Podcasts

If you spend a lot of time alone and aren’t sure if you’re isolating (which is unhealthy) or spending healthy alone time this episode will help you figure that out. Show NotesThe difference between isolating and healthy alone time is how it affects your energy. If you’re fending off the world by isolating yourself, that’s…

If you suffer from the belief that you have it much worse off than anyone else, OR that you’re better than other people, then this episode is for you! Show NotesIn this episode I discuss humility as meaning you’re no better and no worse than anyone else. That goes for people who think they’re better…

If you are constantly trying to control people and the world around you, this episode uses a metaphor that will give you some perspective on how you might let go of that control. Show NotesControl is an issue for just about everyone in recovery, and this episode addresses how to back away from being so…

This often-quoted 12 step slogan is explained to highlight the importance of breaking things down into smaller parts which results in much less anxiety andworry. Show NotesThis slogan helps remind us to keep the focus on the present, rather than living into “the wreckage of the future.” In this episode, you will learn how to…

If you’ve been riddled with guilt and shame your whole life, listen to this podcast to learn where they likely come from and how to get over the debilitating effects of such shame and guilt. Show NotesPeople who grow up in dysfunctional families are often riddled with guilt and shame, often in profound and debilitating…

Learn the various ways in which we deny the dysfunction in our lives, including minimizing abuse, forgetting dysfunctional episodes and not putting things together that are connected. Show NotesIf you grew up in a dysfunctional family, chances are you’re in denial about a lot of things, like perhaps you think of abusive and dysfunctional behaviors…

This episode will help you begin to see where helpful behavior becomes rescuing behavior so you can change your ways from rescuing others, to simply being helpful. Show NotesIf you get drained and resentful about helping others, you want to hear this episode! In it you will learn to tell the difference between being helpful…

If you’ve been on a journey of discovery for many years but realized no real, lasting changes, then listen to this episode about how to achieve the deeper, lasting changes that are the promise of recovery. Show NotesIn this episode the differences between discovery and recovery are laid out, as are the differences between relief…

If this podcast has been helpful to you, you might want to be coached by Barb like her coaching client who is featured in this interview. Show NotesIn this episode Barb’s coaching client “S” shares why she decided to hire Barb as a coach rather than someone else, what it’s like to be coached by…

Learn not just WHY to forgive, but HOW. Show NotesAfter years of trying to forgive and reading all kinds of books about WHY, I finally learned HOW to forgive. I share how I learned to forgive, as well as the many reasons why we need to do it (it for US, not them!).