LIFE BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS recovery podcast

Denise M
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We discuss WHAT WE HAVE EARNED THROUGH OUR RECOVERY and how we get to live lives today BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS The podcast is open to all paths of recovery The podcast has no opinions on an specific recovery paths the opinions are those of the guest only I provide a safe platform for my guests to discuss their recovery process from substance use disorder and mental health all are welcome

  1. JAN 29

    GIGI LANGER AUTHOR AND FRIEND -LOVE MORE NOW

    TODAY RETURNING GUEST AND FAVOURITE DR GIGI LANGER FROM NAPLES FLORIDA I HAVE KNOWN GIGI THE LAST ALMOST 5 YEARS I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM HER AND CONTINUE TO EACH CHAT WE HAVE SHE HAS JUST CELEBRATED 40 YEARS SOBER SHE IS AUTHOR OF WORRY LESS NOW AND LOVE MORE NOW IN THE WORLD AS IT IS WE CHATTED ABOUT UNREST AND TURMOIL BUT THAT THERE IS STILL LOTS OF LOVE AND COMPASSION AND A SPIRITUAL PATH IS WHAT ALLOWS US TO KEEP OUR PEACE WE REMAIN OPEN TO LOVE AND TO ACCEPT LOVE A CHAT WITH GIGI IS JUST WHAT I NEEDED SO GIVE YOURSELF A FEW MINUTES WITH HER TOO SHE AND AUTHOR HARRIET HUNTER (BETH) WILL COME BACK AFTER THEIR CRUISE AND CHAT SOBER AND SERENE ...IS THEIR THEME .. ENJOY

    25 min

  2. 11/17/2025

    MAKING MYSELF NUMBER ONE -LISA HARRIS

    TODAY I SPEAK WITH LISA HARRIS FROM PHILADELPHIA USA SHE IS A NURSE FOR THE LAST 42 YEARS SHE HAS BEEN SOBER 27 YEARS SHE LIVES WITH HER HUSBAND KIRIM IN THE USA SHE SHARES HER WORK EXPERIENCE IN A LONG TERM CARE FACILITY DURING THE PEAK OF COVID AND LOSING 60 PATIENTS WHO DIED DIRECTLY FROM COVID HER EXPERIENCES WITH THE FAMILIES AND ISOLATION THE OCCUPATIONAL GRIEF AND TRAUMA HOW SHE PROCESSED ALL THE ACCUMULATIVE AFFECTS THIS HAD ON HER OWN HEALTH 5 YEARS LATER HER RECENT HEALTH ISSUE A MASS IN HER LUNG AND OPERATION AND COMPLICATIONS LEADING TO HER BEING ON A VENTILATOR AND NOW HER DAILY RECOVERY HOW THIS LIFE ALTERING EVENT HAS CHANGED HER PRIORITIES AND HER LIFE AND WHAT CHANGES SHE WILL MAKE IN HER LIFE AND CAREER GOING FORWARD SHE ALSO SHARES THE BONDS AND STRENGTHENED RELATIONSHIPS SHE NOW HAS THE SUPPORT SHE RECIEVES AND A BRIEF MOMENT ABOUT HER RECENT TRIP TO CANADA JUST BEFORE HER OPERATION WHEN SHE ATTENDED A CONFERENCE FOR HER SPECIFIC RECOVERY PROGRAM SUBSCRIBE LISTEN PASS ALONG AND LEAVE US A COMMENT

    28 min

  3. 02/03/2025

    SURPRISE NIECE AND GREAT NIECE AND NEPHEWS OUR STORY DENISE AND GINA

    DISCOVERING MY SISTER LESLEY HAD A DAUGHTER AND I HAD A NIECE AND MY NIECE HAD GREATS WAS A SHOCK DO NOT KNOW WHY AS WAS SO FOCUSED ON LOCATING LESLEY NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT HER HAVING CHILDREN ... SO FUNNY NOW ...I AM A BIT SLOW AT TIMES WHAT A SURPRISE GINA HER HUSBAND WILL AND THIER CHILDREN MY GREAT NEPHEWS KOLTON AND JAX AND GREAT NIECE ADDI OF COURSE BEING AN AUNTIE WAS AWESOME AND US LIVING IN SAME PROVINCE SO NICE TOO AS LESLEY RESIDES IN MEXICO WITH HER HUSBAND BRUCE BEING GREAT AUNTIES RIGHT AWAY AWESOME THE KIDS ARE FUN TO WATCH AND THE FIRSTS HAVE BEEN A BLAST ALL HAVE SUCH INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITIES SO THIS IS A SERIES OF QUESTIONS AUNT AND NIECE OF THIS LAST YEARS JOURNEY .. ENJOY SUBSCRIBE LISTEN PASS ALONG AND LEAVE A COMMENT ... THIS ENTIRE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN BEYOND MY WILDEST DREAMS I THANK LESLEY AND GINA FOR SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES AS WELL IN THIS REUNION .. THE LAST UPDATE WILL BE DONE IF LESLEY AND I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AGAIN IN PERSON THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR INTEREST AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT THIS LAST YEAR

    21 min

  4. 01/23/2025

    HERE WE ARE DENISE AND LESLEY YEARLY UPDATE

    SISTERS LOST AND FOUND AFTER 41 YEARS SHARE HOW THE FIRST YEAR BEING REUNITED HAS BEEN THE LESSONS AND THE CHALLENGES HOW FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE RESPONDED AND HOW THEY HAVE BUILT THEIR NEW RELATIOSHIP NOW AS OLDER SISTERS SHARING THEIR HISTORY AND HERITAGE AND LIFE EXPERIENCES THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCES VERY DIFFERENT AND AT THE SAME TIME PARALLEL ITS NOT AS EASY AS YOU WOULD THINK BUT BOTH AGREE THE RISK WAS WORTH IT AND THEY WILL HAVE A LIFETIME TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AS SIBLINGS NOW SOMETHING THAT WAS ON PURPOSE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM BOTH BY THEIR SHARED PARENT THEY TOGETHER NOW THEY WIN NEVER SAY NEVER NEVER GIVE UP

    29 min

  5. 11/02/2024

    LIFESTYLE CHANGES WITH ANTHONY CAPOZZOLI

    GREAT CHAT AS ALWAYS WITH PODCASTER AND CHEF ANTHONY CAPOZZOLI HE LIVES IN FLORIDA WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO YOUNG SONS HE IS IN RECOVERY NOW 6.5 YRS AND HAS MADE MANY LIFESTYLE CHANGES AGE 53 HE NOW HE GETS UP DAILY AT 430 TO DO HIS CROSSFIT EXERCISE HE KEEPS A DAILY ROUTINE HE THEN DOES ALL HIS COOKING FRESH FREE OF FILLERS AND ADDITIVES AND PRESERVATIVES HE IS A BIG BELIEVER IN CLEAN EATING HE MAKES EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH HE DONATES A LASAGNA A WEEK TO A FOOD PROGRAM HE DELIVERS ANONYMOUSLY A LASAGNA AND FRESH LOAF OF BREAD TO A FAMILY IN NEED HIS WAY TO GIVE BACK TO HIS COMMUNITY HE SHARES HOW FOOD CHANGES AND CLEAN EATING HAS IMPROVED HIS SONS BEHAVIOURS AND SLEEP SO MUCH WAS DISCUSSED IN THIS SHORT WELLNESS EPISODE DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT SUBSCRIBE LISTEN AND LEAVE A COMMENT AND SHARE

    33 min

  6. 10/04/2024

    JOE AVERAGE NOT AVERAGE AT ALL (ARTIST )

    WORLD KNOWN ARTIST A PHILANTHROPIST AN ORDER OF BC RECIPIENT AS WELL AS THIS YEAR RECIPIENT OF THE ORDER OF CANADA 2024 JOE WAS BORN OCT 10-1957 AS BROCK DAVID TEBBUTT IN VICTORIA BC HE IS ALWAYS WELL DRESSED COMPLETE WITH FLUEVOG SHOES FROM HIS COLLECTION COMPLETE WITH HIS PEARLS ALWAYS GREETS YOU WITH A SMILE AND A HUG TO JOE YOU ARE NEVER A STRANGER ONLY FRIENDS HE HAS NOT YET MET HE IS A TEACHER AND EDUCATES ALL ON HIV AND AIDS HE PARTICIPATES IN A HUMAN LIBRARY WHERE ALL CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HIV AND AIDS ANFD HIS 40 YEAR JOURNEY AS A SURVIVOR HE SUPPORTS LOVING SPOONFUL CHARITY AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS HE DONATES HIS ART TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITIES HE IS ALWAYS GIVING BACK A REAL CITIZEN OF THE WORLD THANK YOU JOE FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO US ALL IN THE LGBTQ2S + COMMUNITY AND FOR SHARING YOUR WELLNESS JOURNEY WITH US TODAY IT WAS AN HONOUR TO HAVE YOU ON MY PODCAST CHECK OUT JOES ART WORK ON HIS WEBSITE JOE AVERAGE.COM FOLLOW HIM ON FACE BOOK UNDER BROCK JOE TEBBUTT AND HE IS ALSO ON INSTAGRAM I JOE AVERAGE NOT AT ALL AVERAGE AN AMAZING HUMAN WHO HAS CHANGED MANY LIVES INCLUDING MINE AND CHARLEYS THANK YOU JOE

    31 min

  7. 10/01/2024

    WELLNESS SERIES MATT GREEN PENZANCE UK TOPIC BALANCE

    TODAY MATT GREEN JOINED ME FROM PENZANCE UK WHEN MATT WAS EXPERIENCING INCREASED DRINKING HE DECIDED HE WOULD TRY RUNNING AND DURING THOSE TIMES STAYED SOBER AFTER REALIZING THERE WAS A BIGGER PROBLEM WITH THE ALCOHOL HE DECIDED TO GET SOBER AND HAS NOW BEEN IN RECOVERY 5 YRS HE HAS RETURNED TO RUNNING AND COMPLETED HIS FIRST 1/2 MARATHON TODAY HE WORKS FULL TIME HE IS AN ACTIVE FATHER OF TWO AND RUNS MOST DAYS HIS DIET HAS CHANGED AND HE IS A STRONG BELIEVER IN BALANCE USES APPS FOR CALORIE COUNTING MY NET DIARY AND FROM COUCH TO 5K AND THAT MONITORS HIS ACTIVITY BUT NOT IN EXCESS HE CONCENTRATES ON BALANCE WE DISCUSS SOME OF THE BARRIERS AGE AND OUR MINDS THAT SOMETIMES MAKE GETTING ACTIVE HARD AND ARE THEY IMAGINED OR UNIMAGINED THE SENSE WE ARE NOT ENOUGH OR COMPARING AND IMPORTANCE TO SHARE OUR EXPERIENCES WITH OTHERS BE PROUD OF THE DAY WE ARE IN AND WHAT WE DO START OVER THE NEXT DAY ENJOY MATTS JOURNEY IT IS NEVER TOO LATE ... AND TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY FOR US ALL A CLEAN SLATE

    27 min

  8. 09/22/2024

    WELLNESS SERIES LIFESTYLE CHANGES WITH DARREN LACEY

    Darren joined me today to chat about lifestyle changes and his weight loss journey the last 5 years Darren is from Kent in the UK He began his journey around the time we met in 2020 He talks about his therapy dog Trevor He talks about how he got off his couch and started getting active slowly and tips for motivation He shares apps and diet info importance of choosing the right foods for you and educating ourselves He talks about how hard it is to see changes in ourselves but the importance of showing up and results come very informative and you do not want to miss the first interview in this series subscribe listen and leave a comment

    25 min
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We discuss WHAT WE HAVE EARNED THROUGH OUR RECOVERY and how we get to live lives today BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS The podcast is open to all paths of recovery The podcast has no opinions on an specific recovery paths the opinions are those of the guest only I provide a safe platform for my guests to discuss their recovery process from substance use disorder and mental health all are welcome

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