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**Trigger warning for language and some of the content** Hey, all! Trying something new and wanted to have a little storytime. I hope you stay with me. I want to talk about growth, boundaries, and how forward momentum comes in a variety of ways. Let me know if you like these story-themed shows and I'll add them into the mix! ---------- Stay safe out there, friends! Here is the link to some online AA meetings. If you're looking for a black therapist or resources, check this out! And as always, thank you for listening to my lovely show. If possible, I would love for you to review me on iTunes, Google, Stitcher -- anywhere, really.  If you have comments or suggestions feel free to hit me up via the ways below! And sign up for my mailing list. I do like to do giveaways from time to time.  IG: gettingyourishtogetherEmail: [email protected]  Podpage: Getting Your Sh*t Together Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/gettingyourishtogether)

Hey friends, Closing in on the end of 2021! Can't believe it but looking forward to what 2022 will bring! Wanted to jump in to chat about the holiday season. We're in the thick of it and it can be YAY for some and MEH, grumble, grumble for others. For me, I love Xmas music but the rest...I could take it or leave it! This episode talks about holiday boundaries! How we can feel good about ourselves, stay centered, honor our truth and put some checks in balances together to remain sane. Because we need it. This can be used for times outside of the holidays too -- fyi. In this episode, we will chat about: Different types of boundaries: Physical and emotionalTips on how to implement physical boundariesTips on how to implement emotional boundariesTricks on dialing into what makes you + you for parties, dinners and gatherings---------- Stay safe out there, friends! Here is the link to some online AA meetings. If you're looking for a black therapist or resources, check this out! And as always, thank you for listening to my lovely show. If possible, I would love for you to review me on iTunes, Google, Stitcher -- anywhere, really.  If you have comments or suggestions feel free to hit me up via the ways below! And sign up for my mailing list. I do like to do giveaways from time to time.  IG: gettingyourishtogetherEmail: [email protected]  Podpage: Getting Your Sh*t Together Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/gettingyourishtogether)

FRIENDS! So happy to be back with you. My summer sabbatical turned into something quite longer which I needed but I'm glad to be back to creating more content for the show! In this episode, I'm diving into three key things that I have discovered or learned while I was away. Growing pains + accountability. Time to own some sh*t. Take a listen. Let me know what you think? Agree or disagree? ---------- Stay safe out there, friends! Here is the link to some online AA meetings. If you're looking for a black therapist or resources, check this out! And as always, thank you for listening to my lovely show. If possible, I would love for you to review me on iTunes, Google, Stitcher -- anywhere, really.  If you have comments or suggestions feel free to hit me up via the ways below! And sign up for my mailing list. I do like to do giveaways from time to time.  IG: gettingyourishtogetherEmail: [email protected]  Podpage: Getting Your Sh*t Together Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/gettingyourishtogether)

FRIENDS! So happy to be back with you. I've realized that I really need to take a LOT of breaks this year and I'm going to have to roll with it because it's doing the body good. In this episode I just want to talk about the "shoulda, coulda, woulda" -- why we use it, how we can start working on our past, handling it, making peace with it, and using it to move forward. Take a listen. Let me know what you think? Agree or disagree? ---------- Stay safe out there, friends! Here is the link to some online AA meetings. If you're looking for a black therapist or resources, check this out! And as always, thank you for listening to my lovely show. If possible, I would love for you to review me on iTunes, Google, Stitcher -- anywhere, really.  If you have comments or suggestions feel free to hit me up via the ways below! And sign up for my mailing list. I do like to do giveaways from time to time.  IG: gettingyourishtogetherEmail: [email protected]  Podpage: Getting Your Sh*t TogetherSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/gettingyourishtogether)

Hey, friends, hey! I can't believe April is almost over! 2021 is flying! I am so excited to connect with you all again and I hope you're doing the best you can with where you are.  The other week, I received a Q&A from someone who listens to the show about staying sober? Although the question was very straightforward, it hit me differently and I immediately went into the subtext.  My Cancerian spidey senses were tingling.  For some of you that have been listening for a while, you may already know where I'm going to go but I hope you still join me during this storytime hour because I had to get this off my spirit today! Take a listen. Let me know what you think? Agree or disagree? ---------- Stay safe out there, friends! Here is the link to some online AA meetings. If you're looking for a black therapist or resources, check this out! And as always, thank you for listening to my lovely show. If possible, I would love for you to review me on iTunes, Google, Stitcher -- anywhere, really.  If you have comments or suggestions feel free to hit me up via the ways below! And sign up for my mailing list. I do like to do giveaways from time to time.  IG: gettingyourishtogetherEmail: [email protected]  Podpage: Getting Your Sh*t TogetherSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/gettingyourishtogether)

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeya friends!!! I am joined on the show by Jimmy. He is a native New Yorker, born and raised in the Bronx, a former lean addict who used cooking and painting to heal and recover from addiction. He's also my partner in crime -- so I'm happy he's joining us.  In this episode, we talk about: Jimmy's childhood and how the abuse he suffered impacted his actions and sense of selfWhy he got into cooking and what he's learnedBlack men and how they're perceived when it comes to abuse and recoveryHow he came to "own" his story and why he considers the culinary world a group of misfitsWhat caused him to pick up painting, what he hopes to do with it and what he's learned about himself in the processThere was so much courage and wisdom in his story. I wish I could have shared it all but it would have been a LONG episode but I plan to release the unedited version one day soon! ---------- Stay safe out there, friends! Here is the link to some online AA meetings. If you're looking for a black therapist or resources, check this out! And as always, thank you for listening to my lovely show. If possible, I would love for you to review me on iTunes, Google, Stitcher -- anywhere, really.  If you have comments or suggestions feel free to hit me up via the ways below! And sign up for my mailing list. I do like to do giveaways from time to time.  IG: gettingyourishtogetherEmail: [email protected]  Podpage: Getting Your Sh*t TogetherSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/gettingyourishtogether)

GREETINGS, FRIENDS! Happy to be back. Had to take an unexpected pause because of mental health and self-care but I am so excited to be back with you all. Also, happy that SPRING is basically here! In this episode, I'm talking about labels in recovery. Someone asked me who is newly sober-curious if it was okay to use that label for themselves since they're really just exploring and not sure about commitment yet. I found this thought interesting (well the label aspect) and I took it to the pod! Also, if you're curious about what I told them, it's right at the start of the show. Let's dive on in, shall we??!!! Also, do you feel labels are helpful or harmful?  ---------- Stay safe out there, friends! Here is the link to some online AA meetings. If you're looking for a black therapist or resources, check this out! And as always, thank you for listening to my lovely show. If possible, I would love for you to review me on iTunes, Google, Stitcher -- anywhere, really.  If you have comments or suggestions feel free to hit me up via the ways below! And sign up for my mailing list. I do like to do giveaways from time to time.  IG: gettingyourishtogetherEmail: [email protected]  Podpage: Getting Your Sh*t Together Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/gettingyourishtogether)

Hey, friends, hey! I got a Q&A from someone who listens to the show about my stance, view, thoughts on balancing being in recovery without having to be defined by it? And this can apply to whether you call yourself in recovery, sober, etc -- your word choice is well...your choice. This will be another short and sweet one and my first in 2021! WHAT?! Anyway, this question was interesting to me because of some of the changes that I'm going through. My two cents is that you should be the one to define yourself. Whatever feels good to you (cue: Yoga with Adriene -- I love her). I think we get into our heads with what to label ourselves, how it comes across, how out there do we have to be -- when it's not about that. It's about changing our lives, growing for the positive, and if you want it to be what defines you? Great. If you want it to define you right now because you don't feel shame about it? Groovy. If you'd rather not and keep it personal, right on. We have to do what serves us best in this life.  I have grown so much since starting this show, while I love what I'm doing and who I have met as my recovery or sobriety has grown stronger, I've decided that I want to start amplifying other voices and talk about other topics of interest within the recovery community. Will this show talk about recovery or addiction on some level? Yes, but as I grow -- the show will morph a bit. I hope you stay on this wild ride with me. Take a listen. Let me know what you think? Agree or disagree? ---------- Stay safe out there, friends! Here is the link to some online AA meetings. If you're looking for a black therapist or resources, check this out! And as always, thank you for listening to my lovely show. If possible, I would love for you to review me on iTunes, Google, Stitcher -- anywhere, really.  If you have comments or suggestions feel free to hit me up via the ways below! And sign up for my mailing list. I do like to do giveaways from time to time.  IG: gettingyourishtogetherEmail: [email protected]  Podpage: Getting Your Sh*t TogetherSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/gettingyourishtogether)

Friends, friends, friends....we made it!!! I can't believe it's the end of the damn year! But it's here. I swear, it feels like yesterday we were ringing in 2020 and positioning ourselves to start this new decade with a BANG. But hey, life had other plans for us, and HERE WE ARE. I typically like to use the last days of the year to look at how my year was and what I plan to prioritize in the upcoming year. Friends, there was a lot this year. To be candid -- once COVID and quarantine hit, I got hit with a bad case of depression, and the death of my friend/mentor rocked me more on top of that. This year, it was about humility. And giving myself the grace to be depressed and not giving myself guilt over it. And man, it was hard, but I got there. In this episode, I want to talk about some of the nuggets that I landed on to usher me into 2021. Lacey and Nik from the Sober Company podcast also joined me to chop it up about 2020 too. I like to consider it a conversational inventory, which I encourage you to either do on your own OR gather some friends and dive deep into what this year really meant to you. We discussed: The clusterfu*k of 2020 overallWhat we learned about our recoveryWhat we learned about ourselvesWhat we accepted about ourselves Diversity + Inclusion in the sober communityOur plans for our podcasts!I hope you enjoy this episode. It's more conversational in most, but I wanted it to be a lil' loose as we head into the unknown of 2021. ---------- Stay safe out there, friends! Here is the link to some online AA meetings. If you're looking for a black therapist or resources, check this out! And as always, thank you for listening to my lovely show. If possible, I would love for you to review me on iTunes, Google, Stitcher -- anywhere, really.  If you have comments or suggestions, feel free to hit me up via the ways below! And sign up for my mailing list. I do like to do giveaways from time to time.  IG: gettingyourishtogetherEmail: [email protected]  Podpage: Getting Your Sh*t TogetherSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/gettingyourishtogether)

Hey, friends, hey! I got a Q&A from someone who listens to the show about my stance, view, thoughts on NA drinks when it comes to recovery. This episode will be short and sweet but net/net is that I decided that like most things in recovery (and how I see it), it depends on you. HOWEVER, I didn't touch NA drinks until after my first year! Trust, my social life was sho nuff interesting.   Why? Because your girl is QUEEN of not handling sh*t and I would have just used that as my crutch as a way to feel "normal" and not address my stuff. When in reality, life as I knew it then, had changed. Which, in hindsight, is okay but it sure as hell didn't feel like it then. Take a listen. Let me know what you think? Agree or disagree? ---------- Stay safe out there, friends! Here is the link to some online AA meetings. If you're looking for a black therapist or resources, check this out! And as always, thank you for listening to my lovely show. If possible, I would love for you to review me on iTunes, Google, Stitcher -- anywhere, really.  If you have comments or suggestions feel free to hit me up via the ways below! And sign up for my mailing list. I do like to do giveaways from time to time.  IG: gettingyourishtogetherEmail: [email protected]  Podpage: Getting Your Sh*t TogetherSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/gettingyourishtogether Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/gettingyourishtogether)

Dropping the first of many bonus episodes, y'all! Today, I want to discuss self-compassion because I think it is definitely beneficial for this holiday season and your life overall. How do you look at or frame self-compassion?  Utilizing self-compassion, we give ourselves the same kindness and care we’d give to a good friend or childGetting sober had me stumbling and falling into figuring out who I was. I had no clue, I talked to myself poorly and it showed up in all my relationships (friends, family, romantic or otherwise). It was nuts. So, I wanted to talk about my journey (that is still going on). In this episode, I will talk about: Family history and how it shaped me and my drinkingThings I would do when I was dishonoring myselfTiny steps that started me down the road of reclaiming me and what I'm feeling Admitting that at times, this process may be lonely but that's okay! Stay the course.Ways you can start incorporating the threads of self-compassion into your own life Things that I talked about during this episode: The book that I'm talking about: Self Compassion -  The Proven Power of Being Yourself by Kristen Neff. (If you have Kindle Unlimited, it's now free.99 on there!)Podcast Interview with Kristen Neff on Therapy for Black GirlsKristen Neff's website---------- Stay safe out there, friends! Here is the link to some online AA meetings. If you're looking for a black therapist or resources, check this out! And as always, thank you for listening to my lovely show. If possible, I would love for you to review me on iTunes, Google, Stitcher -- anywhere, really.  If you have comments or suggestions feel free to hit me up via the ways below! And sign up for my mailing list. I do like to do giveaways from time to time.  IG: gettingyourishtogetherEmail: [email protected]  Podpage: Getting Your Sh*t TogetherSupport the show

Hey everyone, in this episode I interviewed the lovely and unapologetic Laura Cathcart Robbins of the podcast, The Only One in The Room." I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation and it gave me a fresh perspective because similar to her, I had my addiction really take hold later in my life.  In this episode, we will discuss: Being the "only one" in the room! How being a black woman in predominately white spaces led to keeping up appearances and utilizing alcohol as a way to numb ourselves and escapeMotherhood! Pre and post addiction and how Laura learned to put herself first and why it was detrimental for her recovery.How her life evolved after rehab and what she does daily to keep balance and perspective with herself and loved ones. Why she was called to pen the HuffPo article about Hunter Biden's struggle with addiction during the electionPlans for her podcast, her writing, and her world!I learned a lot from her grace and humility. I hope you will too. Please make sure to follow her on social and check out some more of her writing on HuffPo here.  About Laura: Laura Cathcart Robbins is a freelance culture writer and host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room, living in Studio City, California.  She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee and is credited for creating The Buckley School’s nationally recognized committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Her recent articles in the Huffington Post on the subjects of race, recovery, and divorce have garnered her worldwide acclaim. She is a 2018 LA Moth StorySlam winner and currently sits on the advisory board for the San Diego Writer’s Festival and the Outliers HQ podcast Festival.  Laura is also a founding member of Moving Forewords, the first national memoirist collective of its kind. Find out more about her on her website, or you can look for her on Facebook, on Instagram, and follow her on Twitter.  https://theonlyonepod.com ----------------------- There are simple things to use as a foundation for your recovery and are for those who are sober curious, new to recovery, or have been going at it for a long time. Nothing wrong with revisiting those blocks as we continue to work on our lives. Stay safe out there, friends! Here is the link to some online AA meetings.  And as always, thank you for listening to my lovely show. If possible, I would love for you to review me on iTunes, Google, Stitcher -- anywhere, really.  If you have comments or suggestions feel free to hit me up via the ways below! And sign up for my mailing list. I do like to do giveaways from time to time.  IG: gettingyourishtogetherEmail: [email protected] the show (https://ko-fi.com/gettingyourishtogether)