The Recovered Therapist

Send us Fan Mail Was your parent absent? Was your parent idealized?  Did everyone explain away your parent and even perhaps shame you for having anger about your situation?  Listen what Jeanie says about this topic of allowing yourself to feel angry. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttapla...

Send us Fan Mail Do you feel tired, listless, sleepy or a need to relax when it is close to your birthday?  Ever wondered why that is?  Jeanie explains what is happening and suggests what to do and what not to do during that period. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Jeanie discusses 4 ways of thinking that can be pitfalls or sure ways to keep ourselves stuck: Yes, but...Writing the Ending, Black or White Thinking and Catastrophizing.  Do you fall into these traps? Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your...

Send us Fan Mail Do you get frustrated that something is not happening fast enough or that something is happening faster than you wanted it to happen?  Ah, yes. We humans have difficulty with timing.  What lessons about timing can we learn from nature?  In this episode Jeanie discusses a quote from her "Statements of Truth” cards (available at www.freshouttaplans.com ) that reads, “The Creato...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Jeanie Reflects on varied feelings around 4th of July over the years and she calls upon you to reflect on holidays and your feelings so you can appreciate and show gratitude and how you can move beyond memories that may be less than happy. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Jeanie Griffin shares how she works through feeling angry, scared, and depressed about current situations using the FRESH OUTTA PLANS® 3 Pillar Process, to eventually settle into living in peace, joy and love.  This does not happen instantly nor does it remain constant, but at least by utilizing the 3 pillar tools, one can practice moving toward peace even in the m...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s discussion of what causes us not to be able to focus comes from a book called Stolen Focus by Johann Hari.  He traveled all around the world speaking with leading researchers regarding the lack of focus in the world today.  His reports of scientific research relative to sleep deprivation, "local sleep”, and “brain cell poop” is fascinating. Have a listen! Support the...

Send us Fan Mail Do you or do you know someone who plays a victim in response to events in life?  How do we get out of that victim stance?  What is your payoff for not responding differently? Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions yo...

Send us Fan Mail If you have trouble meditating or if you are a beginner, here are some suggestions you might follow to build a practice of meditating. Meditating is like riding a bicycle. It takes practice, especially if you are someone who uses “busyness” as a solution to avoid feeling things or as a solution for loneliness. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share...

Send us Fan Mail A continuation of Part 1, explaining how to use and receive guidance from using Oracle Cards. Affirmation cards and Statement of Truth cards are available from https://www.freshouttaplans.com/shop Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or an...

Send us Fan Mail What are Oracle Cards and how are they used.  Can anyone use them? Of course! Here is how. Affirmation cards and Statement of Truth Cards are available at https://www.freshouttaplans.com/shop Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any bur...

Send us Fan Mail In the Shamanic Tradition we can communicate telepathically with other beings, healing spirits or guides.  Listen to my experience of having a conversation with a White Oleander that helped me face and move through chemotherapy. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.co...

Send us Fan Mail Have you been diagnosed ADHD? Know anyone else who has been?  YES, half the planet wears that label! Feeling restless, irritable and discontent? Feeling disconnected or even physically ill?  Listen to what helps. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topi...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever felt like something was shifting inside you but you could not articulate what it was? Listen to this poem of my experience with the invisible taking form. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Where are your eyeglasses pointing? Ae you looking outside your self to make yourself happy?  Where is your focus?  Self care is not self absorption.  Outside circumstances do not have your back. Happiness does not come from circumstances. It is an inside job. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply...

Send us Fan Mail How do I use the FRESH OUTTA PLANS® 3 Pillar Process when I feel out of balance?  How will it change how I think, feel and behave?  Will I feel better and more in balance?  Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you&...

Send us Fan Mail This episode discussed those times when intuition is telling you something and yet you cannot confirm what it is telling you. Then what do you do and not do? How do you move from feeling like the “crazy one”? Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic re...

Send us Fan Mail This episode looks at what practices one can do to create and maintain a conscious contact with a Higher Power or Creator. It also looks at the difference between spirituality and religion. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burni...

Send us Fan Mail This episode reviews broken trust of being an Adult Child of Alcoholism and how to learn to trust again. Smoky Joe and Bandit, my cats also get airtime. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you'd like us to ex...

Send us Fan Mail Oracle card decks are decks used for guidance. One shuffles and asks a question then pulls out one card as guidance.  The practice, when used over time, will become one of your regular spiritual practices for inspiration and guidance Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttapla...

Send us Fan Mail This episode describes the shamanic perspective that there are 4 basic forms of spiritual illness. Symptoms of each are described and as is the healing remedy for each. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Season 1 Finale This episode reflects on a short TikTok episode where what is said and what is heard can at times be totally different.  Do you have "German Shepard Thinking?” Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questi...

Send us Fan Mail Today is March 1, 2022 and for two years this month we have lived with Covid.  As another wave of uncertainty appears to be passing, we are faced with going forward. This episode shines a light on the uncertainty of just how to do that "post Covid” especially against the backdrop of feeling powerless about children who have lived only to know pandemic and a war in Ukraine.  S...

Send us Fan Mail Do Your Words and Actions Match?  In this podcast, we explore the dynamics between parents and/or loved ones expectations and taking responsibility for your own actions. Remember when you were a teen and parents wanted you to do a chore?  Just when you were about to get off the couch and do it, they reminded you one more time to do it.  It felt like nagging! Want to avoid that hap...

Send us Fan Mail We humans seem to want others to change so we can…fill in the blank, be happy, feel peace, show love and on and one.  If you want to experience something, we must be the first in the relationship to demonstrate what we are wanting.  This podcast gives suggestion on how to feel peace regardless of what others are doing. it also encouraged you to participate in the One Minute Hug. ...