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The Recovered Therapist

Hosted by Jeanie Griffin. Instead of focusing on psychological labels, diagnoses or psychobabble, we keep thoughtful topics simple, honest, and hopeful so you can grow personally and spiritually.
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Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse & Others

Send us a text If you do not know or have books written by Sharon Wegscheider Cruse, Janet Geringer Woititz, Claudia Black, Timmen Cermak, Stephanie Brown, or other books written in the 1980’s about growing up in an alcoholic home, order them today. You are missing so much if you don’t. If you are under 40 and you grew up in a home where you, a parent or a sibling had an addiction problem, please find these books! Go to my website and I can help www.freshouttaplans.com Support the show We're eag...

Aug 09, 202212 minSeason 2Ep. 22

Feeling Anger at an idealized Parent

Send us a text Was your parent absent? Was your parent idealized? Did everyone explain away your parent and even perhaps shame you for having anger about your situation? Listen what Jeanie says about this topic of allowing yourself to feel angry. 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://lin...

Aug 02, 20228 minSeason 2Ep. 21

The Month Before Your Birthday

Send us a text Do you feel tired, listless, sleepy or a need to relax when it is close to your birthday? Ever wondered why that is? Jeanie explains what is happening and suggests what to do and what not to do during that period. 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/freshouttap...

Jul 26, 20224 minSeason 2Ep. 20

Four Pitfalls in Our Thinking

Send us a text In this episode Jeanie discusses 4 ways of thinking that can be pitfalls or sure ways to keep ourselves stuck: Yes, but...Writing the Ending, Black or White Thinking and Catastrophizing. Do you fall into these traps? 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/freshout...

Jul 19, 20227 minSeason 2Ep. 19

Timing

Send us a text Do you get frustrated that something is not happening fast enough or that something is happening faster than you wanted it to happen? Ah, yes. We humans have difficulty with timing. What lessons about timing can we learn from nature? In this episode Jeanie discusses a quote from her "Statements of Truth” cards (available at www.freshouttaplans.com ) that reads, “The Creator opens millions of flowers without forcing the buds.” Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel fre...

Jul 12, 20229 minSeason 2Ep. 18

Reflecting

Send us a text In this episode Jeanie Reflects on varied feelings around 4th of July over the years and she calls upon you to reflect on holidays and your feelings so you can appreciate and show gratitude and how you can move beyond memories that may be less than happy. 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 ...

Jul 05, 20226 minSeason 2Ep. 17

Turmoil and Chaos

Send us a text In this episode Jeanie Griffin shares how she works through feeling angry, scared, and depressed about current situations using the FRESH OUTTA PLANS® 3 Pillar Process, to eventually settle into living in peace, joy and love. This does not happen instantly nor does it remain constant, but at least by utilizing the 3 pillar tools, one can practice moving toward peace even in the middle of turmoil and chaos. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thou...

Jun 28, 202218 minSeason 2Ep. 16

Has Our Attention Been Hacked?

Send us a text Today’s discussion of what causes us not to be able to focus comes from a book called Stolen Focus by Johann Hari. He traveled all around the world speaking with leading researchers regarding the lack of focus in the world today. His reports of scientific research relative to sleep deprivation, "local sleep”, and “brain cell poop” is fascinating. Have a listen! Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply writ...

Jun 21, 20226 minSeason 2Ep. 15

It Is Not Always About You

Send us a text Do you or do you know someone who plays a victim in response to events in life? How do we get out of that victim stance? What is your payoff for not responding differently? 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...

Jun 14, 20225 minSeason 2Ep. 14

Do You Have Trouble Meditating?

Send us a text If you have trouble meditating or if you are a beginner, here are some suggestions you might follow to build a practice of meditating. Meditating is like riding a bicycle. It takes practice, especially if you are someone who uses “busyness” as a solution to avoid feeling things or as a solution for loneliness. 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 reques...

Jun 07, 20225 minSeason 2Ep. 13

How to Use Oracle Cards Part 2

Send us a text A continuation of Part 1, explaining how to use and receive guidance from using Oracle Cards. Affirmation cards and Statement of Truth cards are available from https://www.freshouttaplans.com/shop 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...

May 31, 20226 minSeason 2Ep. 12

How to Use Oracle Cards Part 1

Send us a text What are Oracle Cards and how are they used. Can anyone use them? Of course! Here is how. Affirmation cards and Statement of Truth Cards are available at https://www.freshouttaplans.com/shop 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...

May 24, 20226 minSeason 2Ep. 11

My Conversation With A White Oleander

Send us a text In the Shamanic Tradition we can communicate telepathically with other beings, healing spirits or guides. Listen to my experience of having a conversation with a White Oleander that helped me face and move through chemotherapy. 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 17, 202210 minSeason 2Ep. 10

Get Out Into Nature

Send us a text Have you been diagnosed ADHD? Know anyone else who has been? YES, half the planet wears that label! Feeling restless, irritable and discontent? Feeling disconnected or even physically ill? Listen to what helps. 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/freshouttaplan...

May 10, 20228 minSeason 2Ep. 9

From Invisible to Visible

Send us a text Have you ever felt like something was shifting inside you but you could not articulate what it was? Listen to this poem of my experience with the invisible taking form. 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...

May 03, 20223 minSeason 2Ep. 8

Where Are your Eyeglasses Pointing?

Send us a text Where are your eyeglasses pointing? Ae you looking outside your self to make yourself happy? Where is your focus? Self care is not self absorption. Outside circumstances do not have your back. Happiness does not come from circumstances. It is an inside job. 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 o...

Apr 26, 20226 minSeason 2Ep. 7

Out of Balance

Send us a text How do I use the FRESH OUTTA PLANS® 3 Pillar Process when I feel out of balance? How will it change how I think, feel and behave? Will I feel better and more in balance? 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...

Apr 19, 20226 minSeason 2Ep. 6

Intuition, Mantras and Letting Go

Send us a text This episode discussed those times when intuition is telling you something and yet you cannot confirm what it is telling you. Then what do you do and not do? How do you move from feeling like the “crazy one”? 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...

Apr 12, 20228 minSeason 2Ep. 5

What Are Your Spiritual Practices?

Send us a text This episode looks at what practices one can do to create and maintain a conscious contact with a Higher Power or Creator. It also looks at the difference between spirituality and religion. 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...

Apr 05, 202214 minSeason 2Ep. 4

Trust and Being an ACOA

Send us a text This episode reviews broken trust of being an Adult Child of Alcoholism and how to learn to trust again. Smoky Joe and Bandit, my cats also get airtime. 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...

Mar 29, 20226 minSeason 2Ep. 3

What Are Oracle Cards and how Do I Use Them?

Send us a text Oracle card decks are decks used for guidance. One shuffles and asks a question then pulls out one card as guidance. The practice, when used over time, will become one of your regular spiritual practices for inspiration and guidance 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://li...

Mar 22, 20229 minSeason 2Ep. 2

Shamanism & 4 Spiritual Illnesses

Send us a text This episode describes the shamanic perspective that there are 4 basic forms of spiritual illness. Symptoms of each are described and as is the healing remedy for each. 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...

Mar 15, 202211 minSeason 2Ep. 1

German Shepherd Thinking

Send us a text Season 1 Finale This episode reflects on a short TikTok episode where what is said and what is heard can at times be totally different. Do you have "German Shepard Thinking?” 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...

Mar 08, 20225 minSeason 1Ep. 60

Living With Uncertainty

Send us a text Today is March 1, 2022 and for two years this month we have lived with Covid. As another wave of uncertainty appears to be passing, we are faced with going forward. This episode shines a light on the uncertainty of just how to do that "post Covid” especially against the backdrop of feeling powerless about children who have lived only to know pandemic and a war in Ukraine. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or ...

Mar 01, 20226 minSeason 1Ep. 59

Are you Acting Like A teenager?

Send us a text Do Your Words and Actions Match? In this podcast, we explore the dynamics between parents and/or loved ones expectations and taking responsibility for your own actions. Remember when you were a teen and parents wanted you to do a chore? Just when you were about to get off the couch and do it, they reminded you one more time to do it. It felt like nagging! Want to avoid that happening now that your are 20 or 30? Well, listen to some actions you can take. Support the show We're eage...

Feb 22, 20229 minSeason 1Ep. 58

Peace & Love: The One Minute Hug

Send us a text We humans seem to want others to change so we can…fill in the blank, be happy, feel peace, show love and on and one. If you want to experience something, we must be the first in the relationship to demonstrate what we are wanting. This podcast gives suggestion on how to feel peace regardless of what others are doing. it also encouraged you to participate in the One Minute Hug. Try it. Support the show We're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anony...

Feb 15, 20225 minSeason 1Ep. 57

Autobiography in 5 Short Chapters by Portia Nelson

Send us a text Portia Nelson wrote this poem when she was doing her inner work around her experience as an adult child of alcoholism. The 5 chapters can apply to anyone’s life experience. Listen carefully, then ask yourself “Which chapter am I currently in and do I want to move on from here?”. 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'...

Feb 08, 20222 minSeason 1Ep. 56

Inspirational Thoughts

Send us a text I collect inspirational thoughts and memes. I place them around my home on cabinets, mirrors and other places that might catch my eye and once again bring them to mind. Here are some I like. 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...

Feb 01, 20226 minSeason 1Ep. 55

Are You Weary of Covid?

Send us a text After 22 months of Covid, how weary are you? If the toll Covid has taken is wearing on you emotionally, mentally, physically...what can you do? We explore some mindsets and some practical actions you can take to cope with the ebbs and flows of this Covid journey. 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 exp...

Jan 25, 20229 minSeason 1Ep. 54

Intentions and New Year’s Resolutions

Send us a text New Year’s Resolutions . SIGH. What kind of intentions and resolutions are you incorporating into your life? Are you living a purposeful life? Why does one need to anyway? 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 18, 20228 minSeason 1Ep. 53
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