Recovery Rebirth Podcast

On this episode of the Recovery Rebirth Podcast, we build upon our previous discussion on relationships, taking a deep dive into attachment theory/attachment styles. We also dig deeper into analyzing our patterns, rooted in our childhood traumas/wounding. We share some elucidating insights gained through looking at ourselves vs. focusing on the behavior of our romantic partners. Many of us can be...

On this episode of the Recovery Rebirth Podcast, we continue delving into the topic of relationships and learning to have healthy relationships through the recovery process. We reflect upon our childhood experiences and how they set the template for our romantic lives and relationship patterns. By understanding the origins of these patterns, we endeavor to get to the root of the issue and to form...

Relationships can be challenging even for those of us with a strong sense of self-worth, a template for healthy relationships and conflict-resolution skills. But  many people in recovery lack these fundamental building blocks for healthy relationships. Dating and relationships can feel like walking through a minefield for folks in recovery. On this episode of the Recovery Rebirth Podcast, we...

In this episode of the Recovery Rebirth Podcast, we discuss how we’ve been affected by homelessness, either personally or within our family system. There is an undeniable intersection between people experiencing homelessness and struggling with addiction and/or mental illness. The pandemic has exacerbated the experience of people being precariously housed along with a surge in alcohol/substance us...

Our Recovery Rebirth Podcast starts off with an unrehearsed, impromptu, and comedic commercial for Ice Mountain sparkling water. Next time, Ice Mountain from BlueTriton Brands, had best pay us for such an endorsement. But seriously though, we have a great episode about the challenges of unworthiness. Struggling with self-worth is a common denominator for many people in recovery.  We often come fro...

In this episode of the Recovery Rebirth Podcast, Part 3 in a series, we focus on adult trauma and also discuss PTSD. Many of us in recovery have a foundation of trauma from childhood. Unfortunately, we can get stuck in repetition compulsion as adults, recreating traumatic dynamics from our youth as adults which compounds our existing trauma. While many people conflate PTSD with soldiers returning...

The Recovery Rebirth Podcast, hosted by Dominick and Jillian, continues to delve into discussion on trauma and how it shaped our life experiences. We talk about divorce, parental abandonment due to mental illness and death, bullying, and other adverse experiences from childhood.  Such experiences caused us to develop maladaptive coping mechanisms.  These strategies seemed to work when we were youn...

The Recovery Rebirth Podcast presents “Trauma” related to addiction and maladaptive behaviors. Trauma is the gateway drug. Parts 2 and 3 coming soon so please subscribe to the podcast. In this episode, we delve into the complex, vast topic of trauma.  We realized quickly that we could not do this topic justice in just one podcast, so we recorded three.   In this initial...

2020 and 2021 were unprecedented for many of us. Most of us have never lived through a pandemic of this proportion. People’s work and home lives were upended.  Unemployment, working from home, virtual learning, shopping with masks and viewing our fellow citizens as potential contagions. Fear, anxiety, forced isolation and the scarcity mentality, and hoarding took a huge toll on our collective ment...

In this inaugural podcast, Dominick and Jillian, share their perspectives as people in long-term recovery from alcohol, substance use and codependency.  We provide a synopsis of the life experiences that led us to addictive and self-sabotaging behaviors, our pathways into recovery, and the new life possible as a result. While our backgrounds may be different, we have the common experiences of...