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

This bonus episode is from a series on the steps using Al-Anon literature originally available to the RYS  supporters who are Apple Podcast Subscribers and Patreon Members.  I wanted to share it with everyone on their Soul Recovery journey.  So, each Wednesday for 6 weeks we will go over the Al-Anon steps as they apply to Soul Recovery. For this episode I am using using Paths to Recovery to wrap u...

When we are waiting for the other person to change, waiting for them to step up and do things differently we feel only resentment and frustration.  In this episode we talk about the importance of taking control in the only place you have it, with yourself, and being the change you want to see in others and the world.  Choosing our own happiness and being first to offer others what we need along wi...

This bonus episode is from a series on the steps using Al-Anon literature originally available to the RYS  supporters who are Apple Podcast Subscribers and Patreon Members.  I wanted to share it with everyone on their Soul Recovery journey.  So, each Wednesday for 6 weeks we will go over the Al-Anon steps as they apply to Soul Recovery. For this episode I am using using Hope for Today for steps 8...

In this episode I respond to a question from a community member asking for more on  "...developing a relationship with one's Higher Power -- identifying and defining your Higher Power, accessing your Higher Power, and ways to listen to and be guided by your relationship with your Higher Power." For more information about Rev. Rachel Harrison and Recover Your Soul - visit the website...

This bonus episode is from a series on the steps using Al-Anon literature originally available to the RYS  supporters who are Apple Podcast Subscribers and Patreon Members.  I wanted to share it with everyone on their Soul Recovery journey.  So, each Wednesday for 6 weeks we will go over the Al-Anon steps as they apply to Soul Recovery.  For this episode I am using using the workbook Reaching for...

I was inspired by the quote "Love for others without the foundation of self love becomes a loss of boundaries, codependence, (addiction), and a painful and fruitless search for intimacy."  (Sharon Salzburg,  Loving Kindness - The Revolutionary Art of Happiness) We may not have been given this foundation of self-love that we wanted or needed, however we can always go back and reinforce th...

This bonus episode is from a series on the steps using Al-Anon literature originally available to the RYS  supporters who are Apple Podcast Subscribers and Patreon Members.  I wanted to share it with everyone on their Soul Recovery journey.  So, each Wednesday for  6 weeks we will go over the Al-Anon steps as they apply to Soul Recovery. For this episode I am using using Paths to Recovery , readin...

I wanted to interview Erin because she has such a powerful story of Soul Recovery.  A cancer diagnosis at 38 years old in 2019 offered her choice. Stay where she was in life that was easy and good or listen to her heart and follow her deepest desires and live her best life?  I have been inspired by her journey and how she has allowed Higher Power to lead her along the way to live her best life. As...

This bonus episode is from a series on the steps using Al-Anon literature originally available to the RYS  supporters who are Apple Podcast Subscribers and Patreon Members.  I wanted to share it with everyone on their Soul Recovery journey.  So, each Wednesday for the next 6 weeks we will go over the Al-Anon steps as they apply to Soul Recovery. STEP TWO- HOPE & FREEDOM Using Hope for Today I...

Impermanence teaches that everything changes and nothing lasts forever. We can either see this as a spiritual gift or we can be in discomfort and resistance- it is our choice.  There are seasons of change in nature and in our lives and both are important parts of the cycle of life.  Soul Recovery teaches us to be open to impermanence, and embrace the seasons of change in our own lives by turning t...

This bonus episode is from a series on the steps using Al-Anon literature originally available to the RYS  supporters who are Apple Podcast Subscribers and Patreon Members.  I wanted to share it with everyone on their Recover Your Soul journey.    Al-Anon STEP ONE- HONESTY Using Hope for Today I am reading and reflecting on Step One.   " We take Al-Anon's First Step, admitting that we ar...

In the old school of forgiveness one person says they are sorry and the other person forgives them - just to get on with it.  This old way of forgiveness can mean that we are actually pushing down our feelings and allowing a resentment or pain to continue to fester in our emotional system.  In Soul Recovery we are taking care of ourselves and clearing out our emotional system and truly letting go...

Taking responsibility for our part in any situation takes courage and humility.  When we recognize that we play a role, big or small, in any problem we can choose how we respond and become part of the solution.  When we turn the attention to ourselves, and make even small changes in how we interact with the people around us- how we choose to see the situation, we become a catalyst for positive cha...

In looking back on my life and recognizing the shadows, I see that I felt the need to compare and compete as I looked for my value, especially in my work environments. It was easier to be frustrated with other people and blame them for my being unhappy than it was for me to take an honest look at myself and feel my own self-worth.  I came across a powerful spiritual tool that helped me to change m...

In my darkness I had thought that I would be happy if I just had what I wanted the way I wanted it.  In Soul Recovery we are learning to connect to our higher power and to follow a spiritual path to a happy and healthy life.  When I changed my perception and learned to find happiness within myself first, I was amazed at how things on the outside started to line up and provide even more than I had...

The emotional battlefield doesn't have a winner, and most of the time we are not even aware that we are on the attack.  We all desire to be seen, heard and supported. However, this can be hard to achieve when both sides are on the defense as they try to prove their point, control the situation, or be right.  In Soul Recovery we are learning to change our perception, turn the attention to ours...

This Bonus Episode first aired for the Apple Podcast Subscribers and Patreon Members on April 1, 2022.  I wanted to share this along with the other episodes for 7 weeks that were a book study on some of the Al-Anon topics important to Soul Recovery as a Bonus to the community. For the Apple subscribers and Patreon Members we are studying the book "How Al-Anon Works for Families and Friends of...

Soul Recovery has a foundation of recognizing that our desire to have control of people or outcomes has caused us suffering.  At first it feels like the world will fall apart if we let it all go, but slowly we realize that we are powerless over everything outside of ourselves, and that by letting go we are finding a new freedom and connection to Higher Power and ourselves.    When we need others t...

This Bonus Episode first aired for the Apple Podcast Subscribers and Patreon Members on March 25, 2022.  I wanted to share this along with the other episodes for 7 weeks that were a book study on some of the Al-Anon topics important to Soul Recovery as a Bonus to the community. For the Apple subscribers and Patreon Members we are studying the book "How Al-Anon Works for Families and Friends o...

In Soul Recovery we are learning the value and importance of our voice and how, and when to use it.  For some of us, we learned to not speak up for fear of being shut down or upsetting people, for others we have used our voice as a weapon to keep us safe from being hurt.  In this episode we take a look at old and unhealthy ways of using our voice, and how to begin to make different choices in comm...

This Bonus Episode first aired for the Apple Podcast Subscribers and Patreon Members on March 18, 2022.  I wanted to share this along with the other episodes for 7 weeks that were a book study on some of the Al-Anon topics important to Soul Recovery as a Bonus to the community. For the Apple subscribers and Patreon Members we are studying the book "How Al-Anon Works for Families and Friends o...

The fairy tails end with "and they lived happily ever after..."   From the time we were young we are being influenced with false beliefs that there is some form of perfection that we need to live up to.  This skewed and unrealistic perception sets us up for not being happy with what we have, wanting it to be what we read in the story books, or saw on the movie screen.  However, that does...

This Bonus Episode first aired for the Apple Podcast Subscribers and Patreon Members on March 11, 2022.  I wanted to share this along with the other episodes for 7 weeks that were a book study on some of the Al-Anon topics important to Soul Recovery as a Bonus to the community. For the Apple subscribers and Patreon Members we are studying the book "How Al-Anon Works for Families and Friends o...

Guilt, shame and blame are what keep us from connection to our Higher Power and following our spiritual path to a happy and healthy life.  Saying 'let it go' is easy, actually allowing ourselves to stop feeling guilty about our past, and punishing others for their past is Soul Recovery.  When we can recognize how much of our energy is tied up in experiences and feelings in our past, we c...

This Bonus Episode first aired for the Apple Podcast Subscribers and Patreon Members on March 4, 2022.  I wanted to share this along with the other episodes for 7 weeks that were a book study on some of the Al-Anon topics important to Soul Recovery as a Bonus to the community. As we continue or book study of 'How Al-Anon Works for Families & Friends of Alcoholics" and finishing chapt...