Gill Tietz from Sober Powered talks about neuroplasticity and the brain's ability to adapt. Gill Tietz is the host and creator of the fabulous Sober Powered Podcast. She is a recovering alcoholic and has a BS in chemistry and an MS in biology which gives an incredible platform for the foundation of this conversation. She […]
After leaving the military because he no longer felt like he could lead people in dangerous places Richard. He described feeling shaky and a year later he started to have 'screaming nightmares' where the dream felt incredibly real. This had a big impact on his sleep and made him reluctant to seek help. He started […]
Tina explains her experience of bipolar. She describes sweeping highs and lows. The highs fill her full of energy, and she spends all of her money followed by lows of self-doubt, shame, and negative self-talk. This is a really interesting episode, partly because Tina and I used to be in a relationship, and also because […]
Māori actor Rob Mokoraka explains how his unresolved trauma manifest as low self-worth and negative self-talk. He felt that he could not share his internal experiences with anyone because that would have made him weak and vulnerable. Things he had been taught to avoid. Rob travels around Aotearoa, New Zealand, sharing his harrowing and inspiring […]
Entrepreneur and TED speaker Michael Brody-Waite has been sober for 17 years. He states that addicts wear masks to try to present themselves to the world in a certain way but they suffer from not being authentic. He states that there are 4 masks people generally wear: 1. Saying yes when you should say no […]
Mathew Kratiuk grew up on the streets involved in drugs, guns, and gangs. He describes an incident that changed his entire life. He was addicted to methamphetamine and had been given an opportunity to attend rehab. In a heated moment, he screamed at the 'rehab boss' wife. Matt described what this woman showed him as […]
Maddie Kitchen from Sobriety Films talks to us about her relapses and the subsequent anxiety and depression that followed. She describes the first time that she resisted a craving and realised she would be able to stay sober. "I don't have to say yes to this compulsion" Maddie Kitchen has been in recovery from alcohol […]
Katelyn Townsend tells us about her harrowing incidents of sexual abuse. She explains that because her first sexual encounter was at 3 years old it was very confusing because she did not understand how to relate to males in a "normal" way. She talks about the sense of shame and guilt that she has experienced. […]
Brooke Robichaud from Soberbizco gives us her advice for friends and family who have lost loved ones to overdose. She tells us about some of the tools that she has used to navigate her grief, that her grieving process is up and down and she speaks about the perspective that losing her brother has given […]
War veteran and ex psychotherapist Richard Margesson explains post-traumatic stress disorder. He describes it as being a form of anxiety caused by a major traumatic event or a series of smaller traumatic events that build up over time. A part of the brain changes is chemical composition putting you on an elevated stress plane having […]
