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How do we confront stress when in recovery? What does Self Mastery have to do with addiction? Even on the best days, an addict mindset is a challenge to deal with. When stressed, how do we stop our addict brain from making decisions for us? Does Self-Mastery and a positive mindset really help? Links Stay ConnectedSobriety.Live/Now Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

What is Vulnerability? Where does being vulnerable start? Can you numb Vulnerability? What happens when we numb ourselves to avoid being vulnerable? Does vulnerability and shame share the same space? Links Stay ConnectedSobriety.Live/Now Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

Should I make a Resentment List? What part of me is feeling resentful? Where do Resentments come from? Can there be Good Resentments? What would happen if I looked at the world as 360 degrees of mirrors? Links Stay ConnectedSobriety.Live/Now Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

Today we're talking about the differences between success and contribution. Do I need to feel significant in order to contribute? To feel successful do I need to certainty? Is contribution something you give, or something you receive? If you measured contribution, what would that look like? Is sacrifice a good measure of contribution? Can genuine, healthy, supportive contribution lead to a leaving a legacy? Links Stay ConnectedSobriety.Live/Now Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

When I look at 2020 from a recovery standpoint, when I look at Triggers from an addiction mindset. If I'm not looking after myself. If I'm not taking care of my needs, or looking out for my mental health. It won't take much to trigger me. The same triggers for you, may not be the same triggers for me. In this episode we talk about how a single match stick (if left unchecked) can turn into a dumpster fire. Links Stay ConnectedSobriety.Live/Now Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

When it comes to comfort zones, what makes you feel comfortable might be different than me. A comfort zone is reassuring, but there's also a negative impact from comfort zones. From an addiction perspective, if I limit my view of life, by restricting my perception only seeing things I want to see. If I'm only having conversations that I want to have. I'm now artificially creating certain outcomes. This could be called meticulous, or culpable. This is an artificial comfort zone. My comfort zone might not actually be comforting. Links Stay ConnectedSobriety.Live/Now Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

What's more challenging. The year 2020, or separating myself from Ego? Identifying there's a problem is one thing, reaching out for help is another thing. Ego & Pride can stop both. Ego & Pride have never served me. They don't serve others, and they certainly don't serve the greater good. Links Stay ConnectedSobriety.Live/Now Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

Can shame propel us forward, or hold us back? If I'm feeling ashamed, does that mean I'm always going to be afraid of something. Join us as we discuss how shame can be both a blanket of fear, and a motivator. In today's conversation we're talking about the Shame we experience in Recovery/Addiction.   I share examples from Jordan Peterson & Deepak Chopra. Links Stay ConnectedSobriety.Live/Now Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

In 2020 there's no shortage of stress. What would happen if I had just one drink? In today's episode we play the tape to the end. *spoiler alert* My world would fall apart. Hands down, my addiction would get the best of me. It starts with just one drink, but rapidly escalates out of control. I share what I do to stay one step a head of my addiction. Working on my recovery isn't something that someday I'm going to do, it's something that everyday I'm doing. Links Stay ConnectedSobriety.Live/Now Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

Anchoring mistakes & lessons to buzzwords can be both hilarious and fun. Like one time, I accidently bought double the cooking ingredients and found myself pivoting to a new for meal prep strategy at 11 PM. We've talked about identifying emotions. The ones that impact my mood the most are Hungry. Angry. Lonely. Tired. To avoid becoming HANGRY, I spend 90% of my day looking after these. Friends don't let friends make decisions when they're hangry! Links Stay ConnectedSobriety.Live/Now Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

No good has ever come from my knee jerk reactions. We've talked about the HALT acronym before, but in today's episode we dig into what part of myself is feeling a certain way. Looking past the raw feeling, and identifying emotions can help understand the underlying issue. I share perspectives of some of my favorite authors. We talk about anchoring emotions to experiences. Is it possible to co-create the world as we experience it. Is there another way for me to perceive what's happening right now? Links Stay ConnectedSobriety.Live/Now Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

For the longest time, Ego & Pride held me back from embracing recovery. I was afraid of what my friends & family would think of me if I reached out for help. Join us as we talk about how a support group (for me), served as my higher power in early recovery. There's a certain level of accountability and support that can come from support meetings. Forming healthy habits is difficult for anything new, especially being open and honest (with myself and others). Links Stay ConnectedSobriety.Live/Now Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

If you asked Jason in the year 2000, what his view of empathy was. Would it be any different from what Jason in 2020 would say? In this episode we talk about what Tactical Empathy is and isn't. We discuss what not to do when trying to build empathy for ourselves and others. And how being 'too positive' can be a bad thing for developing long lasting Empathy. Lastly I share some of my favorite authors, and their approach to Empathy. Links Stay ConnectedSobriety.Live/Now Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

In this episode we take a quick look at Survivors Guilt and it's impact on Gratitude. We chat about measuring success in the unhealthy ways. And how White knuckling my way through 2020 is only one way to succeed. Lastly we discuss how Identifying our emotions can be time consuming, but the small tiny milestones add up to big pay offs. Links Stay Connected Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

In this episode we take a quick look at what's been going on since our last update. We dig into How short quick messages can go a long way, for the right person. We share a couple ideas of how we can elevate the podcast, moving it from the back burner into it's own centre piece. We also talk about the acronym HALT and how it can help build resilience in difficult times. Links Stay Connected Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

We talk about overcoming adversity, we talked about addiction, and these are things that are never really hot topics. However as we create more safe places to have healthy conversations, it encourages a healthy environment to grow. If we equip ourselves and prepare to have certain conversations, they're healthier & happier. They don't need to be ominous or scary. Links Facebook Live Notification Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

We talk about overcoming adversity, we talked about addiction, and these are things that are never really hot topics. However as we create more safe places to have healthy conversations, it encourages a healthy environment to grow. If we equip ourselves and prepare to have certain conversations, they're healthier & happier. They don't need to be ominous or scary. Links Facebook Live Notification Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

We talk about overcoming adversity, we talked about addiction, and these are things that are never really hot topics. However as we create more safe places to have healthy conversations, it encourages a healthy environment to grow. If we equip ourselves and prepare to have certain conversations, they're healthier & happier. They don't need to be ominous or scary. Links Facebook Live Notification Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram

We talk about overcoming adversity, we talked about addiction, and these are things that are never really hot topics. However as we create more safe places to have healthy conversations, it encourages a healthy environment to grow. If we equip ourselves and prepare to have certain conversations, they're healthier & happier. They don't need to be ominous or scary. Links Facebook Live Notification Subscribe to Outstanding Life WebsiteYouTube Facebook Follow on Sobriety Video GuideTwitterInstagram