This weeks Episode is a bitter sweet one for us here at Empowered Sobriety Podcast. It is Lindsay and Abby's FINAL EPISODE!

Thank you all so much for being here with us and following along this beautiful journey. We have created such a beautiful space for people to continue to come and find powerful, informative and playful episodes about sobriety, personal development and everting in between! What a blessed life and an amazing journey. We are grateful to all of you dedicated listeners and people that will hear us even after we are gone.

Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions or are looking for an additional resource. We are still here for you and to support you in your journey of healing.

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Welcome back, Empowered Sobriety Podcast Community! We have a super potent episode this week packed full of tips and self-reflection questions. We really dig into the fall season!

00:00 Intro

04:10 Nourishing your mind and body during the fall season

07:45 Tao Te Ching’s take on the fall season and learning to slow down

11:15 Three questions to ask yourself:

• “What old stale parts of you do you need to let go of in order to be born anew?”

• “What old patterns do you need to let go of so your true self can shine through?”

• “How can you connect in a deep and real way to the primal mother of us all?”

12:04 Balancing death and rebirth in sobriety

16:00 The importance of learning to be alone with yourself in sobriety

23:58 Lindsay discusses what is not serving her anymore

32:46 Abby talks about what she is releasing

40:00 Treat yourself like you're pregnant in sobriety

Resources:

Laura McKowen's "We Are The Luckiest"

https://www.lauramckowen.com/books

Follow us on IG instagram.com/empoweredsobrietypodcast/ and email us at empoweredsobrietypodcast@gmail.com for comments or questions. We would love it if you could take the time to leave us a rating and review! If you'd like to be coached by us or to be a guest, please email us.

If you'd like to work with Lindsay, you can reach out to her through her IG: instagram.com/lindsayfano/ or email her at lindsay.fano@gmail.com

If you'd like to work with Abby, you can reach out to her through her website: https://abbygcoaching.com/ or her IG: instagram.com/abbygcoaching

On this weeks Episode of Empowered Sobriety Lindsay and Abby are talking about Breaking up with your Parents! Lindsay and Abby share their own experiences with this and our own understanding of breaking up with our parents and everything in between!

0:00 Intro

2:24 "We cannot heal in the same place we were wounded"

4:07 "Our parents did the best that they could, even if they didn't do a great job."

7:38 "You have to grieve the loss of your parents twice" Lindsay and Abby talk about co-dependent relationships with your parental figures

12:40 Judgement, anger and resentment towards our parents and the projected image of what a parent should look like

13:54 Awareness that the relationship and patterns between you and your parent(s) just aren't working anymore

15:17 Are you taking them with you on your journey through healing or are you leaving them where they are?

19:50 This is an invitation to you, to meet your own needs

22:19 Breakthrough. You have got to acknowledge your pain and validate it!

26:30 Boundaries to keep ourselves safe in our relationships with our parents

28:54 Abby shares about her experience with her family on her recent vacation. A powerful reflection and vulnerable share about her experience and how she showed up.

30:05 More about co-dependency with our parents

32:02 What are you making it mean about you?

33:07 Final thoughts and shares from Abby and Lindsay

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If you'd like to work with Lindsay, you can reach out to her through her IG: instagram.com/lindsayfano/ or email her at lindsay.fano@gmail.com

If you'd like to work with Abby, you can reach out to her through her website: https://abbygcoaching.com/ or her IG: instagram.com/abbygcoaching