Telling On Ourselves

This week's episode is about those insidious harms that we sometimes we don't realize we are creating in our relationships.  Over Responsibility, Passivity, Emotional Absence, & Emotional Dishonesty - Spectrum of Harms.   These insidious behaviors we tend to live in without even realizing!   Have a beautiful week!    

What the heck is shaudenfreude?! Got to listen to find out! Today we talk about being...uncomfortable! I mean, this is part of why we drank right? What did it mean to be uncomfortable while we were using and what does being uncomfortable teach us now? It teaches us that we're "on the precipice of change!!!" And what usually comes with change....FEAR! This is seriously a great episode diving into a...

We have a special treat this week--our interview with Yogi and Meditation guru, Sarah Beth Hunt aka Messy Luminous Being!! We dive DEEP!! We talk about her own spiritual journey and how she got started on her spiritual path. Sarah Beth shares with us what gifts she’s received from her practice, including an inner knowing and wisdom (the pause)! It’s AMAZING how her lessons align and mirror our own...

Pretty straight forward this week—we discuss an article that talks about how being an alcoholic or addict in recovery actually prepares us well for surviving COVID! How could that be? We discuss 10 ways! They’re pretty awesome and make us kind of feel like we have super powers! Superpowers being: acceptance and self-awareness!   Below is the article! https://medium.com/@ramsinrecovery/10-secrets-p...

Interested in Vikki's workshop on The Four Agreements CLICK HERE !   Why is asking for help SO HARD?! It’s one of the most important things we can do for ourselves but it’s so hard to swallow our pride and reach out. This episode we discuss HELP! Asking for it, being humble enough to receive it, and giving it (without expectation). Especially during these trying times, it’s so important to ask for...

We decided to do something a little different this week! This week, we “deconstruct” the serenity prayer line by line! It’s mostly our own interpretations of it, but we come to some pretty cool revelations about the prayer! We got a lot of “ah ha” moments in this episode! There’s a lot of depth in there!

What do ya do when the world is on a lockdown? More ZOo0oM! This week, we talk about our new "prescriptions" for how we're staying sober during the pandemic. Adjustments have been hard, but some have also been welcomed. Bre loves having the down time to reflect. Vikki has been staying busy chairing Zoom meetings. Lynn has been sponsoring and reading! Hang in there, tribe! We will get through this!...

Some situations in our past =pain. Getting hurt is tough, healing can be tougher! Healing is not for sissy’s! It’s a process that involves accepting, believing, trusting, forgiving and giving! Healing is a verb! How the frick do we heal??? Looking for meetings during this crazy homebound time?  Email us at Tellingonourselves3@gmail.com or DM on Insta & FB @telliononourselves Big Hugs---Bre, Lynn,...

This week we mix it up a little! Lynn listened to a podcast from Brene Brown and Glennon Doyle about how to live a true, authentic life and overcome your self-limiting beliefs. Oftentimes, we get sober and the fog starts to clear and we start to question some of our rigidly held beliefs we've had our whole lives. What is our own truth? How can we discover it and live it--and not feel ASHAMED of it...

Do you have faith that a sober life will be infinitely better than a life of addiction? This week, we discuss why it's crucial to have faith that you can get and stay sober! Faith keeps you committed! We share our own battles and experiences with faith before and after sobriety. We also talk about a lot of other random things including Lynn being in 2 tornadoes in her lifetime! Tune in to hear it...

Hey there, tribe! We hope you are all healthy and safe amidst this COVID-19 outbreak. Crazy times we're living in, huh? We always thought it would be a different Corona that would make us sick! (too soon?) This week we talk about how to achieve "serenity in place" while "sheltering in place". How to stay sober and sane during uncertain times and isolation. What are we doing to form connection with...

This week we discuss growth and acceptance.  Learning how to cease fighting everything and everyone.     Lynn has first thought wrong - if it seems too good to be true it probably is.   We are sending love and healing to everyone during this difficult time.  If you are in need of a meeting please contact us through facebook, instagram or email  tellingonourselves3@gmail.com .  We have a group goin...

This week we discuss the fear that we are all dealing with this scare in our world of Covid-19. We are doing all we can to lean into our Higher Power.   First thought wrong is about sending an email with typos...whoopsie. We are sending positive vibes, love and our virtual hugs your way.   If you are in need of a meeting, please send an email to tellingonourselves3@gmail.com We have a group going...

This weeks episode is about sisterly LOVE, this priciple goes along with step 8. FTW- Vikki's adventures in running at full speed & people pleasing or not... We discuss how real life sisters have grown through communicating and working on themselves.  This one catches us all off guard in realizing how important it really is.  What's your Love mantra that you are taking into the week? Tribe out! B,...

Bre has first thought wrong this week -- gossip at work--don't do it!   This week our topic is the principles of step 12 which are Gratitude and Serenity. Gratitude leads to serenity. FEAR crushes it!  How can we take the tough situations in everyday life and get through them with serenity? Gratitude? It doesn't always come naturally, it's a practice!    

Episode 40 on Honesty & Surrender - step 1. FTW is about Bre’s adventures in Meditating! We talk about how this is the disease of denial.   That In Real Life (IRL) we need to stay honest about everything, not just our addiction.  And most importantly how it’s an inside job! No one can do it for you!!

Episode 39 is about Longing and Need the principles of step 11.  It's about the desire to grow spiritually! Lynn and Chelsea have First Thought Wrong this week a duo.   We talk about how we continue to find strength and growth from our spiritual program.  How we need to use the previous principles in this one too.  We are so glad you are here!   If you are interested in supporting the podcast plea...

This weeks episode is about Courage and Diligence, principle 4. First Thought Wrong - Lynn has a case of biting off more than she can chew.  We discuss how having courage through the fear is how we grow.    

Today we talk about how we use hope and belief in our recovery AND in everyday life! Hope and belief can carry us through all of life’s ups and downs--but how do we cultivate hope and belief? How do we practice it?    “Life is what you make it!” But what does that mean really and how does it pertain to hope and belief?   “Belief that you might be able to hope” - Lynn’s experience in early recovery...

  FTW:  Lynn and her alternate go to two separate GSR meetings.    Definition:  Humility: Freedom from pride or arrogance Humility is about remaining teachable.   We discussed how we can lean into pride too much, humility in sobriety and day to day life and work.   The struggle of the ego which is pride of an accomplishment vs. doing good work.   Self-deprecating is the opposite of arrogance but t...

This week's episode is about the principal that coincides with the 5th step - Integrity and Truth.  We discuss how this principal guides our lives.   First Thought Wrong:  Bre shares how she had a mini moment when there was something she showed up for and the person she was supposed to meet didn't come.  How she got to the point where she realized she was right where she was supposed to be! We dis...

TOPIC:  PRINCIPLE 10 - Perseverance & Vigilance   First thought wrong - Vikki shares about vanity  and taking the hammer out on ourselves!   Our topic is perseverance and vigilance in recovery. We explain the principles of our 12 step program in recovery - internal decision or external action to get & stay sober.  This episode is really how we maintain sobriety on a day to day basis and what we do...

Ok so this week we are going over our journey!  We are reminded that it's only a new decade, not century!  Recovery is like riding a motorcycle!  Be a verb moving forward.  Relentless forward motion... We talk about Wagon Wheel Ruts, the four agreements and birthing a podcast! So excited to be back!   

FTW:  Lynn about taking things personally and letting it go.  Forgiveness definition: Letting go of past grudges or lingering resentments against a person or situation.  To let go I have to take the action--clean my side of the street. What am I responsible for? Sometimes the only thing I’m responsible for is my reaction to someone else. Nightly Inventory & Self Care Poop bags, Jackals and getting...

Episode 30 is filled with some REAL DEAL tips we have used during our recovery & self development journeys to stay in a healthy place!   FTW:  Bre’s first thought wrong started last year in the holidays and she has a big important message. Tips:  1. Move a muscle change a thought Take a sober/like minded friend with you Leave when it gets loud/exit strategy Take a pass on going to the party Book e...