I'm Bipolar. Now What? Recovery, Stability, and Living Well.
I'm Bipolar. Now What? is a podcast for people living with bipolar disorder who are figuring out what comes next. Host Louise Barnett, a Jay Shetty Certified Life Coach and author of Tainted Love: A Bipolar Memoir, shares lived experience alongside practical tools for addiction, recovery, stability, and living well. Episodes cover honest conversations about bipolar disorder, medication, therapy, routines, relationships, sobriety, and building a life worth living. The show emphasizes that recovery, stability, and living well are possible.
Episodes
136. I’m Bipolar: Why Am I So Obsessed with S£X?!?
Hypersexuality is one of the most complicated, potentially destructive, and least talked-about symptoms of bipolar mania. And it's time we talked about it.In this deeply personal solo episode, Louise Barnett explores the relationship between bipolar mania, sexual desire, impulsivity, infidelity, and the shame that often follows.Drawing from her newly released memoir, Tainted Love, Louise refle
135. Redefining Stability with Bipolar Disorder | Less Friction. More Magic.
Redefining Stability with Bipolar Disorder | Less Friction. More Magic. What if stability isn't a destination we reach, but a way of learning to live with ourselves?In this deeply personal solo episode, Louise reflects on the eight months of catastrophic bipolar depression that changed everything she believed about stability, identity, and self-worth.After years of defining herself through pro
134. Bipolar Unplugged: Mania & Finding Your Voice with Nikki Rae
What happens when you stop hiding the messy parts of living with bipolar disorder and start sharing them with the world?In this episode of I'm Bipolar. Now What?, Louise sits down with Nikki Rae, creator of Nikki Rae Unplugged, for a raw and deeply personal conversation about bipolar disorder, motherhood, mental health advocacy, and finding purpose through vulnerability.Diagnosed with bipolar
133. The FOUR Types of Bipolar Disorder: What’s Actually the Difference? And Why it Matters
The FOUR Types of Bipolar Disorder: What's Actually the Difference?Bipolar I, Bipolar II, Cyclothymia… what do these diagnoses actually mean? And is Bipolar II really a milder form of Bipolar I? (Spoiler alert: NO!)In this episode of I'm Bipolar. Now What?, Louise breaks down the four diagnostic categories of bipolar disorder, explains the specific criteria for each, and shares her persona
132. Bipolar: The Male Perspective & Marriage with Ken Walsh
What does bipolar disorder look like in men? And what role can a spouse play in helping someone build and protect stability?This conversation brings together two perspectives we need more of: men speaking openly about living with bipolar disorder, and honest conversations about what it means to love someone who lives with it.In this episode of I’m Bipolar. Now What?, I reconnect with Ken Walsh, fi
131. I Couldn’t Manage My Bipolar Until I Got Sober
For years, I treated my bipolar disorder and my relationship with alcohol like two completely separate problems. It took me six years after my Bipolar I diagnosis to understand just how connected they were.In this episode, I’m talking about addiction, sobriety, and why getting sober didn’t cure my bipolar disorder, but gave me the clarity I needed to finally learn how to manage it.In this episode:
130. The 1st Mood Tracking App for Bipolar Disorder: Steadyline with creator and founder Ravi Mishra
My guest today is Ravi Mishra.Ravi has been living with bipolar disorder for more than a decade. His journey began with childhood trauma and years of depression before he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2015.A severe manic episode that required hospitalization became the first major turning point in his life. While rebuilding from that experience, he also faced the devastating loss of his m
129. Six Pillars to Bipolar Stability
When I was diagnosed with Bipolar I disorder, I thought medication was supposed to fix it.It changed my life—but it wasn’t the whole answer.In this episode of I’m Bipolar. Now What?, I’m breaking down the Six Pillars to Bipolar Stability that I’ve built over the last decade: medication, therapy + coaching, sobriety, lifestyle, emotional regulation, and nervous-system regulation.These aren’t six wa
128. Why a Diagnosis Doesn't Need to Change Your Story with Candace Schoner
What happens when life asks you to reinvent yourself over and over again?In this episode, I sit down with Candace Schoner to talk about living with Parkinson's disease, ADHD, PTSD, and dyslexia—and why a diagnosis doesn't have to define the rest of your story.Candace shares the emotional reality of receiving a Parkinson's diagnosis, the daily strategies that help her manage a chronic c
127. Getting Sober is Hard. Bipolar Disorder Makes it Harder. (Collaboration with Dr. Casey & Addiction Medicine Made Easy Podcast)
You can look put-together, build a big career, and still be drowning the moment the door closes. That tension sits at the heart of our conversation with Louise Barnett, host of I'm Bipolar. Now What? Podcast and author of Tainted Love: A Bipolar Memoir. Dr. Casey hosted Louise on his Podcast Addiction Medicine Made Easy, where she walks us through what it feels like when bipolar I disorder fir
126. There's a Reason Your Meds Aren't Working: Pharmacogenetic Testing with Kristen Ruth Davis
What if the reason your psychiatric medications haven't worked isn't that you're "too complicated"... but because they're the wrong medications for your genetics?In this episode, Louise sits down with mental health advocate, speech-language pathologist, Founder of the I’m Not Crazy project, and author Kristen Ruth Davis, whose life changed after pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing finally matched her wi
125. The Most Dangerous Lie About Mental Health with JeNoah Lee
In this episode of Unmasking Sobriety & Mental Health, Louise sits down with JeNoah Lee — a 20-year-old entrepreneur, fashion creator, and mental health advocate whose life was shaped by severe racial bullying at just 10 years old.What began as emotional trauma and suicidal ideation became the catalyst for something bigger: healing, therapy, self-discovery, and ultimately a mission to create c
124. This Will Change How You Think About Recovery with Jeanne Foot
What if recovery isn’t about addiction at all… but about the human experience?In this episode of Unmasking Sobriety & Mental Health, I sit down with Jeanne Foot, founder of The Recovery Concierge, to challenge everything we think we know about healing.Jeanne shares how her own journey through trauma, suicidal ideation, and traditional recovery led her to discover a deeper truth: abstinence isn
123. When the Diagnosis is Wrong with Ginger Smith
In this powerful episode, Louise sits down with Ginger Smith, author of Dementia Denied, to explore a story that challenges everything we think we know about mental health, diagnosis, and recovery.A retired speech-language pathologist who worked alongside neurologists at Stanford and UCSF, Ginger spent her professional life helping others understand the brain. But her most profound lesson came whe
122. Parental Alienation, Narcissistic Abuse, and the Path to Sobriety with Alicia
Is it possible that anyone else is living this insane double life? 💔For years, Alicia was living a reality that many women secretly recognize: A Master’s degree and a career on the outside, but a "war zone" of a divorce on the inside.To cope with the narcissistic abuse, financial intimidation, and the agony of parental alienation, Alicia turned to wine as a sedative. It wasn’t a choice; it was sur
121. The High-Achiever’s Mask: Radical Awareness with Ellen Frazier
What happens when you’re #1 on the leaderboard but #0 in your own heart?Ellen Frazier spent over 20 years perfecting the role of the "Powerhouse." As a top-tier mortgage professional and entrepreneur, she knew exactly how to perform, how to excel, and how to win. But for decades, that success was fueled by a "forced confidence" and a sophisticated relationship with alcohol that
120. Manic About Healing: Rewriting the Bipolar Narrative with Ana
"I am not going to end up like this."In 2006, Ana sat in a psychiatric ward, clouded by the haze of medication and the weight of a Bipolar 1 diagnosis. As she looked at the walls around her, she didn't just see a hospital; she saw her mother’s life—decades of suicidal ideation, depression, and a future dictated by a "permanent" chemical imbalance.In that moment, Ana made a choice that defied medic
119. Anonymous' Story: Two Ways Out: Breaking the Silence Around Suicide
She shares her lived experience with PTSD, dissociation, and suicidal thinking — and the moment she realized there were only two ways out.Today’s guest is the founder of My Truth Memoir Writing Services, where she helps others tell their stories with honesty, compassion, and courage.But her work didn’t begin as a profession. It began as survival.After a tragic loss in childhood and years of silent
118. A Parent Took My 12-Year-Old to a Dive Bar—What Would You Do?
My 12-year-old daughter ended up at a dive bar—and I didn’t know until it was too late.In this episode, I share what happened, how I handled it, and the bigger questions it raises about parenting, trust, and letting go.No judgment. No perfect answers.Just the reality of navigating moments that don’t come with a playbook.
117. Palliative Care: When the Outcome is Decided
Palliative Care: When the Outcome Is Already DecidedWhat happens when healing is no longer the goal?In this episode, I sit down with Anne, a licensed psychotherapist and palliative care social worker, to explore the emotional and psychological realities of end-of-life care—where addiction, mental health, and dignity intersect in ways we rarely talk about.Through powerful real-life stories, we unpa
116. The Other Side of Bipolar: The war inside a “stable” mind
Today, on World Bipolar Awareness Day, Tainted Love: A Bipoplar Memoir has a cover.It captures something I don’t even fully have words for yet.Presale is live. 🤍100% of presale revenue is being donated to the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)—and I’m personally matching it.Link to Amazonwww.louisebarnett.com March 30 is International Bipolar Awareness Day, a day dedicated to increasin
115. Terry's Story: Breaking the Groundhog Day Loop
Breaking the Groundhog Day Loop with Terry | Walking SoberWhat if recovery begins with something as simple as showing up for yourself?In this episode, I’m joined by Terry, the founder of Walking Sober, a growing community built around the idea that healing doesn’t have to be complicated—it can start with putting one foot in front of the other.After seven years of sobriety, Terry began hosting Sund
114. The Day I Woke Up Behind Bars
March, 2015.Days after standing on the edge of an overpass, I woke up in a psychiatric hospital with no memory of how I got there — and no idea my life was about to change forever.In this episode, I share the story of my psychiatric hospitalization, the memories that resurfaced while I was there, and the moment a doctor finally gave a name to the chaos I had lived with for most of my life: Bipolar
113. Cole's Story: Only OK to Be Gay If I Was High
Cole spent over two decades caught in eating disorders and substance addiction before finding lasting freedom. Today, he works in Customer Success and Brand Strategy, coaches competitive gymnastics, and serves as a CCAR-certified Recovery Professional. He’s also the founder of Life Unadulterated, a platform helping gay men use sobriety as leverage to build meaningful, fulfilling lives.In this epis
112. The Day My Daughter Saved My Life
Before I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I was living inside a mind I didn’t understand.This episode is my lived experience — the moment I stood at the edge, the spiral that led me there, and the tiny hand that pulled me back.In this deeply personal story, I share what undiagnosed bipolar disorder really looked like, how depression and mania intertwined, and how motherhood became the anchor t
111. Diagnosis: Bipolar (Courtesy of my Ex)
Diagnosis: Bipolar, Courtesy of My ExWhat happens when an ex doesn’t just leave, but hands you a diagnosis on the way out?In this episode, I share the night my relationship ended with a stack of printed papers instead of a goodbye. What was framed as “help” was actually control, gaslighting, and a weaponized use of mental health language that would echo for years.This episode is about power, shame
Completely Fine: 2026 Trailer
Welcome to The Unmasking Sobriety and Mental Health Podcast, where we are all “Completely Fine.”I’m your host, Louise Barnett—author of Tainted Love: A Bipolar Memoir and a Jay Shetty Certified Life Coach.I live with Bipolar I and found sobriety in 2021. Since then, I’ve been trying to figure out this whole thing called life—honestly, imperfectly, and out loud.Join me for storytelling and candid c
110. Mean Girl Culture & Our Tween Daughters
SummaryIn this conversation, Louise Barnett discusses the pervasive issue of bullying among tweens, particularly focusing on relational bullying and its long-lasting effects on mental health. She shares her personal experiences as a mother navigating her daughter's struggles with bullying, emphasizing the importance of understanding the different forms of bullying, recognizing the signs, and takin
109. Bipolar and the Diagnostic Delay
Big Picture Bipolar - We’re tackling one of the biggest challenges in bipolar treatment: diagnostic delays. 🧠 Why bipolar diagnoses are often missed for years📊 The impact of delayed treatment on relationships, finances, and addiction⏳ How early intervention can change livesThis season, I’m sharing my own journey—15 years of depression, chaos, and finally, clarity. If I had known what I know now, w
108. Tainted Love #3: Luke to Adoption Day - March 3rd 2021
Welcome to Season 3 of Unmasking Sobriety and Mental Health—formerly Together Sober—where we explore the deep connection between addiction and mental health. TThis episode we’re unpacking bipolar disorder and tracing its progression and journey from the lens of Tainted Love #3: Luke.Adoption Day in our family, the day were my daughter found her real dad is March 3rd, 2021. We wouldn't have this da
107. DBT Therapy Crash Course
🧠 DBT Therapy Crash Course on the Unmasking Sobriety & Mental Health Podcast (Formally Together S.O.B.E.R.)➡️ Who Can Benefit?✔️ Those with BPD, bipolar, PTSD, substance use, or self-harm tendencies✔️ Parents with children navigating emotional challenges✔️ Anyone seeking healthier relationships & emotional stability🌟 Learn the 4 Core DBT Skills:🔹 Mindfulness 🔹Distress Tolerance 🔹 Emotion R
106. Triggers Behind Bipolar Mania & Depression
Triggers Behind Bipolar Mania & Depression explores the complex and often unpredictable nature of bipolar disorder, emphasizing how various factors—such as stress, sleep disruption, substance use, hormonal fluctuations, and seasonal changes—can influence manic and depressive episodes. I share personal insights into the challenges of identifying patterns in mood cycles, underscoring the importa
105. Bipolar 101
🎓Bipolar 101This episode is a deep dive into the diagnostic criteria for Bipolar 1 & 2 Disorder, breaking down:📌 The 7 criteria for Mania📌 The 9 criteria for DepressionI share real-life examples of what these symptoms look like unmedicated and undiagnosed, and how life changes with medication and diagnosis. Because here’s the truth: these symptoms don’t magically disappear.🎧 Tune in now to gai
104. Tainted Love #1: Marco
Finding both mental acceptance and sobriety has only been possible through the courageous act of “unmasking”—sharing the good, the bad, and the ugly of my story with all of you. Vulnerability is where healing begins. - Let's begin with Marco.
103. Dr. David Lee: "The Sober Way"
For too long, David buried his suffering and addictions in the shadows. As a recovery coach, a psychologist and a recovered alcoholic/addict, He feels that it is now important for me to be a face and voice of recovery and sobriety.Get in Touch With Dr. David Lee:www.soberway.ae Contact: drdavid@soberway.aeInstagram: @thesoberwaycoachFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/drdavidleesobrietycoachFaceboo
102. Anish Punjabi: "Music Shattering Stereotypes"
A’niche (Anish Punjabi), is an MIT triple-major graduate and Class President turned Hip-Hop Artist and Producer that is following his heart and passion to pursue his dream and pave the way for others looking to do the same. He thought he had his life figured out at 18 until he discovered his passion for music.Find Anish:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4ewlm6YvMpDhiHn2luT6Z7YouTube: https:
101. Brain on Fire: Bipolar 1 in 10 Key Defining Moments
Season 2 kicks off with a deep dive into the top 10 key defining moments of my journey so far, leading me to where I am today, exactly where I need to be.Back from the Abyss Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/back-from-the-abyss-psychiatry-in-stories/id1469826718?i=1000641421685 I'd love to hear from you!: Hello@louisebarnett.com
100. My 1st Ketamine Therapy Journey
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99. Dean Kozora: Addicts Don't Know Anything Else
Episode 99 is dedicated to our beloved Matthew Perry. May his legacy live on and may we find peace and understanding in the wake of his death from Dean’s Story.
Dean grew up with 2 parents in recovery who both relapsed when he was 16. In 2014 after his mother died due to her addiction, Dean tried taking his own life and miraculously lived.
2 months later, after all the ups and downs that addicti
98. 5 Things I've Learned About Sobriety
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97. Amino Acid Therapy for Sobriety
Chris spent many years trying any and everything to help her end cyclical binge drinking, including CBT, DBT, ACT (all the 3 letter therapies) , 12 step meetings, spiritual rituals and more. Nothing was more powerful or effective than using nutrition and supplements to naturally rebalance her brain. She found that by using targeted amino acids and food she was able to relieve ALL the symptoms, lik
96. Estranged Fiona Part II
Estranged Fiona is one of our most listened episodes. Its the story of my estranged sister. Here is an update on where things stand.
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95. Kyle Shaffer's Story: Generational Addiction
Kyle, a Jay Shetty Certified Coach, grew up with an addict mother, who consequently was not around. He started drinking and smoking at a young age. He always did everything in excess.
Fast forward after years of rinse and repeat behavior, Kyle got sober in 2021 with the help of Palmer Lake Recovery and EMDR treatment.
Kyle acknowledges that he is still evolving and growing and healing and part o
94. Your Spouse & Your Mental Health
What is your spouse's role with all of this?
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93. Matt Evan's Story: Men & Sobriety
Matt Was a pretty successful decent guy who had it all effectively, beautiful wife, 2 kids. Decent career. Good friends. Nice house. Always there to sort everyone else’s problems out.
But underneath was hiding a massive issue of huge anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts and then drinking so much alcohol it was ridiculous to make those thoughts go away each night.
The threat of divorce and a nig
92. Inside My Latest Bipolar 1 Manic Episode
Welcome to the inside of my latest manic Episode
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91. Joe Ortiz's Story: Intervention
Joe Ortiz, Interventionist
Today Joe is 55 years old. He used cocaine and drank for 20 years. Joe then tried to recover for 9 years. By the end, he lost everything. His first year of sobriety was extremely hard. Divorce, supervised visitation with his 2 small children, car breathalyzer, loss of my job, etc etc. etc. It was the deepest depression of his life, and Joe nearly died 90 days sober. Tha
90. Just "Not Drinking" Is Not Enough
The weeks solo episode stems from a heartbreaking conversation I had with a woman who is simply "white knuckling" it. 5 weeks in, she's feeling great, my concern for her is how this will pan out in the long run.
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89. Rachel Hechtman's Story: Sober in Central Park is 1,000 Days Sober!
Rachel Hechtman is a sober event consultant, social media content creator, and alcohol-free social curator who has transformed her life in remarkable ways since stopping drinking on January 3, 2021.
As the Founder of Sober in Central Park LLC, her mission is to show people that changing your life is possible, and that life is still fun without alcohol.
Rachel creates content and hosts events thr
88. The Opposite of Addiction is Connection
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87. Steph Prangley's Story - The Sober Rebellion, Nutritional Therapy & Functional Wellness
For as long as she can remember, Steph has always struggled with feelings of low self-worth. She used overworking, obsessive dieting and exercise, and alcohol to escape and numb those feelings of not being enough.
Steph dabbled in removing alcohol for weeks or months at a time, with the goal of drinking in moderation, but after multiple attempts at this, she experienced more blackouts, worsening
86. Angie Chaplin: Integrity, Curiosity, Clarity, Connection & Love Through Mindful Leadership
When released from her fifth hospitalization for life-threatening alcohol use disorder in February 2020, Angie was given two choices by the medical team: keep drinking and die... or choose to stop drinking, and have a chance at a better life. Angie chose wisely, and entered an intensive outpatient treatment program with face-to-face counseling and group therapy.
Forty days later, COVID happened a
85. Sonia Kahlon's Story: EverBlume - Sobriety Meetings Online - A Unique Approach to Alcohol Recovery Support
Sonia started drinking daily when she started a business. It was a work hard play hard philosophy. She was functioning professionally at such a high level that no one even considered she could have a problem. The business was exploding and the better it did, the more she drank, and as a result the more her mental health deteriorated.
Sonia received an offer to sell her business, and I couldn’t tu
84. Tawny Lara's Story: Dry Humping - A Guide to Dating, Relating and Hooking Up Without Booze
Tawny, a NYC based millennial, also known as The Sober Sexpert, started a blog in 2015, called SobrieTea Party, to learn about her relationship with alcohol and why she drank the way she did. The blog served as her accountability. Now, What began as a year-long social experiment has far surpassed the one-year mark, evolving into myriad of sobriety-related projects which includes: publishing a book
83. Stephanie Murphy's Story: A Brave Act of Vulnerability & Honesty
Alcoholism runs for generations in Stephanie’s bloodline, it grabbed hold of her in a way she was no longer in control of in her mid 20's. After losing her 18 year old brother due to drinking and driving, being pregnant and in an extremely unhealthy relationship, it just became Stephanie’s way of escaping.
What began as fun times and an outlet ended in her eventually spiraling to a place sh
82. Matt Zemon's Story: Psychedelics for Everyone - A Beginner’s Guide
Entrepreneur to Psychonaut: Matt Zemon is the Co-Founder of HAPPŸŸ, a mental wellness company that specializes in psychedelic-assisted ketamine therapy along with digital therapeutics that promote life-transforming outcomes. You can find Matt’s appearances on ABC, Fox News, NPR, ethos, New York Weekly and NBC News
As an entrepreneur in the wellbeing sector, Matt was the co-founder and Chief
81. Kym Taal's Story: Sober City Movement
Kim, a 37 year old fur mama from Toronto Canada in the food sales industry did not appear on the outside to be suffering the way she was on the inside.
People around her would never have known about my hidden addictions. Of course the people she used and drank with wouldn’t have said she had a problem, but the truth was she was breaking down mentally, emotionally and physically.
Kym told myself
80. The Hero's Journey
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79. Hazma Najam's Story: The Hard Reset Method
Hamza always had an addictive personality, he developed a deep love for house music which lead him to the party scene that accompanies it. Within a few years Hamza was running a successful event production company along with a thriving sales career. His life was revolving around alcohol and cocaine. He drank daily, consumed cocaine regularly and oftentimes went on full benders. It was killing hi
78. Chris Shatek's Story: Lose the Labels - Get Sober
Chris was a high-functioning heavy drinker who worked on the radio and felt incredibly unfulfilled in his career and life. This is what kept him drinking more and more. Chris knew he was meant for more and knew alcohol was the one thing holding him back from that life he wanted.
He knew he wasn't living his life to his full potential and he knew that if he was going to have the life he was meant
77. Katie Lain's Story: Thrive Alcohol Recovery & The Sinclair Method
Katie Lain struggled with alcohol addiction for nearly ten years until she stumbled upon a revolutionary, science-based treatment that fixes alcohol addiction neurologically. It’s called The Sinclair Method.
Through this treatment, Katie was able to gradually reduce her drinking over time as she watched herself become less interested in drinking. After one year on this treatment, Katie went alcoh
76. Hillary Butcher's Story: Motherhood, Sobriety & The Messy Middle
Hillary, a full-time work from home pregnant mom of soon-to-be 3 boys, a wife, entrepreneur and lover of personal development never considered herself an alcoholic but many of the events from her personal journey have led her to think quite differently about her relationship with alcohol now.
Processing the role alcohol played from her childhood and past trauma was the beginning. Hillary found
75. Todd's Story: No Race to Sobriety
Todd, a renowned attorney in Omaha NE, who loves to read, write and travel was a classic gray area drinker who looked like he had it all together on the outside. But he was tormented by his relationship with alcohol. He didn’t like how he couldn’t control it no matter how hard he tried, he didn’t like how he felt after drinking too much and he didn’t like how much alcohol consumed his every though
74. James' Story: A Peek Inside Narcotics Anonymous
James says that his story can be considered the same as many addicts, but like all of us our stories are uniquely ours. He started using at a young age and continued to use for most of his life as it progressively got worse and worse until after much trouble with the law a judge gave him the option to go to a 2 year in patient treatment or go to prison. James chose treatment. During treatment an
73. Kelsey's Story: 30 Day's of Trying Something New (Try It!)
Like many of us, Kelsey, a Minnesota born and raised adventurer, started drinking in high school with friends and almost instantly knew she had a different relationship with alcohol than everyone around her.
But because she got good grades, played competitive soccer throughout college, started my career, and had a very "normal" looking path, there was never a reason to second guess anyt
72. Ammar's Story: NOT focusing on the ONE Thing
Ammar Assad is a highly successful serial entrepreneur, passionate mentor, and renowned podcast host. As a dynamic business leader, Ammar has mentored over 1000 coaches working with the Mindset Mentor Rob Dial. Ammar’s podcast, The Leaders Life with Ammar is in the top 2% in the world.
Ammar spends every day of his life guiding and supporting individuals on their journey to becoming the best vers
71. K’s Story: The Cognitive Dissonance of Sober Curiosity
For way too many years K has felt the pressures of drinking alcohol as a must for social events, relaxation, winding down, as a busy parent, and everything in between. It’s exhausting living up to the standards of supermom, superwife and super professional. Now her mind is wide open, curious and thirsty for the truth.
Katie considers herself to be sober and curious and she lately has been sufferi
70. Martin Lockett's Story: My Prison Life, How one 20 year sentence for DUI led to a Life of Purpose
This week Martin celebrates 2 years of freedom after serving 17.5 years in Prison for DUI.
Martin Lockett grows up in a tough neighborhood in Portland Oregon and by the time he's fifteen, his parents don't know what to do with him. He and his homies steal cars, drink, and smoke dope and even though Martin's bright, the only time he does well at school is when he gets kicked out and has
69. Resilience in Sobriety
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68. Jame's Elliott's Story: "Think Yourself Resilient"
James Elliott is no stranger to poor mental health. After escaping an abusive childhood, he found himself homeless at the age of 16 and quickly falling into substance abuse. When he hit rock bottom, James discovered the transformative power of resilience, and it changed his life.
Landing on his feet to serve in the British Army, he developed his own brand of mental resilience, initiating and deliv
67. How to Talk to Your Kids About Alcohol
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66. Dr. Dallas Bragg's Story: The Aftermath of Coming Out as a Gay Man at 36
Dallas grew up being shamed and embarrassed of who he was on the inside. He lived, according, to social norms, a normal life until, at the age of 36, he came out as gay and immediately left his wife.
As a gay man the shame of his upbringing compounded and that’s when Dallas found crystal meth, a drug that numbed the shame and made him feel temporarily desirable.
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65. Morning Routine 2.0 (This is changing the entire trajectory of my life)
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64: Ghost Face Joel's Story: No Rock Bottom Too Low
Joel was born and raised in Milwaukee Wi, he’s 32 years old and started using oxycodone when he was 18. After 1 year he switched to IV heroin and that became his drug of choice for 10 years. He also did crack and meth when he had extra money.
Joel was in and out of jail, rehabs, and couldn’t stay sober if his life depended on it. He was charged with multiple felonies, had multiple overdoses and
63. Resilience in Recovery
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62: Vanessa Gordon's Story: The Power of Intervention
Vanessa Gordon is the CEO and Publisher of East End Taste. She is also the Founder of the Hamptons Interactive Brunch event series. Alcoholism has been part of Vanessa’s life since she was child. Her father owned a renowned nightclub in the Hamptons and she was surrounded by alcoholics and battled that cumbersome relationship. Vanessa had a very skewed reality and never truly understood the signi
61. Gratitude for Alcohol
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60. Janet's Story: Eliminating Workplace Stigma
Janet stopped drinking during the first lockdown of 2020. She was always been a big (BIG) drinker and never saw it as a problem. Yes, she’d regularly be hungover and tired, but that was just what everyone did, right?
The big change for her came when her husband was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2018. She was devastated and we didn't know how long he would live. He's doing really well ha
59: 3 Things NOT Helping Your Anxiety
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58. Jennifer Fox's Story: Dragnolia, Passion Built From Grief
Jennifer Fox, founder of Dragonolia and President of Fox Vending incorporated has been working in her family vending, coffee service and micro market for twenty two years now.
She has first hand experience with addiction as several family members have struggled with the disease and she herself has done a deep dive over the last several years to evaluate her own relationship with alcohol.
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