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The Bubble Hour S9E15 Cybele Botran

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/bubblehour/2021/04/20/cybele-botran

Cybele Botran of Wide Awake Recovery shares her story of recovery and healing.

Cybele believes that each of us can be our own healers once we get past the judgement, guilt, and shame that hold us back. She teaches transformative practices of self-love, self-compassion, and self-forgiveness to help others find the powers within to let go of unconscious beliefs and embrace joy. Cybele has a free download for listeners interested in learning more about inner-child work: Free e-booklet: Self-Love for Your Inner Child .

Website: www.wideawakerecovery.com 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/wideawakerecovery 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/wideawakerecovery

(Pleae note: This conversation includes discussion of adverse childhood experiences including sexual trauma.)

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The Bubble Hour S9E14 Lori Massicot

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Lori Massicot is a sober woman on a mission to help women over 40 create a life they love alcohol-free. For thirty years, Lori thought that alcohol was the solution to her anxiety and shyness, and on August 11, 2013, she decided to quit drinking and become the solution she had always been. Lori uses a simplistic approach to sobriety and helps women create a deeper relationship with themselves as they age through connection, self-care, and self-compassion.

Lori is a Life and Sober Coach, Nutrition Coach, and host of the To 50 and Beyond podcast, where she talks openly with her guests about aging sober and creating overall wellbeing in midlife and beyond. www.lorimassicot.com

She’s lived in Southern California her whole life and is a mom and wife and a dog lover who strives to live a simplistic lifestyle in recovery.

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The Bubble Hour S9E13 Penni Moussa

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Founder of Recovery Buddha and woman in recovery, Penni Moussa is also a Clinical Psychologist, intuitive healer, writer, creative & mother of 3 young adults; the youngest of whom is on the Autism Spectrum. Having travelled a journey which includes recovery from addiction, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, trauma & grief, Penni’s lived experience informs her work as a trauma therapist within the recovery community.

Website: https://www.recoverybuddha.com 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RecoveryBuddha 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RecoveryBuddha 

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The Bubble Hour S9E12 Will Black

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Will Black is a young man in recovery who shares his passion for wellness through his expertise in yoga and meditation. Will relates his experiences with using alcohol to alleviate symptoms of social anxiety and depression, only to realize drinking then became a problem of its own. Will is now three years sober and lives life to the fullest while inspiring others to do the same.

https://www.willowenblack.com/

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The Bubble Hour S9E9 Spring Check In

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/bubblehour/2021/03/09/spring-check-in

Host Jean McCarthy hosts a solo show with updates on her recovery, a big upcoming milestone, reflections on grief and celebration, plus heaps of encouragement for YOU!

Learn more about Jean at www.jeanmccarthy.ca where you can link to her blog UnPickled, buy her books, and hear more episodes of The Bubble Hour.

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The Bubble Hour S9E8 Dr Alice Kerby

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Dr Alice Kerby is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Health Consultant, Holistic Health Practitioner, and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in training. She uses her decades of experience and training  to focus on the stress response from an autonomic nervous system and physiological perspective.

She helps her clients to identify areas where they feel stuck, and provides a well regulated and supportive environment for them to begin gently touching past trauma or overwhelm, and heal these states through presence and awareness of the body in the present moment.

She specializes in working with sober and sober curious women who are seeking additional tools to manage stress, increase a sense of calm, and move forward in creating their lives. 

Dr. Alice’s podcast is Beyond The Pink Cloud.

Learn more at www.kerbymethodconsulting.com 

Watch Dr Alice’s Self Trust Exercise Video

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The Bubble Hour S9 E6 Deb’s Story

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/bubblehour/2021/02/09/debs-story-sober-life-with-bpd

Looking back, Deb can see that she was self-medicating mental health problems with alcohol. When she entered a partial hospitalization program to assess and treat her symptoms of anxiety and depression, it was necessary to address the issue of alcohol use disorder that had developed as a result. 

She describes quitting alcohol as ‘low hanging fruit’ that made way for prescription drugs and therapy to work more effectively. Deb’s diagosis is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), sometimes called ’emotional hypersensitivity.’ She says that with BPD, “every emotion feels like a knife to the chest.”  

(To hear another Bubble Hour interview about BPD, check out “Michelle’s Story” Season 5, Episode 5)

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The Bubble Hour S9E5 Kelly’s Story

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Kelly created a self-image as a party girl that became eventually an uncomfortable way to live. Self-centered partners who also drank problematically appeared one after another. She leaned on others for her self-worth and thought, “if you like me then I’m less broken.” Now she realizes that her biggest relationship problem was with herself.

Today Kelly is standing in her authenticity and learning to love and appreciate herself as a sober woman.

“It’s one of the best things that I’ve ever done for myself.”

“Therapy is like peeling the layers back trying to get to the root issue, because if you don’t get to the root out you’re likely to relapse. It’s really painful drudging up all of the old stuff but after suppressing it for so long, there was just so much to work through…

“I’ve gotten comfortable in my own skin and actually enjoy being around myself so I don’t have this desperate need to be with somebody like I always had.”

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Kelly’s favorite podcasts (in addition to The Bubble Hour!) include: Sober Curious, Soberful, The UnRuffled, Alcohol-Free Life, and Recovery Happy Hour

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The Bubble Hour S9E4 Matt Salis

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/bubblehour/2021/01/25/matt-salis

Matt Salis shares his story and insights on recovery. Matt and his wife Sheri have co-authored a book about marriage and recovery, Sober Evolution: Evolve into Sobriety and Recover Your Alcoholic Marriage. They also host a podcast together called UnToxicated.

Visit www.soberevolution.org to learn more about their work, download free resources, and connect to Matt’s blog Sober and Unashamed.

Learn more about their recovery programs SHOUTSobriety and its partner program Echoes of Recovery at www. shoutsobriety.org

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The Bubble Hour S9E3 Nichol’s Story

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As a little girl, Nichol was not protected the way a child should be. The abuse she suffered left emotional wounds that she kept hidden from the world. Through her teens and adult years, she leaned on alcohol to cope and, despite a strong work ethic and deep love for her daughters, dependency unfolded. Her pattern was unpredictable and she suffered frightening blackouts frequently.

Then came an experience that changed everything. Nichol woke up one morning caked in blood and did not recognize the disfigured face in the mirror. A drunken fall the night before nearly ended her life, but she summoned her strength to use the experience as a catalyst for change.

Nichol recently celebrate her 50th birthday and a 3 year milestone of sobriety. She shares her story in hopes of taking away some of the stigma and shame others might feel who have been through similar experiences.

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