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I'm Bipolar. Now What? Recovery, Stability, and Living Well.
Hosted by Louise Barnett · EN
I'm Bipolar. Now What? is the podcast for anyone living with bipolar disorder and wondering what comes next. Hosted by Louise Barnett, a Jay Shetty Certified Life Coach and author of Tainted Love: A Bipolar Memoir, this show combines lived experience with practical tools for addiction, recovery, stability, and living well. Each week, you'll find honest conversations about bipolar disorder, medication, therapy, routines, relationships, sobriety, and building a life worth living. Recovery is possible. Stability is possible. Living well is possible.
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100. My 1st Ketamine Therapy Journey
Nov 13, 202300:26:59Tap to summarizeTogether S.O.B.E.R. Facebook Group - Join our FREE community, it's safe space of engagement, support, guidance, live education, accountability and authentic voices for anyone looking to make a change in their relationship to alcohol https://www.facebook.com/groups/749276119693280 Follow on IG: @Togethersoberpodcast Freebies & More: www.Louisebarnett.com Email: Hello@louisebarnett.com
Transcribe →70. Martin Lockett's Story: My Prison Life, How one 20 year sentence for DUI led to a Life of Purpose
Jul 3, 2023Tap to summarizeThis week Martin celebrates 2 years of freedom after serving 17.5 years in Prison for DUI. Martin Lockett grows up in a tough neighborhood in Portland Oregon and by the time he's fifteen, his parents don't know what to do with him. He and his homies steal cars, drink, and smoke dope and even though Martin's bright, the only time he does well at school is when he gets kicked out and has to attend alternative classes. As soon as he's returned to his friends though, he's right back into trouble. After Martin serves three years in prison for his part in a robbery, he finally seems to turn himself around. He gets a good job, moves up in the company, meets a nice girl, and he's proud to buy his first car. But his decision to get behind the wheel one drunken New Year's Eve, leaves two innocent people dead, several families destroyed... and puts the twenty-four-year-old Martin behind bars for nearly twenty years. In what he realizes is a palpable irony, it is in prison that Martin finally finds meaning and direction in life. Devastated by the tragedy he has caused, he takes advantage of the educational opportunities offered to him. With his study of psychology, he begins to unravel the tangled threads of his life, gaining wisdom and insight that he puts to use in understanding his own youthful motivations and in counseling other young men, like him, who are headed straight for disaster. Penned within prison walls where the author still resides, Prison to Purpose Pipeline movingly chronicles a lost man's discovery of himself and his potential as an instrument for good. While incarcerated, Martin earned a BS in sociology, MS in psychology, and got state certified as substance abuse counselor. Since his release, he has shared his powerful story at DUI victim impact panels, alcohol highway safety classes, conferences, and high schools across the country. Currently, he works as a substance abuse counselor and speaks nationally to spread DUI prevention and awareness. GET IN TOUCH WITH MARTIN Martinlockett.com IG: @martinlockett Together S.O.B.E.R. Facebook Group - Join our FREE community, it's safe space of engagement, support, guidance, live education, accountability and authentic voices for anyone looking to make a change in their relationship to alcohol https://www.facebook.com/groups/749276119693280 Stand Up To Alcohol Challenge - 30 Day interactive course to build Emotional Intelligence, Self-awareness & Mental Toughness https://go.louisebarnett.com/suta-drinking-type-results Do I Drink Too Much? Free Quiz - https://go.louisebarnett.com/suta-sober-quiz Follow on IG: @Togethersoberpodcast Freebies & More: www.Louisebarnett.com
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38. Alison Canavan's Story: From 15 year-old Global Supermodel to Turning Pain into Power
Mar 13, 2023Tap to summarizeAlison’s story is one of transforming pain into power. Having entered the fashion world as a model at 15 the journey took her through some incredible highs and lows. Addiction and partying became a coping mechanism and a medicine for the void and loneliness she felt inside. Today Alison is 8 years in recovery March 8th and leading and living a sober lifestyle is one of the greatest gifts she has given herself. Alison Canavan has been named one of the top 8 transformational coaches in the US by USA Today. She specializes in managing change, stress, burnout & overwhelm. She helps companies and individuals become the best version of themselves. Her focus is on 360 health and wellbeing with mental health; including depression, addiction and anxiety being at the forefront and focus of her work. In addition to her work, Alison is also the award-winning author of Minding Mum – It’s Time to Take Care of You. Alison feels that the movement into living more consciously is one of empowerment, possibility for all and where true freedom lies. There is no freedom in the pills and vino lifestyle just paranoia, guilt, shame, hangovers and feeling like shit. GET IN TOUCH WITH ALISON: www.alisoncanavan.com - Instagram @alisoncanavanwellness - FACEBOOK @alisoncanavanofficial - Twitter @alicanavanink linked in - linkedin.com/in/alison-canavan-cmt-p-112880b Together S.O.B.E.R. Facebook Group - Join our FREE community, it's safe space of engagement, support, guidance, live education, accountability and authentic voices for anyone looking to make a change in their relationship to alcohol https://www.facebook.com/groups/749276119693280 Stand Up To Alcohol Challenge - 30 Day interactive course to build Emotional Intelligence, Self-awareness & Mental Toughness https://go.louisebarnett.com/suta-drinking-type-results Do I Drink Too Much? Free Quiz - https://go.louisebarnett.com/suta-sober-quiz Follow on IG: @Togethersoberpodcast Freebies & More: www.Louisebarnett.com
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26. Kelly's Story - Divorce & Navigating New Relationships with a Sober Curious Outlook
Jan 30, 2023Tap to summarizeBecause her father was an alcoholic, Kelly always said she would not drink. Before she knew it, she became the life of party. She held her drinking at bay for several years UNTIL divorce where she discovered her schedule of freedom and new found independence. Up until about 2 years ago Kelly never reflected on her drinking behavior because it never seemed to get "out of hand". Now, in a new marriage, Kelly was forced to take a mirror to her own habits and is now acutely aware of her own dangerous binge behavior. After exploring a Sober Curious lifestyle with her new husband, Kelly is celebrating 90 Days Sober TODAY!!! Where to Find Kelly? - Together S.O.B.E.R. Facebook Group - Join our FREE community, it's safe space of engagement, support, guidance, live education, accountability and authentic voices for anyone looking to make a change in their relationship to alcohol https://www.facebook.com/groups/749276119693280 Stand Up To Alcohol Challenge - 30 Day interactive course to build Emotional Intelligence, Self-awareness & Mental Toughness https://go.louisebarnett.com/suta-drinking-type-results Do I Drink Too Much? Free Quiz - https://go.louisebarnett.com/suta-sober-quiz Follow on IG: @Togethersoberpodcast Freebies & More: www.Louisebarnett.com
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