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Mindful Recovery

Mindful Recovery

Robert Cox, MA, LPC | Therapist/Coach | Addictions Recovery | Trauma recove

Mindful Recovery is a podcast devoted to helping individuals who are struggling with trauma and addictions. Mindfulness is a research-based method for dealing with anxiety and trauma. Psychological and neuroscience studies have found that it is possible to increase the growth of neuronal pathways and retrain our brains in coping with these issues. Basic techniques like learning to pay attention to our own breathing and looking honestly and non-judgmentally at our broken spaces can begin to create an emotional holding space that allows us to live without reacting to the pain and begin deciding how we want to act on the world we find ourselves in. This becomes the beginning of recovery and, thus, the beginning of a new and abundant life in recovery. Whether you struggle with anxiety, mental illness, complex trauma, PTSD, addictions or a multitude of other problems, becoming mindful is the first step along that path. Here we provide practice, education and support in beginning your journey to healing.
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Top 10 Mindful Recovery Episodes

Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Mindful Recovery episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Mindful Recovery for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Mindful Recovery episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Mindful Recovery - Redefining Self: Acknowledging the miracle of you
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05/14/16 • 29 min

Yes we are addicts. But that's not all we are. We are also amazing, miraculous creations with some very definite value. In this episode we define those miraculous qualities our creator endowed us with and begin to redefine who we are based on these inherent qualities to begin turning away from the negatives of living in the addiction and into the positives of living in our recovery. Honoring our true selves and stepping fully into our recovery and future.

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Mindful Recovery - On Becoming: Journey Through the Chrysalis
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04/20/16 • 31 min

Often recovery from addiction means we have to let go of the people and places we have known because they become triggers for poor choices and pain in our lives. If all we have known is addiction it can be difficult, even painful, to begin identifying ourselves outside of that. In this episode we explore the space between the old life full of pain we have left behind and the new being we are moving towards in the future. We begin to visualize ourselves in the cocoon stage and think about where we will go once our wings have fully formed.

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Mindful Recovery - Mental Illness & A Plan For Living
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10/07/16 • 41 min

Michael Weinberger tells a powerful story of trauma, mental illness, addiction and recovery which culminated in the development of his own app for recovery. Join me in my interview of Michael as we follow him through his journey to recovery and discuss the development of his app and program called "A Plan For Living".

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Mindful Recovery - Restart With the Body

Restart With the Body

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12/28/18 • 22 min

The Podcast Returns. In this episode, we talk about what's in the future for the podcast, why I dropped out of sight for a while and we begin with the beginning...learning again how to relax and pay attention to the body and what it's telling us.

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Mindful Recovery - Fear and Connection: An Easter Message
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03/30/18 • 11 min

This Easter has me thinking a lot. I don't normally share that I am a Christian but felt that it was time to step out as we discuss connection. I want to connect with those in the Christian community still driven by fear. Fear of other, fear of war, fear of death, fear of exclusion. Fear is the real enemy that separates us from connection. The real message of Easter is to let go of fear and brave connection.

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Mindful Recovery - Anticipatory Grief: Preparing For the Inevitable Loss
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03/29/18 • 30 min

In the final chapter in our exploration of connection we actually discuss disconnection. Specifically anticipatory grief or the grief we begin experiencing knowing a disconnection is coming. Death, divorce and other forms of disconnection begin affecting us way before we actually experience them and preparing for that event can help us cross the bridge more easily. It will not save us from the pain, but it will insure we meet the loss with eyes wide open and learn what it has to offer. This episode has a personal meaning for me and we discuss how I am crossing this bridge too.

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Mindful Recovery - Johann Hari on Connection and Mental Health
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03/22/18 • 57 min

In part 2 of our series on connection I speak with author, Johann Hari. His new book, "Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions" is a deep dive into the healing power of connection. We discuss depression, grief, mental health and healing.

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Mindful Recovery - Connection, Trauma and Regulation
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03/15/18 • 31 min

How trauma can change our ability to regulate emotion and connect with others and what we can do about that. Connection seems to be key, but how do we learn to connect when connection feels unsafe? We begin this series with the discussion of how the nervous system is shaped by trauma and how that affects our ability to connect.

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Mindful Recovery - Mindful Recovery - The Journey Continues
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09/08/17 • 23 min

After over half a year we are back. Working with you to study and learn to overcome trauma. The new format will focus on all aspects of trauma and the power of mindfulness to overcome it and help us regulate through is. We begin the new beginning at the beginning, with an exercise in grounding in our own breath.

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Mindful Recovery - Healing the Broken Child

Healing the Broken Child

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09/17/16 • 25 min

This week we dig into those childhood places where we are broken. The ones we have been trying to numb. In this mindfulness exercise we try and show that child the compassion it has always needed in an effort to reconnect with our own healing sense of worthiness. In this way we can begin moving into healthy connection.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Mindful Recovery have?

Mindful Recovery currently has 40 episodes available.

What topics does Mindful Recovery cover?

The podcast is about Meditation, Addiction, Health & Fitness, Healing, Ptsd, Psychology, Anxiety, Mental Health, Depression, Sobriety, Podcasts, Abundance, Trauma, Recovery, Alcoholism and Mindfulness.

What is the most popular episode on Mindful Recovery?

The episode title 'Fear and Connection: An Easter Message' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Mindful Recovery?

The average episode length on Mindful Recovery is 28 minutes.

How often are episodes of Mindful Recovery released?

Episodes of Mindful Recovery are typically released every 7 days, 7 hours.

When was the first episode of Mindful Recovery?

The first episode of Mindful Recovery was released on Feb 13, 2016.

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