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Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesHow to Find a Therapist If You're Poor and/or Neurodivergent and in Addiction RecoveryTrying to find addiction recovery support can feel overwhelming when you're poor, neurodivergent, or have never had to navigate the world of mental healthcare. In this episode, we talk honestly about how to look for a therapist when money is tight, the system is confusing, and the process itself can be overwhelming or retraumatizing. We also unpack something that doesn't get talked about enough: how to balance your emotional needs between yourself, your community, and a therapist. This episode explores: -Why and how we can balance community support, professional help, and emotionally regulating ourselves
2025-12-2332 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesHana Part 3: Rebuilding a Life From Scratch After Addiction: Managing Triggers, Avoiding Relapse, and Deciding to Cut Off Her MotherIn part 3 of Hana's miraculous addiction recovery story, she breaks down the step-by-step reality of going from homelessness to rehab, sober living, and long-term stability. She shares how she managed triggers, avoided relapse during chaotic jobs, and stayed sober while building her business and buying a home. All the while, she follows her intuition through every growth phase, confronts the reality of being a felon, and unlearns the shame society projected onto her. This episode explores setting boundaries with family, including the painful decision to cut off her mother, and what it actually takes to protect sobriety in real...
2025-12-161h 19Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesSober for the Holidays: Practical Skills for Coping with Loneliness & Fostering Empowerment Through Self-InquiryLet's take a deep dive into a neurodivergent, radical perspective on surviving the holidays with practical addiction recovery skills. We discuss tools that foster empowerment, nonviolent communication, healthy boundaries, and harm reduction that are specific to the unwanted pressure society puts on us this time of year. Family dynamics can cause added stress that fuels cravings. We talk about addressing and sitting with our loneliness without shame. You'll learn how having somatic awareness of your own nervous system can save you from getting overwhelmed. If you've been looking for an off-the-beaten-path view on holiday survival, you're in the right...
2025-12-0927 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesHana Part 2: From A Homeless, Drug Addicted Sex Worker to Finding Hope While Being Held at GunpointIn this episode, Hana shares her raw and unflinching story of addiction, trauma, and survival. We dive into Part 2 of her story with a harrowing tale of being held at gunpoint by a drug dealer, followed by stories of a near-amputation, sex work, and homelessness in Seattle. She was in and out of jail and treatment. One day she heard another addict tell their story of addiction and recovery, and had a lightbulb moment. Recovery was possible for her. She found her path to sobriety and has been off drugs for 8 years. She now owns her own home and...
2025-12-0256 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesHana, Part 1: Dealing With a Chaotic Mother, Smoking Meth as a Troubled Teen, and Using Alcohol to Quit SuboxoneTrigger warning: Graphic description of suicide Hana's miraculous addiction recovery story begins with growing up with an alcoholic mother who created an extremely chaotic living environment. Hana was forced to caregive and be a "friend" to their mother, a phenomenon known as parentification -- when a child is forced to be in an adult role. She got into meth and alcohol as a teen in order to make friends and be away from her home life. Hana's substance use and rebellious behavior managed to get them kicked out of everywhere, including school. As an adult, alcohol and...
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Eagle Freedom Presents"Grandpa's Lesson" That Sparked a Financial Paradigm Shift: A New Retirement Strategy-Kevin BrunnerAre you worried about sequence of returns risk ruining your retirement? In this episode of Eagle Freedom Presents, host Deston sits down with Marine veteran and financial advisor Kevin Brunner. Kevin reveals the guaranteed income strategies he developed, all starting from a "Grandpa Lesson" at age 12. He shares his proprietary Model Q strategy as a powerful alternative to the 4% rule and connects the dots between childhood lessons, military discipline, and a counter-intuitive approach to building wealth.Kevin shares the powerful story of his 12th birthday, when his grandfather gifted him a lawnmower and his...
2025-11-191h 11Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesYou're "Helping" Your Loved Ones All Wrong: Addiction in Families with Amber HollingsworthIn today's episode, Early and Amber Hollingsworth of popular YouTube channel Put the Shovel Down discuss data-informed methods of how to help our loved ones escape their addiction. Most people accidentally put themselves in the "villian" role in their addicted family member's life, even though their actions are rooted in love. Why is this? What can we do better? How can we use compassionate understanding to help them escape from alcoholism and drug addiction? We also discuss dual diagnosis, and how folks often recieve false bipolar disorder diagnosis and other mental health problems due to exacerbation of their addictions...
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Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesRecovery Resources: Decolonization, Internal Family Systems, The Holistic Psychologist, Somatics & Nutrition, and More!Today Early discusses more addiction recovery resources for people in recovery, sober curious folks, and anyone else on a healing journey with their relationship to drugs and/or alcohol. They discuss a book from White Bison Inc about the hundreds of years old Indigenous resistance to alcoholism, and the decolonization movements that heal Native American communities. Next is a book outlining the principals of a unique trauma therapy modality called Internal Family Systems. They also discuss the controversial Dr. Nicole LePera and her book How to Do the Work. They then go over the (also controversial) podcast by Luis...
2025-11-1129 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesDanny: LSD at Age 11, IV Meth and Heroin Use, and Unlocking Healing With IbogaineTrigger warning: brief mention of childhood sexual abuse and suicidal thoughts Today we hear Danny's addiction recovery story as a neurodivergent person. He describes himself as being a highly emotional child who cried often. He tried LSD at the age of 11, and promptly changed his world view and became a musician and someone who ditched class. He got kicked out of multiple schools and was sent to a jail-like boarding school. After a bad breakup in early adulthood, opiates started to hit different. He got deeper and deeper into hard drugs until working with plant medicine Ibogaine...
2025-11-041h 02Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesThree Plant Medicines That Helped Me Survive & Thrive After Addiction: Valerian Root, Kratom, and AyahuascaToday Early discusses a bit more about their own story in addiction recovery. They outline the three most important plant medicines they have worked with on their journey: valerian root, kratom, and ayahuasca. What's right for one person may be harmful for another, and the most important thing is learning to listen to your own intuition and find what's right for you. Our relationship to plants, the earth, and each other has been growing further and further apart as our culture becomes more solitary and technological. Some part of us deep down is still drawn to nature and the...
2025-10-2838 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesKelly: "It's Called Blow, Not Save" Cocaine Addiction From Party Girl to Drug Court Trigger warning: mention of child abuse, extensive discussion about suicide Today we hear Kelly's addiction recovery story. Her life started with a complicated childhood: a mix of happiness, love, and abuse. She was tasked with caring for her younger brothers as they suffered from life-threatening health problems, which she later realized was parentification. She had an "aha" moment after her first drink, and soon fell in with a crowd of older kids who were partying with ecstasy and weed. She lived the life of the party girl for a long time, getting heavily into cocaine and kratom...
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Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesFoundational Thoughts for Empowerment: What RD Secular Addiction Recovery Support Groups Look LikeIn today's episode, Early discusses the foundational ideas that the RD secular addiction recovery/sober curious support groups have been built upon. These ideas are a work in progress, but include: -a land & history acknowledgement -viewing oneself as a scientist and a test subject in our recovery -the belief that we are powerful and already whole -a practice of recognizing our addicted voice and distinguishing it from our core self -a practice of reconnecting to our intuition -forgiveness for ourselves instead of shame -safe(r) s...
2025-10-1435 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesBrittany: Drinking Through Childhood Trauma, Never Ending Grief and Tragedy — and Deciding to Take Her Life BackTrigger warning: Frank discussions about suicidal thoughts and ambivalence towards life, talk of grief and death. In today's episode, we hear Brittany's addiction recovery/sober curious story. She grew up with parents in active addiction and experienced abandonment and trauma in early childhood. When she had her first drink, fireworks started going off, and she knew that this was the key to feeling better... for now. As she became an adult her drinking got out of control, although she wasn't able to view it that way at the time. She experienced tragedy after tragedy, and as she...
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Classic SF with Andy Johnson#173 Hanging by a thread: the Society of Time trilogy (1962) by John BrunnerOriginally published in 1962, John Brunner's Society of Time stories are set in an alternate Britain in the 1980s. It is 400 hundred years since the Spanish Armada was not defeated, and the Catholicism of the Spanish Empire rules much of the world. The Empire possesses the gift of time travel, though only a new pope is given the ultimate privilege of going back to witness the life of Jesus Christ...These fantastic stories follow the adventures of Don Miguel Navarro, an agent of the Society of Time tasked with protecting the integrity of the timeline. They...
2025-10-0211 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesRecovery Resources for Sober October! Nutrition & Alcohol, Accountability and Transformative Justice, Buddhism & Dark Emotions, and Another Gay Memoir!In order to rewire our brains, we must feed them new information. Or bathe them in a soup of new information. Today, Early recommends a few books and podcasts to support addiction recovery. They also start the conversation about accountability for harm caused during addiction. Books: How to Eat to Change How You Drink by Brooke Scheller, DCN, CNS Dry by Augusten Burroughs The Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron Podcasts: How We Handle Harm by Punch Up Kick Down Distro (click here) Love...
2025-09-3028 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesEmily: An Utterly Chaotic Childhood, Self-Medicating With Substances, and Beginning to Question It AllTrigger warning: Mentions of domestic violence, grooming Today we hear Emily's addiction story and about how she became sober curious. Emily's childhood involved having one parent in severe addiction, and the other parent covering for them. She discusses the complexity of loving someone who is abusing you, and using sex as a young person to seek the approval she wasn't getting at home. She began drinking and smoking pot, and soon began using both quite heavily. Emily reflects on how her upbringing affects her relationships in adulthood. Today she is wondering: what are all these substances really...
2025-09-231h 05Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesThe Two Mental Shifts That Make Addiction Recovery PossibleIn today's episode, Early discusses the two pivotal mental shifts they made in their life that turned recovery from feeling impossible to being possible. Once they made these mental shifts, they were no longer "trying to quit drinking." Instead, they finally just quit. Want to donate to our nonprofit? Donations in any amount can be sent to our Venmo or PayPal @recoverydemystified Want to be interviewed on this podcast? Send an email to info@recoverydemystified.com Connect with us on Instagram/Substack @recoverydemystified Logo: Stevie Petet Theme Music: Logan...
2025-09-1629 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesBill: From Waking Up in Jail to Getting Sober During CovidTrigger warning: brief mention of suicide. Today we hear Bill's addiction recovery story. Bill first saw the destructive powers of alcohol when his dad started drinking a lot after his parents got divorced. His own experimentation with binge drinking led to blackouts early on. In high school, he recognized that his drinking and weed smoking had started messing up his life and he decided to move in with his grandmother. After moving out and going to college, the lack of oversight led to an acceleration in his drinking and he flunked out of college. Working in the...
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Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesRecovery Resources Galore: Wingnuttery, a Gay Crackhead Memoir, Buddhism, and Three Queer Uplifting PodcastsToday we explore more secular addiction recovery resources for sober curious people. What works for you is what works for you! Try everything and see what sticks. Maybe understanding your shadow self will help. Perhaps reading about someone else who has been on a crack bender will make you feel less alone. Maybe the practical tools of Buddhism will soothe your anxious mind. Everything is connected, and perhaps if we can destroy our inner queerphobia/transphobia and start to love the gender diversity inside us, we can create a stronger foundation for recovery! Books: Existential...
2025-09-0228 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesJonny: Getting Sober in a Bar, Proof There's No One "Right Way" to Quit DrinkingToday we hear Jonny's addiction recovery story as a neurodivergent veteran. Jonny grew up with a father who drank quite a bit. He made it to the age of 19 without ever drinking or using drugs, and then after signing up for the navy, he started to party. Drinking felt like a better version of himself - at first. After leaving the military he started working at a bar on Dickson Street. The drinking culture of bartenders gave him a free pass to take shots whenever, and to be drunk at work. Eventually things spiraled out of control, and a...
2025-08-261h 10Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesA Few Resources to Survive A CravingIn this week's episode, Early shares a bit about addictive cravings and how to survive them for sober curious people or folks in addiction recovery. They also share a few resources of things that have been helpful for them along the way. However, what's most important is to find what works for you. Do you like running? Music so loud your ears bleed? Yoga videos? Do you like calling your mom? Make a list of things that you like, and that you know make you feel better when you're done doing them. Then pull out the list any time y...
2025-08-1927 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesHope: From Being Orphaned by Addicted Parents to Finding Healing Through the Pain of GriefTrigger warning: brief mentions of sexual assault and self-harm. In today's episode, Early speaks with Hope about their addiction recovery story as a queer and neurodivergent person. They were raised by their grandparents due to their parents being in active addiction. Hope was determined to not be like their parents, but things didn't turn out the way their kid self had planned. They began by smoking weed to alleviate cramps, and later started stealing beer from their grandparent's fridge. Skipping school became the norm, and after getting their GED they started drinking more and more. They watched...
2025-08-121h 13Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesAddiction Recovery Resources: Attachment Theory, A Memoir About Being Black in Recovery, A Memoir About Pill AddictionLet us continue to bathe our brains in a soup of new information. This month's list contains two addiction memoirs and a book on attachment theory, as well as three single-episode recommendations for podcasts on attachment theory. Addiction recovery stories help us feel less alone, and understanding attachment theory can help us lead a healthier sober or sober curious life! Books: I'm Black and I'm Sober by Chaney Allen Pill Head, The Secret Life of a Painkiller Addict by Joshua Lyon Attachment Theory By Thais Gibson ...
2025-08-0528 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesObsidian's Update: Using Drugs Again After a Period of Abstinence, Relapse or Research?Obsidian returns to discuss their ongoing addiction recovery story as a queer and neurodivergent person! In today's episode, we discuss the complexity of using again after a period of abstinence. Our healing work doesn't just disappear, and it can inform our experience when we use again. Picking back up again can be very different, end quickly, and be a reminder of why we quit in the first place. The danger lives within our perspective, and whether we view ourselves as inherently "bad" for using again. Do we believe that using again means we are a failure, or unintelligent, or...
2025-07-2955 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesRandy: From Ruining His Life With Crack, Heroin, and Meth to Running a Men's Sober Living NonprofitToday we hear Randy's addiction recovery story. Randy's life started with tragedy and abandonment trauma; he was the sole survivor of a car wreck that killed his mother and two brothers when he was only 9 months old. Growing up he was always the odd one out until he found drugs and bad kids. He managed to keep his life together for a long time while drinking and using a variety of drugs. Eventually, crack became his downfall. Years of hard drug use landed him in a scientology based rehab, then later, drug court. He decided to go "all-in" and...
2025-07-221h 18Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesCommunity & Alone Time in Recovery: Anti-Capitalism, Evolution, and the Alcohol Industrial ComplexIn today's episode Early goes over our inherent need for both community and alone time, why your social anxiety makes you normal, how alcohol advertising targets our "wound of existence", anti-individualism, why normal things don't feel good anymore, and the ultimate question to ask while socializing: "Why am I here??" Follow along with the slideshow: Click here! Johan Hari's Ted Talk: Click here! Want to be interviewed on this podcast? Send us an email: info@recoverydemystified.com Instagram, Substack: @recoverydemystified Donate to our cause! Venmo & Paypal: @recoverydemystified
2025-07-1532 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesElise: From an Abusive Relationship and an Eating Disorder to A Life She Doesn't Need to Escape FromTrigger warning: graphic descriptions of physical and sexual assault, frank discussions about eating disorder In today's episode, Early talks with their friend Elise about her addiction recovery story. Elise suffered sports concussions as a kid and had to stop playing soccer, which at that time was a huge part of her identity. A resulting change in her body and self-image led to an eating disorder as a teen. During high school she experimented with alcohol with her friends. As an adult she entered into relationships with men who had addictions, and this led to her also drinking...
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Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesSecular Addiction Recovery Resources: Gabor Mate, A Podcast for Wine Moms, Confronting Imposter Syndrome and More!Today Early discusses a few more books & podcasts to supplement your recovery, along with a speech from their soapbox and for some reason - a lot of cussing. They discuss a practical book about methods to expore while quitting drinking, an addiction memoir, tracing addiction back to childhood trauma with Gabor Mate, imposter syndrome and how to overcome it, a podcast for wine moms, and a podcast about the first few months of being sober. Enjoy. Books: Not Drinking Tonight by Amanda E. White, LPC Karamo by Karamo Brown I...
2025-07-0125 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesAndie: From "A Junkie and a Fiend" to Hosting Harm Reduction/Recovery GroupsTrigger warning: death by overdose, brief mention of suicidal thoughts. Check out Andie's support group! email recovery.punks@gmail.com for the link Today we hear Andie's addiction recovery story and how they got into harm reduction. Andie's life started in a family with everyone in various degrees of neurodivergence and addiction. They began as many of us do, with stealing beer out of a friend's parent's garage fridge. Soon they got in legal trouble from bringing alcohol to school. They and their brother both proceeded to escalate their drug and alcohol use, a...
2025-06-241h 06Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesReplay: Early Talks About Imposter Syndrome on "Sort of Sure" Podcast with Samar KargboThis is a replay of Early's interview with Samar Kargbo on his podcast "Sort of Sure" - a podcast about imposter syndrome. Early talks about their time in EMS, a bit about their addiction recovery story, starting a nonprofit, and how they overcome seemingly insurmountable tasks. Check out Samar's work - https://samarthinks.com Donate to our cause! - Venmo & Paypal @recoverydemsytified Instagram - @recoverydemystified Logo - Stevie Petet Theme Music - Logan Bragg
2025-06-1825 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesSophia: From Selling Meth and Being Pregnant in Prison to Walking Beside Others on Their Healing JourneysWant to tell your story on our podcast? Send an email to info@recoverydemystified.com Today we hear Sophia's addiction recovery story. Sophia grew up in a house where both parents drank. She took her first drink when she was 12 and was smoking meth by age 14, and began rebelling in every way possible. She met some older friends, began selling meth and weed, and remarks on how her relationships felt transactional. Later she went to prison several times, once where she was subjected to a prison boot camp, and another time she was pregnant while i...
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Sort of Sure PodcastEating An Elephant with Early BrunnerEpisode Notes
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Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesSecular Addiction Recovery Resources: Sober Sex Advice, Addressing Burnout and Neurodivergence, Addiction Recovery Stories and More!Another curated list of recovery resources to help you on your journey! It is time to reprogram our brains and bathe them in a soup of new information. We hear about a book discussing sober sex and dating, addiction recovery stories, and a book about addressing burnout and neurodivergence under capitalism. Books: Dry Humping by Tawny Lara Girl Walks Out of a Bar by Lisa Smith Laziness Does Not Exist by Dr. Devon Price Podcasts: Recovery Rocks by Tawny Lara and Lisa Smith Chasing Heroine...
2025-06-0326 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesMisha: From Drinking Alone as a Kid to Finding What Was Lost Along the WayTrigger warning: Sexual assault in childhood & adulthood, brief mention of animal cruelty, religious trauma Today we hear from Misha about their addiction recovery story as a LGBT and neurodivergent person. He describes his childhood as both boring and traumatic, having grown up queer in a strict religious household. His brothers introduced him to the liquor cabinet, and after they moved away, it became all his. A sexual assault in college sent him spinning out of control and he shortly found himself in the psych ward, which proved to be less than healing. He found recovery through a...
2025-05-281h 22Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesClay: From Squatting, Multiple Rehabs, & Running from Fear to Feeling Hope & Genuine LoveTrigger Warning: Childhood abuse, discussions about suicide. Study Showing 75% of People Recover! Today we hear Clay's addiction recovery story as a neurodivergent person. His life began with both parents having problems with addiction, and having to leave with his mother and sister on the run from their father. This created a foundation of deep fear that characterized much of his life. Struggling in school as a neurodivergent person added additional stress. Smoking weed allowed him to have the social connection he yearned for as a young person, then opiates soon came into the picture, as...
2025-05-201h 08Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesSecular Addiction Recovery Resources: Indigenous Storytelling, Neuroscience, Becoming Sober Curious, Sober Black Girls Club and More!As we continue to bathe our brains in a soup of new information, we grow, and we become stronger and more resilient. Learning new things helps to rewire our brains! Make your addiction a thing of the past. We discuss becoming sober curious, a book on the neuroscience of addiction, indigenous storytelling, sober black girls club, a podcast on women in recovery, and more! Books: Sober Curious by Ruby Warrington The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a Disease by Marc Lewis Crazywater by Brian Maracle P...
2025-05-1321 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesObsidian: The Antics of Crack and Quitting Before it Gets BadTrigger warning: childhood emotional abuse, discussions of suicide In today's episode, Obsidian tells their addiction recovery story. Their life begins with a mix of emotions, with their loved ones both caring for them in some ways and also being emotionally abusive in others. They mostly abstained from substances even though their friends were imbibing-it just didn't feel safe enough to experiment at the time. Their first experiences with alcohol and weed were both unexpected. In adulthood, they had a major friend group fracture, followed by a serendipitous encounter with the person who would become their wife. Obsidian...
2025-05-061h 22Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesWhy I Started Recovery Demystified as a Non-Religious Alternative to AAPeople are always asking how/why RD got started! In today's episode, Early discusses why they started Recovery Demystified as a non-profit instead of a for-profit business. They also give a reader's digest version of their story with addiction and recovery, including bits and pieces of why AA/NA caused more harm than good. Recovery Demystified supports people who may not identify as alcoholics or addicts, but are still questioning their relationship to substances. RD also serves people who fully identify with drug addiction or alcohol addiction. We are LGBTQ+ friendly, disability friendly, mostly neurodivergent, and welcome harm reduction...
2025-04-2926 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesKarrie: From Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy in Childhood & Reckoning With Suicide to a Life Worth LivingTrigger Warning: Severe childhood abuse and neglect, involuntary psychiatric hold, frank discussions about suicide In today's episode, Karrie tells her addiction recovery story. Her life began as a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy - her stepmother created fake health problems on her behalf which resulted in unnecessary medications and surgeries. Much of the time she was locked in her room. She later went to juvie, a shelter, and the foster care system. When she found alcohol, she experienced a "hallelujah moment," and began drinking as fast and as much as she could. Soon, she burned through a...
2025-04-221h 14Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesThree Easy, Free Methods for Responding to Difficult Thoughts/CravingsClick here to follow along with the slideshow! Today, Early discusses how thoughts originate, and how addictive processes can hijack our thoughts. They then present three concrete methods to address difficult thoughts. We explore the HALT method, the RAIN method, and the kitchen table method for responding to challenging emotions. Addiction recovery opens us up to experiencing everything we had previously been numbing, and learning healthy mental coping skills is essential for growth and healing. Understanding our emotions in their complexity, including how to navigate addictive cravings, is a practice that takes time. Donate to...
2025-04-1530 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesKailey: Addressing Gray Area Drinking & AnxietyIn today's episode, Kailey tells her addictionr recovery story with alcohol and vaping. Her parents were divorced and as the oldest child she took on much of the role of parenting her siblings. Soon, she started with average teenage experimentation and college binge drinking. She reflects on how "no one teaches us how to drink" and how this led to her binge drinking and vaping to the max. She began to create rules around her drinking to rein it in. Ultimately, her supressed emotions began bubbling out in unexpected ways, such as high anxiety and a panic attack. She...
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Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesNon-religious Addiction Recovery Resources: AVRT, Nonviolent Communication, What Alcohol Does to the Brain and Body, Secular Buddhism, and more!Let us continue to bathe our brains in a soup of new information. Knowledge is power, after all, so how about picking up a new book or listening to a new podcast? Addiction recovery resources can come in many shapes and sizes. Learning how to communicate with ourselves and others, as well as understanding the science of addiction, can be helpful tools as we grow and heal. Books: A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown Rational Recovery by Jack Trimpey Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenburg, PhD. Podcasts:
2025-04-0123 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesRobert: From Being Arrested 34 Times to Finding Recovery Through Healthy Accountability and TaoismTrigger Warning: Childhood neglect and abuse, brief mentions of suicide and death by overdose. In today's episode we hear Robert's addiction recovery story. Robert's life began in a pretty rough way: with childhood neglect, abuse in the family, and having his dad give him beers because he thought it was funny. Robert's childhood consisted of misbehavior, escalating drug and alcohol use, and being repeatedly kicked out of different schools. In adulthood he followed his intuition to seek more in life by traveling, though his addiction and arrest record tagged along with him. He couldn't keep a job...
2025-03-251h 18Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesJT: From Broken Bones and Drug Math to Freedom Through Books & PodcastsTrigger warning: suicide In today's episode we hear JT's addiction recovery story. JT's story began with a traumatic childhood and being medicated for ADHD (which may have just been symptoms of trauma.) Later, her self-medication of unresolved trauma blossomed into binge drinking and multiple drug concoctions. After some broken bones, benders, and embarassment, she realized something needed to change. It took a few attempts, but she ultimately found freedom through immersion in self-education via books, podcasts, exercise, and a litany of other coping skills. Donate to our GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/0211812f
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Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesDecolonizing Addiction Recovery: Resources for Indigenous Community, Trauma in the Body, and The Neuroscience of Being SoberIt is time yet again to bathe our brain in a soup of new information. The learning never ends, and as we keep trying new things, our recovery grows and becomes more secure. In financial hardship? Want a free book? Send an email with your name, address, and the book you want to: info@recoverydemystified.com March Reading and Podcast List: The Red Road to Wellbriety in the Native American Way (book) by White Bison Inc. First in the Family (book) by Jessica Hoppe The Anonymous Eskimo (p...
2025-03-1114 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesNatalie: Growing Up With a Severely Addicted ParentTrigger warning: childhood neglect In today's episode we hear Natalie's addiction recovery story. Natalie tells the story of her childhood growing up with a severely addicted parent, and how it affected her as a kid and into adulthood. She demonstrates the need to communicate effectively with children at an age appropriate level- because if we don't communicate to them, they create their own answers, and they often know much more than we realize. Natalie goes on to dabble with substances as she enters her teen years, and quickly sees the writing on the wall. Before things got...
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Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesCan We Talk About Inhalant Addiction?Many people have struggled or dabbled with inhalants, yet we very rarely hear it discussed. In today's episode Early discusses their own personal use of inhalants as well as their experience as an EMT treating patients who use inhalants. Inhalant addiction is more common than we think, primarily because of the shame and stigma that keep inhalant addicts in the shadows. Donate to our cause! https://gofund.me/be6d99f7 Venmo/Paypal: @recoverydemystified Want to be interviewed on the podcast? Send an e-mail: info@recoverydemystified.com Logo: Stevie Pe...
2025-02-2514 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesJakob: From Cannabinoid Hyperemesis in the ER to Raw Dogging the Shit Out of LifeIn today's episode Jakob tells his addiction recovery story. Jakob's story begins with supressing deep traumatic grief with the use of substances- something he saw demonstrated by adults in his life. His story moves through dabbling and being addicted to a variety of hard drugs, alcohol, and weed. Kratom and cocaine ultimately landed him in a not very classy rehab, which he left after three days, and then returned to. He spent a while being Cali-Sober (only using weed products) until that landed him in the emergency room, with a near death experience. He tested the waters on weed...
2025-02-1854 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesEK: From Self-Medicating Trauma to Sobriety is an Act of Radical Self-LoveTrigger warning: suicide attempt, domestic violence, sexual assault In today's episode we hear EK's addiction recovery story. They describe seeing their family use alcohol and cigarettes while they were a kid. EK's drinking and use stopped being fun at a very young age, as they navigated survival through abusive relationships. They describe self medicating after reaching out for help with the pain of experiencing sexual assault and depression. After a close encounter with the law, they had an epiphany, and received some really good advice from friends, and started a journey towards sobriety. D...
2025-02-1155 min
Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesSecular Addiction Recovery Resources: Laura Cathcart Robbins, DharmapunxNYC, Recovery Happy Hour, and Neuroscience of AddictionEarly discusses their book and podcast list for February, 2025! It is time to bathe your brain in a soup of new information! Support our cause! Venmo & Paypal @recoverydemystified Stash: My Life in Hiding - book by Laura Cathcart Robbins The Only One in the Room - podcast by Laura Cathcart Robbins DharmapunxNYC - podcast by Josh Korda Recovery Happy Hour - podcast by Tricia Lewis Rewired: A Bold New Approach to Addiction and Recovery - book by Erica Spiegelman Inst...
2025-02-0618 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesAlison: Sober CuriousTrigger Warning: Brief mention of domestic violence In today's episode we hear Alison's addiction recovery story. Alison grew up with addiction on both sides of the family. Her mother was not very present in her childhood and her dad was a single parent most of the time. She describes meeting alcohol and becoming "thick as thieves immediately." At the age of 27, and dabbling in her third Dry January, she wonders if there's more to life than this. She discusses trying the drug Naltrexone to deter cravings, which inspired Early to discuss medication based treatements for Alcohol Use...
2025-02-041h 03Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesTK: From Drunkenly Signing Up for the Army to Finding Real Community in the DIY Punk SceneIn today's episode we hear TK's addiction recovery story. TK spent their high school years as a sober person, then began drinking at the age of 19, and rolled their car by the age of 21. After drunkenly signing up for the army, their partner became pregnant, and their whole world started to change. TK demonstrates that for most of us the path of recovery is not linear. It consists of trials, fuck-its, taking time to let new knowledge sink in, and peeling back the layers of the onion. If we can get down to that middle layer and figure out...
2025-01-2847 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesTwo Free, Easy Tricks To Boost Contentment and Happiness in SobrietyDisclaimer: Recovery Demystified is intentionally and explicitly non-religious. This episode mentions that practices of mindfulness and meditation can be traced historically back to several Eastern spiritual traditions. The episode also uses the word "spiritual." It is important to note that there is also a wealth of modern, scientific data to back these practices. Whether you believe in science, spirituality, both, neither, or something else entirely- we support you. You are in charge of your own recovery toolkit. We invite you to foster a mindset of curiousity, while remembering that instead of something being "either/or," it can often be "...
2025-01-2030 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesSara: From Meth in a Lightbulb at Age 15 to Spontaneous SobrietyTrigger Warning: Brief mentions of domestic abuse, suicide, and involuntary hold in a psychiatric facility. In this episode we hear Sara's addiction recovery story. Her life starts with being raised in a party environment, picking up cigarette butts at the age of 7, and using alcohol and every drug under the sun before graduating high school. After a series of awful relationships and worsening addiction to drugs and alcohol, Sara's life imploded and she ended up stuck in the psych ward. After she got out she decided she wanted to "try something different"- and moved on forever.
2025-01-1053 min
Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesDry January Ultimate Non-Religious Resource List! Annie Grace, Holly Whitaker, Recovery Elevator, Dr. Nzinga HarrisonDry January is HERE! It is time to unbrainwash yourself, or, rebrainwash yourself? It is time to bathe your brain in a soup of new information! In this episode Early shares their Dry January reading and podcast list for 2025 and a couple tips to find success in your goals this month. May you be happy and free! This Naked Mind (podcast and book) by Annie Grace In Recovery (podcast), Un-Addiction (book and podcast) by Dr. Nzinga Harrison Quit Like a Woman (book) by Holly Whitaker Recovery Elevator (podcast) and Alcohol is...
2025-01-0421 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesLogan: From Waking Up in Human Shit to Discovering the Cure to AnxietyIn the first ever Recovery Demystified interview, we hear Logan's miraculous addiction recovery story. He is a welder and musician who has been sober for 4 1/2 years. Logan's journey starts as experimentation with alcohol and weed in his teens and evolves to using anything and everything to squelch anxiety and depression. He got sober during covid and has never looked back.
2024-12-3150 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesThe Car in the Garage: A Metaphor for AddictionIf you ever want to experience the full complexity of what life has to offer, it is time to let go of the car door handle and walk into the house. You will experience discomfort but you will also experience a greater joy and depth than you could ever imagine! Instagram: @recoverydemystified Email: info@recoverydemystified.com Donate!: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/PLEJRR76CAMHG Logo design: Stevie Petet www.stevieleepetet.com
2024-12-2315 minRecovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their AlliesIntro: Looking for Non-Religious Addiction Resources? You Are in the Right Place!!Welcome to Recovery Demystified! You are in the right place! RD is self help and addiction recovery for the rest of us. If you have ever felt alone, left behind, or pushed to the fringes of society, we love you and you belong here. RD is non-religious and adaptive to you and your own unique inner wisdom and needs. RD is LGBTQ+ friendly, disability friendly, and neurodivergent friendly. We believe in harm reduction. We welcome those who are sober curious or questioning their relationship to substances in any context. We welcome those looking for an alternative to AA.
2024-12-2308 min
The Big Exit ShowBuilding Legacies: Successful Exits and Ethical Conduct in Business with Josef BrunnerToday we have a special guest – the dynamic entrepreneur, Josef Brunner. Josef, who founded his first company at 16, has since sold multiple businesses for over $400 million. In this episode, we delve into the emotional rollercoaster of selling a business, emphasizing the essential support mentors can provide. Josef shares wisdom on personal and ethical conduct, the value of work ethics, and how to protect intellectual property during acquisitions.We’ll explore his stoic philosophy, the importance of transparency and trust in acquisition processes, and the delicate balance of control and delegation in managing a company. Josef also highlights the...
2024-11-071h 08
The Music in Our Homeschool Podcast with Gena Mayo easy music education tips, strategies, and curriculum resources for homeschooling parents34: Homeschool Music Mastery: Kathryn Brunner’s Innovative Approach From Early Childhood Audiation To Jazz Piano EducationClick to send Gena a message!Welcome to another enriching episode of the Music in Our Homeschool podcast! Today, we are honored to have Kathryn Brunner as our guest. Kathryn is an esteemed music educator and a dedicated homeschool mom with certifications in early childhood music and movement education through Musikgarten. She's also a seasoned piano instructor with a passion for integrating music into homeschool environments. She runs the website Musik at Home.Join host Gena Mayo as she delves deep into Kathryn's unique philosophy on piano education, where audiation—the ability to th...
2024-10-0723 min
The Toast PodcastA Toast To: Ag on WheelsIn this episode, we sit down with Michelle Martin, founder of Ag on Wheels and AgMag, to explore her journey from her early influences to becoming a prominent voice in agriculture. We dive into Michelle’s beginnings, her goals for launching her businesses, and her vision for the future of ag media. She shares insights on the evolution of her platforms, the challenges agriculture has faced, particularly in Texas, and how AgMag has grown over the past three years. We also discuss the future of marketing in farming, trends in the industry, and advice for the next generation of ag...
2024-09-2049 min
AIGA Design PodcastRobert Brunner on Designing Products for ScaleIn this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, host Lee-Sean Huang talks with Robert Brunner, Chief Designer at Beats by Dre and Founder and Partner at Ammunition. With over 40 years of experience, Brunner began his career at Apple when the company did not yet have a design team. He later became a partner at Pentagram before founding his own design studio.
When asked about the early years of his career, he shared that growing up in a household where both parents were makers inspired him and continues to influence his work. While in university, he i...
2024-09-1743 minThe Toast PodcastA Toast To Agronomists!In this episode we sit down with agriculture experts Joe Coelho with American Pistachio Growers and Chris Morgner with Agri-Valley Consulting as we explore their early careers and specializations in agronomy. We discover their industry secrets on crop management, including strategies for handling multiple soil types, the impact of economic challenges on farming, and predictions for the upcoming harvest season. As they share their views on the future of farming and technology's role in agriculture, Joe and Chris offer valuable advice for the next generation of growers. We touch on the the best strategies for irrigation management, boosting nitrogen e...
2024-08-151h 04
Aphasia Access ConversationsEpisode #120: Navigating Social Media with Dr. Melissa Brunner Interviewer info Lyssa Rome is a speech-language pathologist in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is on staff at the Aphasia Center of California, where she facilitates groups for people with aphasia and their care partners. She owns an LPAA-focused private practice and specializes in working with people with aphasia, dysarthria, and other neurogenic conditions. She has worked in acute hospital, skilled nursing, and continuum of care settings. Prior to becoming an SLP, Lyssa was a public radio journalist, editor, and podcast producer. In this episode, Lyssa Rome interviews Dr. Liss Brunner about...
2024-08-1447 min
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Description : #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, There are some incredibly smart things Brunner does in this novel. The story is told from the perspective of a world of intelligent aliens as they reach out to discover the universe in which they live. They have to do that in ways that are very different from our own history in details (for example, they live unde...
2024-06-0500 min
The Gap MindersEpisode 109 | Adriana Brunner and Daniel Nagey, MyPoint Credit UnionIn this excellent episode, Nancy and Jose are joined in the studio by Adriana Brunner and Daniel Nagey from MyPoint Credit Union. The vice president of community and business development, Adriana, talks about how important financial literacy is as a life skill and shares her passion for it. She talks about her Colombian origins and how her volunteer work shaped her dedication to improving the San Diego neighborhood. This view is echoed by Daniel, the Marketing and Business Development Officer, who emphasizes the credit union's nonprofit status and goal of reinvesting revenues back into the community.The importance...
2024-05-2038 minThe Toast PodcastMaking Crime A Crime AgainA Toast to Making Crime a Crime Again. In this episode we are joined with Merced County Sheriff Vernon Warnke who dives into nearly four-decades of dedication to the Merced community. From his early days in law enforcement to specialized roles like SWAT team member Sheriff Warnke has left an indelible mark on Merced County. We'll explore his commitment to community engagement through programs like the Merced County Explorers and D.A.R.E. officer initiatives, as well as his steadfast leadership overseeing crucial units and his vision for the future of law enforcement. Join us in raising a t...
2024-04-1955 min
Live Your Best LifeJamie Hess
In her early 20s, Jamie Hess was a PR hotshot climbing the ladder of success and living the glamorous high life in New York City. To the outside world, it looked like she had it all together. But on the inside, fearing she could never live up to her perfect trailblazing television mom, Joan Lunden, she held a secret. She was a high functioning cocaine addict, barely able to keep her head above water.
“…I do believe in making your mess, your message. And that’s really why I’ve taken this on as my journey…And so all of...
2024-04-0828 minThe Toast PodcastFrom Seed to Table with Zach Wortiska"A Toast to educating on the ag industry" In this episode, we're joined by Zach Wortiskas, an expert in the vegetable industry and agricultural social media. We explore Zach's journey, from his early influences and education at Cal Poly to his role as the California Sales Manager for Seedway Vegetable Team. Delving into his expertise in growing quality vegetables and addressing industry challenges like water impact and supply chain disruptions, we gain insight into the complexities of the agricultural sector. Transitioning into the influencing community, Zach shares his mission to advocate for agriculture through social media, highlighting both the...
2024-03-0835 minThe Toast PodcastA Toast To: Reducing Inflation & The Cost of LivingIn this episode of The Toast, we explore the political journey of Michael Maher. Covering his early influences, education, and tech involvement, we dive into Maher's diverse professional experiences, from the U.S Navy to leading a jet company. Addressing critical issues like inflation and supply chain disruptions, we highlight Maher's dedication. This episode concludes with a toast to Michael Maher, the 21st District Congressional Candidate, restoring opportunities in the Central Valley. Cheers to a true friend to the region, balancing family and a business with unwavering commitment! 🎙️🥂
2024-01-1958 min
Design BetterRobert Brunner: The design giant who hired Jony IveShow notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/robert-brunner-where-art-and-commerceOur guest today, Robert Brunner, once joked that his tombstone will say: “Here lies the guy who hired Jonathan Ive.” But there’s much more to Robert than that. He did indeed build out the industrial design team at Apple in the 90’s, but he’s also been a partner at Pentagram Design, and was the chief designer of Beats by Dr. Dre, a brand that sold to Apple for $3 billion dollars.We talk with Robert about the arc of his career, what it takes to run a successful...
2023-06-0653 min
The Financial CompassLooking to Retire Early?During this show, we’re going to highlight and discuss some of the lesser known elements of retiring early.
2023-05-0600 minThe Financial CompassIs the FIRE strategy right for you?This week we examine the FIRE, or Financial Independence, Retire Early, movement as well as how you can stay active during retirement.
2023-04-0100 min
The Chase Thomas Podcast: A Tennessee Volunteers ShowThe Full Ride: Possible Permanent SEC Rivals, Monken Leaves Georgia For Ravens & Warriors Finally Trade Wiseman With Matt Green & Light Years' Andy Liu. Plus, Walton Head Football Coach Daniel Brunner InterviewChase Thomas is the Sports Renaissance Man, Atlanta Sports Guy & VFL. On today's program, Chase is joined by fellow University of North Georgia alumni Matt Green to talk about Georgia losing Todd Monken to the NFL, what happens now with Mike Bobo's return as OC, trusting Kirby Smart, the 2023 early ESPN SP+ rankings, and make their way through how the SEC should put together their 2024 schedule with three permanent rivals for each team (2:00). Then, Light Years' Andy Liu joins the program to talk about the Warriors title chances, the Gary Payton II and James Wiseman trade for Golden State...
2023-02-152h 31
Learnings from Leaders: the P&G Alumni PodcastJOHN SMALE: Janet Reid & Gordon Brunner’s reflections on P&G’s former CEO“John Smale pushed the company to have a deeper ear toward what consumers really want. He made a greater effort to take a listen.”
Janet Reid and Gordon Brunner are two P&G Alumni who had the privilege of coming up at the company during John Smale's rise in leadership at P&G. Janet Reid is Founder, CEO and Managing Partner of BRBS World, but spent 10 years as an early African American brand manager at P&G, from 1980 to 1990. And Gordon Brunner - a familiar guest on this podcast - was P&G's former Chief Technical Officer, and...
2022-11-2044 min
Love This Food ThingTalking Trauma, Eating Disorders and Healing with Emmy BrunnerPsychotherapist Emmy Brunner is a personal empowerment and transformation coach, CEO of the Recover Clinic and creator of an awakening and healing programme, From Lost to the River.The core tenet of Emmy’s practice is that our mental health conditions are a response to trauma. She says:“Everything from mild anxiety to more significant depressive episodes, everything that we talk about as mental health problems are the result of and a response to trauma.”Growing up Emmy felt a “general blanket sense of unworthiness” and was invested in an overall lack of self-care...
2022-10-0342 minThe Financial CompassDon’t rush into early retirementDuring this episode, we’re going to provide some of the core reasons you should be cautious and thoughtful about jumping into an early retirement.
2022-07-1600 min
Thread the NeedleThread the needle episode 9A recap of the 76ers as they take a 2-0 series lead over the Toronto Raptors, they head on the road for 2 games. NBA playoffs have started and we throw down our predictions, and the Phillies early struggles, should we be concerned?
2022-04-1929 minThe Financial CompassHow to increase your Social Security paymentsDuring this episode, we’re going to examine how you may be able to increase your Social Security payment as well as what you should know about 401(k) early withdrawal penalties.
2022-04-0200 min
January Jones sharing Success StoriesJanuary Jones-During Pandemic Time for a Feel Good World with Dale Brunner-A Feel Good World with Dale Brunner!
Dale Brunner is currently partnered with his daughters and best friend in a movement called A Feel Good World. This movement gives people the knowledge and the means to make the most of their life. It offers a way for each individual to have their future in their own hands. On today’s interview Dale will be sharing his experiences with raising two special needs children.
Dale Brunner has been a self-employed businessman for over 40 years. Because he struggled early in his career and had not found the success he dreamed of, he was de...
2021-12-1516 min
BroadEye: An Ophthalmology PodcastHow the Glaucoma Research Foundation Has Impacted Patient Care For More Than Four Decades - Tom BrunnerTom Brunner, President and CEO of Glaucoma Research Foundation (GRF), shares the history of ophthalmic laser technology and how he ended up leading a global organization dedicated to funding promising Glaucoma research. Tom further provides a detailed overview of Glaucoma onset and progression, highlighting risk factors and the importance of early diagnosis. Some of the most significant clinical trials in Glaucoma in recent decades—funded by GRF—are also discussed.
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2021-10-1240 minThe Financial CompassSo, You Want to Retire EarlyOn this episode, we examine the 10 potentially critical things you need to know if you’re considering early retirement.
2021-07-1000 min
January Jones sharing Success StoriesJanuary Jones-During Pandemic Time for a Feel Good World with Dale Brunner-A Feel Good World with Dale Brunner!
Dale Brunner is currently partnered with his daughters and best friend in a movement called A Feel Good World. This movement gives people the knowledge and the means to make the most of their life. It offers a way for each individual to have their future in their own hands. On today’s interview Dale will be sharing his experiences with raising two special needs children.
Dale Brunner has been a self-employed businessman for over 40 years. Because he struggled early in his career and had not found the success he dreamed of, he was de...
2021-03-0850 min
January Jones sharing Success StoriesJanuary Jones-Best of 2020- XmasTime for a Feel Good World with Dale Brunner-A Feel Good World with Dale Brunner!
Dale Brunner is currently partnered with his daughters and best friend in a movement called A Feel Good World. This movement gives people the knowledge and the means to make the most of their life. It offers a way for each individual to have their future in their own hands. On today’s interview Dale will be sharing his experiences with raising two special needs children.
Dale Brunner has been a self-employed businessman for over 40 years. Because he struggled early in his career and had not found the success he dreamed of, he was de...
2020-12-2513 min
January Jones sharing Success StoriesJanuary Jones - It's Time for a Feel Good World with Dale Brunner!-A Feel Good World with Dale Brunner!
Dale Brunner is currently partnered with his daughters and best friend in a movement called A Feel Good World. This movement gives people the knowledge and the means to make the most of their life. It offers a way for each individual to have their future in their own hands. On today’s interview Dale will be sharing his experiences with raising two special needs children.
Dale Brunner has been a self-employed businessman for over 40 years. Because he struggled early in his career and had not found the success he dreamed of, he was de...
2020-11-1050 min
theofunkRainer Brunner: Rectifying Hadith - Correcting History? Aḥmad al-Qabānjī’s Self-Criticism of Shiite Islamtheofunk konferenz
International Conference “Historicity and Islamicity: Perceptions of Early Islamic History in Contemporary Muslim Thought” (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, 12.-14-12.2019).
10.06.2020
Rainer Brunner (CNRS Paris)
Rectifying Hadith - Correcting History? Aḥmad al-Qabānjī’s Self-Criticism of Shiite Islam
Rainer Brunner (CNRS Paris) spricht über die binnenperspektivische Kritik des Gelehrten Aḥmad al-Qabānjī an traditionellen schiitischen Geschichtsbildern und Quellenzugängen.
2020-06-1000 min
January Jones sharing Success StoriesJanuary Jones - A Feel Good World with Dale Brunner!-A Feel Good World with Dale Brunner!
Dale Brunner is currently partnered with his daughters and best friend in a movement called A Feel Good World. This movement gives people the knowledge and the means to make the most of their life. It offers a way for each individual to have their future in their own hands. On today’s interview Dale will be sharing his experiences with raising two special needs children.
Dale Brunner has been a self-employed businessman for over 40 years. Because he struggled early in his career and had not found the success he dreamed of, he was de...
2020-04-0850 min
The Moonlight Graham ShowEp 97: Greg Brunner- Iowa born, Iowa bred, and Iowa's all-time leading rebounderGreg Brunner is an “Iowa-born, Iowa-bred” guy who just loves basketball. Greg sits down with Tim in the Moonlight Graham Studio for a basketball talk that spans AAU, the Big Ten, and two continents. Brunner’s memory for teammates, opponents, and games is amazing. For every question Tim asks, Greg dives into details that will have all basketball fans pressing pause and doing some research. Greg Brunner grew up playing a lot of basketball in Charles City, Iowa and traveling with the Martin Brothers team. Brunner has stories from his time playing U15-U19 with and against big-na...
2019-02-1951 min
The Bunker PodcastThe Bunker Podcast 180: Michael BrunnerMichael Brunner is a Philadelphia-based DJ, and a core member of the city's 1694 collective. His current work tends toward the ambient and the experimental, which 1694 showcases in their monthly A/V salon event, Curious Dream. Brunner came up as a jungle DJ in the mid-90s in Chicago, and dove headfirst into the explosion of largely UK-based bass music in the early 2000s. Those new inspirations colored his sound, and this mix is a reflection on a deep and abiding love for the bass and the break.
Tracklist:
Tipper Tones - Smorgus Hertz
Aleksi Perälä - GBLFT1740071
Joe Lentini...
2018-10-231h 25
thebunkernyThe Bunker Podcast 180: Michael BrunnerMichael Brunner @four4 is a Philadelphia-based DJ, and a core member of the city's 1694 collective. His current work tends toward the ambient and the experimental, which 1694 showcases in their monthly A/V salon event, Curious Dream. Brunner came up as a jungle DJ in the mid-90s in Chicago, and dove headfirst into the explosion of largely UK-based bass music in the early 2000s. Those new inspirations colored his sound, and this mix is a reflection on a deep and abiding love for the bass and the break.
tracklist:
Tipper Tones - Smorgus Hertz
Aleksi Perälä - GBLFT1740071
Joe Le...
2018-10-231h 25
Truth of the SpiritTOS035: Watching the Saints: John XXIII and John Paul IIJoin Patti Brunner to look at Pope Saint John XXIII and Pope Saint John Paul II. See Patriarchministries.com for information. In this modern age we expect to know all about public figures but you may be pleasantly surprised to watch the bio-movies about two popes of modern times who were rather quickly canonized. Exploring their youth and the time of their early priesthood draws us into a friendship with these two men. Patti Brunner adds other interesting information as she reviews the various movies about Pope John XXII and Pope John Paul II and helps you decide which...
2018-09-2724 min
Traditional OutdoorsTraditional Outdoors Podcast – Episode #23 – An Evening with Paul “Too Short” BrunnerIn Episode #23 Nick and I have an amazing “fireside” style chat with Mr. Paul Brunner, sometimes known as “Too Short”. I have been a huge fan of Paul for many years and really owe much of my early success at bowhunting to Paul, his book and his hunting videos. Paul had a great style of entertaining you but at the same time educating you about bowhunting. I started exchanging emails with Paul randomly about 8 years ago when I found his ID on a traditional bowhunting forum and ever since starting this podcast he has been at the top of my list...
2018-08-201h 08Traditional Outdoors Podcast: Preserving our Outdoor TraditionsTraditional Outdoors Podcast – Episode #23 – An Evening with Paul “Too Short” BrunnerIn Episode #23 Nick and I have an amazing “fireside” style chat with Mr. Paul Brunner, sometimes known as “Too Short”. I have been a huge fan of Paul for many years and really owe much of my early success at bowhunting to Paul, his book and his hunting videos. Paul had a great style of entertaining you but at the same time educating you about bowhunting. I started exchanging emails with Paul randomly about 8 years ago when I found his ID on a traditional bowhunting forum and ever since starting this podcast he has been at the top of my list...
2018-08-201h 08Traditional Outdoors Podcast Archives - Traditional OutdoorsTraditional Outdoors Podcast – Episode #23 – An Evening with Paul “Too Short” BrunnerIn Episode #23 Nick and I have an amazing “fireside” style chat with Mr. Paul Brunner, sometimes known as “Too Short”. I have been a huge fan of Paul for many years and really owe much of my early success at bowhunting to Paul, his book and his hunting videos. Paul had a great style of entertaining you but at the same time educating you about bowhunting. I started exchanging emails with Paul randomly about 8 years ago when I found his ID on a traditional bowhunting forum and ever since starting this podcast he has been at the top of my list...
2018-08-201h 08
Truth of the SpiritTOS029: Praying the ScripturesTruth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner welcomes Ken Hunter for this episode of Praying the Scriptures as the series on Prayer-Reaching Out to God continues. Praying scripture is not new – it dates back to the early Church, and even back to the Jews. Scripture is sacred, significant. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” Colossians 3:16. “But he answered and said, ‘It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word tha...
2018-08-171h 06The Financial CompassWhat's Keeping You From Early Retirement?Do you ever feel like you need a guide to help navigate your retirement? Retirement can be scary, but it doesn't have to be! Listen in to learn more about creating a RELIABLE and LONG-TERM retirement and download your COMPLIMENTARY Retirement Income Toolkit.
2017-11-1800 minThe Financial CompassWhy Start Retirement Planning EarlyDo you ever feel like you need a guide to help navigate your retirement? Retirement can be scary, but it doesn't have to be! Listen in to learn more about creating a RELIABLE and LONG-TERM retirement and download your COMPLIMENTARY Retirement Income Toolkit.
2017-06-0300 minThe Financial CompassNever too Early to Prepare for RetirementDo you ever feel like you need a guide to help navigate your retirement? Retirement can be scary, but it doesn't have to be! Listen in to learn more about creating a RELIABLE and LONG-TERM retirement and download your COMPLIMENTARY Retirement Income Toolkit.
2017-04-2100 min
January Jones sharing Success StoriesJanuary Jones - A Feel Good World with Dale Brunner!January Jones
-A Feel Good World with Dale Brunner!
Dale Brunner is currently partnered with his daughters and best friend in a movement called A Feel Good World. This movement gives people the knowledge and the means to make the most of their life. It offers a way for each individual to have their future in their own hands. On today’s interview Dale will be sharing his experiences with raising two special needs children.
Dale Brunner has been a self-employed businessman for over 40 years. Because he struggled early in his career and had not found the success he dreamed of, he...
2017-02-0301 min