Posts by Barb Nangle
How to Go from Rescuing to Helping and Why It Matters
Issue 16. March 17, 2023 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ When I first got into recovery, I started to realize there was a continuum of helpfulness where one end was dysfunctional and the other was functional. Those two extremes of the continuum were easy for me to see, but I was lost when…
Read MoreEp 204 – Why You’re Responsible for Your Second Thought and Not Your First Thought
One of the manifestations of growing up in a dysfunctional family is distorted thinking, so it is important that we learn that we are not responsible for these thoughts popping up. However, we ARE responsible for not listening to them. This week’s episode 204 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast is about why you’re responsible…
Read MoreEp 203 – Questions from Listeners, Responses from Barb Part 3
Content Warning: Abuse For my 200th episode, I asked my listeners to send in their questions for me to answer on the podcast and while I answered a few that felt fitting for my celebration episode, I wanted to dedicate a series of episodes to answer some of the questions that were more geared to…
Read MoreNine Rules to Dramatically Improve Your Relationships
Issue 15. March 10, 2023 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ One of the most amazing benefits of my recovery is the drastic improvement of my relationships. My romantic relationship is a perfect example of that – for the first time in my life I’m in a healthy loving, committed a relationship. I learned…
Read MoreStop Falling in Love with People’s Potential and Fall in Love With Yours
Issue 14. March 3, 2023 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Stop falling in love with other people’s potential. Start paying attention to the person who’s right there in front of you, right now. It doesn’t matter if this a romantic interest, family member, colleague or your student. There’s a difference between helping out…
Read MoreEp 178 – How Fixed Versus Growth Mindset Affects People in Recovery
The difference between fixed mindset and growth mindset is that if you have a fixed mindset, it means you think you are the way you are and there’s no possibility of changing. Your personality and abilities are fixed. But if you have a growth mindset, you believe that change is possible, you believe your intelligence…
Read MoreEp 177 – What Balance Really is and How to Get There and Stay There
One time I was coaching a client who expressed that every time she got close to finding balance, something would happen and it would throw her off. I replied that balance is not getting to a certain point or a certain set of behaviors and staying there; it’s not a static point but rather a…
Read MoreEp 176- What is the Dreaded Drama Triangle and How to Get Out of It
The drama triangle is a dysfunctional pattern of interaction that perpetuates dysfunction rather than changing it. This week’s episode 176 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast is about the dreaded drama triangle and how to get out of it! Support the show by becoming a Patreon member! In this episode of the Fragmented to Whole…
Read MoreEp 175- Dan Made Me Feel Like a Criminal When I Filmed Him Drunk
The thing with codependence is we feel this compulsion to get in between other people and the consequences of their behavior. When we do this, we become resentful of THEM and make THEM the entire problem when it is us who was enabling them all along. This week’s episode 175 of the Fragmented to Whole…
Read MoreEp 174 – The Golden Chunk of Time- Using Boundaries to Get Shit Done
When I coach my clients one of the metaphors I use with them is this idea that you can think about your precious resources of love, money, energy, and time as your “property.” I encourage them to put a boundary around that property, much like you’d put a fence around your house. This week’s episode…
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