It is important to always try and grasp onto a more accurate view of the world. The theories that we’ve created about the world intuitively, often as children, are very wrong. Andrew, the author of ScienceBlind, is speaking in the realm of hard science, like biology, physics, chemistry, and so on, as he is expressing intuitive theories. I want to suggest however that this is exactly the same when it comes to the soft sciences and in all aspects of our lives, most importantly, relationships. If, ...
Oct 11, 2020•41 min•Season 5Ep. 11
In this episode, I am talking with Tio Hardiman, executive director of Violence interrupters. We are talking all about restorative justice which is an approach to healing communities after violence. It may seem a bit off base from the Recovery work I usually address but when we can think about restoring all of the aspects of ourselves, then we are recovering ourselves. Tio talks about perpetrators having to face victims and the families of their victims. In our lives, we have to do the same. We ...
Oct 04, 2020•43 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Who you are is greater than the narrow-mindedness of our current world. We have one primary way of teaching and learning, which not everyone excels in. We have one major value system which revolves around finance and popularity. We are trained to judge ourselves by these limited definitions. When we don’t “add up” within the system, in which we are forced to interact, we are pushed to the outskirts. I surmise that about 12% of the population can work well within any singular system. If we were t...
Sep 27, 2020•55 min•Season 5Ep. 9
In this episode, I am talking with Barbie the Welder, and you have an opportunity to win one of five copies of her book The Inspiration Blueprint. With over a dozen ways to enter through this Gleam contest https://gleam.io/competitions/S4Wxj-recover-yourself-barbie-the-welder-the-inspiration-blueprint-giveaway We are talking all about mindset and have a purpose in recovery. Our addictions are symptoms of the disease of not having a purpose. And sometimes you must try something just to find somet...
Sep 20, 2020•38 min•Season 5Ep. 8
This episode is meant to connect some of the dots of the past 6 episodes. As I am focused on topics now more than individual stories it may not be clear as to how these individual topics may connect to the topic of “Recovering To.” This is because we are all in different places in our recovery and some of these may be more intriguing to you than others. Episodes like this will give you a bit of an overview and hopefully open you to ideas, and listening to episodes that are included in these reca...
Sep 13, 2020•36 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Last week we looked at treatment centers from the vantage point of someone who is on the ground working with patients and for the centers. If you didn't get a chance to listen here is the link https://anchor.fm/martinjon/episodes/Understanding-Treatment-Centers-eihpu3 Not all centers are created equal, however. Today, as we spoke about in the last episode, there are a lot of conflicting issues with offering help through an institution. Of course, I don’t have all the numbers and I am not involve...
Sep 06, 2020•47 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Treatment centers are an essential role to play within the world of recovery. They are complex entities in society these days as they explicitly separate what society deems as “addicts” from the rest of the population, all of whom have addictive tendencies as well. Treatment centers are one of the places that everyone quietly judges as they are, by design, meant to attract those who society pushes to the outskirts. As organizations, their missions are not always as benevolent as they may seem. T...
Aug 30, 2020•49 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Patience is a key feature if we ever what to do anything new. When we begin something we are going to suck at it. If by chance we don’t, we will eventually learn that there is still room to grow and a lot of it. I am talking with Deana Barnes of @blackandsober and @deanabarnesbeauty about being patient during recovery. Healing is healing and no matter if you are doing it physically or emotionally there are some very key similarities. If you have a scab, and you pick at it the possibility of that...
Aug 23, 2020•35 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Evolution is happening all around us all the time. It has been interesting for me to have been born in a time of what is known as “Quickening.” This refers to consciousness, that we are all connected to, changing increasingly rapidly. To give you some perspective I was born before answering machines, for telephones, were common, and I still consider myself quite young at 45. What has happened in the world is astonishing, but to look at what cannot be seen, the consciousness of all things, we can...
Aug 16, 2020•41 min•Season 5Ep. 3
There is no greater lie than the idea that intoxication contributes to creativity. The idea that you create drunk and edit sober is today, a total falsity. This episode features the prolific and energetic @popbuchanan who is the man behind @soberisdope and @monkhealing We are here to dismantle the old idea, which I believe was true at one point in time, that intoxication contributes to creativity. My next episode with @bakerallen will address the idea that consciousness is something we are gaini...
Aug 09, 2020•45 min•Season 5Ep. 2
This is the beginning of a new format for the Recover Yourself Podcast. Previous episodes focused on individuals and now we are looking at topics. This episode addresses expectations, those we have, those we think others have, and those others actually have of us. Expectations are so hard to suss out due to their being so deeply ingrained in our experience. These are very often tied to traumas we experienced as children and so they end up showing up day in and day out as facts. To have expectati...
Aug 02, 2020•47 min•Season 5Ep. 1
In this episode, I am speaking with Chris Robinson who is a Y12SR instructor. His journey in recovery had him seeking approval and validation. He had to open up to his needs revolving around that validation. Those needs had him going out and getting one certificate after another proving to him, and others, that he was valid, that he had something to offer. Knowing that we are what we have to offer is a big step in our growth and recovery. Knowing that we have nothing to prove and that we are the...
Apr 26, 2020•47 min•Season 4Ep. 7
In this episode, I am speaking with the author and founder of Soul Recovery Ester NicholsonEster has a staggering 34 years and I am so excited to be talking with her about what has to be one of the most important parts of recovering yourself, What is the self we are recovering? That self we are recovering, in Ester’s words, is our Soul. I must agree and she and I dive deep about how the work gets done. With so much going on around us today we must do the work, but to just tell you to do the work...
Apr 19, 2020•51 min•Season 4Ep. 6
In this episode, I am speaking with the founder of @Y12SR (Yoga 12 Step Recovery) Nikki Myers. Nikki realized after 2 relapses, that although both Yoga and 12 Steps programs are both useful in solidifying one’s recovery, she and others like her needed a way to connect the two differing aspects. Yoga, a combination of physical and mental awareness had little to offer her in the cognitive world we are all raised in. The 12 Step programs that we have all around us tend to exist in the cognitive wor...
Apr 12, 2020•49 min•Season 4Ep. 5
In this episode, I am talking Nathan Siler performer and composer who lives and works in NYC. In addition to being the chief architect of the NYC post-punk-prog band Portraiture, he is a classical singer who frequently sings at Carnegie Hall with the Bard Festival Chorale and at Lincoln Center with NY Concert Chorale. Recently he was imprisoned (on stage) in the World Premiere of David Lang’s new Opera “The Prisoner of the State” at Lincoln Center. He also keeps a packed schedule of composition ...
Apr 05, 2020•57 min•Season 4Ep. 4
In this episode, I am talking Trenda Hedges the Wellness and Recovery Program Manager of Illinois’ Warm Line. Trenda has a history of addiction and has been working with the state of Illinois to help those struggling with, and curious about, addiction and recovery. She educates people about recovery by addressing it in communities in hopes to remove stigmas and resistance. Her recovery, and relationship with God, is earmarked upon losing her son, which we talk about in this episode. This, of cou...
Mar 29, 2020•51 min•Season 4Ep. 3
In this episode, I am talking with artist Matt Bodett. Matt was diagnosed with Schizophrenia and after initially recovering from the diagnosis, he began to rebuild his life in a way that he wanted. He looked at the system and stood up for himself within it. The responsibility, and clarity that requires is enormous and we speak about that in the episode. The medical industry which, if you have ever been to an IOP you will know, is very much about us appearing a certain way more than it is about u...
Mar 22, 2020•44 min•Season 4Ep. 2
In this episode, I am talking with Sober Blogger and She Recovers recovery coach Kelly Fitzgerald Junco AKA The Sober Senorita. https://sobersenorita.com/ What I love about this episode is that Kelly is right on the cusp os 7 years and her awareness is opening up to new things all the time. This is the magic of long term recovery. Sure after a year, you can see the benefits, and after a few more you have gone through all sorts of ups and downs and continue to hold on tight to sobriety. But this,...
Mar 15, 2020•45 min•Season 4Ep. 1
In this episode, @Krystal_Delite and I talk all about the nuts and bolts of recovery. Character defects and triggers as well as all the basics that come with knowing and working the steps. Krystal isn’t alone in thinking that everyone should go through the steps at some point in High School. . Follow her on Instagram @Krystal_Delite and he crew @cosmosglamsquad . If you would like to be a guest and share how you’re recovering yourself - Contact me through my website MartinJon.com . . Follow me o...
Jan 26, 2020•34 min•Season 3Ep. 7
In this episode, Emily Paulson and I get real about honesty. However, it’s not as if we talk about “Being Honest” the whole time but, in the end, that is where everything is pointed. Writing, for many of us, is about building our voice which is all about being honest with ourselves and knowing our value. That happens to be exactly the launching pad of Emily’s book “Highlight Real: Finding Honesty & Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life.” Numbing out is about hiding, or not being honest, with our...
Jan 19, 2020•47 min•Season 3Ep. 6
In her new book “We Are The Luckiest” Laura is raising the question “What is so lucky about being an addict?” When she entered the rooms Laura thought that everyone around her was bullshitting themselves. “They must be, without alcohol your life can’t be better.” Little did she know how much better it was about to get. Today Laura has a daughter who is safe and healthy, something she wasn’t always able to say. Today Laura is taking another step, she is no longer simply “Recovering From” she has ...
Jan 12, 2020•42 min•Season 3Ep. 5
In this episode, I am speaking with Merrin Douglas or @hummusandcucumber on Instagram. Merrin has 3 and a half years in recovery and she accomplished that without the use of a traditional program. You'll see culturally things are different between the US and the UK as you’ll see in this episode. Merrin, because she wasn’t homeless and had a moderate sense of doing alright, felt that the addiction services offered were not for her. I am sure this is both a perception she carries and one propagate...
Jan 05, 2020•41 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this episode, I am talking with Vikki Rood of Awkward and Awesome Coaching. Vikki also co-hosts the podcast Telling On Ourselves which is focused on different aspects of the recovery journey. You can learn more about Vikk and what she is doing by going to her website www.vikkirood.com or following her on Instagram @awkwardandawesomecoaching or @tellingonourselves Again this week we are giving away another ArKay Alcohol-Free product this week, a sampler set of 6 single servings in their Give M...
Dec 29, 2019•38 min•Season 3Ep. 3
In this episode, I am talking with Pamela of My Bad As Recovery. Pamela and I had to experience relapse to get to where we are today. Although I don’t believe relapse will be a part of everyone’s recovery it is part of most of ours. Pamela is a recovery coach and her approach is built out of her experiences and her personal growth. She is sharing her journey and teaching what she is learning along the way. and Again this week we are giving away another bottle of one of ArKay’s Alcohol-Free drink...
Dec 22, 2019•40 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Chris Marshall is the Founder of Sans Bar in Austin TX. He is passionate about the Zero Proof Movement and Sans Bara is a 0.0 Bar spreading this passion to everyone they touch. Creating a safe environment for all those who want to have a good time without alcohol, is at the core of everything Sans Bar. Chris and I talk about sobriety and the different stages of sobriety. We also address how big alcohol continues to attempt to own a piece of the health and wellness industry. This episode ends wit...
Dec 15, 2019•51 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Celeste is a popular writer and personality whose writing resonates with women, and parents everywhere, and she speaks with a candor and honesty that is unusual in this world of filters. In 2018, Celeste admitted she had a drinking problem and her decision to get sober. Since then, Celeste has openly spoken about her struggles with alcohol and her daily commitment to becoming a sober mom for the sake of her health and her family. She has written for the Washington Post, Today Show, Yahoo! Lifest...
Nov 17, 2019•26 min•Season 2Ep. 9
In this episode, I’m talking with Burk Jackson who gratefully has 25 years. This episode is full of vulnerability and honesty. Burk shares some struggles that happened with him as 20 years sober and, as I am a year away from that, it intrigued me. Burk understands that everything in his life can change, and he is grateful for that. There is an understanding that comes with time and it is that, No, not everything is going to change for the better, but everything will turn out the best. Burk sheds...
Nov 10, 2019•43 min•Season 2Ep. 8
In this episode, I’m talking with Jeremy Floyd who only has 21 months. (I think everyone can understand why I use the word only here) I talk about long term recovery because, more often than not, it is arrived at over a period of time. Jeremy, however, went on a personal pilgrimage walking 800 miles between Minnesota and Santa Monica California. His walk was to raise awareness of homelessness and addiction but what it really did was raise his awareness of himself. I invite you to listen to throu...
Nov 03, 2019•48 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In this episode, I wanted to talk a bit about Recover Yourself, the podcast and the idea. I host Recover Yourself workshops and I do recover yourself visits to IOPs (Intensive Outpatient Programs). I also see clients one on one where I do portraits of people which facilitate the Recover Yourself idea. . . The only requirement to recovering yourself is awareness. So much of our lives are filled with things that are built in order to take our awareness away from us. As I state in this episode, add...
Oct 27, 2019•12 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In this episode, I wanted to talk a bit about Recover Yourself, the podcast and the idea. I host Recover Yourself workshops and I do recover yourself visits to IOPs (Intensive Outpatient Programs). I also see clients one on one where I do portraits of people which facilitate the Recover Yourself idea. The only requirement for recovering yourself is awareness. So much of our lives are filled with things that are built in order to take our awareness away from us. As I state in this episode, addict...
Oct 13, 2019•25 min•Season 2Ep. 5
