Podcast appearances and mentions of worth recovery

When Kristen Brown told me she had a book coming out called The Recovering People Pleaser: A Spiritual Guide to Reclaim Your True Worth and Attract the Love You Deserve, I jumped at the opportunity to invite her on my podcast.Kristen is a Relationship Healing and Self-Worth Recovery Mentor, and she helps people in dysfunctional, often abusive, relationships reclaim their self-worth.Kristen has led a life with a strong desire to help others.In 2009, after finding herself attracting and marrying, as she says, "yet another toxic person, another dysfunctional relationship, where I was not treated equally," her life was swept away like in a big tsunami. (She calls that area of her life her "tsunami.")She went from having an excellent credit score and never missing a bill to being on the verge of homelessness with three children in tow.She vowed at that point to remain single and celibate for as long as it took to not have this pattern repeat. Kristen's ex-husband was a physically abusive, adulterous narcissist with alcohol dependency. And, as narcissists tend to do, he threw out the line in an argument "you are the common denominator" just to be hurtful. (Meaning, if all of her relationships went to hell, she was obviously the problem."Then, she had an epiphany..."I am the common denominator."This began her journey of self-worth recovery.It's amazing how fast you can take charge of your own life when you shift from being a victim to realizing you are in the driver's seat of your experience. (I related a lot to this story, as I had that same epiphany when my ex-boyfriend abandoned me at the airport in 2018. I was also the common denominator, and noticed that my reality was my creation.)In this interview, we cover so much.Why people pleasing? Because people pleasing is a behavior that is the result of shame and unworthiness; Kristen calls shame and unworthiness "the plague on the planet."One of the ways shame and unworthiness translates in a human is "people pleasing," "doormat," and "codependency." Kristen calls her work "relationship healing and self-worth recovery” because we heal our relationships through our self-worth recovery.Her new book is designed as a spiritual guide to help those struggling with people-pleasing tendencies reclaim their power in their human experience, and thereby, attract the love they deserve.You can find Kristen on her website at kristenbrown.orgKristen's second book, The Recovering People Pleaser – A Spiritual Guide to Reclaim Your True Worth and Attract the Love You Deserve is due to be released in November 2022. You can find it on all major book selling sites.Go to kristenbrown.org to sign up for updates on the book's release.

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Sexuality is unique for each person. However, abuse is never a healthy part of sexuality. In this episode, I explore the connection between BDSM and abuse with Kristal Garcia.  Kristal is a self-identified recovering sex and love addict.  Her story can be found on a previous episode of Worth Recovery. Here we define and discuss what exactly BDSM is and the challenges of this community.   More information about Kristal can be found here:  https://www.openheartsunite.org/  

Braving the Journey talks with Madison Williams. Currently in recovery, her sober date is 6/10/2019. Madison initially for sober because she hated who she was when she drank. Madison  thought getting sober wasn't going to change much but then it ended up changing her entire life for the better.The strength in her story is that it really is not unique and that's why she enjoys sharing it to let other people know that we're not alone in this."The strength in my story is that it is not unique. Just a human being sharing her story to help others realize they're not alone and that we do recover. That there is an amazing life on the other side of alcohol no matter what society or mainstream media tell you. I didn't drink everyday or even every week but when I did drink I often could not control myself and finally had a revelation that I was the only one who can make myself stop feeling this way. "It doesn't matter what you drink, or how much you drink, but what happens to you when you drink."www.instagram.com/redhaired_sobriety/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bravingthejourney/membership)

2020 was not my best year.  While I learned a lot and had some great opportunities and wins, there were many things that didn't happen.  I'm calling it the year of false starts.  It took a toll on me and on Worth Recovery. However, I'm doing the work to change that.  In this episode I discuss how shame and guilt have kept me frozen and not moving forward and how learning to love myself through the process has been the most rewarding.  

This week's episode is a recording from a class taught in WORTH. Alana Gordon director of the WORTH group and therapist for Life Changing Services teaches about the recovery model and what that looks like for a man working recovery and the woman in her healing journey. To join one of our free therapist led support groups you can enroll here: http://healingwithworth.org/ For more information on our Teen WORTH program mentioned in our episode: https://lifechangingservices.online/worth/teen-worth/

Is there a difference between men and women who suffer from sex addiction? Tonight, Carol Sheets is interviewing Amy Smith, the founder of Worth Recovery. She started podcasting about her experiences in sex addiction recovery in January 2016 and has hosted full day workshops for women in recovery in Salt Lake City, Seattle, Atlanta, and Buffalo. She offer supports groups and additional educational offerings for women as well.She knew there was a lack of resources for women, but what she thought was a small hole, turned out to be a gigantic chasm.  Below are some of the resources I offer for women:   Worth Recovery Podcast - Available anywhere you listen to podcasts Women's Stories Series - The episodes where I'm curating women's stories in sex addiction and recovery. The Worth Circle - a paid online, moderated Facebook group where women can get support and maintain their focus on recovery.  

How many days have you been alone in your house?  Or at least felt alone, whether you actually were or not?  Have you struggled with loneliness during other times in your life?  Me, too.  In this episode, I share my current thoughts on where our world is, and three of the strategies that helped me learn to work through my own loneliness. In addition - I'd love to connect with you! Schedule a 30 minute window to talk here:  https://worthrecovery.com/recovery-coaching/Feel free to schedule - even if you're not interested in coaching - I'd love to just connect with you. Join the Worth Circle here:  https://worthrecovery.com/worthcircle/ Awesome things are coming here at Worth Recovery!

For anyone in the throws of addiction, know, you are worth recovery. Instrumental - "Bear Witness II" by Handsome Boy Modeling School

We welcome Amy Smith with Worth Recovery on again (You can hear her on Episode 58) to talk about our joint venture One Layer Deeper.  We are excited to announce these weekend intensives focused on taking your relationships in recovery one layer deeper.   You can learn more about One Layer Deeper by visiting our website www.onelayerdeeper.com.   In this episode, we explore some practical dos and don'ts for dating in recovery, the role of artificial timelines, and the question of dating other people in recovery.

We welcome Amy Smith with Worth Recovery on again (You can hear her on Episode 58) to talk about our joint venture One Layer Deeper.  We are excited to announce these weekend intensives focused on taking your relationships in recovery one layer deeper.   You can learn more about One Layer Deeper by visiting our website www.onelayerdeeper.com.   In this episode, we explore some practical dos and don'ts for dating in recovery, the role of artificial timelines, and the question of dating other people in recovery.

Jackie and Jon sit down again with Amy Smith, the founder of Worth Recovery to talk recovery coaching.  What is a Recovery Coach?  How does coaching work with therapy and 12 steps?  Answers to these questions and more! You can find out more about Amy and the recovery coaching she does at www.worthrecovery.com

Jackie and Jon sit down again with Amy Smith, the founder of Worth Recovery to talk recovery coaching.  What is a Recovery Coach?  How does coaching work with therapy and 12 steps?  Answers to these questions and more! You can find out more about Amy and the recovery coaching she does at www.worthrecovery.com

Continuing their interview, Sally shares with Amy what it was like to write and share her 1st step with her support circle.  She shares some of her experiences in recovery and her life.  We, at Worth Recovery, feel honored to Sally would share with us and through us, all of you.  

Continuing our Women's Stories series, Sally shares her first written 1st step with us here at Worth Recovery.  Her story is one of faith, hope, perseverence, and love. 

  We are very excited to have the founder of WORTH Recovery and the host of the podcast by the same name with us today.  We talk to Amy about getting started in recovery and some of the unique considerations for women who are starting in recovery.   You can get more of Amy at www.worthrecovery.com and find her podcast in the iTunes directory.  

  We are very excited to have the founder of WORTH Recovery and the host of the podcast by the same name with us today.  We talk to Amy about getting started in recovery and some of the unique considerations for women who are starting in recovery.   You can get more of Amy at www.worthrecovery.com and find her podcast in the iTunes directory.  

In Part 2 with Shannon we discuss children, recovery journeys, daily routines and blogging.  A few months ago, Shannon started blogging for Worth Recovery.  Her words are real, authentic, relatable, inspiring and uplifting.  Her story is the same.  I'm excited to share with you a little bit of Shannon's experiences in recovery.  You can read more about Shannon and her recovery journey at the blog:  Worth Recovery Blog

A few months ago, Shannon started blogging for Worth Recovery.  Her words are real, authentic, relatable, inspiring and uplifting.  Her story is the same.  I'm excited to share with you a little bit of Shannon's experiences in recovery.  You can read more about Shannon and her recovery journey at the blog:  Worth Recovery Blog

You can’t be a sex addict, you’re a woman.” “Women don’t recover from sex addiction.” “You’re not welcome at this 12-step fellowship meeting because you’re a woman.” These were all things that were said to interviewee as she started to search for help for her sex addiction. Women need help and support in sex addiction recovery.  She started Worth Recovery and the Worth Recovery podcast as a support for women in recovery.  It started with the mission to reach women sex addicts who were recovering from their own addiction – but as her recovery has grown – She learned that she had a parent with a sex addiction and she needed to recover from that, she have a food addiction and she needed to recover from that, she had a dysfunctional family and  needed to recover from that – so has the listenership.  It is the mission of Worth Recovery to dispel shame and build hope in the lives of women recovering from addiction in their lives, however that addiction has touched them – whether it is their own or that of someone else.  Worth Recovery offers support for these women through our podcast, blog, one day workshops, recovery coaching, and online courses all with the goal of supporting women in recovery.

Continuing this series from Episode 078, Megan and I finish our discussion about our Help Wanted ads. Moving Megan across the country was a jumbled bag of emotions. It was so fun to spend that time with her, Scott and Bronx. It was so fun to be on the road and drive and see new places! It was so hard to leave her there and fly home alone. In this continuation of our interview, we discuss what makes our relationship work including, our likes and dislikes, our confidence in meeting our own needs, and in our relationship skills. ---- Register for the Worth Recovery Event: "Engaged in the Struggle" in Salt Lake City, Utah! Use the promo code: podcastslc for $20 off registration! --- If you have a success story you would like to share with the Worth Recovery community or a question you would like answered on the podcast, email me at amy@worthrecovery.com. --- Homework: Identify two characteristics of relationships that you need. Do you have those? How can you implement them better in your current relationships? If you need a new relationship, write your own help wanted ad and share it below!!

I just celebrated by 41st birthday!! During the day, three seemingly small things added up to an amazing day! As I was reflecting on these things, I wanted to share them with you. I hope you can build the hope that I did from these events. It is definitely the small things in recovery that give us the greatest results!! ---- Register for the Worth Recovery Event: "Engaged in the Struggle" in Salt Lake City, Utah! Use the promo code: podcastslc for $20 off registration! --- If you have a success story you would like to share with the Worth Recovery community or a question you would like answered on the podcast, email me at amy@worthrecovery.com. --- Homework: What are three of your blessings today? Small things that maybe you aren't necessarily always noticing? By small and simple things, GREAT things happen!

Continuing our discussion on being ALL IN, I share with you my big three distrator behaviors! These are behaviors that prevent me (and probably you) from being ALL IN in our recovery journeys. These behaviors sneak into our lives, they aren't always exactly apparent. They are hard to see and sometimes the behavior itself prevents us from getting the true reflection of what we are doing. If we aren't making the progress we want in recovery - if we aren't getting the traction we need - we have some distractor behaviors going on in our lives! Let's figure it out! Distractor #1: Spreading Out The Truth Distractor #2: Green Grass Syndrome Distractor #3: The Implementation Dip ---- Register for the Worth Recovery Event: "Engaged in the Struggle" in Salt Lake City, Utah! Use the promo code: podcastslc for $20 off registration! --- If you have a success story you would like to share with the Worth Recovery community or a question you would like answered on the podcast, email me at amy@worthrecovery.com. --- Homework: List three of your major distraction behaviors that prevent you from being ALL IN in your recovery. Then share that list with one of your recovery partners! And share it with me below!!

In this episode I share with you a recent revelation I have had about my life. I'm holding back. I'm not ALL IN! Of course, this isn't the case in all areas of my life - but it is in some significant places. This recent realization drove me to consider the areas of my life where I am ALL IN. One of those areas is my recovery. I am ALL IN with my recovery! Are you? Are the 1 in 18 that will stay long term in recovery? Links mentioned in the episode:12-Step StatisticsDoes AA Really Work?Does Alcoholics Anonymous Work?Dr. Patrick Carnes on Sex Addiction ---- Register for the Worth Recovery Event: "Engaged in the Struggle" in Salt Lake City, Utah! Use the promo code: podcastslc for $20 off registration!Register Here! --- If you have a success story you would like to share with the Worth Recovery community or a question you would like answered on the podcast, email me at amy@worthrecovery.com. --- Homework: Comment below and let me know where you are listening from and if you are committing to be ALL IN for your recovery!

With all the recent media coverage on rape and rape culture, Amy explores the idea of consent with CSAT therapist Jackie Pack.  Jackie will be speaking and sharing her expertise at "Engaged In The Struggle," the upcoming Worth Recovery event in January.  Listen to this great interview about what consent really means and how we get it all wrong.  

During the Worth Recovery event, "Engaged In The Struggle", in Seattle, Washington, Amy sat with Maureen as they discussed their recovery journeys.  Staying engaged in the struggle is not the easy option.  Maureen tells us about some of the struggles she has dealt with during recovery and some of the strategies she has used to stay engaged.  This interview was recorded live as Amy and Maureen presented in Seattle. 

During the Worth Recovery event, "Engaged In The Struggle", in Seattle, Washington, Amy sat with Maureen as they discussed their recovery journeys.  Staying engaged in the struggle is not the easy option.  Maureen tells us about some of the struggles she has dealt with during recovery and some of the strategies she has used to stay engaged.  This interview was recorded live as Amy and Maureen presented in Seattle.  

Episode 0 focuses on the purpose, mission and goal of Worth Recovery. Learn about Amy's journey as a woman recovering from sex addiction and the big, BIG things we are going to do to support other women in recovery!

Our guest on this episode of the Addicted Mind podcast is Amy Smith, founder of the Worth Recovery podcast, which has grown into a community of mutual support. Amy began her recovery journey in 2011 when she realized that her multiple failed “relationships” were a result of sex addiction and the notion that intimacy was nothing more than a transaction. On the very same day that she promised to do something to change her situation, her father – with whom anger had characterized her relationship – told her that he had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Because women with sex addiction seem to be a taboo subject, where Amy had to overcome stigma and shame that men with the same issue would not have to deal with due to the social acceptability. At the time, she was living in Seattle, where she found a great therapist and women’s 12-step group that embraced her on her road to recovery. A couple of years later, she moved to Salt Lake City and expected to find similar resources, but she saw nothing but skepticism and discouragement. There were no meetings for women in the area, and though she eventually found the right therapist for her, she encountered many professionals and peers who told her that it was not possible for her to have a sex addiction. Amy’s sponsor kept encouraging her to see this as an opportunity, and eventually, Amy started a meeting in her home for women who grew to the point that there is now a network of support for women in Salt Lake City. Knowing that there is healing in both hearing other people talk about their struggles and in telling others about our own, Amy decided that there might be a few other women outside of Seattle or Salt Lake City who needed to know that they are not alone in their recovery from sex addiction. She started her podcast to tell her story, hoping that it could reach 20 people outside of her region, but the podcast is averaging nearly 600 downloads per day, reinforcing the need for a community to support each other through recovery. Amy’s parting words for anyone struggling with sex addiction (or any addiction) is to believe that you are worth recovery, and do not let anyone make you think or feel otherwise.