Fragmented to Whole: Life Lessons from 12 Step Recovery
Tired of feeling fragmented and overwhelmed? Fragmented to Whole: Life Lessons from 12-Step Recovery is your guide to creating a life of wholeness, authenticity, and healthy boundaries. Join Barb Nangle, a boundaries coach and speaker, as she shares raw and honest insights from her own journey and the principles of 12-step recovery. Discover how to set boundaries without guilt or shame, overcome people-pleasing tendencies, manage your emotions effectively, cultivate a stronger sense of self, and build healthier relationships. Barb's approach is raw, honest, and sometimes a little bit (okay, a lot) sweary.
Barb doesn't speak for or endorse any particular 12 step program of recovery. Though she's a huge fan of 12 step recovery, and a member of two 12 step fellowships, she cannot speak for them. If you're ready for real talk and practical tools for transformation, tune in! To learn more about Barb, go to https://higherpowercc.com/
Episodes
374 episodes
One Last Hit with Austin Rampt | Episode 370
In this week's episode 370 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I'm talking with Austin Rampt about addiction, recovery, shame, vulnerability, and the deep human need for connection. Austin shares his incredible journey from believing he had to ...
The Real Reason You Back Down After Setting a Boundary at Work | Episode 369
In this week’s episode 369 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about why workplace boundaries often collapse—not because we don’t know what to say, but because of what happens inside us after we say it. Knowing how to set a boundary...
How to Stop Being a Corporate Chameleon and Set Better Boundaries at Work | Episode 368
In this week’s episode 368 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about the “corporate chameleon”—the version of ourselves we create at work when we’re constantly adapting to what we think other people need, expect, or want from us.
Different Doesn’t Mean Worse: How to Learn to Live Where You Are | Episode 367
In this week’s episode 367 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m exploring what happens when life takes us somewhere different from where we thought we were going—and why different doesn’t automatically mean worse.Using Emily Perl King...
Why Transitions Change How You See Yourself (and Why That’s a Good Thing) | Episode 366
In this week’s episode 366 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about why some of the biggest transitions in our lives also become turning points in how we see ourselves.Transitions aren’t just about changing routines, schedul...
From Fragmented to Flow: How Letting Go Became My Business and My Life with Guest Shaun Enright | Episode 365
This is my 365th episode! That means you could literally listen to one episode per day for an entire year!In this week’s episode 365 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m joined by Shaun Enright, who shares his experience, strength, an...
How to Create New Routines Without Setting Yourself Up to Fail | Episode 364
As summer winds down, many of us start imagining the organized, disciplined person we're finally going to become in the fall. The problem is that we often create new routines for an ideal version of ourselves at the exact moment our lives are g...
How to Use Life Transitions to Become Who You Want to Be | Episode 363
In this week’s episode 363 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about life transitions and why the biggest change often isn’t what’s happening around you—it’s the shift in your identity.Whether you’re becoming an empty nester,...
Why Making Decisions Feels So Unsafe and How to Trust Yourself Anyway | Episode 362
In this week’s episode 362 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about why so many people struggle to make decisions—and why the real issue often isn’t a lack of information. It’s a lack of internal safety.Many of us spend hour...
How Recovery and Boundaries Changed One Woman’s Relationship with Herself with Guest Ilene Z| Episode 361
In this week’s episode 361 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m joined by my former private coaching client, Ilene, for a heartfelt conversation about what happened after years of doing the work of recovery and boundary-building.Rathe...
How I Learned to Trust Myself (and Why Boundaries Were the Missing Piece) | Episode 360
In this week’s episode 360 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m sharing how my understanding of self-trust completely changed through recovery.For years, I believed I had a "bad picker" when it came to relationships. But over time, I ...
5 Things to Say When Someone Is Trying to Make You Question Your Reality | Episode 359
In this week’s episode 359 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about something many of us have experienced but struggle to describe: what to do when someone makes you question your own reality.If you grew up in an environment...
How to Understand the Difference Between Acceptance and Boundaries | Episode 358
In this week’s episode 358 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about a question that comes up often: What is the difference between acceptance and boundaries?Many people think they have to choose between accepting someone as ...
Why You Keep Ignoring Your Own Preferences and What to Do Instead | Episode 357
In this week’s episode 357 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about social boundaries in a way that might feel a little different. Instead of focusing on difficult people or how to say no, I’m exploring something more foundational:...
How to Stop Managing Other People’s Reactions and Feel Safer Inside | Episode 356
In this week’s episode 356 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m exploring a core insight that sits underneath so much of my work: you cannot create internal safety by focusing externally.Many people spend enormous amounts of energy tr...
Social Boundaries: How to Stay Connected to Yourself Around Other People | Episode 355
In this week’s episode 355 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about social boundaries and what it means to stay connected to yourself while being connected to other people.For much of my life, social situations were exhausti...
How to Stop Over-Giving When Friendships Feel One-Sided | Episode 354
In this week’s episode 354 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about social boundaries, over-functioning in friendships, and what happens when relationships quietly become dependent on your emotional labor, effort, and self-abandonm...
What My Coaching Clients Taught Me About Internal Safety | Episode 353
In this week’s episode 353 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m sharing some of the biggest insights that emerged after analyzing 12 different coaching sessions with clients struggling with boundaries, self-care, guilt, resentment, and emoti...
Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Why Self-Care Is a Professional Responsibility | Episode 352
In this week’s episode 352 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about burnout, compassion fatigue, and the deeper reason so many people struggle to consistently care for themselves—even when they know how important self-care is.<...
How to Stop Abandoning Yourself in the Name of Success and Goals | Episode 351
In this week’s episode 351 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about a form of self-abandonment that many high-achieving people don’t recognize because it’s often disguised as ambition, productivity, or “doing it for yourself.”<...
Letting Go and Letting God: The Long Walk from Pleasing Others to Purpose with Guest Art Blanchford | Episode 350
In this week’s episode 350 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m joined by guest Art Blanchford to explore the journey from workaholism and people-pleasing into recovery, purpose, and spiritual alignment.Art shares his experience as a ...
How to Overcome Guilt and Handle Pushback When Setting Boundaries | Episode 349
In this week's episode 349 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m zooming out on everything we’ve covered about time and energy boundaries to talk about the hardest part of all: the guilt you feel and the reactions you get when you start chang...
How to Stop Tolerating What Drains You and Reclaim Your Time and Energy | Episode 348
In this week's episode 348 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about one of the biggest hidden drains on your time and energy—and something most people don’t even realize is happening.It’s not over-scheduling. It’s not poor t...
How I Stopped Giving My Time Away and Took My Life Back | Episode 347
In this week's episode 347 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I'm sharing a very real and practical look at time boundaries, what they actually look like in daily life, and how they changed everything for me.Before recovery, I thought m...
How Time and Energy Boundaries Help You Start Where You Actually Are | Episode 346
In this week's episode 346 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m sharing a deeply personal experience that reshaped how I think about time and energy boundaries.After a period of illness, I noticed something unexpected: my capacity had...