Podcast appearances and mentions of Claudia Black

Can allowing teens to drink at home teach them responsible alcohol use? Dr. Claudia Black, a leading expert in teen substance abuse and addiction, reveals why this approach may actually encourage drinking outside the home. In this episode, we discuss: Why parental supervision doesn't prevent teen drinking – It often normalizes alcohol use. The real reasons teens drink – Peer pressure, social acceptance, and stress. How parents influence teen drinking habits – Your behaviors set the tone. Teen substance abuse warning signs – Recognizing underlying trauma, like bullying or anxiety. Effective strategies for prevention – Setting clear boundaries and healthy family rituals. Episode Breakdown: 00:00 – Introduction: The debate on responsible teen drinking 00:21 – Meet Dr. Claudia Black: Expert insights on addiction and family dynamics 01:15 – What really drives teenage drinking? 02:12 – Peer pressure vs. parental influence: Which matters more? 11:28 – The hidden traumas behind substance use (bullying, loss, anxiety) 19:43 – How to talk to your teen about alcohol 24:04 – Recognizing warning signs and taking action 31:40 – Prevention, boundaries, and positive family rituals About Dr. Claudia Black Dr. Claudia Black, Ph.D., is a pioneering addiction specialist, author, and speaker known for her groundbreaking work on family systems and substance abuse. As the Clinical Architect of the Claudia Black Center for Young Adults and a Senior Fellow at The Meadows Treatment Center, she has dedicated decades to helping individuals and families heal from addiction and trauma. Resources & Links: Learn more about Dr. Claudia Black → https://bit.ly/3DSI33p 

The Overwhelm: Trump, Musk, stupidity, banality, artlessness, lack of decency, betrayal by our leadership, rage, fear, grief from what we've lost. We are living through a period of national, if not global, trauma. Actor and trauma coach Claudia Black returns to PREVAIL to talk about the causes of trauma, how to heal from it, emotional aid, and what we can do to regulate ourselves.Claudia's website is here:https://claudiablackconsulting.com/what-i-do Subscribe to The Five 8:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BRnRwe7yDZXIaF-QZfvhACheck out ROUGH BEAST, Greg's new book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47CMX17ROUGH BEAST is now available as an audiobook:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rough-Beast-Audiobook/B0D8K41S3T Would you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short

The time has come to say goodbye to FARSCAPE, the wonderfully weird, horny muppets in space show. So after this long journey with the crew of Moya, how do Your Generals feel about how it goes out? Support Zac's Patreon: www.patreon.com/ThumbsJ Check out all earVVyrm podcasts at www.earvvyrm.com Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com

Although there is still technically a little left, Your Generals have come to the end of the seasons of FARSCAPE and wow does it go out with a bang! Support Zac's Patreon: www.patreon.com/ThumbsJ Check out all earVVyrm podcasts at www.earvvyrm.com Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com

FARSCAPE starts gearing up to wind down, but that doesn't make it any less kooky. This time Your Generals meet Einstein and watch an old witch urinate as these adventure in space continue. Support Zac's Patreon: www.patreon.com/ThumbsJ Check out all earVVyrm podcasts at www.earvvyrm.com Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com

We typically address betrayal and recovery from the perspective of the betrayer and their partner. But in a family dynamic, there are often children involved that feel the weight of the betrayal as well. Children are keenly aware of feelings and emotions and are heavily impacted by those even when they don't understand exactly what's happening or the reasons behind them. In this episode we welcome Tara McCausland, Executive Director of SA Lifeline. Tara shares about her personal experience growing up with a sex-addicted father and the impact of addiction on family dynamics, especially children. Tara shares how recovery efforts from both parents and open, honest communication played critical roles in her family's healing process.  The Power of Community in Pornography Recovery: Download Relay and try it out for free, or learn more at Relay's website. Use code GEOFF1 for 15% off!  Broken trust? Download my FREE video series “The First Steps to Rebuilding Trust”  Join my 12-week program, The Trust Building Bootcamp, to heal your broken relationship. Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter to stay up-to-date on exciting new announcements!  Download my FREE guide to help you quickly end arguments with your spouse:  Connect with me on social media: INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK Visit http://www.geoffsteurer.com for online courses and other supportive resources. About Geoff Steurer: I am a licensed marriage and family therapist, relationship educator, and coach with over 20 years of experience. I am the co-author of, "Love You, Hate the Porn: Healing a Relationship Damaged by Virtual Infidelity", the host of the weekly podcast, "From Crisis to Connection", and have produced workbooks, audio programs, and online courses helping couples and individuals heal from the impact of sexual betrayal, unwanted pornography use, partner betrayal trauma, and rebuilding broken trust. As a leader in the field, I am a frequent contributor on these subjects at national conferences, documentaries, blogs, magazines, and podcasts. I also write a weekly relationship advice column available on my blog. I founded and ran an outpatient sexual addiction and betrayal trauma recovery group program for over 14 years, co-founded and chaired a local conference to educate community members about harmful media, and founded and administered a specialized group therapy practice for over 10 years. I currently maintain a private counseling and coaching practice in beautiful Southern Utah where I live with my wife and children. About Jody Steurer: Jody has been a strong voice supporting women as co-host of the podcast “Speak Up Sister”. She completed a bachelor's degree in psychology from Brigham Young University and is an ACA certified coach. She runs a small business and has years of experience in corporate training and organization. Jody's most challenging work has been raising her four children (two of which are on the autism spectrum). She loves to do landscape design, paint in watercolor, spend time outdoors, and snow ski. About Tara McCausland: Tara McCausland is the Executive Director of S.A. Lifeline and holds a B.S. in Family, Consumer, Human Development from Utah State University and a M.A. in Executive Leadership from Liberty University. She is a podcaster, speaker, former life coach and job coach and is passionate about helping people become the best version of themselves and create a life they love. As the daughter of a recovering sex addict, Tara understands the deep pain associated with addiction and trauma. But having witnessed her parents and others heal and thrive, she knows that with a committed, willing heart and the right tools, recovery from sexual addiction and betrayal trauma is possible. Tara lives in Southern Utah with her husband, Luke, and their 4 kids.  www.salifeline.org FB - salifelinefoundation Instagram - @salifeline SA Lifeline Recovery Puzzle Blog Post on Disclosure by Claudia Black

Your Generals are back and are still falling down the immense wormhole that is wacky space muppetry that is FARSCAPE. Support Zac's Patreon: www.patreon.com/ThumbsJ Check out all earVVyrm podcasts at www.earvvyrm.com Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com

Send us a textFamily dynamics, parenting styles, and early life events play a crucial role in shaping who we become. When we leave home, we often think we'll do better than our parents—but those subconscious adaptations follow us into adulthood, affecting our relationships and parenting styles. In this episode, we explore Claudia Black's five roles commonly developed by children raised in alcoholic or unpredictable homes. Discover how these roles carry over into adulthood, leading to recurring patterns that leave us feeling stuck. Tune in to gain insights on how to recognize and break free from these family-of-origin issues.Support the showWe're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you'd like us to explore on the podcast. https://linktr.ee/freshouttaplans

One character drops out, one gets added and one gets doubled? Space muppets continue to be wacky as Your Generals continue watching FARSCAPE. Support Zac's Patreon: www.patreon.com/ThumbsJ Check out all earVVyrm podcasts at www.earvvyrm.com Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com

E358 – "Inner Voice: A Heartfelt Chat with Dr. Foojan Zeine." In this episode, Dr. Foojan Zeine chats with Dr. Claudia Black, Ph.D., a renowned addiction author, speaker, and trainer, internationally recognized for her pioneering and contemporary work with family systems and addictive disorders. Claudia designs and presents training workshops and seminars to professional audiences in family service, mental health, addiction, and correctional services, as well as speaking in public forums about addiction and recovery. Claudia is the Clinical Architect of the Claudia Black Center for Young Adults, a Senior Fellow, and an Addiction and Trauma Program Specialist at The Meadows Treatment Center in Arizona. She is one of the original founders and serves on the Advisory Board for the National Association of Children of Addiction and the Advisory Council of the Eluna Foundation and its development of Camp Mariposa, a camp for children impacted by addiction. In this episode we talk about her latest book “ Undaunted Hope – Stories of Healing from Trauma, Depression, and Addictions”. www.claudiablack.com. In this episode, we explored trauma and when it happens and how it impacts our lives, different modalities that can help heal trauma, and reasons for depression and addiction rates. 20 Best California Mental Health Podcasts https://podcasts.feedspot.com/california_mental_health_podcasts/ Check out my website: www.FoojanZeine.com, www.AwarenessIntegration.com, www.Foojan.com Remember to Subscribe, Listen, Review, and Share! Find me on these sites: *iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i...) *Google Play (https://play.google.com/music/m/Inpl5...) *Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/) *YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/DrFoojan) Platforms to Like and Follow: *Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DrFoojanZeine/) *Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/Dr.FoojanZeine) *Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/DrZeine/) *LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/DrFoojanZeine)

Are you ready to break free from your hurts and hangups? Dr. Claudia Black, a Senior Fellow at The Meadows and Clinical Architect of the Claudia Black Young Adult Center, has authored 17 books, including her most recent, "Undaunted Hope." My interview with Dr. Black will explore her approach to writing "Undaunted Hope," the significance of family involvement, and how you can heal – no matter what you are struggling with, how old you are, or where you were born. Learnabout If you liked this podcast, please: -subscribe -share it with others -write a review  **Let's stay connected.** Click ⁠⁠Deniseglee.com⁠⁠ to

What's it like to have your nemesis stuck in your head? Things start to get a little nuts as Your Generals continue watching FARSCAPE. Support Zac's Patreon: www.patreon.com/ThumbsJ Check out all earVVyrm podcasts at www.earvvyrm.com Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com

This week, we dig up a topic from the vault and give you an updated list of the greatest acting performances in gaming history. From Ben Starr to Roger Clark, let's take a look at our updated picks! Want to contact the show? Send us a message at hotgamersonly@gmail.com or @HotGamersOnly on Twitter with all your questions and messages! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:00 - Greg Chun as Kaname Date 00:12:00 - Harry McEntire & Amie Ffion Edwards in Xenoblade 3 00:20:00 - Ben Starr as Clive Rosfield 00:27:00 - John Eric Bentley as Barret Wallace 00:35:00 - Persona 3 Reload's Cast 00:42:00 - Ashly Burch as Chloe Price 00:50:00 - James McCaffrey as Max Payne 00:53:00 - Amber Lee Connors 00:58:00 - Nolan North :] 01:03:00 - Claudia Black in Dragon Age 01:12:00 - Aleks Le in Street Fighter 6 01:16:00 - Roger Clark in Red Dead Redemption

The siren song of Muppets and space has returned and we answer the call by diving into Season 2 of FARSCAPE. Support Zac's Patreon: www.patreon.com/ThumbsJ Check out all earVVyrm podcasts at www.earvvyrm.com Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com

As our Farscape Season 2 episode is rather lengthy, here is the lead-in all by itself. Tune in Friday as we actually dig into the content of FARSCAPE. Support Zac's Patreon: www.patreon.com/ThumbsJ Check out all earVVyrm podcasts at www.earvvyrm.com Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com

Surprise General Nerdery Crossover. Listen in as gear up to talk about Season 2 of FARSCAPE

The weird starts to creep in more and more as Your Generals (and Stephen) starburst back to the far reaches of space to finish off the rest of FARSCAPE season 1. Support Zac's Patreon: www.patreon.com/ThumbsJ Check out all earVVyrm podcasts at www.earvvyrm.com Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com

A pop culture spouting human is thrown into a glactic mess as he tries to find his way home and teams up with... amorous Muppets? Your Generals team up with Stephen this week to start watching FARSCAPE. Support Zac's Patreon: www.patreon.com/ThumbsJ Check out all earVVyrm podcasts at www.earvvyrm.com Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com

In this episode, we explore the fascinating dynamics of codependency and compassion, inspired by Claudia Black's groundbreaking work. From personal stories to parenting insights, we uncover how codependent behaviors develop and their pitfalls, while also delving into the intriguing concept of counter-dependency. Through a compassionate lens, we discuss setting boundaries and fostering healthy relationships, offering practical tips for navigating these emotional terrains.  Tune in to see when Compassion gets Confused with Codependence Through a Therapist's Eyes.

Jeff and Kev return to the Uncharted Territories with Ben Browder, Claudia Black and the crew of the living spaceship Moya. We wrap up Season One of this iconic series! It is one of the most incredible tv series that has endured as one of the most incredible science fictions to grace our screens! Don't hesitate, join the rest of the Screamers with the hottest podcast going today!  Amazon Affiliate Links: Farscape : The Complete Series (Blu Ray) https://amzn.to/4by8ebw   You can find the podcast at SunsAndShadows.com or your podcast app of choice! Follow us on all platforms, we have frequent giveaways and always discussing something fun! Facebook: @sunsandshadows Twitter: @sunsandshadows Instagram: @sunsandshadowscast Letterbox'd: SunsAndShadows YouTube : @sunsandshadowscast Rumble : https://rumble.com/c/c-3121106 Discord: sunsandshadows_27605

Jeff and Kev head into the Uncharted Territories with Ben Browder, Claudia Black and the crew of the living spaceship Moya. It is one of the most incredible tv series that has endured as one of the most incredible science fictions to grace our screens! Don't hesitate, join the rest of the Screamers with the hottest podcast going today!  Amazon Affiliate Links: Farscape : The Complete Series (Blu Ray) https://amzn.to/4by8ebw   You can find the podcast at SunsAndShadows.com or your podcast app of choice! Follow us on all platforms, we have frequent giveaways and always discussing something fun! Facebook: @sunsandshadows Twitter: @sunsandshadows Instagram: @sunsandshadowscast Letterbox'd: SunsAndShadows YouTube : @sunsandshadowscast Rumble : https://rumble.com/c/c-3121106 Discord: sunsandshadows_27605

In this episode, we sit down with Meadows Senior Fellow Dr. Claudia Black as she explains why chronic, ongoing trauma can be very damaging to a child's development and lead to emotional dysregulation. We also have a conversation about why the power of storytelling can be impactful in conveying the emotional truth of traumatic experiences.

Do you feel frustrated, hurt or misunderstood in your family? Do you have family relationships that are strained or broken? There may be some underlying forces at work in your family that you didn't even know were there. The 3 rules that guide the interactions of a dysfunctional family are: - Don't Talk - Don't Trust - Don't Feel These rules may not be posted on the refrigerator for all to see, but they are actively at work behind the scenes. This first episode in our new series Managing Your Dysfunctional Family is all about helping you make sense of rules you grew up with and how they've shaped the relationships in your family. John Tinnin, Austin Conner and Lynn Roush explain these rules as outlined in the book "It Will Never Happen to Me" by Claudia Black. Once you know the rules that govern your family, you can begin to break the generational cycles that may be keeping you stuck. Check out our new website withyouintheweeds.com and subscribe to our weekly newsletter so you can get podcast episode reminders, recaps, free resources and more! Connect with us on Instagram @withyouintheweeds and let us know what topics you'd like us to address.

Reprise: The Trauma Vortex (with Claudia Black)Trump, the assault on common decency, pandemic, quarantine, insurrection, and now war: we have all suffered collective trauma these last seven years. Greg Olear talks with actor and trauma therapist Claudia Black about the causes of trauma and how to heal from it. Plus: DFG sings.Follow Claudia:https://twitter.com/TheClaudiaBlackHer site:https://claudiablackconsulting.com/Thanks HelloFresh! Go to HelloFresh.com/50prevail and use code 50prevail for 50% off plus 15% off the next 2 months!Subscribe to the PREVAIL newsletter:https://gregolear.substack.com/about

This episode contains: Steven and Ben are joined by Ben's son playing video games in the background. When do you get "you time" when you're a parent? Steven's looking for that time. Ben suggests recontextualizing "you time" by indoctrinating his son with Star Trek. With two kids: turns out when one kid wants something, the other doesn't. Why do kids want to fight things that COULD BE FUN!??! JUST GET IN THE CAR! I guess "giving things a chance" is a form of maturity. Ben is going to a kids birthday, and then his friend's wedding. Is this the Science Faction Therapy Hour? HELL NO. Now You See Me: Let's talk about digital assistants for the visually impaired. OKO App leverages AI to help blind pedestrians recognize traffic signals. https://www.forbes.com/sites/gusalexiou/2023/08/10/oko-app-deploys-ai-to-make-crossing-the-street-safer-for-blind-pedestrians/?sh=55bff018687b At the end of 2020, the New York City Department of Transportation had a class action lawsuit filed because only 443 of the city's 13,200 signalized intersections were accessible to visually impaired pedestrians via audible and tactile features. That's less than 4% of intersections in NYC. Enter OKO, a "digital seeing eye dog" of sorts that uses iPhone's camera to notify the user when a street is safe to cross.  Dot Go. The First Object Interaction App for the Visually Impaired. https://www.dandad.org/awards/professional/2023/236909/dot-go-the-first-object-interaction-app-for-the-visually-impaired/ Dot Go is the first object interaction app. It not only detects objects in the environment but also connects them to actions. These could be internal actions, like sounds and vibration, or external actions in other apps, websites, and even smart home devices. For example, a bus stop sign could trigger an app to open and buy a ticket. Anyone can easily build and share custom solutions with the community. Is this like Pokemon Go? Can it be more like Pokemon Go? Dot Pad tactile display makes images touchable for visually impaired users https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/10/dot-pad-tactile-display-makes-images-touchable-for-visually-impaired-users/?guccounter=1 Dot Pad is a smart braille device that not only allows for easy display of text, but tactile representations of imagery, potentially opening an entirely new layer for education and accessible content. Dot Pad gives the low vision community access to maps, diagrams, charts, and other illustrations, allowing easy access to content on the internet. By making productivity apps accessible, Dot Pad creates whole new career opportunities and a more inclusive workplace. Envision Adds ChatGPT AI Sight Assistance To Its Smart Glasses For The Blind https://www.forbes.com/sites/gusalexiou/2023/04/30/envision-adds-chatgpt-ai-sight-assistance-to-its-smart-glasses-for-the-blind/?sh=16c2aa05446f Google Glass-like devices can now use ChatGPT to capture text through the glasses' camera, then use their voice to ask direct questions about what it sees. This may range from questions like “What is the balance of this bill” to “What are the vegetarian options on this menu?” Blind people may want to know... how do sighted people actually lose things? Between the forest and the trees, don't get lost! Plant and forest researchers do not 'anthropomorphize' plants. This is not more Little Shop of Horrors talk. There has been a trend in science articles to anthropomorphize plants, and it needs to stop. Why? Conjecture gets equated with fact, and that is dangerous for science. Poetry is fantastic but has no place in a scientific journal. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230920111155.htm Mid-shop Patreon-only talk: Now we have more Little Shop of Horrors talk. We talk about the upcoming film The Creator. Science Fiction: Episode six of Ahsoka was peak Star Wars and Devon's not here to be a party pooper. "Far, Far Away" had Claudia Black as one of the Mothers of Dathomir. HOW COOL ARE EXTRAGALACTIC STORIES? Between this and Star Trek Discovery Season 4, you're gonna see something new when you go extragalactic. Too bad we'll never actually travel outside the galaxy. We finally get Star Wars Rebels season 5, with Ezra and Thrawn. The implied stories about Thrawn's broken  stormtroopers feels like the best of old Star Wars. Remember Jedi Survivor? We now have stormtrooper zombies, right? Great casting for Ezra Bridger.  Episode 899 of Star Trek is that Very Short Treks episode that is all about how boogers are gross: "Worst Contact". Gates Mcfadden, Jonathan Frakes, and microwaved fish! Lower Decks got the 900th Star Trek ever with "Something Borrowed, Something Green". You get so much more Tendi this week, the Mistress of the Winter Constellations herself. Steven throws shade on how Star Trek episodes are counted. Star Trek's non-canon animation is just copying Star Wars, no? Remember Star Wars Visions, or Droids, or the holiday special. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was cool, fun and nostalgic, which is just what we expected. Steven and his family watched it at Ben's house, since it's now streaming on Paramount+. There's a crazy amount of comedic vomit in it. This film reallly emphasizes the "Teenage" part of it all. This film was written for us: twelve year olds living in forty year old bodies. The design of the film is excellent: doodles and graffiti and asymmetrical faces were all great design decisions. There is nothing as disgusting as a man-rat making out with a cockroach-woman. All of the voice actors for the turtles were recorded in group recording sessions, and worked really well. Get ready for the sequel and the Tales of the TMNT tv show. Steven gushes about TMNT toys. After-show Patreon-only talk: Portal 2 is now in VR. 

Aujourd'hui on vous parle du film Pitch Black un film Américano-australien de David Twohy avec Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Rhiana Griffith, Cole Hauser, Keith David, Claudia Black et Lewis Fitz-Gerald   Lien youtube : https://youtu.be/vRKthWktGSk Lien Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100034738136802 Lien Twitter : https://twitter.com/LDeconfine/status/1638699637895823363 Lien Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/films_a_emporter/ Retrouvez notre court métrage pour le Nikon Film Festival. 13 Km : https://www.festivalnikon.fr/video/2022/1319 Remerciements: Calaveyre pour la musique du générique : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC38irZpj_ipDWRVIhuC1QbA https://www.facebook.com/calaveyre Et à Jipègue pour le logo : https://instagram.com/ji_pegue?utm_medium=copy_link N'hésitez pas à commenter pour donner votre avis. Si vous avez aimé, Likez et abonnez-vous pour ne pas manquer nos prochains épisodes.  

In this week's episode, Kerry and Tara discuss codependency vs. Super Traits, what's the difference, and why we differ in how we feel about each of the terms. And, the self-help tip is on how to create a list of top lines for yourself.Repeat After Me by Claudia Black: https://amzn.to/3ZMYbsnCodependent No More by Melody Beattie: Melody Beattie https://amzn.to/3YpjeQHFacing Codependency: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives by Miller, Miller, and McMillan: https://amzn.to/3SV8B7gNot Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty by Aziz Gazipura, PsyD: https://amzn.to/3YkEirKWomen Who Love Psychopaths by Sandra L. Brown: https://amzn.to/3mxNNGBCodependent Anonymous: CoDA.orghttps://coda.orgBreaking Free from Narcissistic Abuse season 1 episode 58: Why can't I leave my partner? The seven stages of a trauma bond Listen here.Follow Kerry and Tara on Tiktok, Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook: Kerry's accounts & Tara's accounts.Are you looking for community support after narcissistic abuse? Become a member of Dr. Kerry McAvoy's exclusive Facebook group, Toxic-Free Relationship Club!Want to read a true story of narcissistic abuse? LOVE YOU MORE: The Harrowing Tale of Lies, Sex Addiction, & Double Cross. Available here at the following online stores.Seeking help? Book a coaching session with Tara.Reclaim & Recover: Heal from Toxic Relationships with a 7-Step Guided Journal. Get the Journal on Amazon.Consider donating the cost of a cup of coffee to support this podcast! Leave us a review and let us know what you think about the podcast, send an email to hello@breakingfreewithkerrytara.comMore available at resources.kerrymcavoyphd.com

Khaki takes Kay on another Greatest Hiatus, exploring an unrealized reality in Stargate SG-1 episode 10·06 "200", starring Ben Browder and Claudia Black!Before Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell can celebrate his 200th trip through a Stargate, he and his team must work with Martin Lloyd on several ideas for the TV movie adaption of the TV series Wormhole X-Treme!.“Everybody's favorite tinfoil hat is back after who knows how long, and he's in a creative pickle. With the stargate on the fritz, the crew tries their hand at studio pitches, and... maybe it's for the best they're saving the world on planets lightyears away from any kind of show business.” (thanks Horseburd!)“Thrust into a new unrealized reality the astronaut must escape from The Movie Executive through a big round thing, but it just refuses to be cool & doesn't spin. So he ventures through other realities controlled by The Executive & the astronaut's new team in order to get home.” (thanks Tonks!)We're on Twitter, Facebook, and SoFarscape.com. Our theme music is by Leigh Collier of Give Them L.Send us your synopses, support us on Patreon or suggest a fanfic story for us to read!

Grab you're spelunking boots because we're hopping back into the Uncharted franchise with the DLC turned full-game - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. How does the game fair without the franchise's main man Nathan Drake? Tune in to find out! 

A review for the Claudia Black movie "Deus: The Dark Sphere", a review of the movie "Vesper", a retrospective review of Batgirl: The Darkest Reflection by Gail Simone, and how Geeks can be free of insecurities from guilt and shame as we continue our study of Colossians!PLUS, in Paeter's Geek Week:COMICS- Justice League(2018) #1-7, Hawkman(2018) #1-4, Plastic Man(Gail Simone) #1VIDEO GAMES- Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition (PS4 on PS5), Saints Row 2022, Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition(PS4), And as always, more assorted topics based on your questions, comments and feedback!TIMESTAMPS00:00:30 Intro00:02:31 Deus: The Dark Sphere Review00:13:06 CGC & Christian Geek Entertainment News00:21:10 Christian Geek Fiction Publishing News(Quest of Fire: Desperation by Brett Armstrong)00:31:39 The Weekly Word (Luke 19-24, John 1-6, Psalms 112-117)00:46:44 Vesper Review00:57:56 Freedom From Guilt & Shame (Colossians Bible Study)01:09:11 Batgirl: The Darkest Reflection (Retrospective Comic Review)01:29:27 Listener/Viewer Questions & Feedback (Can We Lose Our "Salvation"? Is It A "Problem" When Someone Enjoys Something You Don't?)Paeter's Geek Week 01:44:44 COMICS- Justice League(2018) #1-7, Hawkman(2018) #1-4, Plastic Man(Gail Simone) #101:55:04 VIDEO GAMES- Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition (PS4 on PS5), Saints Row 2022, Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition(PS4), 02:01:29 Next EpisodePaeter's Game Save Fundraising Page- https://www.patreon.com/posts/paeter-frandsen-71216945Game Save '22 Team Invite Link: https://tiltify.com/team-invite/jMZBiiSaBn8vAFcJvqREb3NSupport this podcast and enjoy exclusive rewards at https://www.patreon.com/spiritbladeproductions “Weekly Word” Bible Reading Plan & Info: https://christiangeekcentral.blogspot.com/2021/12/read-bible-in-year-with-me-weekly-word.html Episodes #0-500 of this podcast were published as "The Spirit Blade Underground Podcast" and are archived and available for download at www.spiritblade.com , Resources used to prepare the "In Search Of Truth" Bible Study include:"Expositor's Bible Commentary", Frank E. Gaebelein General Editor (Zondervan Publishing House),"The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament", by Dr. John H. Walton, Dr. Victor H. Matthews & Dr. Mark W. Chavalas (InterVarsity Press), "The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament", by Dr. Craig S. Keener (InterVarsity Press),Thayer's Greek Lexicon, Strong's Exhaustive ConcordanceBlueletterbible.org (primarily for search functionality), The Christian Geek Central Statement Of Faith can be found at: http://christiangeekcentral.blogspot.com/p/about.html The Christian Geek Central Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Paeter Frandsen. Additional segments produced by their credited authors. Logo created by Matthew Silber. Copyright 2007-2022, Spirit Blade Productions. Music by Wesley Devine, Bjorn A. Lynne, Pierre Langer, Jon Adamich, audionautix.com and Sound Ideas. Spazzmatica Polka by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Freesound.org effects provided by: FreqMan

The Salty Nerds take a look at Farscape season 1 episode 20, The Hidden Memory, and are totally freaked out by what the muppet did to Chiana in this episode. When last we left Ben Browder's John Crichton, he was being mercilessly tortured by new bad guy Scorpius. But now that Aeryn is feeling better, Claudia Black is all about rescuing her favorite Earthing! Aided by Gilina, the crew of Moya go down to rescue Crichton while their spaceship gives birth. And hijinks ensue. What is your The Hidden Memory review? Did you love it? Hate it? What would you do if you were trapped in a tube with Chiana? Let us know in our Discord server! It's free to join and become a part of our community. Just go here now: http://www.saltynerddiscord.com And if you want access to this FULL review, sign up for our members area to get this and a TON more awesome, hilarious, Salty Nerd content, all for just $5 a month. Sign up here now and support the show: ▷ SUPPORT THE SHOW: http://www.saltynerdclub.com/ By becoming a Patron of the Salty Nerd Podcast you help us to create great content AND get awesome perks! Check out our Patreon page through the link above for more detail. Thank you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/saltynerd/support

Farscape Season 1 Episode 19 review from the Salty Nerds has them taking a loot at the big two-parter that introduces the audience to the big main villain of the series, Scorpius! Ben Browder tries to save Claudia Black by infiltrating a Peacekeeper base with Chiana in tow. John Crichton meets up with his sidepiece Gilina as she helps them infiltrate the stronghold to find a tissue graft to save Aeryn's life. But Crichton didn't count on the evil Scorpius to see through his ruse and capture him. Now, Crichton is being interrogated for the secrets to wormhole technology while Aeryn is quickly deteriorating up on Moya. What is your Farscape Season 1 Episode 19 review? Did you like Nerve Part 1? Hate it? Are you a Farscape fan or do you hate watching muppets and BDSM cosplayers in space? Let us know on our Discord server! There you can interact with our community and share your thoughts with us. Join for free here: http://www.saltynerddiscord.com The Nerds continue their Farscape series review with this episode, but if you'd like to listen to their FULL uncensored ad-free retrospective review, be sure to check out their members area. For just $5 a month, you get access to this episode and many more great classic sci-fi TV show reviews. Go here now to sign up: ▷ SUPPORT THE SHOW: http://www.saltynerdclub.com/ By becoming a Patron of the Salty Nerd Podcast you help us to create great content AND get awesome perks! Check out our Patreon page through the link above for more detail. We hope you like our Farscape Podcast, and if you like listening to a good scifi podcast like ours, please tell your friends about us! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/saltynerd/support

"Farscape 3·22: Dog With Two Bones: Part 1 The crew attempt to pay their respects, while Crichton has visions of what could be, which lead him to a pivotal choice... “Someone gets distracted by their fantasies. An old woman appears aboard the ship and everyone questions who she is. She sneezes magical fairy dust and is seemingly great at cooking. In the meantime there is a game of bumper ships occurring.” (thanks GoingMetal799!) “The crew make plans to go their separate ways, but before they can they must attend a funeral where an unwanted guest is making a scene, meanwhile John's imagination runs wild...hey is the old woman with you?” (thanks Marky See!) “A wedding and a funeral, but which one is real? Crichton struggles to reconcile two dreams, and a mysterious old woman offers better living through chemistry. ” (thanks Nazzy!) “Well ep 3:01 was called Season of Death and you can count on one hand how many main characters didn't die or start off dead this season. Wedding bells are ringing...or are they? Who is that old woman? And another perfect suggestion from Claudia Black when things get left to fate.” (thanks Lucy !) “A wedding, a funeral, a coin flip, a farewell, a wormhole - and who the frell is the old woman?” (thanks the Mezzanine!) “Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Come to the Leviathan burial grounds! Two Leviathan enter, only one will leave. It's the Grudge Match of the quadrant. Will the mystery masked Leviathan reign supreme or will Mama Moya bring the hurt to him for dising her son Talyn. Only one way to find out, this Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! ” (thanks Blackrain (Bryan Love)!) “Who's that woman with the dream powder? Lies are nice, but the truth is louder, A burial place, The Sacred Space, "Listen Wrinkles, stick to the chowder!"" (thanks Ric From the Delta Quadrant!) First aired on Thursday, 31 January 2002, written by David Kemper, and directed by Andrew Prowse" We're on https://my.captivate.fm/Twitter.com/sofarscape (Twitter), http://facebook.com/sofarscape (Facebook), and SoFarscape.com. Our theme music is by https://linktr.ee/leighwritessongs (Leigh Collier) of https://open.spotify.com/artist/1VvJbTl6unZsnip9UAyUlj?si=Wt0BhbuBTSOVpZvzA3nn3w&utm_source=copy-link&nd=1 (Give Them L). Send us your https://www.sofarscape.com/submit (synopses), support us on https://www.sofarscape.com/support (Patreon) or suggest a https://www.sofarscape.com/fanfic (fanfic story) for us to read!

Farscape Season 1 Episode 7 review from the Salty Nerds has them watching PK Tech Girl - the episode where Crichton gets some side-action from a cute Peacekeeper and makes Aeryn jealous, all the while trying to survive frog-suit space pirates who breathe fire! This Farscape review and retrospective has the crew of Moya stumbling upon a derelict Peacekeeper warship in the uncharted territories, and wouldn't you know it? Commander Crais has already been by and left a team of technicians behind to salvage it. Unfortunately, all but one of them were killed by vicious space pirates called the Sheyang, who have returned to finish the salvage and want really badly to destroy Moya and her crew! Ben Browder and Claudia Black are joined by Alyssa-Jane Cook as Gilina in this episode, which is mostly just set-up for other episodes the Nerds plan to watch from later in Farscape season 1. It's not the best episode of Farscape, but it is still an enjoyable one. We're not a full time Farscape podcast but we're having fun watching the show and still have a few more episodes to go for the month! If you enjoy sci-fi podcasts or TV review podcasts, be sure to subscribe to us! We dive deep into a lot of classic TV shows on the Salty Nerd Podcast. If you would like to get access to the FULL review of this episode, along with many more, be sure to join the Salty Nerd Club members area. For just $5 a month, you get access to a TON of hilarious retrospective reviews of classic sci-fi TV shows. Sign up here: ▷ SUPPORT THE SHOW: http://www.saltynerdclub.com/ By becoming a Patron of the Salty Nerd Podcast you help us to create great content AND get awesome perks! Check out our Patreon page through the link above for more detail. Thank you! And if you'd like to let us know your thoughts on this episode, join our Discord server and participate in the Farscape conversation in our Salty Community! You can join up here: ▷ JOIN THE COMMUNITY: http://www.saltynerddiscord.com/

If you do not know or have books written by Sharon Wegscheider Cruse, Janet Geringer Woititz, Claudia Black, Timmen Cermak, Stephanie Brown, or other books written in the 1980's about growing up in an alcoholic home, order them today. You are missing so much if you don't. If you are under 40 and you grew up in a home where you, a  parent or a sibling had an addiction problem, please find these books! Go to my website and I can help  www.freshouttaplans.com

Prepare yourself for some space muppet action as the Salty Nerds start reviewing FARSCAPE, the classic sci-fi series from New Zealand that introduced the world to Ben Browder and Claudia Black! Working with Jim Henson Studios, FARSCAPE takes us to the other end of the galaxy as a IASA Astronaut enters into a wormhole and comes out in the middle of a jailbreak. Forced to team up with a motley crew of unreliable aliens who are pitted against a relentless militaristic force, John Crighton realizes that he's "not in Kansas anymore" and must adapt to life in an unfamiliar part of the galaxy. The Nerds review the first episode of FARSCAPE for their Patrons, but if you want to get the FULL uncensored episode, then be sure to join our members area. For just $5 a month, you get 4 exclusive episodes every month, as well as access to our full ad-free back catalog where we review shows like Doctor Who, Stargate Atlantis, Firefly, Star Trek, and more! If you want to get access to these episodes and support the show, be sure to click on this link now: http://www.saltynerdclub.com

In this episode, Michael is joined by Claudia Black, renowned author and trainer internationally recognized for her pioneering and contemporary work with family systems and addictive behaviors. The two discuss the evolution of addiction and how it has become destigmatized, Claudia's work as an author, and her perspective on dealing with troubling families in the intervention process.

Claudia Black is the clinical architect and actively involved in the Claudia Black Young Adult Center at The Meadows. She serves as a Senior Fellow and has been a clinical consultant at The Meadows Treatment Center in Arizona since 1998. Claudia's seminal work with children impacted by substance abuse in the late 1970s created the foundation for the adult child movement. Today she is a renowned author and trainer internationally recognized for her pioneering and contemporary work with family systems and addictive disorders.

Pitch Black, 2000 A commercial transport ship and its crew are marooned on a planet full of bloodthirsty creatures that only come out to feast at night. But then, they learn that a month-long eclipse is about to occur. Starring some himbo called Vin Diesel and more importantly Claudia Black as Sharon ""Shazza"" Montgomery, a free settler who is travelling across the universe looking for a new home! Starring: Vin Diesel ... Richard B. Riddick Radha Mitchell ... Carolyn Fry Cole Hauser ... William J. Johns Keith David ... Abu 'Imam' al-Walid Lewis Fitz-Gerald ... Paris P. Ogilvie Claudia Black Claudia Black ... Sharon 'Shazza' Montgomery Rhiana Griffith ... Jack John Moore ... John 'Zeke' Ezekiel Simon Burke ... Greg Owens Les Chantery ... Suleiman Sam Sari ... Hassan Firass Dirani ... Ali First aired in 2000 , written by David Twohy, Ken & Jim Wheat, and directed by David Twohy We're on https://my.captivate.fm/Twitter.com/sofarscape (Twitter), http://facebook.com/sofarscape (Facebook), and SoFarscape.com. Send us your https://www.sofarscape.com/submit (synopses), support us on https://www.sofarscape.com/support (Patreon) or suggest a https://www.sofarscape.com/fanfic (fanfic story) for us to read!

Claudia Black identifies three trademarks of a dysfunctional family in her book, It Will Never Happen to Me: (1) they don’t communicate well (2) they don’t trust one another (3) they don’t allow themselves to be emotional. Let’s face it, most families fall somewhere on the dysfunctional spectrum, including Joseph’s. Joseph’s family was so dysfunctional that his brothers sold him into slavery. But God protected Joseph, moving him from the prison to the palace. Joseph was given a second chance and became Pharaoh’s second in command. But then God gave him the biggest challenge of all. He would come face to face with the ones who had betrayed him the most, his dysfunctional family. Since there was a famine in the land, Joseph’s brothers traveled to Egypt to buy grain (Gen. 42:1–8). When they arrived, they did not recognize Joseph; they thought he was dead. After the brothers journeyed back and forth a few times, Joseph revealed his identity: “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!” (45:4). To say they were shocked would be an understatement. They were terrified (v. 3). The brother whom they had tormented now held all the power. God may give us a second chance for the sole purpose of giving others a second chance too. It would have been understandable if Joseph put his brothers in prison and threw away the key. But he forgave those who hurt him the most and reunited with his family (vv. 5–7). He knew God had a purpose: “It was not you who sent me here, but God” (v. 8). Because of his position, Joseph was able to provide for his family in their time of need. His brothers were given a second chance because Joseph saw things from God’s perspective (vv. 9–15). >> Are you harboring anger or hate toward someone? Pray that God will give you wisdom to see things from His perspective and offer someone else a second chance too.

In the conclusion of Hamilton's story, Dawn shares a terrifying moment that resulted from Hamilton's drinking. Also, after coming back home from treatment, Hamilton makes a crucial decision. Recovery Replay, which is powered by Meadows Behavioral Healthcare, was created and is written and produced by me, Dominic Lawson. Special thanks to Hamilton Baiden and Dawn Baiden. Also special thanks to Kevin Berkes, Chaplain and Director of Spiritual Services here at The Meadows, and to Dr. Claudia Black, Senior Fellow here at Meadows Behavioral Healthcare. Find out more about her work at claudiablack.com. And if you would like to share your recovery story, go to RecoveryReplay.com  

Farscape 3·17: The Choice Aeryn goes on a voyage of emotional discovery following John's death... “Here on the Emo planet, characters return, or do they? Characters who weren't characters before return, or do they? In this pseudo clipshow, an intervention goes bad, assassinations are hard, and Aeryn is bidden to ""start the reactor"".” (thanks MatthewB!) “Mom, Dad, this is my boyfriend Crichton. Yes he's dead. Ok he's my dead ghost boyfriend. You hate him. You've hated everyone I've dated. That's it I'm running away. ” (thanks Blackrain !) “An acting masterclass from Claudia Black gives us ghostly flashbacks and echos of previous seasons with a reenactment of a choice for added angst” (thanks Lucy !) “A manic Banic and a surprisingly reasonable slug attempt to get a mourning friend back aboard the ship but chaos ensues as a few unexpected visitors arrive with another slug in a backpack.” (thanks GoingMetal799!) “If you're feeling the pain of losing a loved one, there's nothing quite like family - they're basically the worst. (This is Farscape, we can't have nice things.)” (thanks Horseburd!) First aired on Friday, 17 August 2001, written by Justin Monjo, and directed by Rowan Woods We're on https://my.captivate.fm/Twitter.com/sofarscape (Twitter), http://facebook.com/sofarscape (Facebook), and SoFarscape.com. Send us your https://www.sofarscape.com/submit (synopses), support us on https://www.sofarscape.com/support (Patreon) or suggest a https://www.sofarscape.com/fanfic (fanfic story) for us to read!

We all have things that we like to engage in. Food, traveling, or video games. But there is a reason they say too much of something is not good. Hamilton Baiden has had a successful career, but his drinking may cost him what he cherishes most, his wife Dawn, and their three daughters. Recovery Replay, which is powered by Meadows Behavioral Healthcare, was created and is written and produced by me, Dominic Lawson. Special thanks to Hamilton Baiden and Dawn Baiden. Also special thanks to Special thanks to Dr. Claudia Black, Senior Fellow here at Meadows Behavioral Healthcare. Find out more about her work at claudiablack.com. And if you would like to share your recovery story, go to RecoveryReplay.com    

Trump, the assault on common decency, pandemic, quarantine, insurrection, and now war: we have all suffered collective trauma these last five years. Greg Olear talks with actor and trauma therapist Claudia Black about the causes of trauma and how to heal from it. Plus: DFG sings. Follow Claudia: https://twitter.com/TheClaudiaBlack Her site: http://www.claudiablackconsulting.com Subscribe to the PREVAIL newsletter: https://gregolear.substack.com/about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous says that the alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept the home in turmoil. We do a better job of treating people with addictions than the family members. The person with the addiction often receives residential or outpatient treatment, individual therapy, referral to community support. But what about the people who love the person with the addiction? What about the children? Claudia Black, world renowned author of It Will Never Happen to Me and My Dad Loves Me, My Dad has a Disease says, No one deserves to operate from a place of fear and shame. We deserve far greater options. This podcast follows one woman's brave journey of living with her husband's alcoholism for years. Rosemary was married with 3 children when her husband began to exhibit signs of alcoholism. She describes encounters with the police, hiding in the basement with her young son, and years of verbal abuse. My kids don't remember him sober. She recounts these lost years with a sense of unreality, familiar to trauma survivors and wonders why she tolerated unacceptable behavior for so long. She describes the chaos and anxiety, the denial, and the traumatic wounding that happens within the alcoholic home, as well as the devastation that follows each relapse. Rosemary is brave and vulnerable as she shares what motivated her to take her three children and leave the alcoholic home. This is a story of a mother's love for her children and a desire to protect them. She shares how breaking the silence, supportive friends and Alanon helped her develop a strong, independent sense of self. She recounts a new sense of freedom and hope for the future, for herself and her children.

It's 1999, and the (fictional) IASA organization is testing a new spacecraft designed by scientist John Crichton that will help propel humanity into the stars. Crichton overshoots just a LITTLE bit, and ends up running into an alien spacecraft on the other side of the galaxy, accidentally causing the death of the very conspicuously human-like pilot. Pursued by the Peackeeper armada, John is taken in by a group of prisoners escaping aboard a living ship. Now John Crichton is trying to find his way back home, but has to survive this strange new world long enough to do so. Vinnk and Sean share their college-era memories of one of the greatest science fiction (or should we say "SYFY"?) series of all time, and how well it holds up over 20 years later - especially the practical effects and muppet aliens provided by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. As one of the last series of the 20th century, there are over 20 episode per season to get through, compared to most of our other reviews, but you don't have to bust out your VHS tapes or fullscreen, non-anamorphic DVDs to watch along. Starring: * Ben Browder - John Crichton * Claudia Black - Aeryn Sun * Anthony Simcoe - Ka D'Argo * Jonathan Hardy - Dominar Rygel XVI * Lani Tupu - Pilot / Captain Bialar Crais * Gigi Edgley - Chiana Available on Amazon Prime Video and Blu-ray. Logo by by Louis Lloyd-Judson: https://louistrations.co.uk. This podcast is brought to you by the Nerd & Tie Podcast Network. Listen to other great shows at http://nerdandtie.com.

Updated episode show notes below: Seasons Greetings to The Nevers. We've been Binging Buffy, but now it's time to take a look at something contemporary and current. So, where better to start than with a show you could elevator pitch as Victorian Buffy meet X-Men? That's what we thought. Join JAC as her breaks down each episode and considers whether it's a show worth your time in this era of episodic abundance or whether you should never. Each episode he is joined by a special guest so they can provide their unique perspective. For episode 6. True, JAC is joined by regular Season Greetings to The Nevers guest Ria to bask in the glory of Laura Donnelly and discuss whether the rest of the show matches up to her truly touched performance. Full spoilers throughout for the episode. Read the interview article with Claudia Black referenced in the show here: https://collider.com/claudia-black-interview-the-nevers-stripe-joss-whedon/. If you want to get in touch with JAC about this episode or any other area of fandom he can be found on twitter under the handle @iamjacsmusings. His thoughts on TV, films and comics can be read at https://iamjacsmusings.wordpress.com/. See you when The Nevers returns... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast/support

Kathryn interviews CEO and Principal Strategist, Strategic Mental Health Consulting Mark Henick, author of “So-Called Normal: A Memoir of Family, Depression and Resilience.” His TEDx talk about being saved from death by a stranger is one of the most-watched in the world. Henick has served on the board of directors for the Mental Health Commission of Canada and has been featured in Entertainment Tonight, CNN, HuffPost, the Chicago Tribune and more. Kathryn also interviews Clinical Architect of the Claudia Black Center for Young Adults Claudia Black PhD, author of “It Will Never Happen to Me: Growing Up with Addiction as Youngsters, Adolescents, and Adults”. Since the 1970s, Dr. Black's work has encompassed the impact of addiction on young and adult children. She is one of the original founders and serves on the Advisory Board for the National Association of Children of Alcoholics and the Advisory Council of the Eluna Foundation and its development of Camp Mariposa.

It was a true honor to have Claudia Black, a pioneer in the study of the impact alcoholism has on families, join us on The Man Rules podcast. Claudia has dedicated her life to looking at the impact of trauma on family systems and the generational impact of alcoholism and other addictions. In this week's episode, Dan and Claudia talk about what makes shame and trauma are so powerful and how to better recognize their impact. Claudia breaks down exactly what trauma is and provides some practical resources to help listeners deal with the effects of "little t" trauma. To learn more, check out her latest book, "Unspoken Legacy."  

I'm trying something new today!  I'm including a transcription of today's episode in the show notes.  Let me know if you like it, would like to see more of it, or if you have no opinion either way!  I'm really looking to make this podcast the best it can be and your feedback is priceless as I continue to evolve.   First off, if you haven't checked out episode 130 from past week on Radical Self Indulgence + Asking for What You Need, it's a must listen!  It's probably one of my favorite episodes (this one is a close second) and I received so much good feedback on it, I know it's a message so many of us need to hear.   In fact, in less than 48 hours, it became the most downloaded episode of the Enoughness Revolution! Seriously.... go check it out!   Now... back to our regularly scheduled programming!     Learning to Trust Ourselves Again.     Why again? Because we were all born knowing how to trust ourselves, but somewhere a long life's path, a lot can happen to interrupt our ability to self-trust. Ever feel like you've made a lot of mistakes in the past? Maybe you have a pattern of not following through on things so you doubt your ability to follow through on them in the future. Or maybe you've had a gut feeling, totally known it, and betrayed your own wisdom? Like staying in a relationship when you knew it wasn't right or having a feeling about someone being untrustworthy, but confiding in them anyway. All of these situations are areas where we actually have learned that maybe we aren't trustworthy. And when we don't trust ourselves, it is incredibly difficult to be steadfast in our decisions, know what the right decisions are for us and our life path, and to feel confident in our ability to navigate the journey of life when none of us were given a map. At least not one with pretty pictures and arrows that clearly mark the way. So, our tendency to doubt ourselves doesn't just happen. Not only do our actions and experiences as adults play a role, but our early childhood experiences play a major part too! For instance, if you grew up in a household where you had an anxious parent, an overly involved parent, or what we call a helicopter parent in today's language, you grew up with a parent who very vigilant about protecting you from harm. All good intentions, right? But one message this can send to a child is “I don't trust you to make decisions and stay safe so I have to make these decisions for you”. Over time, we begin to doubt our ability to make good decisions, be independent thinkers, or have good judgment in our lives. Having the opportunity to make decisions for ourselves, make mistakes, and learn how to navigate them is such a big piece of not only building inner trust that we can figure things out, but also for building resiliency later in life. If you add dysfunctional dynamics to all of this, like addiction for instance, this only gets more involved. The interesting part about this is that addiction/dysfunction doesn't even have to be present in your current generation to still be having an impact. That means that if you have addiction/dysfunction anywhere in your family history (and most of us do) there could still be left over remnants of these rules today and these patterns will repeat themselves from generation to generation until someone takes it upon themselves to heal them. Dr. Claudia Black did a lot of work at examining dysfunctional family dynamics, mostly with addiction, and she came up with three main rules are common. Don't think – you can't trust the way you think Don't feel – you can't trust the way you feel Don't trust – you can't trust yourself or anyone else. Now these rules are never spoken. They're never written. They're implied. They're implied when we think something is wrong, but we're told “it's all in our head”. They're implied when we feel something and someone tells us “there's no reason to feel that way”. And in the most damaging cases, when we feel like we can't trust the people we're supposed to be able to trust to be there for us, to show up for us, to hold space for us, we learn that trusting others is dangerous. Or maybe the only person we can trust is ourselves, but what this really does is makes us skeptical of who can be trusted, including ourselves. So, there's a lot here! Obviously! Learning to trust ourselves is so incredibly important for building inner confidence and becoming the leader of our own lives so on today's episode I really wanted to dive into how we start to rebuild trust with ourselves and our intuition. Let's start with trust. One of the things that prevents us from trusting ourselves is the fact that we choose to trust or not trust based on our past actions. When our past is littered with a lot of bad choices, we don't see a lot of evidence that we can make good decisions. So how do we fix that? Since we can't change the past, we have to focus on the present and making better choices moving forward. Over time, our present choices start to replace the past choices and we begin to see that we can trust ourselves to be accountable, to make sound decisions, to choose better and do better, and be in line with our morals and values. Not to mention, we might have a tendency to find ourselves in a cycle we can't just break like have you ever found yourself running back to an ex over and over again? Like no matter what you do, you always seem to end up back at their place or calling them late night to come over no matter what you do? Over time, this kind of pattern totally wrecks havoc on our ability to trust ourselves. But the way we start gaining ground is setting firm boundaries with ourselves and start doing something different. The more we do something different, the more confidence we gain in ourselves and confidence is totally related to self-trust. We can also reflect back over our past and see things through the lens of failure and when we perceive failure, there's usually shame. One of the best things we can do is to expand our lens beyond failure, beyond the black and white. What did you learn from your failures? What did they gift you? Have you taken on far too much responsibility for a life event blaming yourself for what happened and raking yourself over the coals, shaming yourself when it wasn't all your fault? We have to realize that every single life event was a combination of factors. For deeper work here, check out episode 86 where I talk about forgiveness and letting go of the past. Lastly, there may also be times when we've had intuitive knowings, but chose to ignore them. This can be such a tailspin of I told you so's in your head. Was there that partner that you knew was cheating on you? Were you having dreams about their infidelity? And even when they denied this, you still couldn't shake the feeling? That was me in my last relationship before I met my husband. For weeks I was having dreams about him cheating. It was a feeling I couldn't shake. Every time I asked him about it, he'd deny, deny, deny. Yet, three weeks later, I accidentally intercepted a text message from one of his co-workers that said, “I don't think we should be sleeping together anymore because you have a girlfriend.” Aha! I knew it! And it's totally easy to trust ourselves when we find the evidence to back ourselves up, but what about if that never comes? Can you trust your intuition enough to follow it even when there's no evidence to support your gut feeling? One of the biggest areas I work on with clients is trusting themselves. One of the most common areas this shows up is when they're wondering if a relationship is the right one for them or which decision is the right one when it comes to their life path. How do we know? The thing is things may look great on paper. Take the relationship for instance…. Their partner may be a really good person, but something just doesn't feel quite right. Is love supposed to feel this way? Am I crazy for wanting something more? Is it me? Tough questions to answer and every situation is different, however, there are some definite patterns to be aware of… That guy I mentioned? I said verbatim to him the month before we moved in together, I don't think we're the right ones for each other. I knew it back then, but why did I stay? Because I thought he was a good guy. On paper, we made sense and I really wanted to be in love. So much so, I was willing to stay in a half-hearted relationship vs. opening myself to the real thing. I was afraid to be on my own. What if this was the real thing and I was just being impossible to please? We can go round and round here justifying things to ourselves, settling for this idea of love, or trying to make someone be “our person” more so for the sake of having one vs. how they really make us feel. What I've come to learn is when something feels off, it usually is. Whether that means this relationship is the wrong relationship for you, there's a pattern within you that needs healing, the relationship needs some coaching/healing, or there are toxic dynamics like gas lighting going on – your intuition is telling you something. So how do we learn to trust that intuitive nudge? First of all, know that intuition lives in our body. It's a different type of knowing. When we're disconnected from our bodies, disembodiment, we miss out on the subtle cues that act as our red flags for internal information. Learning to sit with our bodies and gain awareness of how our gut feelings feel is super crucial to learning to tune into our own wisdom. That's why meditation is so powerful. It allows us to be inside our bodies, quiet our minds, so we can tune into the other information (or types of knowing) available to us. Second, learning to discern between anxiety and old patterning and anxiety and intuition takes practice. Notice that I use anxiety in both cases because sometimes our anxiety can be caused from old programming and fear and sometimes it's a big red flag that our intuition is trying to keep us safe. So how do you tell the difference? This area is one of the most common areas I work on with my clients. How do I know when I can trust my thoughts? How do I know when I can trust my feelings? One of the things I've noticed about learning to trust myself is that when I'm responding to old programming, I tend to get spun up and there's this sense of being out of control. My mind tends to go in over analyzing mode or what I call rumination. What if's are usually super prevalent! I play something in my mind over and over and tend to become a bit obsessive about it. When I'm responding to my intuition, there's this consistent feeling or thought that I just can't seem to shake. I keep arguing with myself by trying to prove myself with all the facts (usually the good stuff on paper) yet something just feels off. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me and I don't even know why I feel the way I do. I've come to learn if something feels off and there's no evidence to support why, it probably is. When something feels off and it's related to old programming, I can usually connect the dots and recognize the pattern, but in order to do this, there needs to be enough self-reflection to know your patterns to begin with. Do you have a hard time trusting others? Do you tend to think the worst of people? These are some of the patterns that can interrupt us from accurately discerning between fear and intuition. One of the best things I've done for myself is when I feel something, I give it value. I don't dismiss it. When I think something, I double-check it to make sure I have all the facts. When we respond to things, our heads are usually the first piece of ourselves that go into old programming. Our feelings, however, are deeply connected to our instincts. Lastly, when it comes to trusting our intuition, we have to trust that are in fact trustworthy. We're wise. We're whole. And the only way we get there is to feel connected to our sense of self. This means being in tune with your feelings and learning to feel them and honor them instead of dismissing them. How do we feel our feelings? I've struggled with this so much in my life because I felt for sure emotions would overpower me. And because I was afraid of them, I didn't live in my heart. I lived in my head where I could be rational. There are so many messages about emotions being irrational, but this is how our intuition speaks to us. Learning to live in our hearts, or the practice of embodiment, is learning to experience the depth and breadth of emotion. Can you accurately label your emotions as you're feeling them? This is such a great place to start. You can use a feelings list to start practicing this more and asking yourself daily, “what am I feeling today?” You can also spend more time in your body because emotions are felt in the body. When you're anxious, sit with it. Where do you feel it in your body? What does it feel like? Tightness? Tension? Butterflies? Where? Your stomach? Your chest? What does an intuitive knowing feel like when you just can't shake something? Is it fluttery? Is it heavy? Where? Your hips? Your heart? Your diaphragm? Learning to be in your body, feel your feelings, and trust your feelings is all a part of learning to trust yourself and your intuition. Join me for a short meditation to get into your body, feel your feelings, and trusting the wisdom that's there for you.     As mentioned on this episode, join me for my next free masterclass, Radical Self-Indulgence - the radical act of asking for what you need, knowing what you need, and reigniting your inner compass.  It's all happening tomorrow at 11:30 am CST and YES, there will be a replay if you can't attend live.  You have to sign up to get the replay though so I know to send it to you.  Come join me!  You can register below