Episode 10: Woman on the Remake: Coming Back After Life Knocks You Down
Ashley is a former lawyer currently studying theology. Ashley faced a big personal remake at age 42. She shares the difficulties she faced in her marriage to a man with a substance abuse problem. She faced additional health issues resulting from exposure to black mold and even faced homelessness. It seemed nothing she was doing to "fix" her life was working.
She came upon a friend who asked if she had done any inner work, since it seemed the "outer" work wasn't helping. It was that day that began letting go of controlling the situation she was in, and came to trust that she was where she was supposed to be. She was able to reach a place of gratitude for what she DID have. She spent time working on being "present" and enjoying the small things.
The moment she reached a place of peace with where she was, the positive growth began to occur. Through intensive study of theology and physics, Ashley's personal philosophy began to evolve.
Books for Times of Crisis and Breakthrough
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron (Buddhist nun)
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell (great audiobook)
Detours by Tony Evans (Christian)
Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow by Elizabeth Lesser
A Return to Love: Reflections on Principles in A Course in Miracles by Marianne Williamson
Anything written by Emmet Fox (Christian thinker)
Astrologers (You Tube)
Annie Botticelli
Nadiyah Shah
Molly McCord
Pam Gregory
Blog/Facebook/Instagram on Science/Religion/Metaphysics
The Sacred Scientist
My Favorite Twin Flame
Books on Science/Religion/Metaphysics
The Self Aware Universe by Amit Goswami (watch his videos)
The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire by Deepak Chopra
The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pa
Episode 8 - Woman on the Remake: Going Dry
She heard the "whisper", "You drink too much." In most of our social circles, alcohol is a central part of every single gathering. Being the person who doesn't drink is HARD. Angie began removing alcohol from her life by participating in a month-long health challenge, mostly because she knew it would be easier to pass off not drinking to her friends that way. She spent all of 2016 playing around with the idea of not drinking, and taking intermittent breaks from it.
Depression, stress, and anxiety were concurrent players in the last year before she really, really quit. She hit her low point when she considered walking in front of a moving car. The following year, she cut her alcohol consumption down drastically, but still had several episodes of heavy drinking before a serious discussion with her husband in August of 2017 caused her to stop for good.
Angie buried herself in resources to help her stop drinking. Meditation, podcasts, Facebook groups, reading... she tried it all. Check below for her favorites. Her social calendar went from ridiculously packed to empty. To avoid the temptation to drink, she stopped going to the Friday Happy Hours, the neighborhood parties, and everything. She began to notice that alcohol is omnipresent in our culture. TV, social media, social events, everywhere.
Over the next two years, Angie went alcohol-free and regained her sense of abundance, her ability to sleep, the freedom to live her life without being dependent on alcohol, and in fact, the pre-alcohol identity she had lost.
Resources:
Podcasts:
The Happiness Lab https://apple.co/31uXgBe
After Alcohol https://apple.co/2FOCXXT
Seltzer Squad https://apple.co/2Hex9rD
Bubble Hour https://apple.co/2HpeOYm
Spiritual:
Your Move with Andy Stanley
https://yourmove.is/
Blog:
Unpickled by Laura McKowen
https://unpickledblog.com/
Books:
Annie Grace - "This Naked Mind" https://amzn.to/3ocRbTV
Jill Stark - "High Sobriety: My Year Without Booze" https://amzn.to/3m9Bmvf