The Kori Leigh Show | Sobriety & Recovery | Addiction | Faith & Hope

Kori Hagel | Entrepreneur | Recovering Alcoholic | 9 Years Sober
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Welcome to The Kori Leigh Show. I’m Kori — a recovering alcoholic, 9 years sober, a mom, a woman who has walked through addiction, divorce, grief, mental health battles, and the kind of darkness that either takes you out… or forges you. I know what rock bottom feels like. I know anxiety that grips your chest. I know the obsession to escape. I know what it’s like to burn your own life down and still wake up the next day. And I also know recovery. I know surrender. I know what happens when desperation meets God. Sobriety didn’t give me a perfect life, but it gave me a real one. One built on faith, spiritual discipline, personal responsibility, and the daily choice to suit up and show up, even when it’s uncomfortable. This podcast is for the person who’s done pretending. The ones who knows something has to change. The ones who is tired of reacting from emotion and wants to start responding from conviction. Here, we talk about: Recovery and sobriety without romanticizing the pain Faith without performance or bypassing Resilience, boundaries, and self-respect What it actually takes to weather the storm and come out rebuilt You’ll hear raw conversations, unhinged truths, hard-won lessons, and stories from people who have been to the depths and chose to rise anyway. God meets us in the mess. The storm passes. And who you become in the storm determines everything. If you’re willing to do the work — welcome. As we say in recovery: Find the similarities, not the differences. That’s how we heal. Follow Me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/korileigh/

  1. 4D AGO

    56. When Your Hardest Chapters Become Someone Else’s Lifeline | Walling Up in the Storm (part 1)

    Sometimes the hardest chapters of your life become the reason someone else keeps going. Is sharing your story on your heart? This is exactly how I have built a multiple 6-figure/year Business with story telling.  Download Here In this episode of the Kori Leigh Show, I share a moment that reminded me why I do this work, a stranger at a Christmas market who hugged me, cried, and told me the podcast helped save her life. It was a powerful reminder that when we’re willing to heal the hard parts of our story, they often become the very thing that serves others. What we talk about in this episode: The encounter that reminded me why sharing our stories matters Walking through addiction, abuse, and a past that statistically could have ended very differently Why I stepped away from the podcast in 2025 to cocoon and do deeper healing How storms and hard seasons can become opportunities to rebuild Why your “big story” may be exactly what someone else needs to hear Remembering that life moves in seasons and storms always pass   Connect with Me on Instagram  @korileigh | @korileigh.co    Here are some of the resources I wanted to share with you: Subscribe to The Sunday Table Why Your Story Isn't Making You Money Free Download When the Ground Shifts - Sunday Table Article Guarding Your Soul in a World That Drains You - Sunday Table Article If you enjoyed this episode please share with someone you love, leave a rating & review, and follow so you are notified when a new episode drops! If you are in search of the steps towards recovery check out www.aa.org

    12 min

  2. MAR 5

    55. Stay the Course: Gratitude, Containment, & the Quantum Leap After Shedding Seasons

    Is sharing your story on your heart? This is exactly how I have built a multiple 6-figure/year Business with story telling.  Download Here This episode of The Kori Leigh Show, is a check-in after (and in the midst) of a season that forced everything to slow down. At the end of 2025 my appendix ruptured, and the first two months of this year became a period of deep healing physically, emotionally, and spiritually. The quiet and low stimulation brought an unexpected sense of regulation and a deeper closeness to God. 2025 was a year of shedding: separation, learning to co-parent, becoming a newly single mom, and staying sober through it all. It wasn’t joyful, but I kept suiting up and showing up — meetings, therapy, working my business, being a mom, and doing the work even when I didn’t feel like it. Sometimes the seasons that strip everything away are the ones preparing us for the biggest leaps. What we cover: Healing and slowing down after surgery Lessons from a year of shedding and major life changes Staying sober and disciplined when joy isn’t present Practicing gratitude until it becomes genuine Why dark seasons often precede breakthroughs Using your story to serve others and build something meaningful   Connect with Me on Instagram  @korileigh | @korileigh.co  The Sunday Table Why Your Story Isn't Making You Money Free Download   If you enjoyed this episode please share with someone you love, leave a rating & review, and follow so you are notified when a new episode drops! If you are in search of the steps towards recovery check out www.aa.org

    21 min

  3. FEB 26

    54. Being Savage About Inner Work & what it actually takes to overcome anything that tries to take you out..

    This episode of The Kori Leigh Show Podcast is about being savage about your inner work. Not aesthetic healing. Not performative growth. The real work is the kind you commit to in addiction, grief, divorce, loss, and seasons that try to take you out. I share about my separation year, daily recovery meetings, pausing a globally charting podcast, nearly dying after my appendix ruptured and why protecting my faith, sobriety, and nervous system mattered more than anything else. We talk about: Riding discomfort instead of numbing it Playing the tape through instead of chasing instant relief Holding boundaries even when it hurts Subtle self-sabotage and energy leaks Turning your darkness into service Relief doesn’t come from escape. It comes from seeking God in the dark and letting the storm build your character instead of destroy you. Connect with Me on Instagram  @korileigh | @korileigh.co  The Sunday Table If you enjoyed this episode please share with someone you love, leave a rating & review, and follow so you are notified when a new episode drops! If you are in search of the steps towards recovery check out www.aa.org

    35 min

  4. FEB 19

    53. FEAR → FAITH | Suit up. Show up. Stay.

    What Happens When You Don’t Numb Out In this episode, I’m talking about what it actually looks like to walk through a season of anxiety, co-parenting, major life shifts, and even a near-death experience and choose not to let fear run your life. We talk about: Navigating chronic fear without numbing out Rewiring survival patterns Building structure and containment in chaos Trusting God when you can’t see the outcome Staying instead of running Here’s what I know: You cannot shortcut transformation. You cannot numb your way to peace. And the storm passes, but only if you stay long enough to see it through. Suit up. Show up. Stay.   Connect with Me on Instagram  @korileigh | @korileigh.co  The Sunday Table   If you enjoyed this episode please share with someone you love, leave a rating & review, and follow so you are notified when a new episode drops! If you are in search of the steps towards recovery check out www.aa.org

    42 min

  5. FEB 12

    52. Welcome Back: Why I Took a Break & What Almost Took Me Out

    I didn’t disappear because I quit. I stepped back because I was in a storm and my job was to survive it sober. In this episode of The Kori Leigh Show, I’m back after a long pause, and I’m telling the truth about where I’ve been. This past year required everything I had: learning how to co-parent for the first time, managing anxiety that felt suffocating at times, and facing a medical emergency that nearly took my life.  If you’re in a season that feels heavy, isolating, or relentless… this one is for you. I’m glad to be back. And I’m grateful to still be standing. In this episode: Why I stepped away and why it was necessary Navigating co-parenting and the emotional toll it took Anxiety, surrender, and learning to stay present A near-death experience that changed my perspective Faith, endurance, and staying sober through the storm What it means to come back rebuilt, not bitter The storm passes. The work is staying. Connect with Me on Instagram  @korileigh | @korileigh.co  The Sunday Table If you enjoyed this episode please share with someone you love, leave a rating & review, and follow so you are notified when a new episode drops! If you are in search of the steps towards recovery check out www.aa.org

    30 min

  6. 05/05/2025

    51. Say Yes to Life (Even When It’s Messy, Uncertain, or Not What You Asked For)

    In this episode, we’re flipping the script on control and comfort and leaning into one powerful idea: what if your job isn’t to figure it all out—but to say yes anyway? I’m sharing what’s been stirring in my heart lately—from my conversations with God, to the wild, unexpected ways this podcast and social media have grown (spoiler: I didn’t plan any of it). This is your reminder that faith doesn’t always come with a blueprint, but it does come with breakthrough—if you’re brave enough to show up for it. We’re talking about:  🔥 The fear that shows up right before the big stretch 💬 How to trust the plan even when it feels like chaos 👊 Why saying yes to life (and God’s timing) will change everything ⚡ A challenge for the week: What’s one thing you can say YES to—even if it scares you a little? This episode is an invitation to stop waiting until you're ready and start trusting that God already knows what He's doing—you just have to agree to show up for the ride. Connect with Me on Instagram  @korileigh | @korileigh.co    If you enjoyed this episode please share with someone you love, leave a rating & review, and follow so you are notified when a new episode drops!   If you are in search of the steps towards recovery check out www.aa.org

    23 min

  7. 04/21/2025

    50. Let God Lead, Even When You’re Not Sure Where You’re Going

    In this episode of The Kori Leigh Show, I’m getting into the real stuff—how this podcast has changed me, and the way I’ve seen it land in your lives, too. We’re talking resolutions (spoiler: I don’t do ‘em), why I focus on themes over goals, and how the book The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer has cracked me wide open in the best way. Here’s the heart of it though: 👉 You don’t need faith to start. 👉 You don’t need motivation either. What do you need? To move. Take the step. Take action. And let God meet you there. I share how that’s played out in my own life—through fitness, through recovery, through moments I didn’t feel strong or “ready.” Because every time I showed up anyway, my faith grew. If you’ve been stuck, circling the same old thoughts, or waiting to feel “aligned” before you act—this episode is your fire. 🔥 Connect with Me on Instagram  @korileigh | @korileigh.co    If you enjoyed this episode please share with someone you love, leave a rating & review, and follow so you are notified when a new episode drops!   If you are in search of the steps towards recovery check out www.aa.org

    45 min

  8. 04/14/2025

    49. Faith Feels Like a Chess Game—But God’s Already Called Checkmate

    Trusting the Unknown: Following God One Step at a Time In this episode, I’m opening up about what it really feels like to trust God in the middle of uncertainty—in life, in business, in recovery… in everything. I share pieces of my own story and how lately, it’s felt a little like playing a game of chess. Every move comes with questions, resistance, and some real moments of “God, are you sure this is the way?” But here’s what I’m learning: God doesn’t always show up in big, dramatic moments. Sometimes He speaks through the quiet. The mundane. The stillness we usually try to avoid. This conversation is an invitation to: ♟ Let go of needing to know every next step 💛 Be open to hearing God in the ordinary 🙏 Learn to live by faith, not by fear I hope this episode brings you a deep breath of peace—and the permission to walk forward, even when the path ahead feels unclear.   Connect with Me on Instagram  @korileigh | @korileigh.co    If you enjoyed this episode please share with someone you love, leave a rating & review, and follow so you are notified when a new episode drops!

    37 min
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Welcome to The Kori Leigh Show. I’m Kori — a recovering alcoholic, 9 years sober, a mom, a woman who has walked through addiction, divorce, grief, mental health battles, and the kind of darkness that either takes you out… or forges you. I know what rock bottom feels like. I know anxiety that grips your chest. I know the obsession to escape. I know what it’s like to burn your own life down and still wake up the next day. And I also know recovery. I know surrender. I know what happens when desperation meets God. Sobriety didn’t give me a perfect life, but it gave me a real one. One built on faith, spiritual discipline, personal responsibility, and the daily choice to suit up and show up, even when it’s uncomfortable. This podcast is for the person who’s done pretending. The ones who knows something has to change. The ones who is tired of reacting from emotion and wants to start responding from conviction. Here, we talk about: Recovery and sobriety without romanticizing the pain Faith without performance or bypassing Resilience, boundaries, and self-respect What it actually takes to weather the storm and come out rebuilt You’ll hear raw conversations, unhinged truths, hard-won lessons, and stories from people who have been to the depths and chose to rise anyway. God meets us in the mess. The storm passes. And who you become in the storm determines everything. If you’re willing to do the work — welcome. As we say in recovery: Find the similarities, not the differences. That’s how we heal. Follow Me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/korileigh/

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