Podcast appearances and mentions of amy guerrero

The body holds so much knowledge and memories that it may or may not sometimes cloud our judgment. It is also a vessel that saves us from making terrible decisions and it is a vessel that holds so much truth. Learning to trust the body isn't easy, especially, when it has become dependent on negativity and pain. So now, how can one learn to trust their body when everything else says otherwise?   In this episode, Amy Guerrero and I talk about...Listening to the trigger cues the body detectsHow there is safety in being messyThe ways the body can remember things that one needs to heal from If you would like to connect with Kim on a complimentary discovery call and see how you can work with her, book your call here - https://calendly.com/talk-to-kim/unleash-your-unapologetic-power-now About the guest ❤️Amy is on a messy wild journey to “heal” ALL her trauma by the age of 40, she stumbled (pun intended) into a conscious sober lifestyle and into her deeper purpose to teach people nervous system regulation. She was confident from much lived experience, in treatment centers and inpatient facilities, that no single approach to healing and living a conscious lifestyle would work for her, so why would it work for anyone else?Today, she guides people to heal past traumas to feel more freedom, pleasure & purpose while creating healthy thriving relationships.Outside of running her coaching business, Regulate with Amy, you can find her practicing what she teaches; cooking healthy, delicious food, practicing yoga, playing outdoors, and strengthening her connection to herself to serve the energy of Get to know Amy more here…Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/regulatewithamyFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/regulatewithamyWebsite - https://www.regulatewithamy.com/—----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Kim below and continue the convo! Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=569755109 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/get_your_sexy_back_coach/ Website - https://getyoursexyback.ca/ Private FB Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/2251812558445958/

Need help regulating your nervous system, facing your anxiety and practicing healthy self-care?  Take a few minutes to listen to our inspiring conversation with life coach Amy Guerrero.  (You can reach her at https://www.regulatewithamy.com/)

Discover the transformative power of self-reflection and conscious communication in relationships. In my profound conversation with Amy Guerrero, we unravel her personal journey through celibacy and sobriety — a path that led her to a deeper understanding of her own desires and boundaries. Amy's story is a testament to how our relationships serve as mirrors, reflecting our deepest selves, and how managing one's energetic capacity can make or break the connections we cherish. This episode isn't just a glimpse into Amy's world; it's a roadmap for anyone looking to navigate the complexities of intimacy and self-discovery.Relationship dynamics are shaped by our childhood, and this episode doesn't shy away from dissecting those influences. Amy and I discuss the art of nurturing our inner child and the implications of dependency from our early years on our adult connections. By sharing strategies to avoid reverting to old survival tactics and instead pace our emotional responses, we offer a guide to cultivate understanding and growth in partnerships. Whether you're wrestling with the challenge of different processing speeds or the dance of attachment and boundaries, this episode provides a candid exploration of the delicate interplay between our past experiences and present interactions.Embarking on the journey of relationships and self-awareness can be as daunting as it is rewarding. This episode is a celebration of that expedition, as we delve into Amy's current exploration of non-traditional relationship dynamics and the navigation of open versus monogamous connections. Together, we address the universality of abandonment fears and the importance of emotional honesty in mitigating them. By concluding with an invitation for listener engagement, this episode is more than just a conversation — it's a call to join a collective journey of empowerment and self-evolution. Tune in as we share a wealth of insights destined to revolutionize your approach to relationships and the self. 0:00 Navigating Relationships and Self-Discovery  7:38 Navigating Relationship Dynamics and Self-Awareness  12:42 Navigating Relationship Dynamics and Attachment Systems  19:14 Navigating Relational Dynamics and Self-Awareness  26:05 Navigating Relationship Dynamics and Emotional Healing  40:17 Navigating Relationship Patterns and Growth  50:38 Feedback and Engagement Encouragement Are you ready to heal your relationship with your body and soul? Click Here to Learn More About Our Signature Program Our Links: Learn More About our ServicesFollow us on Instagram!Like us on Facebook!

[TW: this episode includes discussion of alcohol abuse and attempted suicide. If you know that hearing about these things will trigger you, please don't listen. Always take exquisite care of your beautiful self.] When Amy Guerrero reached sent me the google form for "potential podcast guests" she wrote, "I am passionate AF about this work, and look forward to connecting and supporting your audience." I immediately felt a HELL YES in my body. Amy does so much more than help people with trauma--and yet, trauma is also so threaded throughout our systems and lives that understanding it and understanding how to work with it and regulate our nervous systems is nothing short of MIRACULOUS. Amy shares her with so much openness and generosity. Please come hear about the power of surrender, the toxicity of shame, and the possibilities that exist when we start to understand these things. This episode is truly such a gift. LINKS: Amy's website: https://www.regulatewithamy.com/ Amy on IG: https://www.instagram.com/regulatewithamy/ Elijah on IG: https://www.instagram.com/elijahshannonselby/ Come say hello!

Regulate with Amy Summary Amy Guerrero from Thriving with Amy. She is a coach. She works; she's a yoga teacher. She does a little bit of everything. She's an amazing speaker and we had her on my mastermind class, like I was saying before the break, and she just did an amazing job. I'll be honest with you: I think it was one of the best mastermind classes that we had. Oh, just by the way, everybody, we do miss Dan and we miss Beth and we miss Bambi and we miss Jill. So next week, you guys will see them on the show. I'm hoping to have everybody together and, uh, reuniting everybody. But here is Amy Guerrero on trauma and healing through it and understanding it. llwejc@gmail.com --------------------------- Podcast Hotline- 800-989-6504 Call anytime (Non-emergency Number) Email- help@friendsinrecoverypodcast.com Website- www.friendsinrecoverycommunity.org Facebook- Friends in Recovery - A Community of Support The Friends in Recovery Podcast is powered by your Likes, Follows, Subscribes, and Shares! There are many ways to help someone that is suffering from addiction. There are professionals here to help you from staging an intervention to getting counseling as a family member and anything in between. If you or a loved one needs help, reach out to our panel at help@friendsinrecoverypodcast.com. Inquiries and interested speakers can reach us at help@friendsinrecoverypodcast.com or call 800-989-6504 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/friendsinrecovery/message

158: Regulate your Nervous System & Avoid Burnout with Amy GuerreroAmy Guerrero is a Nervous System Specialist I help people to regulate their nervous system to create conscious relationships and on purpose business practices. On a messy wild journey to “heal” ALL her trauma by the age of 40, she stumbled (pun intended) into a conscious sober lifestyle and into her deeper purpose to teach people nervous system regulation.She was confident from much lived experience, in treatment centers and inpatient facilities, that no single approach to healing and living a conscious lifestyle would work for her, so why would it work for anyone else?Today, she guides people to heal past traumas to feel more freedom, pleasure & purpose while creating healthy thriving relationships.Enrollment into my Advanced mastermind Lead with LoveTOPICS COVERED:

Amy Guerrero joins me to discuss her personal journey overcoming addiction through somatic experiencing and internal family systems therapy. We explore the importance of integrating personal growth into our professional lives and cultivating trust within ourselves. Amy shares how she now helps individuals develop their unique gifts to bring to the world through her Lead with Love program.Episode Highiights: How Amy discovered the connection between trauma and the body through her own experiences with addiction and sensitivity The importance of curiosity over judgment in personal growth and undoing patterns Bringing our whole selves to work, even in corporate environments, and learning to be undefendable without armour Fragmentation in life leads to feeling "yucky" and out of integrity Amy's approach to helping individuals start and scale businesses while transforming lifestyles through a whole-person lens The lack of authenticity in online "hustle culture" and benefits of Amy's nurturing Lead with Love program RESOURCES Find out more about Amy at https://www.regulatewithamy.com/ Follow Amy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/regulatewithamy/ My Upcoming Live Coached Events & Programs: Virtual Retreat - 5 Days To Freedom - 19th-23rd Feb 2024 https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/5dayvrfeb2024 FREE Masterclass - '5 Surprising Ways Taking A Break From Alcohol Can Be Effortless & Change your Life' - 28th Feb 2024 - https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/feb24masterclassreg 30 Day - Great Aussie Alcohol Experiment - LIVE! 4th March - 2nd April 2024 - https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/the_great_aussie_alcohol_experiment Learn more about Emma Gilmour at: www.hoperisingcoaching.com Follow Emma Gilmour on insta @hoperisingcoaching Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/midlife-af-podcast/id1649673705

“When we stay curious together, we can experience unimaginable freedom.” On a messy wild journey to “heal” ALL her trauma by the age of 40, Amy stumbled (pun intended) into a conscious sober lifestyle and into her deeper purpose to teach people nervous system regulation. She was confident from much lived experience, in treatment centers and inpatient facilities, that no single approach to healing and living a conscious lifestyle would work for her, so why would it work for anyone else? Today, Amy guides people to heal past traumas to feel more freedom, pleasure & purpose while creating healthy thriving relationships. Outside of running her coaching business, Regulate with Amy, you can find her practicing what she teaches; cooking healthy, delicious food, practicing yoga, playing outdoors, and strengthening her connection to herself to serve the energy of love and teach others to come home to themselves. In this episode you'll hear: How the nervous system impacts relationships & business Navigating relationships with people that are controlling, stuck in victimhood +/or triggering family dynamics  Overcoming a shame spiral +/or vulnerability hangover  Overcoming people pleasing even if its an intergenerational coding Growing your capacity to hold more & create a sustainable business  Finding your unique way in business  The necessary role of nourishment in the healing process How businesses are affected by the subtleties of the nervous system Creating a new way of life vs. all the quick fixes out there Amy's Offerings: School of Regulation - 1 week free  Roots Lead with Love Regroovin' Connect with Amy: Instagram: @RegulateWithAmy Website: www.regulatewithamy.com  Amy's Awaken My Soul Resources / Book Recommendations: Human Garage Stop Chasing Pain Yoga with Adrienne

-amys ancestry -amys journey through alcoholism and leaky energy to find her medicine and service in the world -busting myths about nervous system regulation -guilt and shame as indicators of a disregulated system -finding comfort in the darkness -internal repair of our wounded parts -devotion to our biology to live a life of service -the medicine of slowing down -opening ourselves up to deeper intimacy -feeling the full spectrum to find our way to neutrality -the practice and medicine of being in our animal body   Amys IG: @regulatewithamy Email: hi@regulatewithamy.com www.regulatewithamy.com/roots www.reguatewithamy.com/schoolisfun Emmas IG: @_guidedbylove Emmas website: www.emmamyers.love Schedule a connection call w/ Emma: https://calendly.com/yoniverse/connection-call?month=2023-06    

Host's Note:  To watch this interview instead, check out the YouTube video.This episode features our guest, Amy Guerrero, of Regulate With Amy and The School of Regulation - helping trauma survivors find healing by regulating their nervous systems. TOPICS COVERED: - Her story - dysregulation in her body, early childhood abandonment, opening with plant medicine, drug/alcohol misuse, suicidality, understanding her brain/body connection- Somatic experiencing and yoga practice- The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and how the brain just wants us to survive- What happens to the ANS during trauma- Inflammation- Coming back to safety inside- Self-trust is foundational - moving from trusting the outside world to the inside self- Freedom is your birthright - Felt sense, body sensation, sensualism, and sexuality- Practice savoring the moment - how it anchors the calm of the ventral state- Regrooving the pathways of the brain- You make senseGUEST'S MOST USEFUL RESOURCES IN THEIR HEALING: 1.  Dr. Gabor Mate - https://drgabormate.com/2. Louise Hay - https://www.louisehay.com/3. The Body Keeps the Score (author: Bessel van der Kolk)4. Yoga practice5. Daily grounding by walking the beach barefootFOR MORE INFO ABOUT OUR GUEST: 1. Regulate with Amy - https://www.regulatewithamy.com/2. School of Regulation - https://www.schoolofregulation.com/3.  IG - https://www.instagram.com/regulatewithamy/?hl=enTags:  #traumarecovery #traumarecoverycoach #traumahealing #healingfromtrauma #traumasurvivor #survivorhood #ifsinformed #regulate #ans #nervoussystem #freedom #safety #somaticexperiencing  #yoga #inflammation #sensation #sensuality #selftrust #feltsense #noticing #awareness Support the showTrauma Survivorhood is hosted by Sara, an IFS-informed certified trauma recovery coach with her own private practice called Full Circle Wellspring LLC. For one-to-one coaching, IFS guidance, classes, resources, support, blogs, contact info, and more - visit: https://www.fullcirclewellspring.com. For the most up-to-date info and offers, follow and like: https://www.facebook.com/fullcirclewellspring.For all past episodes, check out the Trauma Survivorhood's podcast home: https://www.fullcirclewellspring.buzzsprout.comFor all the episode videos, check out: https://www.youtube.com/@fullcirclewellspring© 2022 Trauma Survivorhood with Sara and Full Circle Wellspring LLC

Amy Guerrero, trauma-informed recovery coach, conscious sober person, and founder of Thrive In Recovery, has a coaching practice developed for sober people to heal their trauma, find success, and create healthy relationships with people, money, and themselves. Amy has learned how to go from admitting she was powerless to living powerfully, and believes it is her ultimate act of service to share her journey with others. I'm reaching out about having her on your show.    Amy knows from experience that getting sober is only the first step in a journey towards healing. She was pretending to be happy, thinking that the next meeting or the next therapy session would “fix” her and allow her to finally feel comfortable in her own skin, but it just wasn't happening. Amy got busy educating herself, training and working with people in somatic experiencing, attachment theory, and other trauma-informed modalities, and relating it to living a conscious sober lifestyle. She turned her healing into her life's work and now uses that education to coach people to feel more courage, hope and confidence in their sober life.  Blessed to be lead to Amy who is helping me today and our family. as our daughter has returned home from a treatment center.  I learned a lot. I think you will too.  ------------------------------ Support this podcast by buying a cup of coffee . Buy me a cup of coffee here. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/juggling OR  Purchase your own Journey to Joy Journal .  OR  Write a 5 STAR review on Podbean or Itunes. Share with others who may need and want to hear this message.       

Join Alex as she chats with Amy Guerrero, Founder of Thrive in Recovery, where she provides personalized coaching to help heal your relationships, love your work, and live sober with confidence.

In today's episode of Beat Your Addictions podcast we interview Amy Guerrero about the importance of gut health and healing the body's pathways to open your life up to achieving your dreams and staying sober in recovery. About Amy- I spent two years stumbling around in the dark trying to find my path to freedom. All I wanted was to fully accept myself; to feel whole and happy living sober. But I was stuck. I was pretending to be happy, thinking, the next meeting, the next therapy session – that's when I'm going to be 'fixed,' finally confident and comfortable in my own skin. It wasn't happening. When I reflect on this journey… What kept me going? I was driven by a vision of success – that building this for myself meant I could then share it with others. When I stopped using drugs and alcohol I turned my healing into my work and started sharing years of education and teaching to coach people to live life with freedom, fun, and clarity in all areas of their life in recovery. ​​​​​​​Thrive in Recovery will help you discover your purpose to create the life you desire ​​​​​​​to go beyond surviving to thriving in all areas of life. Why am I so passionate about this work? My passion comes from knowing what we do together is different than anything I found during my own recovery. What does that mean? It means I tried everything. I tortured myself, studying all the books, workbooks and resources of 12-steps, Celebrate Recovery, Refuge Recovery, SMART Recovery, and Life Ring (to name a few). My approach blends the best of those and other recovery paths to create a tailor-made journey exactly for you and your specific needs, desires, and goals. I know one-on-one healing and thriving creates a ripple effect, breaking unhealthy patterns in your relationships forever. I know it can start with you right now. Contact Amy at www.thriveinrecoverywithamy.com https://www.facebook.com/BeatYourAddi... For more info please visit us at JohnJGiordano.com John's books on sale at Amazon 'How to Beat Your Addictions and Live a Quality Life' https://tinyurl.com/y38qgz2f 'The Kid From The South Bronx Who Never Gave Up' https://tinyurl.com/yxp2ngz

This is a LIVE replay of A Trauma Survivor Thriver's Podcast which aired Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 12:00pm ET on Fireside Chat. Today's guest is Amy Guerrero. Amy is a trauma-informed recovery coach, conscious sober person, and founder of Thrive In Recovery, a coaching practice developed for sober people to heal their trauma, find success and create healthy relationships with people, money, and themselves. Amy created Thrive In Recovery to provide her clients with a one-on-one, personalized approach to sober living, tailored for their specific needs, desires, and goals. Recently, Amy launched Bridge To Trust, a complimentary 3-day interactive experience designed for recovering humans and their loved ones to repair relationships, heal dysfunctional family dynamics, and experience a deeper connection.

This is a LIVE replay of A Trauma Survivor Thriver's Podcast which aired Thursday, January 13th, 2022 at 11AM ET on Fireside Chat. My guest today is Shannon Moroney.  Shannon is a bestselling author of two memoirs: Through the Glass, her own story following the violent crimes committed by her first husband, and Out of the Shadows, the story of human trafficking survivor Timea Nagy. Shannon is also a trauma therapist and the clinical director of Shannon Moroney & Associates, currently providing treatment, support and advocacy for dozens of survivors of disgraced fashion mogul, Peter Nygard, currently being extradited to the US on a 9-count sex-trafficking and racketeering indictment. Shannon is also the author of HEAL FOR REAL: A Guided Journal to Forgiving Others―and Yourself which was just released on January 4th. She also contributed to January's issue of Authentic Insider which you can find at my website and if you haven't already, please subscribe to my email list to get Authentic Insider Magazine in your inbox monthly. Be sure to check in on Fireside next week. I'll be hosting two shows Wednesday, January 12th with Author Karen Gross about Trauma Education and on Thursday, January 13th with Amy Guerrero with Thrive in Recovery to discuss Trauma and Substance Abuse.

Amy Guerrero helps humans in recovery heal past traumas, release shame, guilt, overthinking & all the things that hold them back from healthy relationships with money, sex, pleasure, business & beyond. Resources: Follow Amy on Instagram @thriveinrecoverywithamy Visit her website www.thriveinrecoverywithamy.com Thanks for joining us on the Think Yourself Healthy Podcast! Don't forget to leave a review and make sure you share that you're listening to this episode on the gram and tag myself @heatherderanja and @thinkyourselfhealthy_ so we can share! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/heather-deranja/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/heather-deranja/support

Amy Guerrero is a fellow conscious sober woman. She supports sober people to heal past traumas to feel more freedom, pleasure & purpose. She helps sober people create healthy relationships & thrive. Tune into this episode where Amy tells her story and journey of how she became sober and what advice she would give for others on a sober journey. You can connect with Amy and learn more about her here: https://www.thriveinrecoverywithamy.com/guides-to-thrive Are you a fan of Sober Yoga Girl Podcast? The podcast remains completely free, and free from advertisements, however, it has monthly production costs. If you are able to, please subscribe to become a monthly podcast member to support our show. As a member you get invited to a once a month mocktails night and hangout with Alex on Zoom (rotating times to accomodate our many timezones!) Please subscribe here to support us! www.themindfullifepractice.com/podcast . 

On today's episode we speak to our Amy Guerrero. Amy believes “When we stay curious together, we can experience unimaginable freedom.” On a journey to heal her trauma Amy stumbled (pun intended) into a conscious sober lifestyle and my deeper purpose to support people. Today, she supports sober people to heal past traumas to feel more freedom, pleasure & purpose in create healthy relationships & thrive. Amy was confident no single approach to healing and living a conscious sober life would work for her so why would it work for anyone else? She got busy educating herself, training and working with people in somatic experiencing, attachment theory and other trauma-informed modalities and relating it to living a conscious sober lifestyle. What Amy discovers is missing for my clients, who include all adults ready to create healthier relationships, is when we unravel the root causes of the addictive escape such as grief, trauma and painful events from the past, they discover the safety to live with purpose and thrive in all of their relationships. Outside of running her coaching business, Thrive in Recovery, you can find her practicing what she teaches; cooking healthy, delicious food, practicing yoga, playing outdoors and strengthening her connection to herself to serve others. Amy's links: Bridge to Trust Event: https://bit.ly/bridgetotrustexperience Here is my IG: https://www.instagram.com/thriveinrecoverywithamy/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thriveinrecoverywithamy Website: https://www.thriveinrecoverywithamy.com/ Please check out our website www.beesoberofficial.com. You can also check out the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/beesober Season 4 is sponsored by IPHM, The International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine, an International Accreditation Board for Holistic, Complementary, Alternative, Beauty Therapists and Training Providers & Counsellors. Visit their website here for more information: https://www.iphm.co.uk/ Additional links: Donate to Bee Sober: https://www.beesoberofficial.com/support-us/ Nacoa: https://www.nacoa.org.uk/ AA https://aa.org/ Al Anon https://al-anon.org/ Luna Courses: https://www.lunacourses.com/ Use code BEESOBER20 to receive £20 off any course over £50 15% off Nocktail use BEESOBER at checkout https://www.nocktail.com 10% off Noughty AF wine use BEESOBER10 at checkout https://thomsonandscott.com/products/noughty-alcohol-free-sparkling-wine Buy a range of AF drinks from The Dry Drinker https://scripts.affiliatefuture.com/AFClick.asp?affiliateID=348247&merchantID=7264&programmeID=26735&mediaID=-1&tracking=&url=

Amy Guerrero, trauma-informed recovery coach, conscious sober person, and founder of Thrive In Recovery, a coaching practice developed for sober people to heal their trauma, find success and create healthy relationships with people, money, and themselves. Amy has learned how to go from admitting she was powerless to living powerfully and believes it is her ultimate act of service to share her journey with others. I'm reaching out about having her on your show. Amy knows from experience that getting sober is only the first step in a journey towards healing. She was pretending to be happy, thinking that the next meeting or the next therapy session would “fix” her and allow her to finally feel comfortable in her own skin, but it just wasn't happening. Amy got busy educating herself, training and working with people in somatic experiencing, attachment theory, and other trauma-informed modalities, and relating it to living a conscious sober lifestyle. She turned her healing into her life's work and now uses that education to coach people to feel more courage, hope, and confidence in their sober life. Amy created Thrive In Recovery to provide her clients with a one-on-one, personalized approach to sober living, tailored for their specific needs, desires, and goals. Recently, Amy launched Bridge To Trust, a complimentary 3-day interactive experience designed for recovering humans and their loved ones to repair relationships, heal dysfunctional family dynamics, and experience a deeper connection. The world needs families and friends to come together to forgive, connect more deeply, and be the transitional characters that end the generational trauma forever. Workshop https://bit.ly/thriveinrecovery2020 https://bit.ly/SoberRelationshipSchool https://bit.ly/bridgetotrustexperience Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thriveinrecoverywithamy/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thriveinrecoverywithamy Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thriveinrecoverywithamy?lang=en What is your current mindset? Book your FREE 30 Minute Mindset Audit Call Do you feel like you are getting nowhere fast? Do you know if you have a growth or fixed mindset? Do you want to discover what is holding you back and how you can get from where you are to where you want to be? What are you waiting for then?? Book a mindset audit session to discover how you can master your mind, overcome your limiting beliefs and lead a more authentically fulfilled life. Book Here: Mindset Business Audit Call What are you grateful for? Do you want to be featured on The Gratitude Zone? All you have to do is send me a 2 - 3 minute audio clip and include the following! Who you are What you do…(Let us know if you're a coach, podcaster, or speaker!) What you're grateful for Why are you grateful for this! Send your recorded audio clip to tamar@theroadforward.ca Be sure to add the name Gratitude Zone in the Subject of your email! Come join the Zoom Party! Do you want to network and collaborate with like-minded entrepreneurs in recovery? Then make sure you join our next Collaboration Zone Zoom Party. This will give you an opportunity to network with other entrepreneurs who can help you grow or complement your business!

Even the most insightful and self-aware people sometimes struggle to let go of coping mechanisms that keep us stuck.This was the reality for Amy Guerrero, whose untreated trauma and loss as a child led her down a painful path of addiction and other self-sabotaging behaviours. Breaking this cycle required Amy to practice something revolutionary: becoming her own advocate. For Amy, this meant learning to find her voice, ask for what she needed, and be clear on her boundaries. After years of investing in her recovery, Amy now works as a life coach to help others on their own healing journey. Both in this podcast episode and through her program, Thrive in Recovery, Amy teaches us how finding our own sense of agency can make all the difference in overcoming the obstacles that get in the way of living fully.Website: www.amyguerrero.com 

Matt Finch interviews Amy Guerrero, founder of Thrive in Recovery. They discuss what it means to maintain healthy connections during and after recovery. They also provide helpful tips and insight through personal experiences.

Amy Guerrero knows from experience that getting sober is only the first step in a journey towards healing. She was pretending to be happy, thinking that the next meeting or the next therapy session would “fix” her and allow her to finally feel comfortable in her own skin, but it just wasn't happening. Amy got busy educating herself, training and working with people in somatic experiencing, attachment theory, and other trauma-informed modalities, and relating it to living a conscious sober lifestyle. She turned her healing into her life's work and now uses that education to coach people to feel more courage, hope and confidence in their sober life.

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In this episode, you get to hear the real-life recovery story of Amy Guerrero and her story of finding the way into a self-created pathway to healing. On a journey to heal her trauma Amy stumbled (pun intended) into a conscious sober lifestyle and her deeper purpose to support people. Today, Amy supports sober people to heal past traumas to feel more freedom, pleasure & purpose, to create healthy relationships & thrive. She was confident no single approach to healing and living a conscious sober life would work for her so why would it work for anyone else? Amy got busy educating herself, training and working with people in somatic experiencing, attachment theory and other trauma-informed modalities and relating it to living a conscious sober lifestyle. You can register for Amy's complimentary three day Bridge to Trust experience here https://bit.ly/bridgetotrustexperience Other ways to get in touch with Amy or learn more about her: Bridge to Community: https://bit.ly/itsforyoutobridgethetrust Insta:  https://www.instagram.com/thriveinrecoverywithamy/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thriveinrecoverywithamy Website:  https://www.thriveinrecoverywithamy.com/  

As many know my story, I first entered this crazy world of recovery very young, at the age of 16 after getting arrested twice and choosing rehab instead of juvenile prison. That was the first of many and aside from not thinking I really had a problem, my crazy mind somehow said that I won't take it seriously until I am fully physically dependent and lose everything. Didn't exactly say that to myself, but it is what I did.Most of us, especially when we are younger, believe that life is going to be boring, it is going to suck, and I will never find enjoyment in life. It was a belief I carried that drugs, particularly meth, gave me confidence, pleasure, and I was more likeable. None of this was true because as I title this high while clean, pleasure comes from me. After many years of destroying my body, I learned first hand that what I was actually doing was slowly but surely taking all of those positives I felt meth gave me. As times passed, I became less confident, pleasure eventually faded, and I was far from likeable as I developed the very same symptoms as antisocial personality disorder.The lies I told myself was killing me. Life did suck getting loaded but I will also admit that life did suck when I was newly sober as the damage I caused made all of those negative things I mentioned worse. Deep depression, I hated myself worse than others did, and I was far from confident. I struggled as I fought to stay clean. I eventually followed direction as I was told that “all I needed to do was to get a sponsor, work the steps and go to meetings. “They helped as I gained a network of people, but I became stagnant at times. I didn't feel that I was getting everything I needed to become happy, confident, and truly stable. I needed more. I worked hard on myself with self-esteem, caring about myself and finding all those things I felt meth gave me, clean and sober. I found highness while clean. My guest today, is someone I would loved to have found in my early years of recovery because it possibly could have made life a lot easier as I had to fumble around to figure these things out. Amy Guerrero is a trauma-informed recovery coach, sober herself, and founder of Thrive In Recovery, which is to help heal trauma, help individuals find success, and create healthy relationships with people. I see her as someone working at times, to help people learn just the basic life skills that fail to be taught in treatment programs. Recently, Amy launched Bridge To Trust, a complimentary 3-day interactive experience designed for repairing relationships, heal dysfunctional family dynamics, and experience a deeper connection.

Amy Guerrero is a trauma-informed recovery coach helping people on their journey of sobriety and healing from trauma. In this episode, she talks with Alyssa about why it can be dangerous to tell people struggling with addiction to “just quit”. She also shares about her own battle with addiction and how addiction actually saved her life - at first! Tune in to hear Amy's incredible story as well as her unique approach to helping others heal via a fully somatic experience.  Support the Podcast Light After Trauma website Amy's Website:https://www.thriveinrecoverywithamy.com    Transcript: Alyssa Scolari [00:23]: [singing] Alyssa Scolari [00:23]: Hello, everybody, welcome. On the day that we are recording this, it is Friday and I am in a really good mood. Why? I don't know, because things are hectic, but I am, so we're going with it. I am really excited for today's episode. I am really excited for our guest today. We have with us Amy Guerrero. I'm just going to tell you a little bit about Amy before we get into it. Alyssa Scolari [00:55]: "When we stay curious together, we can experience unimaginable freedom." I love that quote. "On a journey to heal from my trauma, I stumbled, pun intended, into a conscious sober lifestyle and my deeper purpose to support people. Today, I support sober people to heal past traumas, to feel more freedom, pleasure, and purpose, and create healthy relationships and thrive. Alyssa Scolari [01:22]: I was confident no single approach to healing and living a conscious sober life would work for me, so why would it work for anyone else? I got busy educating myself, training and working with people in somatic experiencing, attachment theory and other trauma-informed modalities and relating it to living a conscious sober lifestyle. Alyssa Scolari [01:44]: What I discover is missing for my clients, who include all adults ready to create healthier relationships, is when we unravel the root causes of the addictive escape, such as grief, trauma, and painful events from the past, they discover the safety to live with purpose and thrive in all of their relationships. Alyssa Scolari [02:06]: Outside of running my coaching business, Thrive in Recovery, you can find me practicing what I teach, cooking healthy, delicious food, practicing yoga, playing outdoors, and strengthening my connection to myself to serve others." Alyssa Scolari [02:22]: I love that. Hi, Amy. Welcome. Amy Guerrero [02:26]: Thank you so much. It's so delightful to be here and all of our good moodiness is jiving off of each other because I too am having a great Friday. Alyssa Scolari [02:36]: Oh, that makes me so happy to hear that. Amy and I are moving buddies. Amy has just moved so we were talking about the process of moving before we started recording. Yeah. We're both vibing. Amy Guerrero [02:50]: Yeah. Alyssa Scolari [02:50]: Is there anything you want to add to that bio, or can I just get rolling? Amy Guerrero [02:56]: It's just- Alyssa Scolari [02:56]: Can I just start with my 21 questions? Amy Guerrero [02:58]: Just get started with your 21 questions. You said it all. Yeah. Alyssa Scolari [03:04]: Can you define, for the listeners, what is somatic experiencing? What does that mean? Because I love that technique, but I don't think a lot of people really know what that means. Amy Guerrero [03:19]: Absolutely. I like to put things in very user-friendly words, so I'm not going to define it as maybe the Somatic Experiencing Institute would define it. I'm going to define it as Amy Guerrero defines it. Alyssa Scolari [03:31]: Of course. Amy Guerrero [03:31]: It's really, for me, as a conscious sober woman, before I became conscious I was really feeling my way through life. I was experiencing a lot of life through all of the sensation in my body, and everyone in the world doesn't experience that, or stops the sensation from happening. Then just tries to analyze and analyze and think and think and think. Amy Guerrero [03:57]: What somatic experience is, is really a bottom-up approach to mental health, mental wellness, and overall wellness. It's really going into the body to allow the body to complete things that happened, whether unconscious or conscious. For instance, with traumatic events or with grief, oftentimes we stuff it down and we put it away and we promise we're going to go back for it later. Amy Guerrero [04:26]: Then some kind of chronic inflammation shows up and it just won't go away. Often that's the body keeping the score, as Bessel would say, or telling us like, "Hey, there's something in here." So often it's an emotional piece. The somatics that I really practice in somatic experiencing that I practice for myself and my clients is like, "Hey, let's listen to what your body wants to tell us and then listen to what your mind is telling us about that." Amy Guerrero [04:52]: Really slowing it down. So often people who've experienced any escapism with drugs or alcohol, or even just the behaviors that are just highly palatable on the GABA receptors and the feel-good transmitters, they don't remember that they have a body because it's been drowned out by the heavy use of other things outside of themselves. That's my story too. Alyssa Scolari [05:18]: Yeah. That was going to be my next question, is, this is something that I feel like many people who struggle with addiction, and I also believe eating disorders, this is something that we do. We almost, metaphorically of course, are walking around with our heads detached from our bodies when we're in our addiction. Would you agree with that? Amy Guerrero [05:46]: Absolutely. Our heads get very manipulative and wise at the same sense, because it's all a protective mechanism. Our brains start to create all of the story that becomes so intense and it just won't stop. Amy Guerrero [06:03]: When I was working in eating disorder clinics, I was always just really watching the room instead of listening to every single word, because what I could see in their bodies would tell me the story in which they had calculated such a beautiful story in which most of it their body was telling me wasn't true. Right? Amy Guerrero [06:25]: Their head was like, "Oh, no, this is exactly what's happening." It's so true. It's a protective mechanism. I don't think there's anything wrong or right about it. It makes sense. Alyssa Scolari [06:39]: Absolutely. I think that for some people that's truly where they need to be, because it's one of those things where maybe if we were fully in tune, we would lose it. It is, as you said, a protective measure. I believe it's a survival mechanism. Amy Guerrero [06:54]: Absolutely. Alyssa Scolari [06:55]: It keeps us alive. Amy Guerrero [06:57]: Yep. Alyssa Scolari [06:58]: In a way ... And this might sound like a twisted sentence, but sometimes our addiction is what keeps us alive. Amy Guerrero [07:05]: Oh, if I didn't start using drugs and alcohol when I did, I think I would have been suicidal much sooner in my life than when I was. I mean, my first MDMA experience was a life-changer. I believe I used it in this very beautiful way where I had journals and all of the things and just really got to the matter of what was really bothering me. Amy Guerrero [07:27]: I believe that those experiences, although then I would use them in ways that weren't necessarily therapeutic for me, but if I didn't use the way I did, I don't think I'd be here now. Because at the end of my using, when that coping mechanism was taken away from me, I tried to kill myself for almost 18 months. Alyssa Scolari [07:46]: Yes. I am so appreciative of the fact that you shared that, because not only are you speaking some really hard and wise truth about addiction, but in saying what you just said, which is drugs and alcohol essentially helped to keep me alive, you are taking the shame off of it and the guilt and the stigma as well, because there's such a stigma, right? We know about stigma. Alyssa Scolari [08:15]: We could talk about that all day, but when you look at it as like, "I needed this to survive." There are so many people who carry so much guilt and shame from years when they had addiction and they struggled, but when you reframe it and you look at it as what it was, which was you just trying to survive, I feel like it takes a lot of that guilt and shame away. Amy Guerrero [08:39]: A hundred percent. That was what I struggled with at first, because I wasn't being met where I was at. The people that were trying to support me ... I had started working on my trauma before I became physically dependent on alcohol. About halfway through my journey, I met my birth mom and then that's when my alcohol use just went up and up. Amy Guerrero [09:04]: My coping mechanisms, I really leaned into them, but I was on this journey to heal all my trauma by the time I was 40 and I just giggle at myself now because that's so my personality. Like, "I'm going to figure all of this out before I'm 40 because I'm going to walk into my 40 totally freaking healed and have it all figured out." Amy Guerrero [09:24]: Instead, I'm waking up shaking and going, "Wait, you cannot take away my favorite coping mechanism. What the actual fuck is going to happen now?" People were trying to tell me that everything that I was saying was untrue and to not trust my body and that I was powerless and all of these things. I was like, "Ah, no, I hear you. Maybe this works for some people, but please listen to me and meet me where I'm at." I wasn't really receiving that kind of support. Alyssa Scolari [09:56]: When you say people were telling you, do you mean professionals, healthcare professionals were telling you ... In what aspects were they telling you to not listen to your body? Amy Guerrero [10:07]: The first treatment center that I went to, I mean, beautiful humans that knew what they knew. They were a 12-step modeled treatment center. Everything was modeled off of the 12 steps. They really believed in everything that the book said and didn't take into account the body and the trauma and the deeper underlying things. It was like, "Oh, yeah, okay, sure, but right now you're powerless over alcohol and that's all we need to focus on." Amy Guerrero [10:38]: I'm like, "Maybe, but all day long I can tell you what you want to hear, but my body's still telling me, 'I'm not safe here. I'm not safe here. I'm not safe here.'" That extra ... You know? I think coping with food or by not really choosing food in the ways to nurture the body, right? Amy Guerrero [11:00]: That's something that's so similar where the people that are there just don't feel like they're being met where they're at and they're being told how they feel rather than actually being listened to on how they feel. I feel like that was something that was really missing. Amy Guerrero [11:15]: No fault of the practitioners. Just not trained in the same things that I had already been studying for a long time, because I was into my body's going to tell me what's right and what's wrong. Alyssa Scolari [11:29]: Yeah. Absolutely. As I think back to my eating disorder treatment days, because I had a whole host of anorexia, bulimia and then binge eating, and by the time I was in treatment, I was in full-blown binge eating. It's exactly like you said, they know what they know and they don't know what they don't know. What they didn't know was how badly I needed food to be able to survive with what I was going through. Alyssa Scolari [12:00]: What they didn't know was how deeply and horribly traumatized I had just been. I have a group of people sitting here telling me like, "You have to stop eating. You have to stop." Then I would get those weekly weigh-ins and they would be like, "You gained more weight this week. You're not being compliant." Ultimately they kicked me out. I got kicked out. Cue guilt and shame. Alyssa Scolari [12:29]: I mean, please. I mean, I understand. I feel completely what you're saying, because people are in a way telling you not to listen to your body. Amy Guerrero [12:43]: Yeah. I don't know about your experience and I really don't ... This is such an important conversation because I felt shame from childhood and I was really good at feeling shame. As a matter of fact, I felt more comfortable in my shame than I did in my power, so when people would tell me to not listen to my body or basically that what I was doing was wrong, again, it confirmed that I had to stay in the shame spiral. Amy Guerrero [13:14]: I had to ... I call it a blanket. I stayed underneath the blanket of shame and walked through my life with not good enoughness, with compromising my body with men, with work, with overworking, overdoing over everything, over, over, over, really led by my masculine energy. Amy Guerrero [13:32]: Because I was more comfortable feeling ashamed of who I actually was than empowered to be the confident woman that ... I exhibited all the traits of it on the outside, but inside I was like, oh, just awfully, awfully, awfully shameful of everything and always asking for permission to take up any freaking space in any room that I was in. Alyssa Scolari [13:59]: Absolutely. Absolutely. It's like, we have trauma that contributes to us feeling very disconnected from our bodies and then we try to seek help. Then we get this message from people who aren't meaning to give us this message, but again, they don't know what they don't know. Then we get this message that's like, "Well, yeah, you really don't. You really don't know what's going on." This is really bad. Alyssa Scolari [14:31]: Then we further detach from ourselves and we just sink into the shame. I mean, yeah, absolutely. I mean, to the point where I remember being a kid and if somebody ever told me ... I would get the comment a lot, because I think by nature, I'm a loud person. I do have a lot of confident energy, and if somebody would tell me like, "Shh." Just that, if you shush me, done. Done. Alyssa Scolari [15:04]: Shame attack, right? You call it a shame blanket. I call it shame attack. I'm done. Hiding under a rock, shame spiral into suicidality. Amy Guerrero [15:15]: Yeah. Oh, gosh. Yeah. I think again, it's something that we don't spend enough time naturalizing. It's just like, "Oh, it's totally a natural response based on the fact that we weren't being met where we were." No one was just looking in our eyes going, "Hey, that's okay. What you're feeling's totally natural." Instead, it was like, "Oh my God, it's my fault again." You know? Amy Guerrero [15:42]: I can remember even, especially with my partners, how I would just shut down, and because I have such a big presence in a room as well, when I shut down, I shut down the whole room because of my energetic [inaudible 00:15:53]. Like a manifesting generator, utilitarian. I am an energy source and a- Alyssa Scolari [15:58]: You're a manifesting generator? Amy Guerrero [16:00]: Yeah. Alyssa Scolari [16:01]: Okay. I'm a projector. Amy Guerrero [16:03]: Oh, beautiful. Alyssa Scolari [16:04]: To the listeners out there, look this shit up. I am telling you, your life will be changed by human design. Go to Jovianarchive.com. Find your human design. You will be forever changed. That's a side note. Amy Guerrero [16:16]: Yeah. Totally. My best friend is a projector as well, and so I've learned so much about projectors. Yeah. Yeah. Our energy levels are so different, and so it's so beautiful to have this information so that we can navigate our relationship in such a different way. Alyssa Scolari [16:32]: It's a truly beautiful thing. I think my husband is a manifesting generator and it is like reading about manifesting generators I'm like, "Wow." It's so cool. Anyway, I digress because I could talk about human design all day too. I want to ask you, what was that turning point for you? Alyssa Scolari [16:53]: Because you're describing the Amy who was walking around feeling detached, getting this message from treatment facilities that you shouldn't trust your body, right? Then you're trying to give up this addiction that you actually need to survive. How did you get from that Amy to the Amy who's like, "Oh, I needed this and it's okay that I needed this." Amy Guerrero [17:20]: Yeah. That's a great question. It took about 18 months. First it took me like just trying to take my life. I always tried to drink enough and take enough Xanax to just not be here. I was so frustrated because it just wouldn't work. Somehow some way, I would end up in the hospital and somehow I would wake up. I started writing this program, the Thrive in Recovery methodologies, I call it Regroovin', in 2014 when I was first in treatment. Amy Guerrero [17:48]: By 2016 I was unsuccessful again and I was just like, "Enough is enough." I went to a treatment center and I said, "Please, let me do it my way. Hold space for me. I have a plan. I just need a safe environment to get out of this. I will be the client that I need to be, if you give me space to study and do my own thing during groups." They did. I did exactly what I was told to do and got out of there. Amy Guerrero [18:19]: Then I chose to move into sober living. When I moved into sober living, I immediately started creating the coursework and teaching it three months later and then started my business. It's like, I knew that if I wasn't going to die, that I needed to live like I was never going to live before. Amy Guerrero [18:38]: Exactly like you said, I needed to go through this experience to be here now to bring this into the world. It wasn't really this super empowered decision. It was just like, "Oh, okay. I didn't die again so I'm going to live like I've never lived before." Alyssa Scolari [18:55]: That's realistic, right? I so appreciate that because that's what it's like. That's recovery. It's not like I think the way they make it fucking look in movies where you wake up one day and the sun shines fucking brighter and the birds are chirping. The birds are singing that you're meant to be alive. That's not the shit that happens. Alyssa Scolari [19:22]: It's like, we wake up and we're like, "Well ..." I know for me, it was like I had an attempt and then it didn't work and I was like ... It's very similar. I was like, "Well, fuck. I'm here. I guess I'm fucking here. What am I going to do about this shit?" Amy Guerrero [19:43]: Yeah. A hundred percent. It wasn't this beautiful oh. It was like, "I'm fucking here and I'm going to fucking make this decision and everyone just ..." Then I think there was a bit of like, "I'm going to prove the haters fucking wrong." Alyssa Scolari [20:01]: Yes. That anger that you make productive instead of self-destructive. Amy Guerrero [20:05]: Absolutely. Yeah. I was still really involved in the 12-step communities and the things that I knew that people told me they worked and I was like, "You know what, I'm going to study them. I'm going to go into why these things were developed and why it works. Then study SMART Recovery and then study LifeRing, and then study all of these different modalities and figure out something. What's the throughline for all of them? Why does this work?" Amy Guerrero [20:30]: I was. I was fucking angry at first, and so I wanted to prove everybody fucking wrong. Then I also wanted the answer to be through the body. What I first started with my gateway in was actually through nutrition and wellness and just understanding instead of eliminating things from people's diet, because we already eliminated so much, how can we add in things to support them? Amy Guerrero [20:53]: I started making essential oil blends and I started teaching yoga classes and just really encouraging everyone in ... Because I was working at treatment centers. Encouraging them to go to sound baths and to go into the somatics. It's like, let's just get to know that you have a body that's meant to do more than take you out in so many different ways. Amy Guerrero [21:14]: Because that detachment, that head that's not attached to the body, just felt like their body was in their way and then therefore abused it. All of the sex that happened in there, I was just like, "Ouch, that does not feel good for you." You know? Alyssa Scolari [21:30]: Yeah. Amy Guerrero [21:30]: For many of the women, they weren't even having orgasms, but they were sleeping with everyone at treatment. I was just like, "Let's stop that and let's add in some yummy oils and some yummy practices and let's go to the beach every day. Then let's acquaint yourself with your sensuality in a different way." Alyssa Scolari [21:48]: Yes. I love that. Operating from the approach of, what can we add, right? What can we add? Because you clearly are lacking, right? We're already lacking in something if we are caught up in addiction and eating disorders. It's like, let's not take anything away right now because that's not safe. Then in my private practice, I tend to be very slow with that. Alyssa Scolari [22:20]: I actually get a lot of ... In working with kids because I work with kids and adults, but the parents of kids are often on my ass about like, "Why is my kid still binge eating? Why? This isn't working." I'm very slow. I'm never like, "Well, why don't you just stop?" Because you don't know what's on the other side of that. Nine times out of 10, it's deep, intense suicidality. Amy Guerrero [22:49]: Yeah. Oh, gosh. I don't know how many times you were told that, "Oh, God, Amy you're so smart. Why don't you just stop?" Alyssa Scolari [23:00]: You have such a bright future. Just stop. Amy Guerrero [23:04]: Oh my God. I just remember when ... I mean, at one point I remember I did try to kick someone in the face when they told me that. I was just like, "It's so insulting." I was drunk but, "It's so insulting to hear that. I know I'm fucking smart. I know I've accomplished all of this shit. I know that it's not a wise decision. My prefrontal cortex is not online right now. Get the fuck out of my face. If you ever told me to just stop again." Really listen to what that means. Alyssa Scolari [23:36]: Right. Amy Guerrero [23:37]: It is so condescending. Alyssa Scolari [23:38]: You're only problem won't be my foot if you ever fucking tell me to stop again. We're going to have much bigger problems than my foot in your face. Amy Guerrero [23:49]: Yeah. I get it because the parents want to control that so badly. Then that's their unhealed emotional trauma. Alyssa Scolari [23:57]: Totally. Totally. A thousand percent. For you, this is the approach that you're taking and you work individually with people? Amy Guerrero [24:08]: And in groups. Yeah. Yeah. Alyssa Scolari [24:10]: And in groups. Yeah. Tell me a little bit about the business that you have because you've taken, what I feel is like a newer approach and a highly effective approach to recovering from addiction and trauma because, right? The biggest thing is, "Okay. Now what, right? After I'm no longer an alcoholic or I no longer am using drugs, now what do I do?" Alyssa Scolari [24:33]: I feel like you have found a really beautiful way of helping people through that. How do you do that? If you can answer that and in a few sentences, I don't know if you can. Amy Guerrero [24:42]: I can actually. I mean, that's exactly what it was. It was like, you're sober now what? Right? Now maybe for the first time we're learning how to do life, right? The first thing that I do when I'm working with people one-on-one is we usually start with something like a three-month commitment to one another and really just decide like, yes, we're in it. Amy Guerrero [25:06]: That first month is all about teaching regulation and really helping them understand that they have a nervous system and the three parts of the nervous system and really teaching polyvagal. Then understanding their attachment patterns and then not going too deep into the trauma, but just touching on the things that we know, what I call them they're anchors of trauma, right? Amy Guerrero [25:28]: Like, "Oh, that's the incident that started this and that's the incident that started this." We build that connection to take away the shame and the guilt and the blame, right? Because I believe that once we understand that we have a nervous system and we really get to know it and map it out, then we're like, "Oh, yes, it all makes sense. It wasn't my fault." Amy Guerrero [25:51]: Then we can start actually doing a life and setting up a plan to repair, to reconnect and to build that trust from within so that people can start to trust from without as well. Just depending ... High-level mentorship. We are talking every day and there's just a lot, a lot that happens in that one-on-one work, that most of my clients now are starting their own businesses. Amy Guerrero [26:19]: It's so beautiful to watch this ripple out and then they have 10 or 15 clients that are learning this work. Then those 10 or 15 clients, a couple of them start and I'm like, "Yes, this is how we're going to change the world." Right? Is the more people that understand this. Alyssa Scolari [26:35]: Yes. Amy Guerrero [26:36]: It starts with that deep one-on-one, depending on where they are in their journey. Sometimes people are coming to me with 10 or 15 years of sobriety, but not that real deeper ... As you said earlier, that real fucking recovery, right? They're still just scratching the surface and they've been sober for 10 or 15 years and they're ready to do their deeper work. They've heard something in me that they're just like, "Oh, yeah, girl, please help me get there." Amy Guerrero [26:59]: That's really fun because things happen so quickly because we have a lot of sober time, but we don't have a lot of time that they went into their trauma. They're often very resistant and very blocked by their 12-steppedness. Y'all, I do not have anything against 12 step at all, but there's some deconditioning that has to happen from any place that we spend a lot of time. Alyssa Scolari [27:21]: Oh, yeah. Amy Guerrero [27:23]: There's nothing right or wrong with it. Alyssa Scolari [27:25]: Absolutely. Absolutely. Then if I understand this correctly, you don't work with people who are active in their addiction or you- Amy Guerrero [27:35]: Depending. Depending. Alyssa Scolari [27:36]: Depending. Amy Guerrero [27:36]: Yeah. I have several people right now that I'm working with that are still having a little bit of going back to that coping mechanism every now and again. Safety is everything for me. If someone's really in their stuff and I know that I'm not going to be able to keep them safe because I'm not with them physically, then I will suggest that they go someplace else just because safety is so important. Again, they're not going to get well if they don't feel safe with me. Alyssa Scolari [28:07]: Yeah. I think that that is so important. I'm really glad you brought that up because I was going to say, "I think that we should clarify that there's a certain level here where it's simply not safe." I don't want for the listeners for it to come off as like I'm being like, "Oh, yeah, just let people run hog-wild into the arms of addiction and we just watch people waste." No, right? That's not what we're doing here. Amy Guerrero [28:37]: Oh, no. No, no, no, no. Yeah. Alyssa Scolari [28:38]: It's, there's certainly a level of assessment there where we're like, "Is it safe? Is it not safe?" I've had people who come to me with an eating disorder and I'm like, "This isn't safe. I'm not trying to tell you, you have to give up the thing that's kind of keeping you alive, but now the thing that's keeping you alive is nearly killing you." That's where it's like, I feel unsafe. Amy Guerrero [29:02]: Absolutely. Yeah. I mean, fortunately I'm usually able to tell that within the first conversation. Alyssa Scolari [29:08]: Absolutely. Amy Guerrero [29:08]: Then I'm able to make lots of recommendations in places that I really trust and that I've built relationships with, that I know that they have some of these modalities in place to keep them safe. Then we can work together after that initial ... Maybe just a little time out away from their coping mechanism and just understanding it at a higher level. Alyssa Scolari [29:31]: Totally. Yeah. Totally. Thrive in Recovery is your program, but you also recently have Bridge to Trust. Amy Guerrero [29:42]: Yeah. Yeah. Alyssa Scolari [29:43]: Can you talk a little bit about that? Because I think that's really neat. Amy Guerrero [29:46]: Oh, yeah. Oh, it's so neat. Yeah. What I found was that people were working with me for three months and then six months sometimes and then they just didn't know how to connect to their friends and family. They had this understanding of their nervous system. They had this understanding of their attachment system and they were just like, "Ah, no one understands me and they just keep taking me back to my old patterns and my old behaviors." Amy Guerrero [30:10]: The Bridge to Trust experience is all about learning to trust what you know, to come back to that intuition, to come back to that trust, and then to invite your friends and family from that place to learn with you, right? Not about the addiction, not about the recovery, but like, "Hey, how can we connect more deeply as humans here and have yummy or healthier communication with each other and really bridge this trust so that we can recover the trust that maybe was broken when we were heavily into our patterns?" Amy Guerrero [30:44]: Because I know for me, I broke a lot of trust out there in the world and it took time for me to build that bridge within myself. Then I felt safe to offer it to others. Like, "Oh, you can come closer to me and here's how." I can show you without guilt and shame an amends process of me going, "Oh my God, I'm so sorry." It was more like, "Hey, I get it. What can I do to make this right? How can we move on from here?" Alyssa Scolari [31:09]: That is a beautiful thing. I think probably hugely helpful, because one of the things that I have seen lead to relapse is a lack of those protective factors, i.e. relationships. You're not just saying, "Okay. Great. You've worked through your trauma. We've been working together. Good luck. Have fun. Catch you on the other side." Alyssa Scolari [31:40]: What you're doing is taking it a step further and then going, "Hey, let's also now build some really healthy and trusting relationships in your life so that you can continue on this path." Oh, that's so cool. I love that. Amy Guerrero [31:54]: Yeah. Because isolation and the loneliness, it's like we can learn all of this shit, but if we're not practicing it with someone that we trust, then we're not- Alyssa Scolari [32:03]: We fall right back into ... Yeah. Amy Guerrero [32:06]: Very quickly. Alyssa Scolari [32:07]: Yeah. Amy Guerrero [32:08]: It's so cool because the Bridge to Trust events have led to a community and just watching this community just grow with each other and feel that like, "Oh my gosh." And practicing with each other, and then going and practicing with their friends and their family and then going, "Oh, wait, this works." Then inviting their friends and family to come join the community and then all of a sudden we've got parents and their children and partners and their partner. Amy Guerrero [32:36]: Their partners are like, "Oh, shit, I need this stuff. I always thought it was them. I always thought it was their fault." You know? And I'm pointing my finger. There's a lot of that. The finger-pointing starts to go like, "Oh, shit, we're in this together. We both have nervous systems. How can we really understand this at a deeper level?" Yeah. Alyssa Scolari [32:57]: Yes. Because it becomes so easy to blame the person with the addiction or the person with the 'mental health', right? It's them, they're sick. They're not well. I'm just like, "Man, I wish I could bring my whole family to one of these Bridge to Trust." Because I'm the outcast in my family, even doing what I do. It's like, "Oh, she's the weird one. We don't talk to her." It's like ... Right? Alyssa Scolari [33:28]: I'm sure in this event you have family members that then their eyes are open to, "Oh, right. Multiple nervous systems. We're all trying to regulate. I did play a part in this. I did have a role to play in this as well." I think that's really important. Amy Guerrero [33:49]: Yeah. Another virtual Bridge to Trust event is coming up at the end of July. It's so exciting because exactly what you said happens. I have many parents that come without their children at first and then they're like, "Oh, shit. Thank you." Because I don't make it about the coping mechanisms. It's all about the solution and the root cause of what keeps us stuck intergenerationally and that trauma. Then just some ... I like to bring fun. I call everything I do a regrooving method. We're regrooving- Alyssa Scolari [34:24]: I love it. Amy Guerrero [34:24]: ... our nervous systems to just ... And I bring a lot of fun and breath, sound and movement into things. It's like, "Oh, we're not just going to sit still and learn a bunch of shit." We're going to interact and have some fun together and not take this so seriously that they're like, "Oh, she's the weird one." We're all weird together, y'all. Alyssa Scolari [34:43]: We're all weird. We're all a little dysregulated. Amy Guerrero [34:46]: Absolutely. When you learn to come back to regulation and giggle about it, then we can really embrace that dysregulation and it becomes regulated. Alyssa Scolari [34:55]: Yes. It's a beautiful thing. Amy Guerrero [34:59]: Yeah. It's freedom. Alyssa Scolari [35:01]: It is. It truly is. Now, if people would like to find you, because you're speaking some really innovative treatment approaches, what you're doing is so important, so important, how can people find you? Amy Guerrero [35:16]: Yeah. I think the easiest thing is Instagram, Facebook and my website is Thrive in Recovery with Amy. There's no secret there. It's how do you thrive in recovery and with Amy? Right? It's all there. Instagram is a great place to get to know me. There's tons of videos. I go live three times a week. I'm there for Q&As. Alyssa Scolari [35:39]: So cool. Amy Guerrero [35:40]: Facebook is the samesies, I do a weekend wellness hack every Sunday night on Facebook and I have been for years. I'm really consistent in my practices and I invite you to come closer to check it out, and then we go from there. Alyssa Scolari [35:54]: So cool. For the listeners out there, I will ... Well, A, I'm going to be following you myself because I really think that's ... I love what you're doing. I really, really do. B, for the listeners out there, I will link everything in the show notes. You know the deal, you by now. Head over to the show notes and you will find everything that you need. All things Amy. Alyssa Scolari [36:20]: Amy, thank you so much for coming on today. This has been truly a delightful conversation. You're a delightful human being and you are really kicking ass in the world, so thank you. Amy Guerrero [36:35]: Thank you. It's so great to be here with you today and I will talk to you soon. Good luck on the rest of your move too. Alyssa Scolari [36:42]: Thanks for listening, everyone. For more information, please head over to lightaftertrauma.com, or you can also follow us on social media. On Instagram, we are @lightaftertrauma and on Twitter it is @lightafterpod. Alyssa Scolari [36:59]: Lastly, please head over to at patreon.com/lightaftertrauma to support our show. We are asking for $5 a month, which is the equivalent to a cup of coffee at Starbucks. Please head on over again. That's patreon.com/lightaftertrauma. Thank you and we appreciate your support. Alyssa Scolari [37:27]: [singing]

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Do you think trauma only refers to catastrophic events? Have you ever wondered why you fight back or emotionally shut down? Do you struggle with perfectionism or use alcohol to numb out both pain and joy?  Danielle sits down with Amy Guerrero, a Trauma Informed Recovery Life Coach who shares the resilient power of our nervous system to keep us safe. Learn about trauma responses, your nervous system, and the beautiful role of safety in healing. This episode will help you understand your body's resilience, trust your intuition, and step into healing with compassion and curiosity. LINKS/RESOURCES MENTIONED Learn more about Amy Guerrero and her Trauma Informed Recovery Life Coaching. Learn more about Amy's three day interactive experience, Bridge to Trust, happening August 25th-27th, 2021. You can also find Amy on Facebook and Instagram.  How To Take A Month Off and Feel Amazing - Free Guide Follow Euphoric Alcohol-Free on Instagram If you're ready to unlock a new level of amazing in your life, get curious and explore what incredible mindset shifts a break from alcohol can bring. Join the FREE 5 Day Restart to change your thinking around alcohol so you can uplevel your entire life.  And as always, rate, review, and subscribe so we can continue spreading our message far and wide.

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Life in Recovery Podcast is life stories from people in recovery. Trauma Informed Coach and Founder of Thrive in Recovery, Amy Guerrero, talks with John about her life in recovery from alcoholism and healing from her trauma.  Addiction related support links:https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk https://www.thesurvivorstrust.orghttps://cocaineanonymous.org.ukhttps://www.al-anonuk.org.uk http://ukna.org https://oa.orghttps://www.nar-anon.org https://www.smartrecovery.org.uk https://www.survivorsuk.orghttps://www.thriveinrecoverywithamy.comLiR books by author, philosopher and podcast host, Ren Koi: https://www.lifeinrecovery.co.uk/addiction-preventionhttps://www.lifeinrecovery.co.uk/anonymous-godhttps://www.lifeinrecovery.co.uk/togetherhttps://www.lifeinrecovery.co.uk/the-spiritual-maladyhttps://www.lifeinrecovery.co.uk/all-is-one/https://www.lifeinrecovery.co.uk/the-benz/Support the LiR Podcast via Patreon and become a Patron: http://www.patreon.com/lifeinrecoveryTheme music composed and performed by Carl Jenkins.#LifeInRecovery

In this episode of the podcast A.J. talks with Amy Guerrero of the Optimized Life podcast about experiencing joy in recovery and the line between seeking pleasures and seeking relief. You can find Amy on Instagram at @thriveinrecoverywithamy

Substance misuse is up 13% since Covid-19. Amy Guerrero, recovery coach, conscious sober human, and founder of Thrive In Recovery, supports people in recovery to discover the root cause of what keeps them stuck in coping mechanisms that are no longer working. Amy's trauma-trained approaches help recovering people find success & create healthy relationships. If you or your family are struggling with emotional trauma, and forgiveness, Amy and Thrive in Recovery have proven methods to support you. Links:Thrive in RecoverySober Relationship SchoolRecover the TrustSponsors: Leading Consciously with Dr. Jean Latting: www.leadingconsciously.com/pathfindersAligning the Dots with Dr. Philippe Bouissou: www.aligningthedots.comAmy Lynn Durham's Journal Prompt Cards: www.createmagicatwork.net/toolsSupport Our Show: Click HereSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do you find yourself wondering if you are working on the right things? Or, asking yourself what you should be focused on at this stage of your recovery? This is one of the biggest challenges in early sobriety, especially the first year or two. You are in the midst of so many changes, within yourself, your head is clear, your energy is up, and you want to continue to feel better and be better. I was exactly the same way. And you know, hindsight is always 20/20. There is no precise blueprint to healing. That is the #1 thing I want you to hear. Issues will present themselves as you are ready to deal with them. And that includes trauma. I always knew on some level I had some trauma- I had divorced parents, we had some chaos in our lives when I was young, I was an alcoholic, I had terrible relationships and made questionable decisions in my early adulthood- so I knew there were some deeper issues. But that's all I knew. And, if you're anything like me, you may have this sense of something lurking deep below the surface. I didn't feel sad, like a depression, but I felt like something deep inside was holding me back from thriving in my life. What I love about today's guest is her approach to working with trauma. She makes it feel not so scary and totally doable. I wish I would have had someone like this 15 years ago! Heck, I wish I would have found someone like this 2 years ago when I started working on my own trauma! Trauma is all kinds of things that happen to us every single day. Divorce. Hurricanes, fires, and other natural disasters. Death. Accidents- car accidents, sports injuries, head injuries- and not only are these regular everyday occurrences traumas, but trauma is accumulative. It piles up inside of us day after day, year after year. And I wish I would have found someone like our guest today to make it feel good and exciting instead of scary- meet Amy Guerrero with Thrive In Recovery. Connect with Amy:  thriveinrecoverywithamy.com Join us in the Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/addictionunlimited

Amy Guerrero is a sober woman and coach who helps people to live life with freedom, fun, and clarity in all areas of their life in recovery.  She is a dynamic woman with extensive knowledge about the central nervous system and listening to our bodies.Our central nervous system is made of part that have more power over us than we know. And Amy does a beautiful job of describing them and how discover this changed her life into sobriety. You can learn more and connect with Amy through her website, https://www.thriveinrecoverywithamy.com/about-amy as well as on Instagram and Facebook @thriveinrecoverywithamy  Our bodies tell us so much information on a regular basis but most of us don't understand how to listen to it. Or we aren't open to receiving the truth about the what our bodies are telling us. When we do the work of understanding ourselves on this level we do build trust in ourselves and our bodies. And this done consistently over time builds the type of sober confidence that will catapult you into the next dimension.When you are ready to dig into this emotional sobriety work the Sober Freedom Inner Circle is where it happens. I share all my best content and the strategies I used and still do today to build confidence in recovery and a life I love. The Confident Sober Women Facebook group is the place to connect with other sober women who are curious about growing in recovery. Who want more than just sobriety.  Come join us.  AND if you like this podcast leave a review so other sober ladies can find us.

In this inspiring conversation, life coach and entrepreneur Amy Guerrero describes her trauma-based approach to recovery.  For more Amy, go to https://www.thriveinrecoverywithamy.com/

Matt Finch interviews Amy Guerrero on childhood trauma and how it reshapes the brain in negative ways that can lead to higher addiction probability and more, the trauma-informed recovery approach and why it resonates with so many people, and how to heal from trauma, heal from addiction, heal from escapism and stress, heal from a chronically stressed CNS, and much more.

Amy Guerrero is the founder of Thrive in Recovery and Sober Relationship School. She is a conscious sober woman shedding some light on what is possible LOVING & LIVING SOBER. When she stopped using drugs and alcohol, she turned her healing into her work and started sharing years of education and teaching to coach people to live life with freedom, fun, and clarity in all areas of their life in recovery. Topics Covered:Why Amy is so passionate about her work coaching people to live a conscious sober lifestyleTrauma-Informed modalities Amy recommends when it comes to living a sober lifestyleUnderstanding addiction and asking what relief the addict is searching for in the behaviorSober living and psychedelicsTapping in to sober pleasure & passionThe importance of masculine and feminine in sober relationshipsConnect with Amy-Website: https://www.thriveinrecoverywithamy.com/IG: https://www.thriveinrecoverywithamy.com/

This is Episode 3 in the 4 Part series entitled, Healthy Sober Relationships with Healthy Relationship Coach, Mentor & Expert, Amy Guerrero! In this Episode We talk about what Boundaries Are, Their Importance & Not only How to Create Them but How To Hold Them! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoverysoulfood/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoverysoulfood/support

In this Amazing Bonus Episode, I am talking with one of the Best Recovery & Life Coaches in the business, Amy Guerrero of the Wildly successful Thrive In Recovery With Amy! In this Episode Amy gives a little of her journey through recovery & self forgiveness and offers some inspiring information on how you can begin your healing process of self forgiveness Today! This is an episode that you will want to listen to multiple times as each time you will gain even more insight than the time before. If you would like to contact Amy Guerrero for more information regarding her services you can best reach out to her in these ways: On Instagram @thriveinrecoverywithamy, Facebook; Thrive In Recovery With Amy & Amy Guerrero, or Email; hello@regroovin.com or Myself @hopeinrecoverynetwork, Facebook; Lona Currie & Hope In Recovery Network or Email; riseuprecovery3@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoverysoulfood/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoverysoulfood/support

In this Episode Jen shares  guest speaker  Amy Guerrero, A Sobriety Coach from California.  Amy is the owner of Thrive in Recovery where she embodies and teaches integrative pathways to transcending sobriety for a life of healing and thriving.  She combines health coaching, emotional healing, yoga, somatic breathwork, EFT tapping and the value of curiosity to overcome shame, guilt, and judgement to provide a pathway to healing. Key Points  you will learn: What is addiction Compassion for our Coping and how to transcend Attachement Adaptation Embodiment for healing Show Notes: [00:30] About Amy [05:30] How addiction can show up and transcend [07:30] Why and how we choose to “cope” [11:05] Attachment Adaptation [14:00] From Shame and Guilt to Curiosity [16:30] Amy's Personal Path [23:00} The many ways addiction show up in our lives [26:00] Permission to feel [32:45] The integrative approach to recovery [37:30] Embodiment is the line between the seeker and the finder [48:20] The power in Unconditional Love, Vulnerability, and Empowerment [56::00} Now What in Sobriety Quotes: [6:30] “You can transcend addiction but no one gets to transcend the human experience” [08:45] “Anything I put after “ I am” is not healthy for me” [09:49] “These pattens we created until now, served a purpose” [10:30]  “Stay curious instead of in judgment.. to go inward” [11:30] “Addiction is looking outside of ourselves” [13:45] Its so much easier to talk about the disease of addiction, then the patterns of addiction based on attachment [15:00] “The inner work creates the outer world” [33:15] “The healing is not in the doing but in the embodiment” [43:15] “As soon as I think it has to be perfect, I am out of my body” [48:45] “Vulnerability is the gateway to our potential, rather then being paralyzed by fear” Resources: About Amy: Website: http://www.amyguerrero.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thriveinrecovery/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/thriveinrecoverywithamy/ Jen's website: www.jenmons.com Book: Waking the Tiger PODCAST DISCLAIMER: This podcast is to educate, inside, and inform the listeners of various pathways to wholistic well being.  This information is not to replace the advise of your physician, specialist, medical doctor, therapist, nutritionist or dietician. Please refer to full Medical Disclaimer Here. AFFILIATE DISCLAIMER: Jen Mons Coaching is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to www.jenmons.com The post Healing and Thriving through Sobriety appeared first on Jennifer Mons Coaching.

Watch video or download podcast belowhttps://bp242.isrefer.com/go/mh5dc/yoganow/mh5dc () Amy Guerrero It is no accident that Amy is a coach who teaches functional, holistic practices, yoga, mindfulness, and is committed to a journey of healing. She spent most of her life, pursuing self-help in books, forums, festivals, retreats and her own journey. When Amy found drugs and alcohol, she became a master escape artist and chameleon. She was going to church, yoga, all kinds of weekend workshops, meditating, eating well. However, the truth is, Amy's greatest relief came in the form of a powdery substance, a pill, a distilled beverage or a co-dependent relationship. Now as a recovery coach, Amy works with all kinds of holistic and functional modalities. Because everybody is a unique body, and one person's medicine could be another person's poison, Amy and her clients laugh a lot, have fun unraveling, creating new habits and transforming together. The work she does is simple but not always easy. Play is mandatory. Listen to this podcast now and learn how Amy keeps her life and here clients lives thriving. Show HighlightsDiscovering In high school Guerrero means warrior Going through her own personal warrior training Grandmother using whisky on the gums to soothe Mother not wanting to raise her as a child A master at masking emotions On the outside everything looked good Staying alive because of alcohol & curiosity No regrets Unexplainable illnesses & body shutting down First business in real estate Graduating with honors from college Using cocaine & starting yoga Birth mom showing up Couldn't fake it anymore Becoming a recovery coach Finding a relationship with self Discovering her truth Putting together her own recovery program Working with other people Learning to relate to own body Being a rebel recovery professional Setting yourself free Help others heal trauma 3 ideas for the listener Smiling & being happy Getting through anything   [gallery link="none" size="large" ids="3113,3102,3109,3105,3108,3103,3112,3111,3106,3114,3104,3107"]   Amy's Links & ResourcesWebsite: https://amyguerrero.com/ (https://amyguerrero.com) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thriveinrecoverywithamy/ (https://www.facebook.com/thriveinrecoverywithamy/)