Send us a text Identification means to observe, share, or relate to similar characteristics, thoughts, feelings of another person or group. The bond identification builds helps people feel like they are not alone and they are not crazy. It is the first step in recovery. In this episode Jeanie gives background on how the traits or characteristics of ACOA’s (adult children of alcoholics) discussed in books and at workshops led to a national movement of recovery, what some of those characteristics ...
Jun 15, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Send us a text In this episode Jeanie tattles on herself by telling two stories of dumb things she has done while not being present where her body was. Initially when we do something embarrassing we want to hide it, but once we can begin to laugh at ourselves we can learn to be kind to ourselves and not be so serious and unforgiving about our humanity. What dumb thing have you done that you can now laugh at? Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through ...
Jun 08, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Send us a text Young children use floaties on their arms in a swimming pool to help keep their heads above water or keep themselves afloat. Jeanie gives a description of types of floaties one may need in their life to help keep themselves balanced and shares an exercise that will help "keep your head above water” too in this game called life. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with...
Jun 01, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Send us a text A spiritual mentor of mine used to say, “The Facts Get in the Way of the Truth”. In this episode Jeanie share an exercise that can help you see what irrational idea might be rattling around in your head and keeping you from moving forward. This simple formula can be transformative. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions y...
May 25, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Send us a text A Shaman or a Shamanic practitioner is someone who uses alternative tools to help transform a person’s view or condition so healing can take place. In this episode a shamanic poem by Yogesh Kumar describing this process is shared. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you'd like us to explore on the podcast. https://link...
May 18, 2021•5 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Send us a text Have you ever heard the saying “Don’t Cast Your Pearls Before Swine”? Jeanie explains what that saying means, provides examples of when you may be doing just that and wondering why You experience relationships that are hurtful. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you'd like us to explore on the podcast. https://linktr....
May 11, 2021•4 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Send us a text Many women between 35 and 50 have say terrible things to themselves, especially about their bodies. Many are beautiful women with healthy bodies that got them through COVID, gave them healthy babies and function in optimum condition yet the woman is disdainful of her body. Here is a beautiful perspective that I hope helps in changing a listener’s view. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info...
May 04, 2021•3 min
Send us a text Change your thinking and your life will change. We use affirmations to train our thinking. Thoughts alone have no magic. The power of thought can create new outcomes if those thoughts are backed by feelings and intentions. Denials do not mean we are in denial of happenings around us. When we deny the appearance of something negative around us it means we deny its power over us and remind ourselves we have the power to choose out response to what is happening. Support the show We'r...
Apr 27, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Send us a text "To see a fellowship grow up around you”...is predicted in one 12 step program. In this episode I share a few stories of my friend, Lorna Kelly, and her friendship with Mother Teresa. When we surrender to a Higher Power who we meet along our path can be magical. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you'd like us to expl...
Apr 20, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us a text Animals are instinct driven. Humans are driven by instinct and my thoughts that can manifest. How are we able to do that and animals cannot? Have you ever stopped to ask yourself is a decision you were about to make was driven by instinct or by your divinity? Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you'd like us to explore...
Apr 13, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us a text Solid, Liquid & Gas, Ice, Water and Steam. These are different forms of the same elements. Inside you is your true essence and while it appears you change on the outside, your true essence never changes. It only changes form just like the water cycle. Go within and get to know the essence of who you truly are. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic re...
Apr 06, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us a text We contemplate the “lavish wastefulness of nature” to observe leaves falling off trees. I learn much from nature and one day I wrote my observations down in this poem. Do you resist letting go? Do you keep busy so as not to feel? Are you addicted to motion? I sure was until I became FRESH OUTTA PLANS ® and then I learned to become empty and await refilling...but this time not by my own doing. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through o...
Mar 30, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us a text Discouragement, whether brought on by our own self doubt or the doubt by others, has killed many dreams. What is in your heart that needs to come forth? Follow your intuition and at least try. Follow that dream. Don’t end up like the woman in this story. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you'd like us to explore on t...
Mar 23, 2021•5 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us a text Episode 9 Ever felt like you were in an uphill struggle? A woman’s life is hard, as they know, but few others understand. Here we listen to a letter written by a housewife in 1850. In her words following her dream was like "rowing against wind and tide” but her “deadly determination” enabled her to follow that inner nagging. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with yo...
Mar 16, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us a text Episode 8 is a discussion about the Mystery of Love…not that love portrayed at Valentine’s Day, but the love that springs up on you for someone or something else. This podcast is inspired by a quote from Howard Thurman’s book, For the Inward Journey. It is utterly impossible for you to keep me from loving you. You are powerless to do anything about it. It really is none of your business! Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our an...
Mar 09, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Send us a text What is the difference between giving advice and sharing experience? Train your listening and requesting skills to get what you want. Don't you love all those advice givers who have no experience? Get a phrase to use in relationships that will change your life! Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you'd like us to explo...
Mar 02, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Send us a text Episode 6 is a discussion about Hell in the Hallway. Have you ever been hurt, angry or disappointed when something you really wanted did not work out? How do you feel when others tell you how to feel? Well, we discuss when a door slams shut and how to deal with that. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you'd like us to...
Feb 23, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Send us a text Episode 5 takes a look where I got the name FRESH OUTTA PLANS® and what it means in my life. Where in your life does this slogan apply? What do you do if it describes something in your life? When COVID-19 hit, the world became FRESH OUTTA PLANS®. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you'd like us to explore on the podca...
Feb 16, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Send us a text This podcast focuses on body image. What’s the first thing you say to yourself when you look into the mirror in the morning? What contributes to our critical body image? Is there anything we can do about it? Do we even know when we are criticizing ourself? Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you'd like us to explore on...
Feb 09, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Send us a text This episode looks at the solutions we learn to put into the Invisible Backpack we are given the moment we are born. In an effort to make ourselves safe, we fill that backpack with solutions or plans we use on what we see as “problems” in our lives. Sometimes our solutions become our problems. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning...
Feb 02, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Send us a text This episode takes a look at feelings: Why we have them, why we run from them and how they can be helpful. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you'd like us to explore on the podcast. https://linktr.ee/freshouttaplans...
Jan 26, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Send us a text This episode proposes a different focus of therapy. Why not use psychological labels and diagnoses as a starting point instead of a personal indictment that keep us stuck? Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you'd like us to explore on the podcast. https://linktr.ee/freshouttaplans...
Jan 20, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 1
