EP 86: Can You Heal in The Places That Broke You? Rewriting Our Story. Giving Our Brain New Evidence.

So, what I'm going to be talking about today is kind of loosely based on...

What I did over the last weekend, it's summertime, it's July.

I just went back to where I used to live, which is Portland, Oregon.

And I really want to talk about rewriting our stories, reclaiming our past and giving our brain new evidence.

So this episode will probably air in August, I'm guessing.

And it's July now.

So I just went back to Portland and I'm going to return to Portland again in August.

But I had so much going through my mind when I was there that I couldn't wait to get home and turn on my mic.

And I even... open to SheRecovers meeting as the facilitator with this topic recently.

There were so many insightful shares, and I had a chance to listen to other people's perspectives on this, and it was just really enlightening.

I always learn from other people, even with less sober time than me, even from my clients.

I learn so much.

You know, I had a client that I coached all the way through her first year of sobriety and she started an Instagram called her IG moniker was rewriting sober.

And she wouldn't mind me sharing that because she's already broken her own anonymity.

In fact, she was a guest on the podcast.

And so it just, this has always been an underlying theme of the way that I approach recovery is that you get to throw in a plot twist anytime.

And some of the vernacular I use is like around writing a book, change the narrative, rewrite the story.

And so this was a topic that came up for me in She Recovers.

And then, of course, I drove over the bridge into Oregon from Washington State, and I'm right back in it.

Now, to a lot of people, going back to where they used to live isn't that big of a deal, or maybe it is, but it was for me because Portland holds a chapter of my life I am not proud of.

It is a city where I did a lot of damage.

I was cringe.

I mean, damage, not just in drinking too much, but professional damage, like relationship damage.

I broke trust, friends.

My social network unraveled right before my very eyes.

So, what I'm going to be talking about today is kind of loosely based on...

What I did over the last weekend, it's summertime, it's July.

I just went back to where I used to live, which is Portland, Oregon.

And I really want to talk about rewriting our stories, reclaiming our past and giving our brain new evidence.

So this episode will probably air in August, I'm guessing.

And it's July now.

So I just went back to Portland and I'm going to return to Portland again in August.

But I had so much going through my mind when I was there that I couldn't wait to get home and turn on my mic.

And I even... open to SheRecovers meeting as the facilitator with this topic recently.

There were so many insightful shares, and I had a chance to listen to other people's perspectives on this, and it was just really enlightening.

I always learn from other people, even with less sober time than me, even from my clients.

I learn so much.

You know, I had a client that I coached all the way through her first year of sobriety and she started an Instagram called her IG moniker was rewriting sober.

And she wouldn't mind me sharing that because she's already broken her own anonymity.

In fact, she was a guest on the podcast.

And so it just, this has always been an underlying theme of the way that I approach recovery is that you get to throw in a plot twist anytime.

And some of the vernacular I use is like around writing a book, change the narrative, rewrite the story.

And so this was a topic that came up for me in She Recovers.

And then, of course, I drove over the bridge into Oregon from Washington State, and I'm right back in it.

Now, to a lot of people, going back to where they used to live isn't that big of a deal, or maybe it is, but it was for me because Portland holds a chapter of my life I am not proud of.

It is a city where I did a lot of damage.

I was cringe.

I mean, damage, not just in drinking too much, but professional damage, like relationship damage.

I broke trust, friends.

My social network unraveled right before my very eyes.