You’re Not Alone
You're not alone in this journey. Sobriety, healing, and finding peace—for yourself or someone you deeply care about—are within reach. How do I know? Because I've been right where you are. I've felt lost, confused, and hopeless, yet I've found a way through, and I genuinely believe you can, too.
I've experienced both sides of addiction recovery: navigating my own sobriety and supporting my husband through his journey. My mission is to offer you a path filled with hope, inspiration, and encouragement. I create content designed to give you the tools, insights, and motivation you need, whether you're personally in recovery or a loved one seeking guidance and support.
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Grounding exercises 101 & 102
If you listen to my podcast or are visiting from Facebook, you know I love my grounding exercises. It's because they're such a great way to get into the present moment and stop triggers, spiraling negative thoughts, and anxiety dead in its tracks. I mean, how cool is that?
Here are some of my favorites. You may know some, but I'll bet others you haven't heard of, and I loved to use them, especially when I was going through betrayal trauma.
We'll start with the easiest one:
Automatic Negative Thoughts
Automatic Negative Thoughts (aka ANTs because they can line up and march around our brain) can hinder our forward progress. I also called it my "addict voice" because it liked to whisper those negative thoughts in my ear when I was feeling BLASTed (bored, lonely, angry, stressed, tired).