HeartBreak Companion.

In this honest and personal episode, I share my experience with discovering my ex-partner's affair and the web of lies that followed. After being gaslit and deceived, I found myself asking the question we've all wondered: why do people lie? Drawing from my own painful experience with infidelity and dishonesty, I explore the psychology behind lying - what drives people to choose deception o...

does drinking help relieve anxiety? how does drinking help anxiety? #recovery #sober #soberlife

heartbreak is very painful. Why does it take so long to get over a breakup? we talk about what happens in our brains when we are going through romantic heartache. #sadness #depression #breakup

i started self-medicating at age 11. Then, as a young adult, psychiatrists diagnosed me with bi-polar, schizo-affective disorder with a life sentence of medication. Life and it's amazing turn of events in rehab. Are you thinking of drinking? Are you trying to stop using?

I don't have a father, father's day is hard, how do I survive father's day? Also, for Father's that don't get to see their kids.

how to meditate? how do i know im doing it correctly? i can't meditate, ive tried. Does meditation work?

has your mother passed way recently (or years ago) and you find yourself grieving on mother's day? Did you have a complicated relationship and you're regretting how you left things?

one of the most complicated relationships can be between child and mother. In this episode, we are taken through the exploration of severing ties with our mother and a deeply personal journey. Happy Mother's Day

Alcoholics Anonymous, Rehab, reflecting on not drinking and what it was like to confront oneself, #soberlife #reham, recovery

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When you fall out of love or when someone falls out of love with you. How does that feel? What happens next?

Dealing with depression as a kid, as an adult. What works for me ?

A first holiday season without a loved one. Losing a loved one right before the holiday season or during the holiday season.

The journey of self blame and seeing images. 

It’s okay to grieve on the anniversary of your loved one’s death. How our brains are impacted when we lose someone we love.

Drinking and using to help us get over the loss, the pain, the grieving,

It is emotionally difficult to deal with the physical items left behind by loved ones. Sometimes, we find gems we didn’t know we would want to find.

Complex emotions around these days. Monica shares the self judgement of missing someone who passed away years ago

Grieving what our family is not. Letting go of my grandmother thing by thing. Coronavirus and staying home has made us revisit the relationships that we have around us. Some of us are grieving the loss of these relationships as we realize that they have shifted or are not what they used to seem. ALSO sometimes mourning and grief catches us in unexpected places

Another day. Struggling today .

Corona virus has changed our relationships. Has covid-19 made you more afraid? How do you experience fear? How come?

I feel trapped. I don't like it when someone tells me that I can not do something -especially government or police officers. I understand why we are doing this and understanding hasn't helped change the way I feel. So here are some things that are helping me.  1. Communication with others.  2. Taking long walks or going on a run or sitting in my yard.  3. Checking in on other folks....

We are all being impacted by elements of the coronavirus. This proves to be a very stressful time in for those folks with anxiety in the morning talking about it has been helping. Sharing with you about my experience at this time.

We talk about the grief process even when people begin to go back to their regular live. For those of us mourning, it is still a process.

This episode is dedicated to my family. Our father died in a plane crash, against a hillside, in a fog years ago. The news of Kobe Bryant and his daughter passing is talked about. Monica shares her moment with Kobe and how this news may trigger others.