by BoutiqueByDesign | Mar 31, 2026 | Codependency & Relationships, Lisa Wall, Recovering Out Loud, Young Women & The Next Generation
Lisa Wall discusses her chat with Nadinie Machkovech for our podcast as more than spreading awareness for our community – it was the universe answering her call.
by BoutiqueByDesign | Aug 12, 2025 | Codependency & Relationships, Events & Gatherings, Mental Health Monday
Discover an essential aspect of the healing & recovery journey that is often overlooked and avoided—sexuality. Addiction and trauma disconnected us from our bodies—from our sense of safety, worth, and pleasure.
by Lisa Nixon | Sep 13, 2023 | Addiction & Substance Use, Codependency & Relationships, Mental Health Monday, Recovering Out Loud, Trauma, Young Women & The Next Generation
Nitya Sivakumar of HEAL Behavioral Health will discuss how having difficult conversations and creating a supportive environment at home and beyond can help contribute to the prevention of youth mental health and addiction issues.
by Blog Admin | Oct 27, 2022 | Abuse, Childhood, Codependency & Relationships, Recovering Out Loud, Sex & Love, Trauma
I Was the Daughter and Partner of a Porn Addict Anonymous “If your partner or child tells you that your use of porn is causing them harm, it might be harmful for you too.” People with substance use disorder are increasingly recovering out loud, but when it comes to... by Kelly Fitzgerald Junco | Oct 20, 2022 | Addiction & Substance Use, Codependency & Relationships, Holistic Recovery, Mental Health Monday, Recovery Pathways & Resources
Healthy boundaries are a critical tool in our recovery toolbox. If we are to succeed in overcoming substance use and creating a life of fulfillment and peace, we must practice asserting our boundaries to build our self-esteem and grow our potential.
by Kelly Fitzgerald Junco | Aug 29, 2022 | Addiction & Substance Use, Codependency & Relationships, Holistic Recovery, Mental Health Monday, Recovery Pathways & Resources
Discover why people do what they do in relationships, how individual history may harm relationships, and uncover tools to improve relationships with others.
by Kelly Fitzgerald Junco | Jul 25, 2022 | Abuse, Childhood, Codependency & Relationships, Lisa Wall, Radical Self Love, Recovering Out Loud, Trauma
The Superpower of Codependency By Lisa Wall, Director of Community Engagement & Online Programs | SHE RECOVERS® Foundation Recovery gave me the opportunity to focus on my strengths instead of my defects. It helped me to identify and nurture the more balanced and... by Kelly Fitzgerald Junco | Jun 15, 2022 | Addiction & Substance Use, Codependency & Relationships, Events & Gatherings, Holistic Recovery, Mental Health Monday, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery Pathways & Resources
Addiction doesn’t just impact the person struggling with addiction, but everyone around as well. If you’re somebody living with a person struggling with addiction, tune in to learn some tools you can use to heal yourself in the process.
by Kelly Fitzgerald Junco | May 26, 2022 | Codependency & Relationships, Events & Gatherings, Holistic Recovery, Mental Health Monday, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery Pathways & Resources
With awareness and patience and practice, we can learn to transform codependency into healthier behaviors that improve relationships in all aspects of our life and lead to a stronger, more rewarding sense of self. This presentation will help us learn how.
by Kelly Fitzgerald Junco | Mar 15, 2022 | Addiction & Substance Use, Co-Addiction, Codependency & Relationships, Intentions & Guiding Principles, Mental Health Monday, Recovery Pathways & Resources
If You Leave Me, Can I Come With You? | Mental Health Monday With Misti B Monday, March 21, 2022 @ 11:00 am PST If You Leave Me, Can I Come With You? with Misti B “If You Leave Me, Can I Come with You?” is the rally cry, the anthem, the reason-to-be for codependents... by Kelly Fitzgerald Junco | Feb 8, 2022 | Codependency & Relationships, Events & Gatherings, Holistic Recovery, Mental Health Monday, Sex & Love
Sex in Recovery | Mental Health Monday With Dufflyn Lammers Monday, February 14, 2022 @ 11:00 am PST Sex in Recovery with Dufflyn Lammers In this Valentine’s Day session, relationship coach Dufflyn Lammers will cover all things sex in recovery! She will answer the... by Erin W | May 31, 2019 | Addiction & Substance Use, Codependency & Relationships, Erin W, Recovering Out Loud
The anthropologist Margaret Meade famously said everyone has three marriages, even if it’s to the same person. Whether we desire it or not, marriages evolve.
by Blog Admin | May 28, 2019 | Authors, Codependency & Relationships, Community Member, Recovery Pathways & Resources
For every condition, there is a divine and perfect solution, and the perfect tools to reveal the healing that is perfect for you. You don’t have to figure this out or do it alone. Let’s get down to the core of your forgiveness process and get you safely home!
by Erin W | Nov 10, 2018 | Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Authors, Co-Addiction, Codependency & Relationships, Drugs, Erin W, Intentions & Guiding Principles, Recovering Out Loud, Spirituality & Mindfulness
Just as there are many paths to recovery, there are many paths to loving someone who is in active addiction. I am aware of the tactics often used in this situation: codependence, enabling, tough love, rock bottom. I am not offering an opinion on which path to take. Instead I am just sharing the story of my own family.
by Erin W | Aug 25, 2018 | Codependency & Relationships, Mothers of High Needs Children, Radical Self Love, Work
Single mothers make magic happen every day while the world remains unimpressed and forever worshipping at the altar of “rugged individualism,” an altar that inherently excludes mothers who are always a plus-one package.
by Erin W | Jul 8, 2018 | Alcohol, Codependency & Relationships, Radical Self Love, Women 50+
Botox was like a shot of tequila for my face – it artificially and temporarily smoothed out my external edges. But now my outsides most definitely do not match my insides. My face displays a false calm while my mind continues to buzz. Serenity eludes me.
by Erin W | May 26, 2018 | Authors, Codependency & Relationships, Erin W, Mothers of High Needs Children, Radical Self Love
Asking for help is the hardest rule to break. What I know now is that asking for help is not an act of weakness and selfishness; instead it is the ultimate act of selflessness and self-care. It is only by recognizing our own needs that we can truly see the needs of others.
by Erin W | May 1, 2018 | Authors, Codependency & Relationships, Erin W, Mothers of High Needs Children
For years I saw parenting as a care taking business – a transaction. I was supposed to keep the children safe. They were supposed to provide me with my life’s purpose. And this was all part of a rinse and repeat cycle, going back generations.
by Dawn Nickel | Apr 8, 2018 | Authors, Codependency & Relationships, Dawn Nickel, Grief & Loss
If your mama has passed away in the more recent past, I want you to know that I am very, very sorry. I remember some of what you are feeling, and most of what you are trying not to feel.
by Erin W | Apr 3, 2018 | Authors, Codependency & Relationships, Erin W, Grief & Loss, Radical Self Love
Show me a woman in her late 30s/40s, whose life partnership is at least a decade old and whose kid(s) is out of diapers, and I’ll show you a woman who is about to say, “Wait. What?” to her life.
by Erin W | Mar 20, 2018 | Codependency & Relationships, Radical Self Love
All things being equal, I would choose weapons of war over tools of recovery. Every time. But my weapons of war (my will, my way, my vision) created unintended carnage. Eventually, after years of lobbing bombs to make things “right,” I could no longer ignore the barren landscape I was living in.
by Erin W | Jan 29, 2018 | Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Authors, Codependency & Relationships, Erin W, Radical Self Love, Recovery Pathways & Resources
We need understanding. We need grace. These things are harder to find than they should be in our culture that insists on easy answers to black and white questions. Meanwhile, we are all living – and dying – in complex shades of gray.
by Erin W | Dec 3, 2017 | Abuse, Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Authors, Codependency & Relationships, Erin W, Trauma
The truth pattern of recovery goes like this: First we have a Moment of Clarity. Then we have our Rock Bottom Years. Then we enter the Acceptance Phase. And finally Gratitude finds us.
by Erin W | Nov 26, 2017 | Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Authors, Codependency & Relationships, Erin W, Radical Self Love
Last time I hid my sobriety like I had hidden my drinking. Sobriety made me feel different and changed. And I did not want to be changed. I wanted everything to stay the same – especially my relationships.
by Erin W | Nov 11, 2017 | Authors, Codependency & Relationships, Erin W, Radical Self Love
You do not have to spend too much time in recovery before the Good Things come. But sometimes it is hard to accept Good Things. Fear can keep us in old habits.
by Blog Admin | Jun 28, 2017 | Addiction & Substance Use, Authors, Codependency & Relationships, Erin W, Radical Self Love, Work
Guest Blog Post by Caroline McGraw Oh honey, I know what you’re like. You are a driven, high-achieving woman trying so very hard to be perfect. You have a staggering helping of responsibilities on your plate. You’re the conscientious planner, the purposeful... by Blog Admin | Mar 19, 2017 | Authors, Codependency & Relationships, Community Member, Mothers of High Needs Children, Radical Self Love, Recovery Support
The baby is crying, the dog is barking, your husband is snoring, and you look over at the clock and realize you went to bed just five hours ago. You grab the baby; let the dog out, and sleepwalk to the coffee pot. The dishes from the night before are still piled high... by Blog Admin | Feb 12, 2017 | Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Authors, Codependency & Relationships, Community Member, Drugs, Recovering Out Loud, Spirituality & Mindfulness
No matter how far down the road to recovery I go, I find myself from time to time, in a hole. Or, I notice that I am acting out in behaviors that are unhelpful to me. When these things become apparent to me I nearly always discover it’s because my balance is... by Dawn Nickel | Dec 13, 2016 | Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Co-Addiction, Codependency & Relationships, Drugs, Recovering Out Loud
Today is my 25th wedding anniversary. Just writing that blows my mind. About 27 years ago I walked into a marathon meeting at a 12 step convention being held for recovering addicts in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) and a male voice from the corner of the room said “Hey, I know you.” I had about 3 weeks clean at the time and as many of you recovering types know, being recognized by people in your early recovery can be more than slightly freaking scary.
by Blog Admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Addiction & Substance Use, Alcohol, Authors, Codependency & Relationships, Community Member, Drugs, Sex & Love
In her new book, Sex in Recovery and in this guest post, Jen Matesa takes on an often taboo topic in recovery – sex.
