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How did I get here? | Maylee Willson
Prickly and Blooming
08/11/20 • 50 min
Maylee Willson remembers the day she woke up in a bed at a detox center in Abilene, TX. It was February 28, 2018. She asked herself how did she get there? It became the start of a very honest conversation with herself that she never had before.
In the first episode of a two-part series, Maylee talks with Prickly and Blooming host Jessie Browning about the origins of her alcoholism and how it started to affect her family with a young child.
Episode Timeline:- [00:03] Intro
- [03:44] The moment that changed Maylee Willson
- [05 30] What got here there?
- [09:02] The progression from her first drink
- [14:53] Hangxiety
- [17:10] Drinking starts affecting her life
- [23:51] An intervention
- [26:20] Moving back to Abilene
- [29:55] Going through recovery during pregnancy
- [36:01] Back to work
- [39:34] Mommy wine culture
- [42:41] Feeling empty
- "There's this cycle that I was in and that I know that has happened to lots of other alcoholics is that you drink to ease this anxiety, but then the anxiety comes from the alcohol, so you're just constantly trying to find relief from something." -Maylee Willson [16:19]
- "Looking back on it, it's like I know that the action that I'm taking that is giving me this result, but I just couldn't realize you have to take that action out of your life." -Maylee Willson [21:06]
- "The number one reason that I want to do this and have this conversation with you is I just cannot live with myself knowing that there are other women out there who are going through what I had been through. I cannot let them do that without saying there is a way out of this. Whether you want to do it or not, there's hope and there are options." -Maylee Willson [42:01]
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Adjusting to Life After Treatment | Maylee Willson
Prickly and Blooming
08/18/20 • 55 min
In the second episode of this two-part series, Maylee Willson continues her honest conversation about alcoholism with Prickly and Blooming host Jessie Browning. She talks about the events leading up to February 27, 2018 when she checked into a treatment center to detox. Maylee has been sober since February 28, 2018.
Listen to how she adjusted to life after treatment. She shares her experience attending her first AA meeting and how those meetings saved her life.
Episode Timeline:- [00:03] Intro
- [02:24] Something's gotta change
- [06 35] The last selfie before getting sober
- [07:38] Word of the year: commitment
- [09:05] February 27, 2018
- [12:25] Going into treatment
- [14:23] Her first AA meeting
- [17:16] Brene Brown Book Club
- [18:15] "Rehab is gonna suck"
- [24:40] Family Day
- [26:16]Untamed by Glennon Doyle
- [29:19] Finding her sponsor
- [34:12] Adjusting to life after treatment
- [38:08] Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
- [44:43] Word of 2020: community
- [46:47] Jessie's rapid fire questions
- [50:19] Contacting Maylee Willson
- [51:34] Outro
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
- I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough" by Brené Brown
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle
- Serenity House
- "I think the more that we share our honest, real stories about what alcoholism looks like and who it affects, the more we can reach other people who are suffering and maybe affect them to step out of the storyline they've been living and try a new one." -Jessie Browning [01:23]
- "That was the first AA meeting that I've ever gone to and that was the first time that I ever said out loud ‘I am an alcoholic' and that was the first time in my life that I met people who knew what I felt like." -Maylee Willson [14:36]
- "Treatment got me sober. It gave me a safe space to get clean and it taught me a lot, but then AA has kept me that way. AA is really what has saved my life." -Maylee Willson [35:03]
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What is your family’s story? | Karen Treiger
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07/14/21 • 53 min
Karen Treiger didn’t know the family she was marrying into when she married her husband 36 years ago, but after she learned that his family is a holoucast family, she decided to write their story. In this episode of Prickly and Blooming, Karen talks to host Jessie Browning about writing her book that was published in 2018. She shares how she investigated her husband’s family history and what she hopes people take away from the book. She also talks about how she practices gratitude through her podcast, Gratitude in a Minute.
Episode Timeline:
- [00:03] Intro
- [03:12] Meet Karen Treiger
- [06:29] Writing her in-laws story
- [11:57] Leaving her practice
- [16:41] The roll out
- [19:36] Investigating the story
- [26:47] A big shift in her approach to life
- [31:49] How she practices her gratitudes
- [36:47] What happens when she’s done
- [38:53] Three takeaways from the book
- [41:12] The second part of the book
- [42:22] What’s next?
- [43:59] Karen’s final thoughts
- [47:54] Contacting Karen Treiger
- [50:01] Outro
Resources Mentioned:
- My Soul is Filled with Joy: A Holocaust Story by Karen Treiger
- Gratitude in a Minute podcast
- What's Your Story? A Journal for Everyday Evolution by Lily Diamond and Rebecca Walker
- PNWA Nancy Pearl Books Award
- 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards
Standout Quotes:
- “And just something about saying the words of what I want to do brings it out into the world and makes it real.” -Karen Treiger [10:44]
- “You just start with what you know. Start with what you have.” -Karen Treiger [17:11]
- “I always tell people, we all have a family, and what is the story of your family?” -Karen Treiger [40:01]
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Episode 018: Get out of Bed | Johanna Burkhardt
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05/20/20 • 86 min
Johanna Burkhardt knew she had to directly face her emotions from a death in her family rather than push them aside.
Today, Johanna sits down with host Jessie Browning to talk about she used this moment to not only bring herself back up, but also help and guide others dealing with trauma. Hear what healing tools and coping mechanism helped her and how she launched her Soul Evolution movement during COVID-19 pandemic.
Episode Timeline:- [00:03] Intro
- [01:12] Meet Johanna Burkhardt
- [02:52] The moment her life changed
- [04:16] A big shift in her life
- [13:12] Hitting the bottom
- [22:59] The day everything changed for her
- [23:14] The quote that got her out of bed
- [23:49] Realizing what matters the most
- [26:04] Facing what you're feeling
- [26:28] What saved her life
- [26:49] Discovering her mission
- [27:27] The pivotal moment when the pattern comes to an end
- [28:03] Putting your ego into work for you
- [28:47] The best advice she's received
- [32:32] Feeling becomes your fuel
- [34:12] Suffering is self obsession
- [36:32] Creating your reality and be the change
- [37:13] Self-realization
- [38:09] Four ways to find your root cycles
- [43:08] Using your survival instincts
- [48:38] Possibility or opportunity
- [50:37] How to get unstuck
- [53:13] Tools that work
- [54:44] What spirituality means to Johanna
- [55:12] Remembering the basics
- [56:22] Wound of abandonment
- [58:12] Her new routine for 40 days
- [1:02:42] Where the magic lies
- [1:03:18] Determining if an accountability partner works for you
- [1:04:45] Launching her Soul Evolution movement during COVID-19 pandemic
- [1:10:13] Johanna's work
- [1:12:08] Becoming a medium
- [1:17:38] Responding from a place of love
- [1:20:43] Contacting Johanna Burkhardt
- [1:22:32] Outro
- Gabby Bernstein - "May Cause Miracles: A 40-Day Guidebook of Subtle Shifts for Radical Change and Unlimited Happiness"
- Sylvia Browne
- Insight Timer
- "Here's the thing. You can't outrun your problems, right? What you don't face will return." -Johanna Burkhardt [04:08]
- "Your emotions have to be digested the same way food is. It has to be. And those raw emotions, they become the fuel for your driving force, your engine, your solar plexus. It is in sitting with and feeling those emotions and allowing yourself to not be a victim of them, but just say you know what, it's ok for me to feel right now." -Johanna Burkhardt [30:53]
- "We're not afraid of anything but we are afraid of feeling everything." -Johanna Burkhardt [32:16]
- "If it's not challenging you, it's not changing you." -Jessie Browning [59:44]
- "But if you want to create change in your life, you have to consistently show up for yourself even when you don't want to do it. Because here's the thing, what you resist is your greatest potential. What you resist is exactly what you need. So the more resistant you become to it, the further you come to getting the solution to the problem that you've been seeking. " -Johanna Burkhardt [01:01:49]
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Episode 015: Eagle Sh*t | Jennie Herm
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04/28/20 • 53 min
Thriving in your role as a step-mom can be a real challenge even for the best of us. For Jennie Herm, hitting a wall in her attempts to help raise her two young stepsons set her off on a journey to the kind of breakthrough most stepmoms dream of.
Living and working off of a 1200 acre cotton farm in Texas with her husband and two stepchildren, Jennie followed conventional wisdom and poured herself into treating her two bonus kids the same way she had treated her daughter— like her own. However, she quickly learned that conventional wisdom isn't one size fits all.
Listen in as she shares her journey to defining her own role. Hear about how she's developed a relationship with the mother of her stepchildren and how stepping back helped her embrace who she was meant to be.
Episode Timeline:- [00:46] Intro
- [1:26] Meet Jennie Herm
- [03:19] Creating a denim business with her husband
- [05:32] Her pivot point as a stepmom
- [08:45] Hitting the bottom
- [12:27] Why "treat them as your own" is a setup
- [15:36] Developing a relationship with the mother of her stepchildren
- [17:56] Letting go of a role that wasn't hers
- [20:09] Her eagle moment and finally feeling seen
- [32:13] Loving with more integrity
- [34:24] Empowering her partner and avoiding creating an at-fault parent
- [39:23] Eagle behavior
- [42:59] The tools she uses to maintain
- [45:03] Connecting with Jenny
- [46:34] Her new step-mom slogan
- [47:23] Outro
- "In all fairness to their mother, I'd taken on a role that wasn't mine and it wasn't fair to her." -Jennie Herm [14:51]
- "I was making myself small in my relationship to them by thinking that I had to throw myself at them all of the time and that they needed to see me. And really, the big way to be an eagle in this situation is to step back and just be an eagle and nobody's not going to see you and your efforts are not going to go unnoticed." -Jennie Herm [31:45]
- "Trying to be seen by other people just doesn't work. It's got to be a mirror. Who knew." -Jessie Browning [39:53]
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Conquering the shame | Jen Hirst
Prickly and Blooming
09/08/20 • 78 min
Jen Hirst didn't see herself in the image of an alcoholic, but her drinking caused her to lose her job, her car and almost her marriage. It was when she found herself as a 30-year-old sitting on her childhood bed at her parents house and googling if she was having a heart attack that she started her bumpy road to recovery.
In this episode of Prickly and Blooming, Jen chats with host Jessie Browning about receiving treatment for her alcoholism and her relapses. She didn't share about her recovery until she started coaching and spent four of those seven years as a closet sober person living a dry, drunk lifestyle. Listen as Jen explains to Jessie why it helped her to overcome the shame of being an alcoholic by being outspoken about it.
Episode Timeline:- [00:03] Intro
- [03:54] Meet Jen Hirst
- [06:17] How Jen reached rock bottom
- [12:37] Why she gave up drinking
- [14:15] Her first drink
- [16:10] The first time she abused alcohol
- [18:26] Recovering perfectionist
- [22:36] Drinking and wedding planning
- [25:25] Seeking treatment
- [28:19] The second DWI
- [34:38] One bite at a time
- [39:14] An isolating road to recovery
- [42:39] Becoming a sober coach
- [47:12] Wine Mom culture
- [52:29] Conquering the shame
- [55:27] Jen's tools to maintain recovery
- [1:04:43] Jessie's rapid fire questions
- [1:12:34] Contacting Jen Hirst
- [1:14:27] Outro
- Brené Brown
- Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker
- Floor is Lava
- Peace & Calming Essential Oil Blend from Young Living
- Stress Away Essential Oil Blend from Young Living
- The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober: Discovering a happy, healthy, wealthy alcohol-free life by Catherine Gray
- This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol: Find Freedom, Rediscover Happiness & Change Your Life by Annie Grace
- Sober Curious: The Blissful Sleep, Greater Focus, Limitless Presence, and Deep Connection Awaiting Us All on the Other Side of Alcohol by Ruby Warrington
- Rachel Hollis
- "I hope by sharing my story and telling others these hard things that I've been through, I hope it gives you permission to do the same and realize again that you're not alone in this. That you can pivot...
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Episode 017: Mommy Culture Countered | Dr. Wendy Slinkard
Prickly and Blooming
05/12/20 • 67 min
For Dr. Wendy Slinkard, change had to come before she hit the ground. Giving up alcohol served as a powerful catalyst for change that she didn't know her life was missing.
Today, Wendy sits down with host Jessie Browning to talk about taking control. She shares her experience recognizing the role alcohol played in her life and how she knew it was time to let it go for good. Hear her story of transitioning from chiropractic doctor to stay-at-home mom as she shares her passion for health and the platform she's creating for women like her.
Episode Timeline:- [00:03] Intro
- [00:45] Meet Wendy Slinkard
- [03:36] The moment her life changed
- [08:02] Quietly committing to herself and sobriety
- [11:33] Getting to her moment of clarity
- [17:15] Alcohol, coping and getting close to the bottom
- [19:07] The mommy culture dilemma
- [25:21] What has been working
- [30:23] Choosing to step away from her chiropractic work
- [32:43] Creating a platform for health and lifestyle
- [40:52] What she learned about alcohol and sugar
- [53:05] Cutting out sugar
- [59:24] Why you don't need a rock bottom
- [1:01:19] Contacting Wendy Slinkard
- [1:03:07] Outro
- "It didn't have to get to this nasty, big bomb of a bottom. Like, it can be enough that it's a problem without that. -Jessie Browning[20:16]
- "You have to accept that you're going to be going against the social norms and it's going to make people uncomfortable and that's still something I struggle with." -Wendy Slinkard [57:06]
- "You just have to get sick and tired of your own crap. You know? Sick and tired of being sick and tired." -Wendy Slinkard [1:00:06]
- Even bigger than giving up this or that, it's gotta be so much more than that. It's gotta be more about finding your own identity and going for that despite what other people might think. -Wendy Slinkard [1:00:44]
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CTFD | Bridget Barrett-Parker
Prickly and Blooming
07/20/21 • 61 min
Bridget Barrett-Parker found out when she was 25 years old that she was pregnant. As she became a single mom, she grappled with what was happening, how she got there and how to move forward. In this episode of Prickly and Blooming, Bridget talks to host Jessie Browning about this experience and how parenting and becoming a Montessori teacher formed her business, Stable Bow Consulting, that she describes as helping parents CTFD ("calm the fuck down").
Episode Timeline:
- [00:03] Intro
- [03:33] Meet Bridget Barrett-Parker
- [04:22] Becoming a single mom
- [06:11] Finding out she was pregnant
- [09:08] Returning to the states
- [14:33] The pandemic opened her eyes
- [20:54] Being home with her children
- [29:10] Starting Stable Bow Consulting
- [34:38] The mindset is the most important piece
- [42:24] A learned helplessness
- [47:09] What she does with her consulting business
- [52:19] Contacting Bridget Barrett-Parker
- [52:56] Jessie's rapid fire questions
- [57:34] Outro
Resources Mentioned:
- Montessori education
- Aaron Carter
- Go, Dog. Go! by P. D. Eastman
- Kahlil Gibran
- On Children by Kahlil Gibran
- Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie
Standout Quotes:
- "For the next 10 years, just kind of buckling down, diving into my role as montessori teacher and learning as much as I could, committing fully, and then stepping away and saying, ‘You know what, my family needs me right now. I'm home. I'm dedicated to what I'm doing,' and just realizing again like ,'Wow, I really don't like being a stay-at-home mom.'" -Bridget Barrett-Parker [04:11]
- "COVID brought up so much in this beautiful opportunity that I don't think that we necessarily get, you know, when the bus is running full steam, but it's also really painful. It's really painful to step back and to pause and to question, to constantly question yourself as exhausting." -Bridget Barrett-Parker [17:52]
- "Having that experience earlier in life of going through, again what felt like rock bottom, gives you the perspective and the space to say ‘Pause, I've done hard things before and I can do hard things again, and this won't last forever.'" -Bridget Barrett-Parker [21:42]
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Episode 016: COVID 19: Small Business Survival | Daniel Browning
Prickly and Blooming
05/05/20 • 71 min
Jessie and her husband Daniel are small business owners. For the last 13 years they have worked through 4 pregnancies, put in late nights, lots of weekends, and many countless sacrifices to keep their laundromat and coffee shop open for people for 363 days a year. Their mission is to help customers have a great day by starting off with good coffee.
The COVID - 19 pandemic has forced them stay on top of directives and keep pivoting. They made changes to reduce the spread of the disease by creating online menu and payment options and door collection but for the greater good they had to close one of their shops.
When a business closes so does its income but the expenses are still there, they couldn't leave out their employees in times of crisis. Daniel's habit of being prepared for the worse was an asset in times like this. His preparedness helped him to secure a loan and works things out quickly so that they had the money to pay overheads for 2.5 months. With the help of the PPP loan, they were able to re-open their closed location.
Also, they are parents of 4 children and with the lockdown came a new challenge of taking care of their kids and also working on their other businesses that can run irrespective of outside situations.
Listen in as their share how they saved their business and how they are managing their work-life balance when the whole family is staying home.
Episode Timeline:
[01:20] Intro
[02:04] New Merch!!
[03:55] Podcast schedule
[05:40] Meet Jessie's Husband Daniel
[08:03] The start of our business life
[11:00] How COVID - 19 came into our lives
[14:43] Transitioning things to stop COVID infections(the new normal)
[19:43] Taking care of our employees
[24:50] Stopping the bleeding
[26:47] How did we know what to do? There is nobody to call.
[29:32] 13 years no break
[31:16] Rewards of an entrepreneur? Making the world a better place
[33:45] Navigating out of the financial panic storm (PPP loan)
[40:55] Importance of doing things the right way
[44:00] Managing work and kids
[51:50] Running the family like a company
[55:30] Mother's role in maintaining mental health
[57:27] Working as a Family
[01:03:00] Isolation in entrepreneurship
[01:07:46] Outro
Standout Quotes:
I wanna know where did you learn this? Who told you how to do this? How did we know what to do?- Jessie Browning [26:47]
We are at a point where we had our business open for the last 13 years, I still remember being pregnant and walking into work, opening the back window and throwing out and then washing my hands, wiping my face and flipping the sign to Open! and then unlocking the door and I remember having our children in there and I remember you working late at nights and constant sacrifices - Jessie Browning [30:04]
All of them are dealing with their own loss of normal, difficult routines and emotions for them to understand for them- Daniell Browning [47:30]
I see dudes are drinking beer at the end of the day cause they are tired from a long day of work, I do have a glass of beer at the end of my work but I personally like to use that as my excuse of not doing the work to help the family is because I had that time and I am very cautious of that I am aware and at a personal level when I hear something like.. Oh, yea my wife is struggling with the homeschooling, it upsets me. No its not just your wife's job - Daniel Browning [58:40]
Resources Mentioned:
The blog post about shutting down the Marfa Shop - We have Endured
We have started a merch store!!!
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Back to Season 1 | Jessie Browning
Prickly and Blooming
11/24/20 • 63 min
In this last episode of Prickly and Blooming Season 2, host Jessie Browning checks in with some of her guests from Season 1.
Listen to Laura Wall talk about her new book and the unexpected listener to her previous episode. Maggie Gentry recaps her rollercoaster of a year and how she is adapting to being home. Teresa King reflects on losing an election, and Dr. Wendy Slinkard talks about the importance of making personal connections for her business.
Episode Timeline:
- [00:03] Intro
- [08:01] Checking in with Laura Wall
- [11:45] Launching her book
- [15:55] An unexpected listener
- [21:48] Checking in with Maggie Gentry
- [26:41] A rollercoaster of a year
- [31:04] Checking in with Teresa King
- [34:48] Reflecting on the election results
- [39:51] A positive conversation from an uncomfortable situation
- [43:03] Checking in with Dr. Wendy Slinkard
- [55:11] Outro
- Laura Hall's Prickly and Blooming episode
- Hiral Patel's Prickly and Blooming episode
- Cindy Villanueva's Prickly and Blooming episode
- Maggie Gentry's Prickly and Blooming episode
- Teresa King's Prickly and Blooming episode
- Dr. Wendy Slinkard's Prickly and Blooming episode
- Finding Our Wings: Seven Entrepreneurs on Reclaiming Hope and Power by Laura Wall, Lindsey Daniels, Cindy Villanueva, Laura Bautista, Patricia Cashion, Hiral Patel and Amber Tarcha
- Hearts of Healing Center
- Refuge for Women
- King's Ransom
- "Detaching from outcomes has been the theme of the year." -Laura Wall [08:40]
- "It was a perfect example of what we've talked about and I've talked about it in other episodes is like ‘Don't wait until your life blows up.'" -Jessie Browning [44:44]
- "This project has given my life. Like it's giving me connections and stories and listening and laughing and crying, which are all things I live for, that I love, that I need and that have been so helpful in this weird year that we've had, this isolated year." -Jessie Browning [55:45]
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Prickly and Blooming currently has 95 episodes available.
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