The Way Out Podcast

In this edition of The Way Out I’m honored to bring you my interview with person in long term recovery, co-founder of the Recovery Organization She Recovers, and author of the new daily mediation book She Recovers Every Day Dawn Nickel. Hearing Dawn share her journey to and through Recovery to this point is at once an absolute delight and truly enlightening as she shares the reality of her own experience with addiction while dispensing Recovery insights and wisdom rooted in compassion and grounded in reality and practicality. Her work with the She Recovers Foundation and her new offering in the recovery literature genre are tremendous examples of what a true treasure Dawn is for the Recovery community, as is the outstanding interview with Dawn that is about to unfold before your very ears so listen up. Contact Dawn Nickel:   https://dawnnickel.com/contact/   More about She Recovers:   https://sherecovers.org/   More about the new Daily Meditation Book by Dawn Nickel:   https://dawnnickel.com/book/   Recovery

In this edition of The Way Out, I’m absolutely honored to bring you my interview with President of Visions of Recovery Inc, Director and Author of Visions Theater, and Person in long term recovery Bob Lo Bue. Bob shares his journey to and through recovery to this point with us with unbridled honesty and a refreshing humor that makes it all the more enjoyable when we are taking in the rather poignant spiritual and recovery wisdom that is embedded within it and all the more inspirational when we learn what Recovery has enabled Bob to do as a result. Namely the divinely inspired Visions Theater which is a play by and for people in Recovery that depicts various iterations of two of our most defining shared experiences as people in Recovery – our moment of reckoning, followed by our entry into Recovery. This powerful performance has the power to do what all good recovery stories have the power to do, and that is to break through our denial and terminal uniqueness and inspire within us the idea that Recovery may in

In this rendition of The Way Out co-host extraordinaire Jason had the distinct pleasure of talking with Will House, the creator of the Oberit App. Oberit is an app where wellness and recovery are rewarded! Earn for doing consistent healthy actions and build the fundamental habits you need to be your best self. The app uses simple neuroscience techniques designed to better manage stress, anxiety, and unhealthy addictive behaviors in a rewarding and motivating way. It also features the Become Program video lessons which are full of great practical tools you can use in your recovery. We learn all about Oberit and get to know Will on a personal level so listen up. Contact Will: will@getoberit.com More the Oberit App: Oberit - Build Healthy Habits, Reward Your Recovery (getoberit.com) Recovery Literature (Quit-Lit) Recommendation: The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller: https://www.amazon.com/ONE-Thing-Surprisingly-Extraordinary-Results/dp/1885167776 Best piece of R

In this edition of The Way Out our intrepid co-host Jason talks with person in long term recovery Lori Windfeldt, who likes to call herself the perpetual volunteer. Lori is also a recovery coach, best-selling author, speaker, podcast host and runs the nonprofit organization Dry Society Social Club that throws a fancy recovery gala every year. Her shining personality and heart for service will have you truly smitten. You won’t be listening long before you realize how great a time both Jason and Lori had sharing space together and I couldn’t be more excited to turn it over to these two power houses in recovery so listen up.   Contact Lori: hello@loriwindfeldt.com Lori’s Links: https://linktr.ee/loriwindfeldt Best piece of Recovery advice: You are not the center of the universe." or " I will no longer allow myself to be uncomfortable so that you can be comfortable." Recovery Literature (Quit-Lit) Recommendation: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van

In this edition of The Way Out I’m absolutely thrilled to bring you my interview with Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Person in Long term recovery and author, Dr. Laura Petracek. Laura shares her journey to and through recovery from alcoholism and addiction while at the same time coming to terms with, and addressing her bipolar disorder which together ended up being the struggle of her lifetime, and one that eventually motivated her to implement Dialectical Behavioral Therapy or DBT for short in her own life along with the 12-Step program she’d been working for years. A struggle, that ultimately informed her new book The DBT Workbook for Alcohol and Drug Addiction: Skills and Strategies for Emotional Regulation, Recovery, and Relapse Prevention which is chalked full of Recovery tools that are centered in DBT and the 12 Steps, which increasingly enable us achieve the often illusive balance between the extremes we’ve been accustomed to, and thereby enabling us to become increasingly clos

Contact Glenn: https://www.instagram.com/glenndoughertyjr/ About this Life Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/about-this-life-with-shafondra-matthews-glenn-dougherty-jr/id1606295848 Recovery Literature (Quit-Lit) Recommendation: The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win by Jocko Willink: https://www.amazon.com/Dichotomy-Leadership-Balancing-Challenges-Ownership/dp/1250195772 Best Piece of Recovery Advice: Share your story Baby by Fabolous Ft. Mike Shorey: https://youtu.be/V5g4pxDreYo Don’t forget to check out “The Way Out Playlist” available only on Spotify. Curated by all our wonderful guests on the podcast! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6HNQyyjlFBrDbOUADgw1Sz (c) 2015 - 2023 The Way Out Podcast | All Rights Reserved Theme Music: “all clear” (https://ketsa.uk/browse-music/) by Ketsa (https://ketsa.uk) licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-way-out-po

In this edition of The Way Out I’m pleased to bring you my interview with Caroline Beidler who is a person in long term recovery and the author of the new book “Downstairs Church: Finding Hope in the Grit of Addiction and Trauma Recovery”. Caroline shares her journey to and through recovery to this point in a way that is heavy on the solution and what got her and keeps her well and that is firmly rooted in connecting with and being of service of others in Recovery, which exactly what her new book and this here interview is all about so I highly recommend staying tuned as Caroline Recovers Out Loud in the most inspirational and instructive way so listen up.  Check out the Recovery Revolution Podcast Network:  http://wayoutcast.com/recovery-resources  Contact Caroline and learn more about Downstairs Church: Finding Hope in the Grit of Addiction and Trauma Recovery:  https://www.carolinebeidler.com/  Recovery Literature (Quit-Lit) Recommendations:  The Life Recovery Bible  http

In this rendition of The Way Out co-host extraordinaire Jason returns and shares a marvelous interview where he reconnects with a very old friend who just celebrated 1 year of sobriety! Jason and Jeff Rogers hadn't seen each other in 25 years until Jason recognized him at a recovery event. Jeff is doing some amazing service work here in Minnesota, where he lives with his beautiful family, and together are building a beautiful life today. His journey to and through recovery to this point is instructive in large part because it shows that we don't have to lose it all in order to achieve a deep and durable recovery. All that is required to make a beginning is to be honest with ourselves and a sincere willingness to make a change when we see what lies in store for us if we don’t. One thing that is surely in store for you is this gem of a recovery talk so listen up. Contact Jeff: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004183186616 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rollhardplayhard/ Facebook Disc G

In this edition of The Way Out I’m beyond honored to bring you my interview with Author of the new book entitled “Get Me to The Abbey” and person in long term recovery, Lisa Avelleyra. Lisa shares her ultra-relatable journey to and through recovery to this point with us only in the way a true story teller can and with a distinctly wry humor and an unmistakable authenticity that will no doubt have each and every one of you laughing, connecting, and feeling like we’re all old friends in Recovery, a feeling I reckon is one of the best there is. The genuine Recovery and Spiritual wisdom that emanates from Lisa’s story is truly something to behold as is the nothing short of miraculous experience she has while at The Abbey, where she finds so much more than she ever thought possible. She finds her Higher Power at The Abbey. She finds community at The Abbey. She finds hope at The Abbey. Lisa finds herself at The Abbey, and perhaps most importantly, what Lisa finds at The Abbey is that meaningful and enduring Recover

In this rendition of The Way Out I’m overjoyed to bring you my interview with person in long term recovery and life coach Hayley Scherders. Hayley shares her journey to and through recovery to this point with us with remarkable authenticity and in extremely relatable fashion, and all along the way she sprinkles practical recovery and spiritual wisdom that we can all apply to our own recovery. One of the most enlightening of which is the wonderfully powerful idea and concept of having 5 seconds of courage in order to ignite a seismic and positive shift in our lives, such as choosing to begin our journey of recovery, or starting therapy, or giving up a counterproductive thought and/or behavior pattern, or as Hayley so eloquently stated and herself experienced, deciding to turn our past into lessons instead of life sentences. Indeed, the smallest of beginnings can mushroom into meaningful, positive and sustained change, such as reading some quit-lit, going to a recovery meeting, or listening to a powerful recove

In this edition of The Way Out I’m overjoyed to bring you my interview with person in long term recovery and founder of the creative coaching agency Liberty Empowerment and the new community Speak Toast, Keelin Conant. In accordance with the Truth in Podcasting Act of 2023, which I 100% just made up and is absolutely not a real thing, this is the last of a handful of interviews I inadvertently recorded with my super sub-par webcam microphone, so a big thank you to all ya’ll Way Out faithful for bearing with the less than stellar audio from yours truly. Despite my audio adversity, the spiritual and recovery truth that emerges as Keelin shares her journey to and through recovery is truly extraordinary. Without question one of the key truths embodied in Keelin’s story amounts to a profound and fundamental question we all must address or answer in one way or another in our Recovery Journeys: what are we willing to give up to become the person we feel called to be? This question goes back to the Hero’s Journey we’

In this rendition of The Way Out I am absolutely ecstatic to bring you what turned out to be a marvelous interview with Joi Andreoli, Author of the new book The Recovery Cycle: A Practical Guide to Loving Your Sober Life. Joi is also a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Transactional Analysis Practitioner, Certified WANT® Communication Educator, and person in long term recovery. Many of us who have spent any time in and around recovery may have been introduced to the concept of the addiction cycle, of which there are a number of variations. For our purposes, the addiction cycle has four distinct phases starting with preoccupation and anticipation which then leads to addiction related rituals like the search for and preparation of the substance which then leads to intoxication or binging followed by the last phase which is withdrawal and negative effects like shame, guilt and remorse. Much of what we’re actively doing in Recovery is a process of replacing our addictions and counterproductive thought and b

In this rendition of The Way Out, recovery cohost extraordinaire Jason has a tremendous interview with person in long term recovery and author, Joe Booth. Joe is absolutely phenomenal in what turned out to be an extraordinary conversation between he and Jason. We find out about Joe's life, addiction and of course, his Recovery. Joe goes deep with us on the recovery program he created with the help of some college professors and some good old-fashioned research. Formerly called Class V Mind, and now newly rebranded as Become by Oberit, this program is available online and through the Oberit App, where you get rewarded for developing healthy daily habits. One habit you’ll be glad you keep is listening to amazing interviews like this one featuring the one and only Joe Booth so listen up. Contact Joe: joe@classfivemind.com Best piece of advice: "Trust the process" or "It works if you work it" Recovery Literature (Quit-Lit) Recommendations: Buddhism & the Twelve Steps Daily Reflections: Thoughts on Dharma and

In this edition of The Way Out, I’m at once extremely humbled and grateful to bring you my interview with person in long term recovery and bonified poet, Melissa DeJesus. Melissa shares her journey to and through recovery to this point with us, a journey in which Melissa endures enough Capitol T Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences or ACES, and loss for multiple lifetimes. Carl Jung once said “No Tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless it’s roots reach down to hell” and Gabor Mate is credited with coining the phrase “Ask, not why the addiction, but why the pain” two quotes that are quite apropos for many of us and certainly no more so than with Melissa. Perhaps the most beautiful gifts to come out of Melissa’s recovery are the Capital T Truth both Recovery and Spiritual she’s learned and indeed shares in this very interview, and her poetry, which has taken on new meaning in her Recovery and to that end I am beyond honored to share with you all one of Melissa’s original poems delivered by none other than

In this edition of The Way Out, I’m beyond excited to bring you my interview with award winning director and producer and founder of Emmy-nominated People People Media, Jared Callahan. A quick note before we proceed: Much to my chagrin and surprise I discovered after this interview that inexplicably my default recording microphone on my podcasting rig reverted to – insert gasp here – the microphone built into my webcam. As horrified as I was at the discovery, you can still hear yours truly just fine despite the sub-par webcam mic and you can hear Jared just fine despite the internet gremlins on his end, and it afforded me a few opportunities in light of this unfortunate turn of events. First, as my fiancée said to me after watching me have a near meltdown and listening to the raw audio, “it’s fine, it doesn't sound that bad at all” – I realized my podcasting ego was making a much bigger deal out of it than it actually was and the goal of this podcast is not audiophile perfection but to bring you powerful reco

In this edition of The Way Out, our intrepid and indeed tremendous cohost Jason had the amazing opportunity to share space with the creator of the Recovery Soulfood Podcast, Reverend Lona Currie, or LC as those who know him are fond of calling him. LC is a transgender mentor and a seemingly bottomless well of recovery wisdom and spiritual truth. Learning about LC's life will no doubt at once inspire, enlighten, and fascinate all who listen. His heart for the world is so big! You simply can't help but be inspired by the journey that brought him to where he's at today so listen up. Contact LC and other resources: https://www.facebook.com/LCrecoverysoulfood?mibextid=LQQJ4d https://www.youtube.com/@RecoverySoulfood Instagram @ecovery_soulfood (this is my contact info-DM) TikTok @RecoverySoulfood Best piece of Recovery Advice: "You can only grow to your environment" Recovery Literature (Quit-Lit) Recommendation: The Twelve Universal Laws of Success: Herbert Harris:Chr https://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Universal-Laws-S

A long overdue and spectacular interview Jason and Charlie had with person in long term recovery, Faith, Recovery & Music Podcast cohost and founder and CEO of Spirits at Rest, Jeremy Gerres. Jeremy shares his amazing journey to & through #Recovery to this point with both Charlie & Jason in our first in studio interview in over 2 years! Jeremy is a true powerhouse in his local Recovery community Contact Jeremy: https://spiritsatrest.com/contact-us  Spirits at Rest: https://spiritsatrest.com/  Faith, Recovery & Music Podcast: https://www.faithrecoverymusic.com/  Recovery Literature (Quit-Lit) Recommendations:  A.A. Big Book - https://www.aa.org/the-big-book  The Secret by Rhonda Byrne - https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Rhonda-Byrne/dp/1582701709  Best Piece of Recovery Advice - Whether you think you can or you think you can't you're right - Henry Ford  Songs that Symbolizes Recovery: Living Life by the Drop by Stevie Ray Vaughan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

In this edition of The Way Out, I’m absolutely thrilled to bring you a tremendous interview I had the pleasure of having with person in long term recovery and author of the new book Addicted in Film: Movies We Love About the Habits We Hate, Ted Perkins. Ted shares his journey to and through recovery to this point and how both smart recovery and how watching films about addiction and recovery in his early recovery – over 100 films in 100 days to be more precise – was instrumental to his recovery for what amounted to a few key reasons. The first reason and definitely one that’s near and dear to our hearts here at The Way Out, is that films are at their very core are telling a story, in this specific case, about addiction or recovery or both, and stories are how we humans evolved to learn, grow, and connect to each other. Stories help us understand our shared history and how we persevere and overcome all manner of hardship and adversity. At their best, stories captivate us, and we cannot help but connect to the

In this edition of The Way Out Jason - the best recovery podcast cohost in all the land had the pleasure of interviewing the founder of "Against The Odds", a thriving Facebook page and now a non-profit ministry, Phil Tyler! Phil's passion for his Higher Power embodied in his Christian Faith and for others is quite powerful. We hear about his journey to and through recovery as well as his passion for bringing Hope to the Hopeless through reading scripture to the thousands of members on his growing page. There is true power and community within this growing ministry and Phil’s story so listen up. Contact and Resources: atoministries.org | https://www.facebook.com/ATOministries Best Piece of Recovery Advice: "Don't let a decision today affect your recovery tomorrow." Recovery literature (Quit-Lit) Recommendation - Life Recovery Bible: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Recovery-Bible-Personal-Size/dp/1496427580/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2DYWBZKOYFR4M&keywords=life+recovery+bible&qid=1666744634&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIzLjQyIiwi

In this rendition of The Way Out I am beyond excited to bring you a highly entertaining and enlightening interview I had with person in long term recovery, author, speaker, educator, and all-around sobriety and mental health advocate Daniel Patterson. Daniel shares his journey to and through recovery to this point with an unmistakable candor along with a refreshing dose of levity that helps to underscore the overarching Recovery truths that are embodied within Daniel’s recovery story and message which are in large part that Recovery is an individual journey, all pathways to recovery matter, and we recover the best when we recover together. Our recovery journey is as unique as we are and if it works for us it’s valid and worth sharing with others as much and as often as we feel comfortable doing so, as your particular brand of recovery might just work for some other folks too. There are indeed also universal recovery and spiritual truths like self-honesty, asking for help, and helping others that unite all pat