception! Get Plenty of Sleep: Sugar cravings are far less when you're well rested. Don't Skip Meals: Eat a healthy breakfast, a full lunch, and have a snack before you go to parties. If it's a potluck, bring a protein dish. Don't Be Restrictive: Survey the food in front of you and eat as much of the foods you've told yourself are okay for you to eat. Be flexible and don't be black and white about what you eat that it affects your ability to enjoy yourself. If you've decided you aren't having sugar before you go to the party, take food for yourself and make sure you're full when you go. Save Carbs for Night: Leaves you less time during the day to get into a binge mentality. It's better for blood sugar regulation to eat carbs or any amount of sugar at night. We maintain our fat burning mode during the day without carbohydrates.  Don't Make Food the Focus: Avoid the treat table. Don't snack mindlessly or stress eat. Drink Water: Stay hydrated!  Have an Exit Strategy: Drive your own car in case you're in an uncomfortable situation.   Avoid Family Members in Active Addiction if Triggering: Keep visits brief or don't visit at all if you feel that you're recovery is in danger, especially in early sobriety.    Surviving the Holidays: Movement   Walk: We're guessing you're not the least bit surprised that we put this first. If the weather is bad where you live, try to find a treadmill at a gym or go walk at the mall. Yes, that's a thing! Some malls even open an hour early to let people walk before the stores open.    Surviving the Holidays: Final Thoughts Stick Close to Recovery: Whatever your method of sobriety, throw yourself deep into it.  Perform Service Work: There are so many service opportunities this time of year. Nothing takes us out of our own struggles, like being of service to others. Don't Beat Yourself Up: If you happen to end up face down in a table full of cake, don't fall into the shame cycle. Pick yourself up, dust off the donut dust and start over!   Take the Pressure Off: Do what you can and don't be a perfectionist.    

If you think we love walking, just wait until you listen to this podcast episode of The Evolved Recovery Show! This week we chat with Chris Bailey, the man who walked across the country for recovery!! Less than two years ago, Chris was homeless and addicted to drugs and alcohol. His twin brother found him bloodied and at his bottom in a San Diego park. Not long after treatment and early recovery, Chris made the decision to walk from California to New York. Enjoy this conversation today about Chris' adventures over his 7-month journey across America for recovery. We talk about the undeniable connection between him and his twin brother. Chris tells us what it was like to completely unplug and be totally alone walking and how he's turned his experience into a future of sharing his story with others. He will inspire you to seek mindfulness and celebrate recovery.   Find Chris Bailey online: Facebook Instagram: traindailywithbailey Hold Space & Step Into Life 

Welcome to podcast episode 39 (listen here), offering 4 easy to implement solutions to finding peace and understanding mindfulness! Have you ever wondered why some people seem to "go with the flow" while perhaps you struggle to find peace? Maybe you've tried meditation, but found yourself distracted and turned off from the experience. You're not alone! Modern society hardly teaches us how to slow down. Everywhere we look, we see the go, go, go message. The more we do, the more we obtain the "busy" status symbol. Recovering alcoholics and addicts benefit greatly from practicing mindfulness. With mindfulness you can beat addiction, bust sugar cravings and obtain long-lasting, optimal health. Spending thousands of dollars on gurus or moving to an ashram to learn mindfulness isn't necessary. Follow these 4 simple steps to create your happy life today!   Mindfulness Step 1: Pay Attention Begin your journey into the practice of mindfulness by paying attention. Seems simple so why are we all so unaware of our surroundings? Because we have been taught to bypass all that doesn't seem important. In our culture, slowing down doesn’t work with the busy notion we've become so addicted to. To truly practice mindfulness and live a happy life, it's imperative that we stop to smell the roses. Use these tips to practice paying attention: Be aware of your experience without reaction: Begin to NOTICE your life and all of the experiences you have. We call this awareness. Be in your experience, but do not react to it. Use your senses to describe your experience: See, smell, taste, hear, and touch. Your senses are the best way to tap into what you're experiencing. Imagine your mind as a Teflon pan: Allow feelings to slide in and slide out just like cooking in a non-stick pan. The feelings come and they go without holding onto any of them. Feelings are just feelings, no action is required. Mindfulness Step 2: Practice Acceptance Acceptance does not require judgment. Acceptance means simply acknowledging what is and seeing things for what they are. "Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.” - Tara Brach  Become one with your experience Don’t judge it Practice progress not perfection Mindfulness Step 3: Don’t Multi-Task Studies show time and time again that multi-tasking has negative effects on our brain chemistry and nervous systems. In hunter-gatherer cultures performing one task at a time means survival. The incidence of ADHD diagnosis continues to rise and we have to recognize the role multi-tasking, especially in children, plays in that. We also know that multi-tasking has deadly consequences in some situations, like texting and driving. Mindfulness cannot be practiced without slowing down and learning to focus. Practice one thing at a time: Don't jump back and forth between applications on your phone or computer. Focus on just your email or just one social media app. Start small: Focus on one thing a day like brushing your teeth and really experiencing the task without putting your thoughts elsewhere. Mindfulness Step 4: Meditate Meditation and mindfulness are not the same. While you can have one without the other, both will be more powerful together. Meditation can help with quitting smoking, fat loss, sugar avoidance, and an overall happier, more productive life. Turn off technology and get quiet We have practiced these mindfulness steps for years in our lives with positive outcomes. If you'd like to learn more tips on how to live a happier and healthier life in recovery, click below:

It’s our first podcast since we got home from Washington, DC for the UNITE to Face Addiction event. We give a brief recap before we chat with our awesome guest today! Our t-shirts were a huge hit at UNITE to Face Addiction and lots of people asked where they could purchase them. Here you go:   This week we welcome a fellow nutrition coach who happens to also be a yogi! Tera Bucasas, NTP has created a fabulous Yoga For Healing program that complements our 6 Weeks to Evolved Recovery program very well!! In this episode we talk about Tera’s healing journey, overcoming food and body issues. Start your journey of healing today with Yoga for Healing:

Welcome to podcast episode 37 (Listen Here) where we offer 4 simple and easy to implement Sugar Busting Tips. Sugar Addiction is the number 1 reason we created Evolved Recovery. As nutrition coaches, we heard time and time again from other recovering alcoholics and addicts that sugar had become the ultimate replacement. Some people we talked to were only suffering minor setbacks due to their sugar intake, but others were severely affected by diabetes, cancer, chronic illness, and more. First we took a look at our own sugar indiscretions in the past and saw what was working in our lives currently. Then we worked with clients in recovery to implement our tools. The following tips are what we have found to be the ultimate long-lasting key to busting sugar addiction. If you follow these 4 Sugar Busting Tips, you will be rewarded with feeling amazing and finally stepping off of the sugar addiction roller coaster....   Tip #1: Be Prepared Just like the Girl Scout's motto, we know the battle against sugar addiction begins with preparation. Planning is the key to success. We are so committed to helping you start this journey to busting sugar addiction, that we're giving you a FREE Meal Planner and Food Goals Guide! Many impulsive sugar decisions are made when we aren't properly prepared. Do you find yourself hitting that 3pm craving at work, but your only option is the machine in the break room loaded with sugary treats? Step away from the machine! Avoid that "stuck" feeling by planning ahead. The night before work, pack your lunch with leftovers from dinner and pack snacks to prevent temptation. If you're going to an event that won't have nutrient-dense food available, eat before you arrive. Weekends are a good time to prep meals for the week ahead. Imagine how great it will feel to always have healthy food waiting in the fridge! Use the freebie to stay accountable. Write your meal plan out and keep it with you at all times. Every time a sugar craving hits, take it out and eat something from your meal plan instead. Tip #2: Fill Up On Fats Fueling your body with the right nutrients is the next step to sugar busting. Start your breakfast off with healthy fats to set yourself up for sugar avoiding success all day long. Save your carbohydrates for dinner. Download our freebie to have an outline of what to eat and when to eat it at your fingertips. Cut out white carbohydrates like rice and white potatoes plus fruit initially to see what triggers your sugar cravings. If you take them out for a few weeks and see that your desire for sugar has disappeared and you have great energy, that's a good indication you might want to stick with a carbohydrate intake of sweet potatoes and winter squash.  Tip #3: Move Your Body WALK WALK WALK!!  A research team [...] in Austria reports a 15-minute walk reduces the urge for a sugary snack even in people who are overweight, under pressure, and literally have candy available at the tips of their fingers. Don't over-exercise. Let us say that one more time...Do Not Over-Exercise!!! This is a dangerous addiction for those recovering from alcohol and drugs. It's a very common replacement to continue feeling those endorphin rushes. There's a reason it's called a "Runner's High". It's a stress on the body and when the body is stressed, cortisol levels rise, which contributes to increased sugar cravings. Find movement that you love, like dancing in your living room, going for walks, hiking in nature, riding your bike, lifting weights only 2-4 times a week. Whatever it is, don't abuse it, just enjoy it and do it mindfully. Which brings us to our next tip...  Tip #4: Pay Attention Otherwise known as practicing mindfulness. This tip is about creating a relationship with your brain and body. It is about knowing what is going on inside of you at any given time. How do you learn mindfulness? Walk Meditate Do one thing at a time We've been practicing these 4 Sugar Busting Tips for years and have found success in our health by using them. While breaking sugar addiction can feel as intense at times as quitting alcohol or other addictions, letting go of that cycle can launch your health and your recovery to new levels you never expected! 

This week we launched our 6 Weeks to Evolved Recovery online course! We are so excited to be able to share the program with you and this week we're giving you a preview and a discount!!  

This week we share updates on our timeline of when the 6 Weeks to Evolved Recovery online course will be launching! Spoiler: It's very close!! Kendall also goes on a Real Food rant!  Show links: General Mills to ax artificial flavors from cereals   Join us in DC on the National Mall to Unite to Face Addiction!

This week as we vigorously chisel away at our 6 Weeks to Evolved Recovery course to do list to get this empowering information out to you, we chat with Nicole Pittman. She is the author of The Gratitude Workbook. Here is her description of the book:  "Gratitude has brought me out of the depths of my own mind and into the heart of my everyday life. Gratitude has given me the permission to feel joy, ask for what I want, and receive love." We LOVE talking about gratitude. What a wonderful way to truly live a recovery lifestyle. This is a wonderful conversation on mindfulness and finding thanks in your life. Nicole was even generous enough to offer you some Gratitude Workbook Freebies!!

The #meditate14 challenge continues! How is your practice going? Don't forget to share with us on any of our social media outlets including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or here in the comments below. The contest/challenge runs until August 31 to be eligible to win a free spot in our “Six Weeks To Evolved Recovery” online course which kicks off in September! You can also win by leaving a review on iTunes. See the bottom of this post for details! This week's guest is one of the Organizers At Large for the UNITE to Face Addiction Event on the National Mall in Washington, DC October 4. Laszlo Jaress joins us to share his story of recovery and tell us why this rally is so crucial to starting a national conversation about addiction and how to improve recovery rates across the country. Evolved Recovery is honored to be an official partner of this event so we hope to meet you in person in DC for this amazing experience.

This week we take time to remember Robin Williams on the first anniversary of his death. Then we discuss the soda industry's latest ploy to shift the blame of obesity and illness. Show Links: Better Than Before SODA STREAM Coca-Cola Article Pepsi Article

This week we dive deeper into the practice of meditation.  We talk about the benefits of meditation and how it affects our lives in a positive way. Meditation can help with quitting smoking, fat loss, sugar avoidance, and an overall happier, more productive life.   Show Notes: Autoimmune Paleo Headspace App Better Than Before 8 Minute Meditation Mindfulness Podcast WHY YOU SHOULD MEDITATE FOR FAT LOSS, PART 1 Want To Quit Smoking? Strengthen Your Self-Control