Recovering From Reality

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Ep. 85 Getting Chatty about Birth and Motherhood with Jess and Bekah from The Chatty Broads Pod Aug 17, 2020

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This week I am joined by Jess and Bekah from the Chatty Broads Podcast. We dive into so many great topics like motherhood in quarantine, living with bi-polar disorder, mental health, our birth stories and the importance of making informed decisions and maintaining bodily autonomy in the birthing process.

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Ep. 84 Baited with The One And Only Ziwe Aug 10, 2020

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In this week's episode, I am joined by Ziwe Fumudoh, an American comedian and comic writer based in Brooklyn who is notable for her saucy and sarcastic commentary on politics, race, and young adulthood. (NY Times) She attended Phillips Academy in Andover and Northwestern University, where she studied poetry, film, and African-American studies.

Her comedy career began as an intern for Comedy Central, and a year later she wrote for The Onion and The Rundown with Robin Thede. Currently, She is a writer on the show Desus and Mero. She has a show on YouTube entitled Baited With Ziwe in which she has her white friends as guests on the show and she baits them into making unwitting racial faux pas.

Every month she appears in a show that she created at Brooklyn's Union Hall entitled Pop Show in which she performs original pop songs. A reviewer in Forbes magazine wrote that she has the "confidence of an old comedy pro”. (via ZiweFumudoh.com)

In this episode, we dive into topics like:

- Cancel culture

- Shame vs. guilt and how you. deal with them

- Beauty standards

- Allyship

- Politics

Mentioned in this week's episode

- Ziwe's IG Live show feat. Alexis

- Vulture's recap of Ziwe interviewing Alexis

- Ziwe's website, Instagram (@ziwef), and Twitter (@ziwe)

- Listen to Ziwe's music on every platform

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Ep. 83 Q+A with Alexis Aug 03, 2020

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In this part q+a, part call-in episode, I answer questions about...

Sexuality and identifying as bisexual
Romantic relationships
Discussing addiction with children
Spirituality (Christianity, prayer, mindfulness, etc)
Making amends and reconciling past relationships
Reparenting
addiction
shame
Confidence and self-esteem
Setting priorities
Financial crisis and recovery
Helping a friend who’s in active addiction

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Ep. 82 Exploring Different Paths To Sobriety with Jess and Kate from Seltzer Squad Jul 27, 2020

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Jess and Kate met working in a bar together... eventually the two got sober and joined forces to start the Seltzer Squad podcast to create a community for those seeking and maintaining sobriety. Today we are diving in to discuss our individual paths towards sobriety and what has and has not worked out for us.

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Ep. 81 Radically Shifting the Narrative with Shaman Durek Jul 20, 2020

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Shaman Durek is a 6th generation shaman, author of best seller "Spirit Hacking: Shamanic Keys to Reclaim Your Personal Power, Transform Yourself, and Light Up the World," and a visionary for the Now Age. His focus is on the evolution of humanity and simplifying our lives through common sense. He’s redefining what wellness means by putting the power back in peoples’ hands so that they can consciously live their lives authentically and in alignment. Through his powerful ancient teachings he helps demystify spirituality making it attainable and understandable for the mainstream audience. Durek’s teachings have impacted thousands of people from diverse public figures like Nina Dobrev and Gwyneth Paltrow to tech giants like Dave Asprey of Bulletproof Coffee. Durek’s online Shaman School and widely popular show Ancient Wisdom Today are instrumental in helping people tap into their personal power and unblocking any negative patterns that keep them from reaching optimal human performance.

In this weeks episode we are diving into Durek’s path in shamanhood, he challenges me on a few limiting belief systems, we talk about healing from abuse and about the great shift that is happening on the planet right now.

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Ep. 80 Restorative justice: the sacred act of confronting your rapist outside of the legal system with Marlee Liss. Jul 13, 2020

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In this week’s episode, I am joined by Marlee Liss, who confronted her rapist through restorative justice. Marlee is a leader in personal healing, a public speaker, and advocate for healing restorative justice. Marlee chose to sit down and confront her rapist through restorative justice, rather than go through with a trial. She is the first to tell you that this method isn’t for everyone, but there is so much to learn from her journey.

In this episode, she shares her extremely profound story and we discuss:

overcoming internalized objectification culture
holding people accountable and having empathy for them
the difference between shame and guilt
what it meant for her to hear her rapist take ownership and apologize
what it means to reclaim your sexuality
how to heal from sexual trauma, and the role of forgiveness in healing
teaching our children about sexual abuse
creating consent culture through integration

You can follow Marlee Liss on Instagram at: @marleeliss and visit www.marleeliss.com to learn more.

Books mentioned:

Until We Reckon by Danielle Sered
Kids books: This is My Body, Red Flag Feelings

Another episode that ties in with today’s topics: Episode 57 with Katie Wilcox

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Ep. 79 Gay Junkie Pop Culture Icons with Jeff Epstein Jul 09, 2020

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Jeff Epstein (yes, that’s his real name) is a podcast host, pop culture fanatic and one of my dear friends who is known for his viral instagram account where he makes the best memes. Jeff is also a recovering heroin addict having used from the age of 17 until finally getting sober at 26. Now 2 1/2 years sober, he is here to share his story which includes arrests, several stints in jail and multiple overdoses, having sex with lots of girls despite being totally gay, along with his take on all things pop culture.

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Ep. 78 Being Hot And Woke Aren't Mutually Exclusive Jul 06, 2020

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Biet Simkin is a global meditation leader. She is called the “Lady Gaga of Meditation” as she combines modern principles, pop culture, and spirituality into her meditation practice and teachings. Biet has overcome so much in her life - from the death of her parents and daughter, to the ups and downs of the music industry, as well as overcoming addiction. I learned so much from her book, Don't Just Sit There!: 44 Insights to Get Your Meditation Practice Off the Cushion and Into the Real World, and I’m so grateful to have her on the podcast this week.

This episode is filled with riffs on mortality, getting sober, incorporating meditation into our daily lives, facing our mortality without fear, and what it means to be on the path to enlightenment.

In this podcast we discuss:

Overcoming adversity
Sobriety
Finding and choosing peace no matter what is going on in our lives or the world around us
Hidden childhood trauma and how it affects our path to enlightenment
Divided attention versus fascinated attention
What it means to walk the spiritual path
Coming to terms with and facing our mortality without fear
A mini Q&A about meditation: best times, lengths, and the meaning of boredom

You can follow Biet on Instagram at: @guidedbybiet

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Ep. 77 Having A Money Mentality Makeover Jun 29, 2020

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Today I am joined by Amanda Frances, a self-made multimillionaire. Amanda has created courses and been a life coach over the past nine years, empowering others to remove their limiting beliefs surrounding money in order to receive the abundance they deserve. My mom and I have taken two of her courses, including Money Mentality Makeover, and I’m so excited for you to hear some of what she has to share. In this episode, we talk about what it means to be an energetic match for what we want, removing judgement and the ideas surrounding whether money is good or bad, and how spirituality plays a role in what we receive.

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Ep. 76 Processing our feelings surrounding racism, therapy, and reality TV with The Bachelor’s Taylor Nolan Jun 22, 2020

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In this week’s episode, I am joined with Taylor Nolan. Taylor is a psychotherapist, the host of “Let’s Talk about It” podcast, contestant on season 21 of The Bachelor, and winner of season 4 of Bachelor in Paradise. We have a profound conversation about racism and current affairs in the US, substance use disorder, sexuality, and why finding a good sex therapist is important.

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