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Episode 25 When was the last time you were brave?

What about the last time you saw a bada** woman being brave AF?

In today’s episode, I’m diving deep into the real meaning of bravery—not the highlight-reel kind, but the messy, spirit-shaking, deeply personal kind that recovery demands from us.

I share a powerful story from this past weekend when my daughter suffered a traumatic fall that landed us in the ER for over 10 hours… and what I witnessed in her, in myself, and in every person who showed up in that moment taught me something new about what it means to be truly brave.

I open up about my own experiences of bravery in recovery, from launching my business to saving my marriage, speaking up in friendships, standing up for my children, and choosing the uncomfortable, unpopular truth over silence or people-pleasing.

You’ll also hear:

• What spiritual traditions like the Bible, A Course in Miracles, and Brené Brown teach us about true courage
• Why bravery is essential in healing from addiction, codependency, eating disorders, and perfectionism
• What it looks like to choose bravery in motherhood, marriage, friendship, and self-leadership
• And how we can trust that our bravery is always divinely supported—even when we’re terrified
  
  

Recovery Reflection Prompts:

1. Where are you being invited to be brave right now?
2. How have you already shown courage in your healing + recovery—without even realizing it?

If this episode speaks to you, share it with a friend in recovery, leave a review, or DM + let me know what resonated.

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Episode 24

If you’ve ever felt like your life had to be rebuilt from the ground up—or if you’re in the middle of doing that right now—this conversation with the incredible Jen Chambers will remind you of the power inside of you, regardless of external circumstances.

Jen is a writer, speaker, and host of Your Voice Matters podcast, whose life changed forever after a tragedy and a traumatic brain injury at the age of 15 erased every memory she had. She had to relearn how to walk, speak, and even understand what the color red was.

And yet? She’s here. Speaking her truth. Writing her story. And helping others do the same.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What it’s like to wake up from a coma and not know your name, your parents, or your past
• The white light experience that gave Jen a choice: stay or go
  How a miraculous (and untraceable) drug changed the course of her survival
• The "list" doctors made of all the things she'd never do again—and how she transformed it into her courage checklist
• Why our soul often knows what to do before our brain ever catches up

This episode is a powerful reminder that you are the author of your story—even if it has to start on a blank page.

You are not your past.
You are not your prognosis.
You are here, and your voice matters.

Connect with Jen

Jennifer Chambers is a writer, speaker, and host of the Your Voice Matters with Jen Chambers podcast, a show dedicated to the power of telling your own story. A former columnist and co-owner of a publishing company, she founded the TEDxVenetaWomen event and has spoken at conferences across the U.S., including the Women Writing the West Conference and the Body Love Conference in Tucson, AZ. She is an alumna of the University of Iowa Summer Writing Program.

After surviving a traumatic brain injury at age 15 that erased her memory, Jennifer had to relearn everything—from walking and speaking to discovering who she was. That experience ignited her passion for storytelling as a tool for healing, identity, and empowerment. She writes fantasy and paranormal fiction, as well as nonfiction focused on true crime and women’s history.

Her work invites others to reclaim their narratives, reminding us that telling your story isn’t just powerful—it’s transformative.

Here’s Jen’s:

Website / Instagram / Podcast

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Episode 23

If you've ever been affirmed for being “so strong” when you were silently falling apart, this episode is for you.

This one’s raw and real—an unfiltered look at grief, emotional honesty, and why it’s time to finally tell the old story of needing to be strong in spite of our feelings to gtfo. I’m sharing what happened this weekend as I said goodbye to my 22-year-old cat, Nina—and how I found unexpected healing the moment I dropped the mask of strength, invited my heart to open and gave myself full permission to feel it all.

In this episode, I’m arguing that being strong is overrated—and how emotional suppression, often rooted in patriarchal conditioning, leads us to feel disconnected, to manifest dis-ease, and to numb out what’s desperate to be felt. I talk about the danger of “holding it all together,” what it cost me after my dad died, and why it’s one of the myths we must break to fully heal and recover

You’ll also hear:

• The connection between suppressed emotions and dis-ease (with insights from Dr. Gabor Maté & The Body Keeps the Score)
• Why I cry in front of my kids—and how it’s changed how I parent
• What Inside Out teaches us about the power of feelings
• The difference between wallowing and allowing
• Ways you can actually be strong without suffocating your emotions

This episode is for you if you’ve been carrying it all and trying to just “be strong.” And it’s an invitation and an insistence that you don’t have to be strong anymore. You get to feel, to express your emotions, and to be held by those closest to you. That is the biggest form of strength.

Let this conversation free something inside you.

Resources:

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
  When the Body Says No by Dr. Gabor Maté
• Inside Out
• You Can Heal Your Body by Louise Hay
• Breathwork practitioners I love
  • Siri Baruc Thornton, Jack Fontana, and Kate Becker

If this resonated, share it with a woman you love who needs the reminder: you don’t have to be strong. You just have to be with what is.

💫 And if you’re ready to let go of ideas that are keeping you stuck and do the thing you’ve always wanted to do, I’d love to support you. Book your free 1:1 Breakthrough Call, where I’ll help you get clear on what you’d love to do (or have, or be), identify what’s really holding you back, and take the first best steps to take the leap.

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Episode 22

You are the light of the world. And your light is dependent upon your own healing.

This episode is a radiant conversation with the luminous Siri Baruc Thornton—Reiki Master of Masters, breathwork facilitator, Akashic Records teacher, and founder of Sage + Blush Wellness.

Siri’s story is one of coming home to herself, and she shares it all with depth, grace, and authentic truth.

This episode is for you if:

• You’ve ever felt like you didn’t belong
• You’re the space holder who wonders who’s holding you
• You feel called to healing work but don’t know where to begin
• You’re ready to soften, unfurl, and reconnect to your light

We explore:
💫 What Reiki, breathwork, and the Akashic Records actually are
💫 How healing can be passed down through generations
💫 The wound of not-belonging—and how to finally feel at home
💫 Why women who are resourced and supported will heal the world
💫 Siri’s powerful retreats and certifications for soul-led women

This episode is a love letter to you if you’ve ever doubted your place, your voice, or your magic. If you’re ready to feel seen, held, and known—you’re in the right place.

Connect with Siri:

Siri Baruc Thornton is a Reiki Master of Masters, Akashic Records teacher, Transformational Breathwork teacher and founder of sage + blush wellness, with over 26 years of experience guiding transformational healing. She leads intimate certification retreats on the Oregon Coast and in the Mt. Hood forest, where participants receive Reiki I & II training and Akashic Record Practitioner certification in sacred, nature-immersed settings.

Her retreats are designed for women, creatives, and soul-led leaders ready to deepen their spiritual gifts, reconnect with their purpose, and embody their inner wisdom. Blending ancient tradition with grounded, heart-centered guidance, Siri creates spaces that are both healing and catalytic—expanding lives one breath, one insight, and one courageous step at a time.

She is also the host of The Authentic Creative podcast, streamed in over 65 countries, where she shares stories and practices to support a life of joy, alignment, and self-expression.

Retreat Links:

🌿 Reiki I & II Certification Retreat (July 7–10, Rockaway Beach):

🌌 Goddess of Light Retreat (September, Mt. Hood)

Contact & Social:

📧 siri@sageandblushwellness.com

🌐 www.sageandblushwellness.com

📱 Instagram: @siribaructhornton

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Episode 21: This isn’t just a practice; it’s an invitation.

Today’s episode is a bit of a shift from our usual rhythm—a sacred pause, a gift, a guided loving kindness meditation for your heart.

If you’ve been feeling a little disconnected, disillusioned with the world, with others, or with yourself, or just in need of a moment of real compassion, this episode is for you. In this short but powerful session, I guide you through one of my most cherished meditations—one that helps me come back to love, compassion, and deep inner peace no matter what’s happening externally.

Together we’ll experience a practice that expands your heart and creates freedom and ease in your day.

This meditation is for you if:

You’re craving a reset of the heart.

You want to feel more connected to your Source, your Self, and others.

You want to be ready to forgive, soften, and expand your capacity for love.

You need a reminder that you are a light in this world.

You don’t need any prior experience—just a few quiet moments and a willingness to open.

This is a practice I return to again and again—and now, I offer it to you, from my heart to yours.

Here’s your invitation for this week:

Try this meditation once a day this week (or more!), and notice what shifts. Notice how much love you’re capable of giving—and receiving.

With all my love,

May you be happy, truly happy.

May your heart be open.

May you live in deep peace and ease.

May you know the power and freedom of forgiveness.

And may you be a light in this world.

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Episode 20?!

This one is for you if you’ve ever woken up in the middle of your “dream life” and thought: Wait — is this really it? WTF?

In this “whoa, did we really go there?” episode, I’m joined by the radiant and real Kena Siu — empowerment guide, midlife mentor, and creator of the Midlife Butterfly platform and podcast. Kena shares her setback-to-comeback story of losing her father, ending an unfulfilling but not terrible long-term relationship, looking at her “great job” and realizing that what once looked like a dream life had quietly become a comfort zone.

From grief and separation to full-blown spiritual and emotional rebirth, Kena walks us through her sacred journey of self-inquiry, healing, embodiment, and journey to radical self-love. This episode is a gorgeous permission slip to slow down, go inward, get curious, and come home to yourself.

We talk about:

• Turning pain into power and endings into awakenings
  
  
• What self-care and self-love really mean
  
  
• Healing from overdoing, overgiving, and overproving
  
  
• Feminine vs. masculine energy — and how to shift out of hustle and into flow
  
  
• Meditation, self-talk, and spirit-led rituals that create healing
  
  
• Why discomfort and the unknown are often the birthplace of real magic
  
  

Kena doesn’t just talk the talk — she embodies what it means to live in alignment, with joy, equanimity, and unapologetic self-worth. And she’s SO SEXY TOO! This episode is full of wisdom, warmth, and wild truth.

If you’ve been cracked open by setbacks in your life and are wondering what comes next, this conversation is a love note from us to you.

Love Kena Siu as much as I do? Find her here:
✨ Instagram: @kenasiu I ✨ Website: midlifebutterfly.ca I ✨Podcast: Midlife Butterfly I ✨Linktree

✨ Use code “RECOVER” for 50% off her online programs or mini coaching sessions 💖

Recovery Reflection Prompts:

1. Where in my life have I mistaken comfort for fulfillment?

What routines, relationships, or roles once felt aligned but now feel like settling? Where am I being invited to step out of the comfort zone and into my next evolution?

2. What did I think I needed from others that I now know I can give myself?

Whether it’s love, approval, safety, or attention — how have you reclaimed your power by giving it to yourself first?

🔥Let’s connect and light up the world

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Episode 19

There was a literal tornado warning that interrupted the recording of this episode and that may have just been the perfect metaphor for what's happening right now. Life is life-ing in my world and I’m not waiting until the storm passes to tell you about it.

This one’s a love note from me to you if you’ve been trying to fix, figure out, or force your way through a season that’s calling for surrender.

If you're feeling uncertain, frustrated, or exhausted from carrying too much on your own, this episode is my personal experience of how hard the middle can be, and a permission slip and a how-to to let go and practice trusting the universe.

You’re going to hear real-time personal stories I had to ask my husband for permission to share from the middle of our own season of surrender—what I’ve learned, how I’m practicing it in real time, and what it looks like in to try… and try again… to surrender.

Listen in to learn...

✨The difference between surrender and giving up
✨Why needing to know the “how” is blocking the best possible outcomes
✨What to do in the middle of a situation that forces you to surrender
✨The real-time and long-term benefits of surrendering + trusting the universe
✨Practices, affirmations, and reflection prompts to help you let go even when it’s really hard

If you’ve tried controlling, planning, worrying, fixing, advising, and haven’t gotten very far, I hope this episode will serve you in the surrender.

📝 Recovery Reflection Prompt:
Where in my life am I trying to force an outcome instead of letting go and trusting? What would it look like to surrender this and give it over to the care of the Universe?

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Episode 18

In this week’s breakthrough episode of The Girls Who Recover Podcast, I’m joined by the luminous Tracy Hill, founder of A Beautiful Fix and host of the podcast by the same name.

We talk about what it means to remember who you were before the world told you who to be, the magic of surrounding yourself with women who mirror your light, and why you don’t need to be fixed—you just need to come home to yourself.

If you’ve ever felt like you were made for something really beautiful, or that the world dimmed your light somewhere along the way, may this episode give you the same power and permission it gave me.

✨ About Tracy Hill:
Tracy Hill is the creator and host of A Beautiful Fix, a podcast and platform designed to help midlife women feel alive again. After a successful career as a Fortune 500 global marketing executive, she stepped away to rediscover herself—and now helps other women do the same. Through her retreats, Human Design sessions, and honest, heart-opening podcast conversations, Tracy guides women back to themselves—one beautiful fix at a time.

Follow Tracy on Instagram, check out her website, tune into her podcast, A Beautiful Fix, and grab her free guide Finding Your Beautiful Fix.

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