Bookends of Recovery and Healing: Addiction, Betrayal Trauma & Healing

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Learn from my mistakes, experience, growth & healing: 30+ years clean • Healed after betrayal trauma 🌻I share tools, exercises, and mindfulness for betrayal trauma healing and addiction recovery 🕊️You don’t have to do this alone → BookendsOfRecoveryandHealing.comJoin r/BookendsofRecovery | Reality TV & Doberman lover 🐾

  1. 6d ago

    ANTs: Reframe Negative Thoughts and Manage Them

    In this episode, I walk through an old group exercise and update it to help you learn how to reframe and manage negative thoughts. Also includes a free worksheet.  If you have any questions, please let me know.  If links aren't working, please try searching my new website. Sending everyone happy and healthy vibes, Laura Please note: This podcast is for education only and is not a replacement for therapy. I suggest you seek the help of a trained professional for your specific situation. Here are some resources to help you get started.

    ANTs: Reframe Negative Thoughts and Manage Them

  2. Sep 8

    Mindfulness Exercise for Anger and Resentment

    A guided mindfulness exercise for moments when anger or resentment feels heavy. Using breathing and a gentle body scan, we’ll slow down and notice how those feelings are showing up in your mind and body. If you have any questions, please let me know.  If links aren't working, please try searching my new website. Sending everyone happy and healthy vibes, Laura Please note: This podcast is for education only and is not a replacement for therapy. I suggest you seek the help of a trained professional for your specific situation. Here are some resources to help you get started.

    Mindfulness Exercise for Anger and Resentment

  3. Sep 1

    Am I A Terrible Person? Learning About Boundaries and Healthy Detachment

    Today we’re talking about why physical distance doesn’t always make emotional boundaries easier and what I’m learning about healthy detachment during separation. If you have any questions, please let me know.  If links aren't working, please try searching my new website. Sending everyone happy and healthy vibes, Laura Please note: This podcast is for education only and is not a replacement for therapy. I suggest you seek the help of a trained professional for your specific situation. Here are some resources to help you get started.

    Am I A Terrible Person? Learning About Boundaries and Healthy Detachment

  4. Aug 25

    Breathing Through the Stress of Anxiety

    Today, we'll use a simple visualization to help you step back from the stress you may be carrying and gently return to the present moment. Stress has a way of pulling us away from ourselves. Together, we'll use the breath to find our way back. If you have any questions, please let me know.  If links aren't working, please try searching my new website. Sending everyone happy and healthy vibes, Laura Please note: This podcast is for education only and is not a replacement for therapy. I suggest you seek the help of a trained professional for your specific situation. Here are some resources to help you get started.

    Breathing Through the Stress of Anxiety

  5. Aug 18

    We Can Face Our Fears Using the Tools: Playing the Script Until the End and The Stop Sign

    When fear tries to stop us or the negative voice starts chiming in our heads, we can combat it with these two tools: Playing the Script Until the End and The Stop Sign.  Be sure to tune in next week for the guided meditation here and on YouTube. If you have any questions, please let me know.  If links aren't working, please try searching my new website. Sending everyone happy and healthy vibes, Laura Please note: This podcast is for education only and is not a replacement for therapy. I suggest you seek the help of a trained professional for your specific situation. Here are some resources to help you get started.

    We Can Face Our Fears Using the Tools: Playing the Script Until the End and The Stop Sign

  6. Aug 11

    Why Some Apologies Heal...and Others Don't

    It’s no secret that I’ve made about kabillion mistakes on my journey to emotional sobriety, and one of them included my amends. Initially, I wanted to apologize to everyone. Like, every single person imaginable. Where’s that cross? Let me fall on it. But that’s not teaching me anything, is it? That’s an easy way to get everyone I’ve hurt (real or imagined) off my list. Learn why some apologies are better to wait on...or not make at all. Free Workbook: https://www.bookendsofrecovery.com/s/Before-You-Say-Im-Sorry.pdf If you have any questions, please let me know.  If links aren't working, please try searching my new website. Sending everyone happy and healthy vibes, Laura Please note: This podcast is for education only and is not a replacement for therapy. I suggest you seek the help of a trained professional for your specific situation. Here are some resources to help you get started.

    Why Some Apologies Heal...and Others Don't

  7. Aug 4

    The River Meditation: Letting Go

    Join me for this calming guided meditation, designed to help you gently let go of what may be weighing you down as you imagine yourself beside a gently flowing river. If you have any questions, please let me know.  If links aren't working, please try searching my new website. Sending everyone happy and healthy vibes, Laura Please note: This podcast is for education only and is not a replacement for therapy. I suggest you seek the help of a trained professional for your specific situation. Here are some resources to help you get started.

    The River Meditation: Letting Go

  8. Jul 28

    Written Boundaries: What Do You Think?

    After my second disclosure, I spent a lot of time online. Some might say an unhealthy time online. Those some would be my counselor and my husband’s CSAT. They weren’t wrong. During that time, I remember seeing a lot of disagreements about boundary agreements. People agreed that boundaries were necessary for someone’s well-being, but not much about written boundary agreements. In today's episode, I share about my experience with boundaries and a written boundary agreement. If you have any questions, please let me know.  If links aren't working, please try searching my new website. Sending everyone happy and healthy vibes, Laura Please note: This podcast is for education only and is not a replacement for therapy. I suggest you seek the help of a trained professional for your specific situation. Here are some resources to help you get started.

    Written Boundaries: What Do You Think?
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Learn from my mistakes, experience, growth & healing: 30+ years clean • Healed after betrayal trauma 🌻I share tools, exercises, and mindfulness for betrayal trauma healing and addiction recovery 🕊️You don’t have to do this alone → BookendsOfRecoveryandHealing.comJoin r/BookendsofRecovery | Reality TV & Doberman lover 🐾

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