Recover Your Soul: A Spiritual Path to a Happy and Healthy Life

We have a choice to make everyday. Are we going to continue to be frustrated and unhappy with what we don't have, or are we going to choose happiness and visualize and manifest a full and abundant life?  Our thoughts are powerful and we create a life that is based on those thoughts, both good and bad.  If we have a choice, what will you choose? By understanding and using the law of attraction...

What if we were able to let go of the anger and resentment we have of the people in our lives who have harmed us and see those experiences in a new way? What if we are able to recognize that those experiences, even the traumatic ones are part of our journey and were part of what has made us who we are today?  Can we take a new look at these experiences, these stories we tell, and see that the peop...

We all get consumed with worry and anxiety, that is just part of being human. In this episode I talk about a great tool of gratitude that can be used to reframe those fears and allow us to release them. Our thoughts are powerful, and if we are aware of what we are thinking, and use those thoughts to see what is working and what we want in our lives- amazing changes will come. For more information...

My sons were in town for the weekend to celebrate Alex's 25th Birthday.  We had a chance to sit down as a whole family and talk about the learning and growing that we have all experienced as a family- even through the very hard times that we went trough.  With Soul Recovery, we have learned how to accept and love each other in new and healthier ways. I was so touched by the stories both Bodhi...

When I got sober over 3 years ago the 12 steps were my life line along with the rooms of AA that gave me a path to a new life.   These steps can be applied in our Soul Recovery to give us guidance and direction as we shed our past pain and resentments and create a new life of peace and happiness. This episode walks though my take on the steps and how I apply them in my  Soul Recovery  work with my...

Have you heard the saying "Change your thoughts, change your life?"  Once I really began to be aware of my thoughts, to choose them in new ways and make changes in my patterns- my life changed for the better in amazing ways!! Our lives are what we think, feel and believe it is- so why not make a good life, a great life? For more information about Rev. Rachel Harrison and Recover Your Sou...

If you heard the episode "How a Nice Girl From Oklahoma Became a Buddhist" you have met my Mom Lynda.   She and I have had some road trips lately with incredible conversation, and I wanted to give you a taste of her wisdom.  When I asked what she wanted to talk about she said " How about raising you?"  My Mom had what I think was a very interesting philosophy about raising me a...

How do you keep a good attitude when the world around you is in chaos or not as you wish it would be.  I used to tell my boys when they were young " You get to choose your attitude, pick a good one!!"   That line has been a moto in our lives, but can be hard to remember when life feels unmanageable. We are responsible for our emotions, our responses, our attitudes- so pick a good one. Fo...

So many of us have been taught that showing love means to be a helper, peace keeper, caretaker... a fixer.  However, when we put all our effort on fixing people and the conditions of the world around us, we become unhappy and full of resentment.  When we can put on our own spiritual oxygen mask first by turning our focus on ourselves before we focus on fixing others- amazing changes happen in our...

I spent too many years being unhappy in my marriage because I wanted it to be different and thought that what I wanted was 'right'.  All I was looking at was what was not working. After 29 years with my husband and three and a half years of sobriety, I am learning to accept what is and be happy and in love again. For more information about Rev. Rachel Harrison and Recover Your Soul - vis...

This episode is the 4th in our series of the Al Anon slogans from the book - How Al-Anon Works for Families & Friends of Alcoholics.  "Live and Let Live"  "Keep an Open Mind"  "Let Go and Let God" All the slogans have been life savers for me at times when I felt out of control and the unmanageability felt like it was just too much. Al-Anon  website. https://al-ano...

Once we have done the Soul Recovery work of moving through the emotions of difficult times, it is time to stop telling those stories and move forward.  Today is a new day, a new you, a new opportunity to live a happier life. For more information about Rev. Rachel Harrison and Recover Your Soul - visit the website www.recoveryoursoul.net  use the code TRYASESSION for 40% off your first Spiritual Co...

In this episode, I sit down with my friend Stephanie. She has certainly stepped into surrender as she has changed her life over the last few years by using the Soul Recovery tools of Al-Anon, AA, New Thought Spirituality, and has also added a healthier lifestyle.  For more information on her health program email me and I will get you connected.    For more information about Rev. Rachel Harrison an...

We often think that the conditions in our life are what need to change for us to be happy. That when we have the right relationship, or the right job we will be happy.  What if we put happiness first?  When we change our perspective and choose to put our happiness first an amazing shift happens in our life that allows us to be in the flow of good, of potential, of connection to Higher Power. When...

At the start of the pandemic Kayla's husband came home and said he was filing for divorce.  This was the beginning of Kayla's phoenix process of deep Soul Recovery and complete transformation.  In this episode Kayla shares a very personal story of her deep work and wiliness to look in the dark places she had been afraid to face as her marriage had been slowly dying.  I have loved being p...

We think 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts each day, and 80% of them are negative! How do we change that negative thinking and use the power of positive thought to change our lives?  Our lives are directed by our thinking, so are you ready to make a choice to think in new ways that will bring you more happiness, more peace, more joy, more abundance? For more information about Rev. Rachel Harrison and Reco...

On July 4, 2021 a dream came true for me as I stood on the stage of the Unity Church I had attended for the last 20 years and gave my first talk as an Ordained Minister. I was so excited that my first talk was on Independence Day- because I had experienced my own Spiritual Freedom and wanted to share the message that had changed my life. For more information about Rev. Rachel Harrison and Recover...

It can be hard to believe when we are in the middle of a dramatic episode that there may be good that will come from it.  This time I could feel the knowing in my heart as it was happening, that all was going to be okay. This was real growth for me, especially when the episode has to do with my Sons.  I am so grateful for my Soul Recovery and the positive changes it has made in my life, especially...

What is Soul Recovery? That is a great question! Listen to this episode to find out what I believe is the spiritual path to a happy and healthy life. For more information about Rev. Rachel Harrison and Recover Your Soul - visit the website www.recoveryoursoul.net  use the code TRYASESSION for 40% off your first Spiritual Coaching session when you book on the website.  Soul Recovery Support Group o...

I had mentioned the 4 Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz in my past few episodes and knew that the gifts they had to offer were worth digging into for our Soul Recovery.  If we could follow these simple agreements we would be free of so much suffering, and yet this is a life time journey.    The agreements are: 1. Be Impeccable with Your Word 2. Don't Take Anything Personally 3. Don't Make As...

This episode is Part 3 of the Al Anon Slogans from 'How Al-Anon Works for Families and Friends of Alcoholics'.  The Al Anon slogans can be used at anytime when we are off balance and need a quick reminder to turn the focus back on ourselves and reconnect with our Higher Power.  This is part 3, and I talk about the slogans " How Important Is It" "Think" and "One D...

Who is that voice inside our heads that often is telling us negative or hurtful things?  Our inner judge can be hard on ourselves, and on others. This episode is about learning to let go of our judge to improve our relationships with others, and more importantly with ourselves. For more information about Rev. Rachel Harrison and Recover Your Soul - visit the website www.recoveryoursoul.net  use th...

This is my story about how I found my way out of the grip of addiction and disfunction and fully surrendered to recovery and healthier way of living.  In this episode I talk about how drinking slowly transitioned from how I had fun, to how I coped with life until it was the addiction that was in complete control of my life.  I spent years trying to manage my drinking and had times of sobriety unti...

When we let go of our ego's voice, and begin to listen to the voice of intuition and guidance our lives stop being such a struggle.  What is intuition?  In this episode, I talk about the gifts that come from being more attuned to your intuition and listening the the guidance of a Higher Power. For more information about Rev. Rachel Harrison and Recover Your Soul - visit the website www.recove...

The Al Anon slogans can be used by anyone when we catch ourselves off balance and need a quick reminder to turn the focus back to ourselves and reconnect with our Higher Power.  This episode is part 2 and continues on with the slogans "Just for Today" "First Things First"  "Let it Begin with Me".    The book I am reading from is calld 'How Al Anon Works for Famil...