Finally Unleash Love and Life: Recent Episodes
Martha Brown
Finally Unleashing Life and Love Podcast was created to empower strong and successful women to end the affair with alcohol to evolve into more positive and stronger versions of themselves. It is designed to help women uncork the joy in life’s experiences by learning about self care, healthy coping mechanisms, flourishing relationships, navigating stressful situations and supporting each other. Each weekly podcast episode will bring stories, guests and/or action steps for the listeners to move forward in confidence and passion to be able to live the FULL life they were meant to live.
As we go through life, things start to build up that slow us down. Martha calls this stuff clutter, but at the end of the day, what those things really become are obstacles. It’s not just about physical clutter, but also the negative thinking patterns and toxic relationships. Especially for anyone in recovery, it becomes very easy to accumulate these things because of the concern that you may need it in the future. Once you can clear these things out of you life, you will start to feel better about the place that you are living in and finally realize that because you are not the same person anymore, you don’t need those things now!
In this episode Martha speaks about:
- Accumulating things as someone in recovery
- Why it’s so hard to let things go even when they are unnecessary
- Using your clutter to help other people
- Dealing with the quietness of sobriety
- Clearing out the old things in your life to make room for the new
- The various benefits of clearing out the clutter
- Eliminating decision fatigue that so many of us fall into
- Costing yourself time and energy with negative feedback because of clutter
- Opening up space in your life for the important things
Links to Resources:
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Facebook Group: Step up in recovery – A safe place to grow and receive support.
Feeling so stressed out to the point that you don’t want to do anything? Getting overwhelmed can paralyze you and put you in a place of judging and shaming yourself. Recovery on the road to sobriety is a long arduous journey full of hardships and new things. You are not the only person going through this. Remember, getting to that place that you want to be is a marathon, so don’t stress out about being overwhelmed. It’s just part of life! Stay tuned to hear some ways to handle these feelings.
In this episode Martha speaks about:
- Telling yourself that you shouldn’t feel a certain way
- Giving yourself space to have those feelings
- Allowing overwhelm and stress to take over in your life
- Looking for ways to work through our overwhelm
- Recognizing moments that are completely out of your control
- Handling the present right now
- Acknowledging, letting go, and moving on
- Putting up unrealistic expectations for yourself
- Remembering what a miracle it is to stay sober
- Taking actions to move yourself out of overwhelm
- Being grateful for what you have today
Links to Resources:
Facebook Group: Step up in recovery – A safe place to grow and receive support.
Today, Martha wants to talk about the possibility of having fun once you have become sober. This is actually a very interesting topic because so many people view alcohol as liquid courage to go experience a situation that would otherwise be awkward. Once that drink is in your hand, it can be a downhill slide after that, especially if you have addictive tendencies. Inevitably, the morning after is always a nightmare that has you thinking, “why would I do this to myself?” It’s a scary process but once you become sober you will have to relearn how to have fun and have conversations while sober, but once you do you will realize that you don’t need to drink or do drugs to have fun!
In this episode Martha speaks about:
- Inevitably going from sober to completely blacked out
- Reasons that people relate alcohol to social events
- Relearning how to deal with fun situations while sober
- Sometimes the simple answer is all you need
- Changing your focus when you go to an event
- Telling yourself lies about how alcohol makes you better
- Importance of enjoying the little things in the moment
- Answering the “sober fun” questions
- Aiming your creativity in a productive direction
- Practicing doing things that you want to do without alcohol
- Feeling trapped into drinking to have fun and be around people
- Remembering what you enjoyed as a kid
Links to Resources:
Facebook Group: Step Up in Recovery – A safe place to grow and receive support.
In today’s episode, Martha wants to talk about having an attitude of gratitude by focusing on what you are grateful for. When you appreciate everything that you have in your life, it opens your eyes to how truly beautiful your life can be. The only way to move forward in your life is to recognize what is going right, that way you have something to build on. We all have experiences in our life where we think that something is going wrong, but you need to change your mindset so you can see what is going right in those situations. Don’t let the negatives weigh you down. Appreciate the little things!
In this episode Martha speaks about:
- Changing the victim mindset to one of gratitude
- Generating a list of things that you are grateful for every day
- The power of smiling at every person that you meet
- Opening yourself up to love
- What happens when you start comparing yourself to others
- Staying in a grateful state of mind by focusing on yourself
- Facing challenges while still running your life
- Knowing that gratitude is something you have to practice on a daily basis
- What is the one thing that you are grateful for?
Links to Resources:
Facebook Group: Step Up in Recovery – A safe place to grow and receive support.
Today in the studio, Martha wants to talk about having a healthy mindset in your sobriety. What is a healthy mindset? Having a healthy mindset starts with a shift in your thought process about how you see the world and how you see yourself from the negative spotlight to a place of positivity. There is no need to continuously beat yourself and keep a failing mindset. Martha is sharing a few tips about what helped her change that failing mindset in her own sobriety with the hope that someone listening to this can take something away to change their own mindset!
In this episode Martha speaks about:
- Loving and accepting yourself exactly where you are
- Negative effects of having a failing mindset
- Surrounding yourself with people that are positive for you
- Appreciating the little things that you have in your life
- Positive effects of eating healthy on your mindset
- Being more active to have more energy
- Making sure not to bottle up your emotions
- Setting goals big or small so that you can keep moving
- Giving back to others to share positive experiences
- Different ways that you can give back
Links to Resources:
Facebook Group: Step Up in Recovery – A safe place to grow and receive support.
In today’s episode, Martha is going to talk to you about loving yourself just as you are. This is a very hard concept for people to come to terms with. We all tend to focus on what’s wrong with us, especially with things like addiction. You don’t have to let all of these negative things define who you are. If you don’t take care of yourself, how are you ever supposed to be there for anyone else? Life can be so much easier if you start taking the time to focus on the things that you are proud of and loving yourself. Drop the baggage and start appreciating the fantastic human being that you are!
In this episode Martha speaks about:
- Filling the void within ourselves through other people
- Replacing your bad habits with the habits of another person
- Regularly scheduling a time to take care of yourself
- What you can do daily to love yourself more
- Making amends with yourself to take the next right step
- Building our community so that the support is always there
- Why we enter certain types of relationships for escape
- What happens when you constantly give without filling up
- Setting boundaries to make relationships healthier in the long run
Links to Resources:
Facebook Group: Step Up in Recovery – A safe place to grow and receive support.
Today in the studio, Martha is here to talk about breaking through that feeling of shame as an addict. Shame can be used interchangeably with many other words that addicts are feeling. Whatever word you relate with shame, you as an addict think of your actions and yourself as something wrong when you use this word. Bad actions that you did as an addict don’t have the power to define the person that you truly are. We are and always will be our own biggest critics. Do not drown in the shame. Break through it!
In this episode Martha speaks about:
- Finding healthy ways to stop feeling the shame and guilt
- Surrounding yourself with people that you trust to listen to your feelings
- Getting all the negative thoughts out of your head
- The differences between feeling guilt and shame
- Knowing that whatever the problem, there are others going through the same things
- Dealing with the biggest insecurities that most women have
- Showing up and putting your best foot forward to gain momentum
- Coming together to lift each other up
- Different ways that we can help others to separate guilt and shame
- Learning lessons from the past to shape your future
Links to Resources:
Facebook Group: Step Up in Recovery – A safe place to grow and receive support.
Today in the studio, Martha is going to talk about whether or not you should share your story. What you share, who you share it with, and why you share it, these are all personal decisions. It is really up to you. Keep in mind that sharing your story can help others learn about their own lives and beating their own addictions. There are plenty of good reasons to share or not share stories or even details of stories, but getting it out to the world may save someone else’s life. Don’t be afraid to let the world know that you are a person!
In this episode Martha speaks about:
- Getting past all the negative stereotypes that surround addicts
- Finding your bottom to start heading towards your peak
- Why it’s so hard for people to understand addiction from the outside
- Feelings that addicts experience that stop them from getting the help that they need
- Who can benefit from you sharing your story
- Realizing that you are not the lone ranger that is going through this fight
- Facing the difficult challenges that come your way in sobriety
- Knowing what to tell and who to tell it to
- Reasons people do not tell their stories
Facebook Group: Step Up in Recovery – A safe place to grow and receive support.
Welcome to the fifth episode of the Finally Unleash Love and Life Podcast with Martha Brown. Learn to find clarity about what you truly want, and live the life you want to. Today’s episode is all about trust and how to build that trust back up after hurting people with your addiction. The chaos that comes with the web of lies is terribly hard to control. You become someone who can no longer be counted on, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t work to earn that trust back as someone who is reliable and honest. Things don’t have to be perfect. People just want to see that you are trying!
In this episode Martha speaks about:
- Building up an unstoppable web of lies due to your addiction
- Why addicts lie automatically
- Just what it means to be there for someone as a reliable shoulder
- Pushing everything further away to dive further into your addiction
- Taking the addiction out of the picture does not mean the trust comes back
- Showing people that you can be reliable again through your actions
- Why it is so hard to trust once trust has been broken
- What people want to see from you in order to trust you again
- The people that are meant to be in your life are worth the work
Join Martha for the next episode all about trust, can she ever be trusted again?
Facebook Group: Step Up in Recovery – A safe place to grow and receive support.
Welcome to the fourth episode of the Finally Unleash Love and Life Podcast with Martha Brown. Learn to find clarity about what you truly want, and live the life you want to. Today’s episode is all about the desire you may have to run away and isolate yourself from the people and problems that pop up in life. There are many motivations behind wanting to hide. Navigating these can be challenging, especially for people who are in recovery.
In this episode Martha speaks about:
- Using alcohol and drugs to hide from your problems
- The importance of being there for yourself, so you can be there for others
- The unhealthy cycle that is made when avoiding problems
- Dealing with the aftermath of hiding from your problems for too long
- Getting back to the healthy ways you can take care of yourself
- Living in fear of the future means you might not be taking care of yourself today
- Breaks frustrations down into smaller, more manageable situations
- Surrounding yourself with your tribe of people who love and support you
- Gaining back the friends you may have lost while hiding in your addictions
- Appreciating the support system that you have in your life
When you’re hiding and isolating from others, we are robbing ourselves from our own growth. What might you be missing out on when isolating yourself?
Join Martha for the next episode all about trust, can she ever be trusted again?
Facebook Group: Step Up in Recovery – A safe place to grow and receive support.
Today Martha is going to share her personal story in order to help people realize that addicts aren’t aliens or terrible people to shy away from. Addicts are brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters. There is more to their story than just the drugs and the booze. The real problems that cause people to turn to drugs and drink start long before the addiction begins. Stay tuned to hear Martha’s story and hopefully gain some perspective on just what addiction entails.
In this episode, we talk about…
- Martha’s story
- Looking back in order to find the roots of your inner demons
- Finding external ways to make yourself feel better instead of working on yourself
- Seeing the light in the midst of being lost in the dark
- Having that moment of clarity that saves you
- Letting go to have an open mind and leave the shame behind
- Self-loving on the road to recovery
- Difficulties of a codependent relationship
- What it really means to be in recovery
Links to resources:
Join my free Facebook group, Step Up in Recovery at https://www.facebook.com/groups/stepupinrecovery/. This is where you will receive support with a safe place to grow.
As women in recovery, this group will provide daily prompts to help you find joy and inspiration, form healthy habits, promote spiritual and personal growth, and approach fears and gratitude to get the most out of life, taking it one day at a time. Head on over to join. It's free!
Today Martha talks about some of the struggles that occur when going through recovery as a former addict. Where you are in your recovery process helps to play a part in what you are struggling with at that current juncture. The shame of your addiction can subconsciously affect your day to day and cause many feelings of self-doubt. Remember, the things that you have done in addiction do not define the person that you are. You can be the master of your own destiny. Stay tuned for assurance that you are not alone in these struggles!
In this episode, we talk about…
- The fear of being alone in early sobriety
- Different outlets to go to when you begin sobriety to prevent boredom
- Not letting your addiction define who you are
- Releasing the shame to make it right
- Filling that hole left by addiction
- Finding love within yourself in order to find love with others
- Figuring out who you should keep in your life
- Taking some time to be still and heal
Links to resources:
Join my free Facebook group, Step Up in Recovery at https://www.facebook.com/groups/stepupinrecovery/. This is where you will receive support with a safe place to grow.
As women in recovery, this group will provide daily prompts to help you find joy and inspiration, form healthy habits, promote spiritual and personal growth, and approach fears and gratitude to get the most out of life, taking it one day at a time. Head on over to join. It's free!
Today Martha is going to talk about what recovery really means. The dictionary defines recovery as returning to a “normal” state, but there is so much more to it than that. Every person is so beautifully different, so how does one become normal? That same principle means that for every individual person, recovery means something different. There is no mold to fit when you are trying to pull yourself out of that dark place of addiction and create a better life for yourself. Do what is best for yourself!
In this episode, we talk about…
- What it means to be “normal”
- Embracing who you are to avoid the mold
- Importance of having hope that you can create a better life for yourself
- Involving others in your recovery process
- Looking challenges in the eye to put yourself farther away from relapse
- Negative effects of pushing your demons down inside
- Putting one foot in front of the other to continue growing
- Remembering how brave you are to ask for help
Links to resources:
Join my free Facebook group, Step Up in Recovery at https://www.facebook.com/groups/stepupinrecovery/. This is where you will receive support with a safe place to grow.
As women in recovery, this group will provide daily prompts to help you find joy and inspiration, form healthy habits, promote spiritual and personal growth, and approach fears and gratitude to get the most out of life, taking it one day at a time. Head on over to join. It's free!
Finally Unleashing Life and Love Podcast was created to empower women in recovery to evolve into more positive and stronger versions of themselves. It is designed to help women live an incredible sober lifestyle by learning about self care, healthy relationships, navigating stressful situations and supporting each other.
Each weekly podcast episode will bring stories, guests and/or action steps for the listeners to move forward in confidence and grace within recovery to be able to live the FULL life they were meant to live.