Dennis Berry - Host of The Funky Brain Podcast The One Day At A Time Recovery Podcast

Hello Loves,
 
Thank you for downloading the podcast, my name is Arlina, and I’ll be your host. 
 
Today, my guest is Dennis Berry, Author of “the funky brain” and the podcast with the same name. He is a Life Mastery Coach and has been working with people worldwide for over 15 years and he has been sober since April 8, 2003.
 
We talk a lot about different solutions and ideas that will hopefully help you on your recovery journey. I would love love love to hear what you found helpful, so shoot me an email at arlina@odaatchat.com or leave a comment on the one day at a time facebook page! (links to both on the website).
 
 
This episode is brought to you by Sober Life School. In case you didn’t know, I offer private coaching to focus on recovery, relationships and self-esteem. If you’d like to find out more about how I can help, you can set up a free strategy call by visiting: http://www.soberlifeschool.com
 
So there ya have it, please enjoy this wide ranging conversation, with Dennis!
 
Transcript:
 
Arlina Allen  0:09  
Okay, well, Dennis, welcome back to the podcast.
 
Unknown Speaker  0:12  
Thank you Arlina. My, my big young sister.
 
Arlina Allen  0:18  
Sister. Yes, I mean, I'm tiny in stature. I'm only like 5'3", but yes, a big and personality.
 
Unknown Speaker  0:24  
You are, I think we both have that
 
Arlina Allen  0:26  
you are too. Yeah, definitely cut from the same cloth. I am excited to have you back because we're going to focus this time on lots of solutions. You are a recovery coach, Life Mastery school, per your logo up there in the corner. For those of you who are not watching this on YouTube, Dennis has a logo. So we're going to talk about we're gonna I'm gonna ask you the lightning round. And then we're going to give a recap on your story, because you were on before. And I will leave a link from your previous interview. But I enjoy talking to you so much. I'm so glad that you're you're back. But we're going to talk about some solutions in regards to maybe some of the things that might be holding you back if you haven't yet gotten sober. How is that?
 
Unknown Speaker  1:22  
I love that. That's great.
 
Arlina Allen  1:24  
Yeah, it'll be fun. I don't know fun. But yeah, let's do some fun because most of these podcasts are so heavy. You and I were kind of giggling before that. We need to infuse some fun into this too, right?
 
Unknown Speaker  1:36  
I love fun. I'm I'm outgoing, fun person.
 
Arlina Allen  1:39  
You are fun.
 
Unknown Speaker  1:40  
I am like we are not a lot. Why me up? Let me go. I'll take it.
 
Arlina Allen  1:47  
Well, that's what we'll do. And I am gonna ask you what you do for fun, but for as far as a lightning round questions go. When you first got sober. What was maybe like one of the most impactful books that you read?
 
Unknown Speaker  2:01  
Hmm. Wow. That's a that's a loaded question. whitesville many were like the world was just opening up. I was just starting to understand life. So everything I read was like, wow, wow. Oh, my God, don't wait. So it was all like, really exciting and interesting. But, you know, I think like, the big book was exciting, because I was like, all the lights and stuff were going off. But, you know, the 12 and 12, the 12 steps. It really made things make a lot more sense. And so it was really informative to me. And outside of that of the, you know, a approved literature I really liked read and there was a book it was there is about it's called as a man thinketh
 
Arlina Allen  2:42  
Oh, that's a good one. Victor. Is that Viktor Frankl?
 
Unknown Speaker  2:45  
No, it's James Allen. I think James Allen. That's right. It was written in like 1902, like over 100 years ago, and almost 120 years ago. And it's a you know, a lot of that came out of that came like science of mine law of attraction, the secret and positive