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426 Addicted to Pain: Breaking the Cycle That's Blocking Your Success
Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

426 Addicted to Pain: Breaking the Cycle That's Blocking Your Success

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What if the biggest obstacle to your success isn't your skill set, your circumstances, or even your past — but your addiction to staying

425 Raising the Bottom: How to Stop Drinking Before You Hit Rock Bottom
Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

425 Raising the Bottom: How to Stop Drinking Before You Hit Rock Bottom

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You Don't Have to Lose Everything First: What Step One Really Teaches Us If you've ever looked at the 12 steps and thought that'

424 The 6 Saboteurs Destroying Your Self-Control (And How to Beat Them) with Eric Zimmer
Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

424 The 6 Saboteurs Destroying Your Self-Control (And How to Beat Them) with Eric Zimmer

4 min read

What if the secret to lasting change isn't a single powerful moment, but thousands of tiny, unremarkable ones? That's the central i

423 The Sober Founder: How Recovery Principles Built a Business — and a Movement
Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

423 The Sober Founder: How Recovery Principles Built a Business — and a Movement

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When Nothing Goes According to Plan — and That's the Point Andrew Lassise didn't get sober because he wanted to. He got sober becau

422 From Trauma to Freedom: How Letting Go Changed Everything
Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

422 From Trauma to Freedom: How Letting Go Changed Everything

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What if your energy was like a bag of Skittles? That's the metaphor Anne uses in this conversation, and once you hear it, you can't

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421 The Hidden Beliefs That Control Your Behavior With Nir Eyal
Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

421 The Hidden Beliefs That Control Your Behavior With Nir Eyal

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The Beliefs That Shape Our Behavior One of the most frustrating experiences in life is knowing exactly what to do, but still not doing it.

420 The Root Cause of Emotional Eating In Sobriety
Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

420 The Root Cause of Emotional Eating In Sobriety

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The Root Cause of Emotional Eating In Sobriety There's something we don't talk about enough. You quit drinking. You do the work. Y

419 Sobriety, Service & Success: Rebuilding Life After Addiction
Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

419 Sobriety, Service & Success: Rebuilding Life After Addiction

4 min read

The Best Worst Thing That Ever Happened A conversation on sobriety, entrepreneurship, and rebuilding a life that actually works There'

418 Burnout, Identity & the "Respectable Addiction" of Work
Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

418 Burnout, Identity & the "Respectable Addiction" of Work

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The Respectable Addiction: When Work Becomes the Coping Mechanism A reflection on burnout, identity, and recovery — plus practical action s

417 Can I Moderate My Drinking? Why This Question Changes Everything
Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

417 Can I Moderate My Drinking? Why This Question Changes Everything

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Can I Moderate? Why This Question Matters More Than We Talk About For most of my recovery journey, I held a pretty firm belief: If you'

416 From Blackout Drinking to Divine Alignment: Paula Robbins' Recovery Story
Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

416 From Blackout Drinking to Divine Alignment: Paula Robbins' Recovery Story

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There's a point in many recovery journeys where insight stops being the problem. You know what to do. You understand your patterns. And

415 Parenting After Sobriety: The Struggles No One Talks About
Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

415 Parenting After Sobriety: The Struggles No One Talks About

2 min read

Quitting Drinking Was Easy. Learning How to Parent Angry Kids Was Not. One of the things I loved about my conversation with Zach Brittle is

414 From Eating Cookies Out Of The Garbage to Healing Food Addiction
Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

414 From Eating Cookies Out Of The Garbage to Healing Food Addiction

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One of the most powerful moments in this conversation came when Amber said: "I didn't want to do what I was doing… but it became m

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413 Sobriety Fundamentals: What Actually Keeps You Sober Long Term

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I recently sat down with my dear friend and author, John Loxley to discuss the fundamentals of sobriety. John is 15 years sober and works in

413 Sobriety Fundamentals: What Actually Keeps You Sober Long Term
Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

413 Sobriety Fundamentals: What Actually Keeps You Sober Long Term

4 min read

I recently sat down with my dear friend and author, John Loxley to discuss the fundamentals of sobriety. John is 15 years sober and works in

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