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SHE RECOVERS Podcast

83 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 196 ratings

SHE RECOVERS® Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity and a global grassroots movement serving more than 325,000 women and non-binary individuals in or seeking recovery from life challenges including mental health issues, trauma, and substance use. 

SHE RECOVERS is dedicated to redefining recovery, inspiring hope, ending stigma and empowering women to increase their recovery capital, heal themselves and help other women to do the same. 

On our podcast we talk about and hear about personal recovery stories, recovery tools, sacred resources, as well as other holistic mental health healing modalities. 

Visit sherecovers.org to donate today. 

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SHE RECOVERS® Foundation Headquarters is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Tewa people—O’gah’poh geh Owingeh (White Shell Water Place)—now present day Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Episode 76: Rising Resilient in Recovery with Victoria LaMadeleine of Aware Recovery Care

September 14, 2023 23:00 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MB

Rising Resilient in Recovery with Victoria LaMadeleine of Aware Recovery Care How can you transform your life to go from experiencing childhood trauma and a generational line of addiction, to surviving early sobriety and ultimately rising resilient in recovery? How can a moment of desperation turn into an opportunity to “become sweetly willing” to change? Why are radical self-love, connection in community, and meeting people right where they are the gateways to healing and lasting change? ...

Episode 75: Workaholism: The "Respectable" Addiction with Dawn Nickel, PhD

May 11, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 45 MB

Have you gone above and beyond at your job? To the point of sacrificing sleep, personal plans, and perhaps, your moral values? Overworking, also known as workaholism, is when someone is addicted to work. It can also be described as incessant internal and external activity with the underlying belief that if you're not always active, you don't have the right to exist. In this recovery educational series replay, Mental Health Monday, SHE RECOVERS co-founder Dr. Dawn Nickel explains overworkin...

Episode 75: Workaholism, the "Respectable" Addiction

May 11, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 45 MB

Have you gone above and beyond at your job? To the point of sacrificing sleep, personal plans, and perhaps, your moral values? Overworking, also known as workaholism, is when someone is addicted to work. It can also be described as incessant internal and external activity with the underlying belief that if you're not always active, you don't have the right to exist. In this recovery educational series replay, Mental Health Monday, SHE RECOVERS co-founder Dr. Dawn Nickel explains overworkin...

Episode 74: Bisexual and Sober with Tawny Lara

April 27, 2023 11:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MB

When we get sober, many things come to light and we're faced with knowing ourselves fully for the first time. This includes getting more acquainted with our sexuality. In this candid conversation, our podcast host, Dr. Tiffany Wynn,  speaks with  writer, podcast host, and "sober sexpert," Tawny Lara, about Tawny's journey to uncovering her bisexuality once she got sober. A self-described love and sex addict, Tawny describes her transformation from finding self-worth in relationships (prior ...

Episode 73: Humanizing Our Heroes - Moral Injury in Healthcare with Wendy Dean, MD

March 30, 2023 12:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MB

Moral injury occurs when clinicians are repeatedly expected, in the course of providing care, to make choices that transgress their long standing, deeply held commitment to healing. Moral injury is a form of trauma that can occur in any workplace. It is often a result of someone witnessing or participating in a behavior that goes against their beliefs or values. This can cause an employee to feel isolated and be less motivated and engaged at work — and it can have a lasting negative impact ...

Episode 73: Humanizing Our Heroes: Moral Injury in Healthcare with Wendy Dean, MD

March 30, 2023 12:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MB

Moral injury occurs when clinicians are repeatedly expected, in the course of providing care, to make choices that transgress their long standing, deeply held commitment to healing. Moral injury is a form of trauma that can occur in any workplace. It is often a result of someone witnessing or participating in a behavior that goes against their beliefs or values. This can cause an employee to feel isolated and be less motivated and engaged at work — and it can have a lasting negative impact ...

Episode 72: Writing Our Way Home with Ann Dowsett Johnston

March 23, 2023 18:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MB

In this previously recorded session of our educational series, Mental Health Monday, bestselling author Ann Dowsett Johnston, discusses how writing can be a powerful tool in recovery, and how we can shape our own stories. Ann believes writing is a process of discovery and at the heart of good writing is finding your voice. She guides us to explore how to tell the stories that are deep within us and how to frame our work and even get it published. During this session Ann helps us to understa...

Episode 71: Recovery and Gender Roles with Marya Hornbacher

March 09, 2023 13:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MB

Gender is often a core part of identity, and like other aspects of identity, it fundamentally shapes our perception of ourselves, each other and our experiences in the world. From the earliest recovery literature to the most contemporary recovery meetings, gender roles have affected and continue to affect both individual recovery and recovery communities. In this previously recorded episode of our educational series, Mental Health Monday, Marya Hornbacher and SHE RECOVERS Co-Founder Dr. Da...

Episode 70: Rewriting Our Stories with Meghann Perry

March 02, 2023 13:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MB

In this candid conversation our podcast host, Dr. Tiffany Wynn, speaks with storyteller, recovery coach and recovery advocate Meghann Perry. They discuss: Meghann's recovery story and how she created her storytelling workshops  Why and how the system of the recovery movement needs to be shaken up How powerful and empowering storytelling can be in the recovery realm The importance of women's stories ABOUT MEGHANN PERRY Meghann Perry, CARC, RCPF, is an award-winning Storyteller, Theater...

Episode 69: Using the Enneagram with Julie Dereshinsky

February 23, 2023 19:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MB

Julie is an International Coaches Federation (ICF) Certified Professional Coach, a SHE RECOVERS® Designated Coach, and an Accredited Integrative Enneagram Practitioner. Julie specializes in mental health coaching, and working with high functioning, high achieving women who are questioning their relationship with alcohol. Many of the women she works with share the experience that alcohol is no longer serving them the way it used to and they are noticing an impact on their mental health.  Ju...

Episode 68: SHE RECOVERS Every Day with Dr. Dawn Nickel

February 16, 2023 15:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MB

In this candid conversation, Dr. Tiffany Wynn speaks with SHE RECOVERS Co-Founder Dr.Dawn Nickel about: The herstory of SHE RECOVERS Foundation - born from Dawn’s longing to find an inclusive recovery community  Dawn’s personal experience as a woman recovering from substance use disorder, codependency, overworking and intergenerational trauma Recovery as a family affair Why recovering out-loud, redefining recovery and providing identity-based support are all essential in our society toda...

Episode 67: Recovering From Mommy Wine Culture with Jen Butler

October 21, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MB

Jen Butler, MBA, CPC, CPRC, SRCD, spent a decade as a stay-at-home mom before becoming a Certified Professional Life and Recovery Coach and SHE RECOVERS® Coach. To cope with the rollercoaster of motherhood and enabled by wine mom culture, Jen was stuck in the fog of gray area drinking until 2018. As a coach, she provides connection and accountability – the very keys that helped her start her own journey to alcohol freedom – to gray area and heavy drinkers who struggle with anxiety, perfect...

Episode 66: Shedding Labels & Owning Your Story with Justine Evirs

September 09, 2022 12:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MB

Justine Evirs is a  business consultant, Stanford University Graduate School of Business alumnus, and Navy Veteran. She teaches women executives & entrepreneurs to create consistent revenue models and business plans. As the Owner & Creator of her signature 12-week programs, Courage to Create and Courage to Lead,  Evirs teaches leaders to trust their instincts and use creativity to create values-based organizations and solutions for worldwide social problems. As the Founder of The Paradigm ...

Episode 65: Sober Mom Squad with Emily Lynn Paulson

May 13, 2022 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MB

Emily is a writer, speaker, Certified Naked Mind Coach, She Recovers Designated Coach, Certified Facilitator of Addiction Awareness, and the founder of Sober Mom Squad. She has appeared on media outlets including The Today Show, The Doctors, The Tamron Hall Show, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and USA Today, discussing how to end the shame and stigma of mental health and substance abuse. Emily is the author of Highlight Real: Finding Honesty & Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life and the fort...

Episode 64: Advocacy Through Art with Stephanie Chinn

March 15, 2022 14:00 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MB

Stephanie Chinn is an illustrator, best-selling author, speaker, and women's advocate. Her work focuses on illustrating the different ways we can remind ourselves that we are enough the way that we are, while simultaneously unpacking the different ways we have been led to believe we are not. Stephanie began to share her work on Instagram in 2019 has since then been featured in Yoga Journal magazine, recognized by Adobe as an upcoming female artist, and published her debut book; Here Sister,...

Episode 63: Not Drinking Tonight with Amanda White

February 04, 2022 16:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MB

Amanda E. White is a licensed therapist and the creator of the popular Instagram account @therapyforwomen. She is the founder and director of the group therapy practice, Therapy for Women Center, based in Philadelphia, where she serves clients across the country. People are drawn to Amanda's unique expertise, accessible approach to healing and mental health, and her expertise has been featured in notable publications such as Forbes, Washington Post, Shape, Women's Health Magazine, and more. ...

Episode 62: Let's Normalize Therapy With Haesue Jo

December 21, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 43 MB

Haesue Jo, MA, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with experience providing individual and family therapy in community mental health, school settings, day treatment facilities, and via teletherapy. She is currently Head of Clinical Operations at BetterHelp, which allows her to empower other therapists to be successful at bringing their skills online. Her current clinical focus and interests include AAPI mental wellness, anxiety, relationship, and family dynamics, trauma, and gender ...

Episode 61: Mother Hunger with Kelly McDaniel

November 05, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MB

Kelly McDaniel, LPC, NCC, CSAT, is a licensed professional counselor and author, specializing in treating women who struggle with relationships. As the first clinician to name an attachment injury as Mother Hunger, she explores the legacy of maternal deprivation. Her book 'Mother Hunger', speaks to the millions of women who suffer with a life-long emotional burden that adversely affects self-worth. This podcast episode is Dawn Nickel and Kelly's live session of #MentalHealthMonday. An endl...

Episode 60: Cultivating Safe Spaces With Elaine Alec

July 01, 2021 23:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MB

Elaine Alec is an Indigenous author, political advisor, educator, and spiritual thought leader. This podcast episode is Dawn Nickel and Elaine's live session of #MentalHealthMonday . Elaine shared: The traditional, relational, action, and innovative perspectives that promote well-being, inclusion, validation, and freedom  Utilizing Indigenous stories, teachings, and language to cultivate safer spaces for healing, communication, and learning  What the four necessary conditions are within...

EP 59: Recovering From Miscarriage & Infant Loss with AYAKO | baby loss advocate

May 27, 2021 17:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB

Ayako is a woman who, in her words, is “not an expert. Just a lonely mum trying to navigate miscarriage, motherhood, and depression.” While she is not busy keeping up with her spirited son, Takeo, she serves as a relentless supporter for parents navigating the heartbreak and secondary losses surrounding an “out of order death” in memory of her daughter, Emi. She is also in the process of creating her business 'Emi & Company' where bereaved parents and families can purchase tools for recovery...

Episode 58: The Alchemy of Healing with Seraphina Capranos

May 13, 2021 17:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB

Seraphina’s European grandparents first introduced her to the healing power of natural medicine. While seasonally gathering herbs in rural Ontario they lovingly taught her about the traditional wisdom of herbs and plant lore. After suffering injury to her spine as a teenager, Seraphina was declared by the conventional medical system to lead a life of suffering in chronic pain. Determined to heal herself, she returned to her roots and began a professional study of natural medicine, herbalism...

Episode 57: SHE RECOVERS Dance with Payton Kennedy

April 29, 2021 18:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MB

One of our beloved SHE RECOVERS Intentions & Guiding Principles is, "Recovery is a journey to wholeness. We learn to take care of our body, mind, emotions and spirit." Recovering our bodies, becoming embodied and incorporating somatic based healing modalities is a passion of our movement! Taryn sits down with Payton (SHE RECOVERS Director of Volunteer Network and Foundation Events) to discuss why SHE RECOVERS Dance is such a beautiful, trauma informed compliment to your recovery patchwork. ...

Episode 56: Healing Your Body & Connecting to the Land with Magdalene Joly

March 18, 2021 20:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MB

In this conversation, Magdelene Joly shares her journey of recovering from burnout, chronic fatigue and Lyme disease. Magdalene is a farmer, nutritionist, herbalist, dancer, mother, artist, student of Medical Qigong, and community organizer living at TreeEater Farm on Denman Island, the traditional unceded territory of Pentlatch and Comox Nations. She believes in the power of community and receiving support while healing, and that illness can be a beautiful teacher - if we listen and allo...

Episode 55: Overcoming Burnout & Creating Beauty with Nina Turczyn

March 04, 2021 17:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

Nina Turczyn is an amazing silversmith and gallery owner. Leading up to the opening of her gallery, Nina hit a wall with overwhelm and exhaustion. She never expected to be someone who experienced mental health challenges, but realizes that her experience has given her the opportunity to be a beacon for others. In this episode, she shares her journey of recovering from burnout and depression - and the powerful lessons she learned along the way. Nina's Gallery:https://www.paprikajewellery...

Episode 54: Healing Through Art & Community with Autumn Skye

February 16, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MB

Autumn Skye is a visionary artist. She believes that the role of the artist is especially crucial at this time and that while the world is at the precipice of momentous change, artworks have the potential to be maps that can help guide humanity forward into new and positive ways of seeing and being. Autumn says, "through creativity we have the opportunity to transmute shadow and pain into visions of healing and wholeness. In this potent conversation, Autumn shares with Taryn her journey of...

Episode 53: Decolonizing Recovery with Jacqueline Jennings

February 04, 2021 18:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MB

Jacqueline Jennings is an entrepreneur coach, facilitator and startup strategist who got sober at the age of 15. In this conversation, Jacqueline shares with Taryn about the importance of her journey with connecting with traditional, cultural teachings and ancestral wisdom. She also talks about the need to focus on community care - not just self care, matriarchy, and decolonizing recovery. Jacqueline's website: http://www.jacquelinejennings.com/ Jacqueline's instagram: @jacqueline.d.jenni...

Episode 53: Decolonizing Recovery with Jacqueline Jennings

February 04, 2021 18:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MB

Jacqueline Jennings is an entrepreneur coach, facilitator and startup strategist who got sober at the age of 15. In this conversation, Jacqueline shares with Taryn about the importance of her journey with connecting with traditional, cultural teachings and ancestral wisdom. She also talks about the need to focus on community care - not just self care, matriarchy, and decolonizing recovery. Jacqueline's website: http://www.jacquelinejennings.com/ Jacqueline's instagram: @jacqueline.d.jenni...

Episode 52: Bisexual, Recovering and Proud with Dr. Jamie Marich

November 27, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MB

Bisexuality is one of the most misunderstood expressions within the LGBTQ+ spectrum. Bisexuals or other individuals under the bisexual umbrella  can be thwarted with cruel commentary like, "Why can't you just pick a side," "You must be confused," or "You can't be trusted." In this episode, Dawn speaks with  Dr Jamie Marich, clinical trauma specialist, trainer, author, openly bisexual woman, and person in long-term recovery. Dr Jamie Marich shares about her  own experience navigating these...

Episode 51: A Fireside Chat With Our Executive Director Susan Carter

November 19, 2020 12:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MB

Grab your tea and join SHE RECOVERS® Foundation Executive Director, Susan Carter and Co-Founder, Dawn Nickel by the fire. "As a woman celebrating 27 years of continuous sobriety, I am deeply committed to giving back what I have so graciously been given. And after meeting and working with the beautiful intelligent and impassioned women who have shepherded this community to where it is today, I knew this is where I wanted to put my stake in the ground. Working alongside these brilliant women ...

Episode 50: Lost and Found: An Adoptee’s Recovery Story with Payton Kennedy

November 12, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MB

Taryn speaks with Payton Kennedy, beloved colleague, friend and creator of SHE RECOVERS Dance®. Payton shares her multi-layered recovery story and her life-long journey as a seeker.  As an adoptee, Payton struggled with decades-long feelings of disconnection, grief and sadness that contributed to self-sabotaging behaviors.  She discusses her daily recovery practices -  powerful tools that ground and connect her with with inner wisdom. SHE RECOVERS Foundation: https://sherecovers.org/ Get i...

Episode 50: Lost and Found: An Adoptee’s Recovery Story with Payton Kennedy

November 12, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MB

Taryn speaks with Payton Kennedy, beloved colleague, friend and creator of SHE RECOVERS Dance®. Payton shares her multi-layered recovery story and her life-long journey as a seeker.  As an adoptee, Payton struggled with decades-long feelings of disconnection, grief and sadness that contributed to self-sabotaging behaviors.  She discusses her daily recovery practices -  powerful tools that ground and connect her with with inner wisdom. SHE RECOVERS Foundation: https://sherecovers.org/ Get i...

Episode 49: Don't Just Sit There with Biet Simkin

November 05, 2020 17:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MB

Biet Simkin is the renowned meditation teacher dubbed "The David Bowie/Lady Gaga of Meditation." In this episode, you will understand why. She is rebellious and rock n roll, yet, very grounded in her recovery and spiritual practices. She beautifully shares about the deep losses of her mother, father and first born daughter. And Biet shares about her recovery journey from heroin and disordered eating/body image issues. Biet Simkin: https://www.bietsimkin.com/ Biet's mindbodygreen online m...

Episode 48: Flipping the Script with Chris Campbell

October 29, 2020 04:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MB

One of the things we love about being in recovery is that we tend not to do a lot of "small talk." Instead, our conversations are "big talk" - deep, expansive and truthful shared experiences. On this episode, Erin talks with one of her closest friends, Chris Campbell, a woman in long-term recovery. Erin and Chris met on a SHE RECOVERS retreat. The conversation they started on the beautiful rooftop of our Mexico retreat home has continued for three years. In this recording, Erin and Chris sh...

Episode 47: New Beginnings with Dawn, Taryn and Erin

October 22, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MB

Taryn, Dawn and Erin gather to discuss how COVID has created unexpected changes within the SHE RECOVERS organization, as well as their own lives. SHE RECOVERS Foundation: https://sherecovers.org/ Get involved with SHE RECOVERS Foundation: https://sherecovers.org/get-involved/ Erin Wickersham:  https://erinwickersham.com

Episode 46: Healing Racism in Recovery with Shari Hampton

October 15, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MB

We are back after our "podcast pause." As individuals, and as an organization, we took the sacred pause to focus energy and efforts on our antiracism work. In this episode Shari Hampton (SHE RECOVERS Coach and Trusted Advisor, speaker and consultant) chats with SHE RECOVERS Foundation founders Dawn Nickel and Taryn Strong. Shari shares her experience of being a Black woman in recovery, as well as how she has been pivoting since covid-19. Dawn and Taryn share how the SHE RECOVERS Foundati...

Episode 45: Grace for F*ck Ups with Nadia Bolz-Weber

May 26, 2020 22:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

Nadia Bolz-Weber is an ordained Lutheran Pastor who has reclaimed and redefined what it means to be a Christian woman. She is founder of House for All Sinners & Saints in Denver, CO, author of three bestselling memoirs and a woman in long term recovery. Nadia will also be a speaker at our Miami conference in May 2021. Nadia shares about grieving during the Covid-19 pandemic and what it is revealing about our relationships and culture. She also discusses how church teachings around sexualit...

Episode 44: Belonging with Jen O.

May 11, 2020 23:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MB

Taryn speaks with Jen O., a retired veteran and woman in recovery, about her journey of recovering from using substances to deal with social anxiety and awkwardness. Jen's inspiring story shows the power of commitment and belonging. To visit the SHE RECOVERS website, click here. SHE RECOVERS Facebook Page, click here. SHE RECOVERS Instagram Page, click here.

Episode 43: On Being Human with Jennifer Pastiloff

May 05, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MB

Jen Pastiloff joins us for a special podcast episode recorded during our online PJ Party held the first weekend of May 2020. Jen is a teacher, leader and author of the amazingly beautiful book "On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard." Jen's story of recovering from disordered eating and depression helps women find, accept, and embrace their own vulnerability, bravery, and humanness. Her work is a celebration of happiness and self-realization over darkness an...

Episode 43: On Being Human with Jennifer Pastiloff

May 05, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MB

Jen Pastiloff joins us for a special podcast episode recorded during our online PJ Party held the first weekend of May 2020. Jen is a teacher, leader and author of the amazingly beautiful book "On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard." Jen's story of recovering from disordered eating and depression helps women find, accept, and embrace their own vulnerability, bravery, and humanness. Her work is a celebration of happiness and self-realization over darkness an...

Episode 42: How Happy Will You Allow Yourself To Be?

April 28, 2020 00:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MB

Taryn and Erin check in and share their thoughts and observations of how seven weeks of quarantine has impacted them. As they work through the daily ups and downs of isolation, both women are working to break through old stories of what is possible and how to become intentional co-creators of their lives. They also examine some of the themes coming out of the SHE RECOVERS online gatherings. To learn more about Erin Wickersham, click here. To visit the SHE RECOVERS website, click here. SHE ...

Episode 41: Mrs. D Is Going Without with Lotta Dann

April 21, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MB

Lotta Dann used to describe herself as a "boozy housewife." For two decades she drank alcohol steadily and heavily. In 2011, alarmed at how her drinking was escalating, she started the anonymous blog 'Mrs. D Is Going Without' and eventually wrote her way into recovery and community. In this episode of the SHE RECOVERS podcast, Erin talks with Lotta about what she has gained in recovery, as well as areas where she still struggles, including her "ongoing battle" with flour and sugar. They als...

Episode 40: Check in with Taryn & Dawn

April 13, 2020 23:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MB

Dawn Nickel, founder of SHE RECOVERS, joins Taryn to share how the SHE RECOVERS sisterhood is widening and deepening during this time of Covid-19. We have always known that "we are all recovering from something," and in our daily online meetups, as women from various recovery journeys share their stories and modalities for healing, we are seeing that truth come to life. To visit the SHE RECOVERS website, click here. SHE RECOVERS Facebook Page, click here. SHE RECOVERS Instagram Page, click...

Episode 39: A Story of Healing with Lara Frazier

April 06, 2020 06:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MB

Taryn talks with Lara Frazier, a woman in long-term recovery from prescription drugs and love addiction. Lara shares a beautiful story of parental love, as her parents "loved her all the way through" and offered her encouragement and support in the darkest episodes of her struggle. She is a fierce believer in the power of owning our stories and is a strong advocate for addiction recovery. You can learn more about Lara here. You can learn more about Deanna Axe here. To visit the SHE RECOVER...

Episode 38: Recover and Rise with Tiffany Swedeen

March 31, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

Tiffany Swedeen, ICU nurse and SHE RECOVERS coach, joins us to share her story of recovery from opiates and alcohol. Raised in a very conservative home, Tiffany was a wife and mother by the time she was 16 years old. Decades of self abuse, toxic relationships and struggle followed. Tiffany's story is a beautiful example of the miracles that happen when you learn to trust your own instincts and move forward in life with compassion and self love. You can learn more about Tiffany on her websit...

Episode 37: Check in with Taryn and Erin

March 23, 2020 05:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MB

How are you doing? How are you navigating this time of change and uncertainty? In this episode, Taryn and Erin check in with each other and share how they are currently processing the global pandemic. To learn more about Erin Wickersham, click here. To visit the SHE RECOVERS website, click here. SHE RECOVERS Facebook Page, click here. SHE RECOVERS Instagram Page, click here.

Episode 36: Self Care in Uncertain Times

March 16, 2020 05:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MB

The Covid-19/coronavirus global pandemic has created stress and uncertainty in our lives. In this environment it is more important than ever - and perhaps more difficult than ever -  to practice self care. On this episode, SHE RECOVERS founder Dawn Nickel joins Erin to talk with Dr. Vanessa Klugman and attorney Lisa Smith. Vanessa and Lisa are both SHE RECOVERS coaches and women in long-term recovery. The women share wisdom and specific suggestions on how to navigate this new world and ways...

Episode 35: Practice You with Elena Brower

March 09, 2020 05:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MB

In this episode, Taryn chats with mama, teacher, author, speaker and dōTERRA leader Elena Brower. Elena shares how she recovered from marijuana addiction by changing her (untrue) belief that she was more organized, funnier and more interesting if she was under the influence. Her journey shows the power of what we can create and accomplish when we stop rebelling against ourselves. Elena also shares how she stayed - and continues to stay - present with her grief after losing her mother. Elena...

Episode 34: Motherland with Elissa Altman

March 02, 2020 19:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MB

In this episode of the SHE RECOVERS podcast, Erin talks with author and columnist Elissa Altman about her latest book, “Motherland: A Memoir of Love, Loathing and Longing.” In her new work, Elissa shares with brutal honesty the emotional cost of caring for an aging mother who has always needed to be cared for, no matter her age. Her story shows the importance and difficulty of practicing radical self care in the midst of family codependency and dysfunction. To learn more about Elissa Alt...

Episode 33: SHE RECOVERS 2020: Gatherings, Offerings & Self Investments

February 24, 2020 06:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

Dawn joins Taryn on the podcast to share details of the upcoming SHE RECOVERS conference in Miami, as well as the many in-person/online gatherings and other offerings available this year through SHE RECOVERS. To visit the SHE RECOVERS website, click here. SHE RECOVERS Facebook Page, click here. SHE RECOVERS Instagram Page, click here.

Episode 32: Knowing What Is Mine To Do with Heidi Harmon

February 17, 2020 06:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MB

In this episode of the SHE RECOVERS podcast, Erin talks with Heidi Harmon. As the current mayor of San Luis Obispo, Heidi is guiding her community into a "politics of belonging," where every citizen is equally heard, seen and valued.  Heidi's background as a housecleaner and preschool teacher, as well as her choice to act in her political role from a very feminine energy, has made her a target for those who are uncomfortable with feminine power. Heidi shares how she uses that and other cha...