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
317 episodes
How to Go from Victim Mentality to Empowered Living - You Have Choices | Episode 313
Before recovery, I had no idea how many areas of my life I didn’t even perceive as having a choice in. I thought, ‘This is just the way it is; this is just how life works.’ But one of the greatest freedoms recovery has given me is learning that...
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Episode 313
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The Humbling Truth Behind My Need to Rescue and How I Got Out of It | Episode 312
For much of my life, I've known that one of my most hated human characteristics is arrogance. So, imagine my surprise when I learned in recovery that I was arrogant. Recovery also helped me understand that I hated it because it was something in...
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Episode 312
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Choosing Peace Over Panic- Why I Stopped Watching the News | Episode 311
When my homeless friend moved in with me, we often listened to music instead of NPR, which was typical for me at the time. I came to realize that replacing politics with music shifted my mood drastically. When I was no longer filling my ears wi...
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Episode 311
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It's Hard to Get Off the Ground When Your Wings Are Cut with Mark | Episode 310
For some of us who struggle with addiction, we’re using our addiction to fill some type of hole we’re feeling. Today’s guest, Mark, was using his compulsive, addictive behaviors in an attempt to fill a “God-sized hole” in his life. He shares wi...
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Episode 310
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How to Find Peace: Mastering Acceptance in Difficult Times [Replay] | Episode 309
Before recovery, I had heard all about the importance of acceptance, but my question still remained: How do I do it? It wasn’t just one thing that helped me but a series of lessons that helped me change my thinking, reduce emotional suffering, ...
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Episode 309
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How to Go Beyond 'Woe is Me'- Sylvia's Powerful Shift to Self-Ownership | Episode 308
Regardless of how long I have been working with clients as a boundaries coach, I am still amazed by the mind-blowing revelations my clients have as a result of working with me. Today, I am sharing one of these profound experiences by sharing a ...
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Episode 308
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Compulsive Overeating Recovery- Discovering Unconditional Love After a Food Slip | Episode 307
One of the most profound things I have worked on in my recovery journey is showing love to myself even after I make a mistake. So, when I had a recent experience where my unconditional love was tested after a slip-up with food, I had to share i...
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Episode 307
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How to Unpack Emotional Unavailability- My Journey to Feeling My Feelings (and Yours) | Episode 306
For years, I thought emotional unavailability happened to me, not something I actively participated in. Spoiler alert: I was dead wrong. Today, I'm pulling back the curtain on my journey from emotional unavailability to emotional a...
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Episode 306
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From Reactor to Responder- How to Break Free from Old Patterns | Episode 305
One of the promises of ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families) is that we go from being a reactor to an actor in our lives. This means taking a proactive approach to our lives rather than reacting to what...
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Episode 305
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How to Handle Life's Demands Without Losing Your Shit | Episode 304
Changes in medicine, technology, currency, and so much more are happening at an exponential rate, and our ability to adapt is either going to make or break us. If you're able to adapt, you'll be able to thrive instead of just surviving or exist...
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Episode 304
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When Love Means Letting Go- How to Break the Cycle of Codependency | Episode 303
Codependency in relationships can be a complex cycle to break, especially when it comes to family members. We tend to tolerate toxic behaviors for the sake of love and loyalty. That’s why today I wanted to unpack some of the myths around loyalt...
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Episode 303
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Lessons from a Zen Farmer- The Truth About Luck | Episode 302
I recently heard a parable about a Zen farmer and how we perceive “good luck” vs. “bad luck.” I wanted to share it on the podcast this week because I think it reflects such an important mindset shift for how we view life’s unexpected twists and...
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Episode 302
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How to Reconnect with Your Feelings- A Key Step in Recovery | Episode 301
If you’re anything like me, you have used food, substances, or other people to numb your feelings. That’s why reconnecting with your feelings is a crucial step in recovery. Today, I will be reading some excerpts from ACA’s “Loving Parent Guideb...
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Episode 301
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300 Episodes of Recovery: My Journey from Numbing to Freedom | Episode 300
We learn in recovery that the reason we continue to carry the message of recovery is that, yes, we want other people to recover. Still, first and foremost, we carry the message to continue recovering ourselves. So, for my 300th podcast episode,...
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Episode 300
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Why I Started Sharing Recovery Wisdom with the World | Episode 299
As I am nearing another massive milestone in my podcasting journey (300 episodes!), I wanted to go back and share the origin story of how I grew from a fragmented, lost person in recovery to an entrepreneur, boundaries coach, and podcast host s...
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Episode 299
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How to Go From Chaos to Composure- The Power of Refusal Skills | Episode 298
As young people, we are often taught refusal skills as it relates to saying no to drugs, alcohol, or unwanted sexual advances. Recovery has taught me that refusal skills are not just for the realm of substance use or sexual behavior. If we’re l...
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Episode 298
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How Acceptance Changed My Life: Peace, Resilience, and Self-Love | Episode 297
Learning how to be accepting of myself and others was one of the most important things I learned in recovery. I have made several episodes on the life-changing impact of this acceptance, and today, I wanted to continue that by sharing the long-...
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Episode 297
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The Ripple Effect of Gratitude- How Small Moments Spark Big Changes | Episode 296
The practice of keeping a daily gratitude journal has had such a considerable impact on my life that I now make a gratitude list both morning and night. I’ve found that the benefit of creating this list is that you have to search for things to ...
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Episode 296
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Boundaries Made Simple- How to Communicate Clearly, Honestly, and Politely | Episode 295
As we know, boundaries are essential for our well-being, but communicating them effectively can be a challenge. Last week on the podcast, I shared the importance of mastering communication to create healthy relationships. As a continua...
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Episode 295
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How to Master Communication, Avoid Conflict, and Create Healthier Relationships | Episode 294
Before getting into recovery, I thought that I was a good communicator. While that may have been the case when it came to my work, I came to realize that interpersonally, I was actually a horrible communicator. This week’s episode 294 of the Fr...
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Episode 294
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How Building Boundaries Helps You Achieve Emotional Sobriety | Episode 293
Most people know that the goal of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is sobriety, but what they don’t know is that the goal of Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families (ACA) is emotional sobriety. And if you’ve listened to my podcast for ...
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Episode 293
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Rediscovering Love for My Father- A Journey Through Resentment and Healing | Episode 292
I have been following a guy named David Bayer for some time now and have been greatly influenced by him. One of the many pieces of wisdom he shares about limiting beliefs is that when we have a core limiting belief that we can’t seem to let go ...
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Episode 292
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Reclaiming My Inner Teen's Voice- How to Say No With Inner Strength | Episode 291
As part of my ACA recovery journey, I have been making daily conscious contact with my inner family members, one of which includes my inner teenager. Through this inner work and checking in with my inner teen, I have realized that my people-ple...
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Episode 291
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Connection, Cold Exposure and Plant Medicine with Jesse Harless | Episode 290
Everyone is on their unique path to healing. While there are many things we can gain from others’ journeys, every journey is ultimately different, so it is important to find the path that works for you. Jesse Harless came to terms with...
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Episode 290
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How to Go Beyond Pretending- Build Your Authenticity Through Acting "As If" | Episode 289
If you’re not familiar with the term acting “as if”- it's a common saying in 12-step recovery and one of the ways we learn to adopt new ways of being in the world. Acting “as if” is essentially engaging in behaviors toward the goal of achieving...
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Episode 289
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