12 Step Recovery - Working Step 7

In this episode, Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani joins me to talk about your new book, Becoming Flawesome. Despite achieving everything she thought would make her happy, she found herself lacking fulfillment. We chat a little about her own growth journey here and the importance of embracing our flaws...our dragons, so that we can become flawesome!  

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Be sure to look us up on your favorite social channels. You can find us as Ambitious Addicts Podcast on most social platforms. It's always incredible to hear these stories helping you on your own journey. Send us a message or tag us in a post sharing a key takeaway from this episode.

If you need support for your own recovery or would like to join the me in sharing your experience, strength, and hope, reach out at terra@ambitiousaddicts.com.

In this episode I'm joined by Aarti Achar to talk about recovery from people-pleasing which is a common characteristic for those of us in recovery from codependency.  She shares her experience strength and hope with us along with what has helped her to recover. 

Aarti is a happiness coach and helps people simplify their lives.  If you are interested in learning how she could help you be sure to check out her website www.teawithaarti.com and book a consult with her.  

I personally have been a part of several of her programs and must say she is a delight to work with no matter what your goal is.  

Thanks for listening!  

In this episode, Jane joins me to share some experience strength and hope with us for recovery from compulsive gambling.  She shares a really cool way that she is addressing her character traits that she wants to work on and how she involves her family in this process.  

Jane found a HUGE list of characteristics a.k.a. character defects that we could all consider reviewing and adding to our own list of things we'd like to work on as we improve our lives one day at a time.  Here's the list https://realisticrecovery.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/194-character-defects/ 

If you or a loved one is looking for some help in finding recovery, you'd like to join for an episode or just want to say hello you can reach me via email at terra@ambitiousaddicts.com

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In this episode, Nicole Robinson joins me to talk about her recovery journey as someone who was impacted by addiction, chronic pain, and journey. 

Nicole is a Somatic Healer & Coach, a CranioSacral Therapist, and a Women's Circle Facilitator in Frederick, MD. She loves diving into all things Body. She was brought to her work as a healer through her own journey healing from chronic illness and trauma. She did this by tapping into her inner wisdom through her body, which guided her toward health, purpose, and love.

In this episode, I'm joined by my friend & sister in Recovery, Latosha Cox. She shares her experience strength and hope with us as a person in long-term recovery from being impacted by another person's gambling addiction. 

Like all my guests, Latosha has found healing and begun to grow in her dreams, hopes and desires for her life. She is now the founder of Black Girl Sabbatical and has a book in the works, Life After Divorce: Be Better NOT Bitter!

Her website is coming soon. In the meantime, you can reach her via email at coacht@blackgirlsabbatical.com, follow her on Instagram, or reach out to her via LinkedIn or Facebook

I had a confession at the beginning of this episode about my recent experience with procrastinating and getting these episodes out.  If you've been putting something off and want some help with procrastination yourself, I mentioned there's a free training you can get that here: Reframe Refuel Worksheets

As always, thank you for listening and for your continued encouragement and support of the work that I do. I'm wishing you all the best in your own recovery journey. Reach out if you need support terra@ambitiousaddicts.com 

In this episode, Tammy Vincent joins me to share her experience strength, and hope for recovery from being a loved one of an alcoholic.  Tammy's journey of healing has led her to create a new way of thinking and living and she now has taken her teaching and created two books for teen children of alcoholics.

Surviving Alcoholic Parents is a book for teens who are living with a loved one who has an addiction 

and Helping Children of Alcoholics & At Risk Students is a fabulous resources for anyone who works with or cares about a teen in a dysfunctional family.  

You can also learn more about Tammy's coaching at www.tammyvincent.com 

As always if you need support on your own healing journey don't hesitate to reach out to me directly at terra@ambitiousaddicts.com

In this episode, Claire joins me to talk about her journey to choosing sobriety and how she now helps others develop an intentional relationship with alcohol.  

If you're looking for some help exploring your relationship with alcohol or your dry January is a little more difficult than you anticipated, be sure to get in touch and book a consult to see if her coaching might be right for you. 

As always if you've got topics you'd recommend or if you'd like to join me for an episode get in touch at terra@ambitiousaddicts.com

Christina from Broke Girl Society and I get together and recap 2022 and chat a little bit about what is coming up in 2023.  

If you have not checked out her podcast be sure to do so.  If you are a woman in recovery from compulsive gambling and looking for support be sure to hop into the Broke Girl Society private community.