In this podcast I discuss the importance of grieving a loss and ways to move through the process with support! Support the showBy Steve Pomeroy

In this episode I discuss why resentments contributed to me becoming alcoholic, relapsing, and nearly destroying my life. Support the showBy Steve Pomeroy

I'm going to talk about a subject that I can relate to in so many different ways. It's the subject of self sabotage. I'm also gonna share with you four ways that I use to prevent me from self sabotaging and if I am going down that path for me to identify where I'm at and have a plan to move out of that behavior. Support the show…

This month I share 3 ways to protect yourself from codependency. These ideas have helped me tremendously on my journey. - Steve Support the showBy Believe

My tips for a beginner meditation during this stressful time in our world. Enjoy! Support the showBy Steve Pomeroy

This topic is recovery, recovering from abusive toxic relationships. Many people that are toxic, that have entered our lives and inflicted a lot of damage, created a lot of wreckage. Support the showBy Steve Pomeroy

I'm going to discuss with you the affordable housing model. We think about people that are homeless, at or below the poverty line. That's the term that gets thrown around a lot. Well today I'm going to discuss with you and present to you the facts on why that model doesn't work today for the group that we're talking about Support the show…

I'm going to talk to you about for what I believe are simple, not so time consuming ways to increase our self awareness about the homelessness issue. In fact, as some of you know, and I mean if you turn on the news, turn on your, your phone, there's something being posted about the homeless. Support the show…

This is my second official podcast around the homelessness crisis. Some people call it a crisis. Some people call it an epidemic. Some people are urging our president to declare a state of emergency in California where it's reached its beyond epidemic proportions. I'm gonna share with you some research that I've been doing over the last few weeks a…

I'm going to talk about something that is very near and dear to my heart, something I'm very passionate about and that is the homeless. For the last five years. I've been a volunteer, a blogger, an advocate along the ways I've shared with you about my own personal recovery. Support the showBy Steve Pomeroy

This podcast is going to focus specifically on five ways that my family and friends have supported me in my recovery. Support the showBy Steve Pomeroy

I'm recording this podcast on the evening of July 9, 2019. 5 days removed from our independence day, july 4th. The reason that date is of significance to me is that July 4, 2007 was a turning point in my life. The purpose of this podcast is to share with those out there that are struggling with their addiction and their alcoholism, and for the fami…

Have you ever found yourself in a relationship that has gone south? It just isn't working anymore. You're asking yourself that question, like the song, should I stay or should I go, or other questions like, why bother with this? Why doesn't the other person understand where I'm coming from or what have I done wrong or why does this always happen to…

What I want to talk about today are some ways, four ways not only to deal with the anger, but to put ourselves in a position in terms of how to deal with it, but to not be there when it happens to protect ourselves, to seek safety because unfortunately in this world, sometimes we really feel and we feel it physically that we're in danger, we could …

We're going to talk about another topic that a lot of people it gets talked about a lot. I'm not sure how it gets interpreted sometimes by outsiders, what's going on in the media, interpersonal relationships and that's anger. We all get angry at some point in our lives. Our day are weak. We may not show it and I'm here to tell you that. Support the…

I want to talk about something that is near and dear to my heart and a part of my story and that is reasons Why people relapse. I've come up with three reasons that I want to touch on this week. Support the showBy Steve Pomeroy

What I want to talk about today, we've talked about boundaries, the last few podcasts and this ties into it and these are defensive behaviors. I'm gonna focus on a few today in particular. There are many that I believe alienate us from others. When we get defensive, we turn we're coming from a place of fear versus love. Support the show…

I wanna share with you a little bit more about what has come up for me in the past, because this is very challenging for many of us, whether we want to admit it or not. And I think it's a major source of our suffering and our misery when we're not able to set boundaries and just as important and even more important is to have the courage to maintai…

What we're talking about again today, choosing a corrective experience. We talked about that last week. I called it part one, touched on a little bit about some of my fears and we touched on a few things and I'm gonna quickly highlight and then we'll get into the next part of this, which I'm gonna talk a little bit more today about boundaries. Supp…

What I want to talk about today is some of the things that I have done in the past applied used today and things that I am growing into in the future. So this podcast is gonna be the start of this discussion. It's going to be followed up with at least one more podcast because I think it warrants, its such a big topic in a touchy one. Support the sh…

This message is crafted for those in early recovery that could be recovery from substance abuse, um mental health challenges, some other disorder, an eating disorder, um, or depression, it could be something, you know, a relationship that could be a number of things that we could consider ourselves in recovery. Support the show…

I'm gonna talk about emotional manipulation. Many of us have been subjected to this physically sexually, some form of trauma in our lives. Most of us. By the time we are adults have experienced one form of trauma, at least one form of it. It's very stressful, very difficult. Some of us have turned to substance abuse like myself, most of my trauma a…

This message is crafted for those in early recovery that could be recovery from substance abuse, um mental health challenges, some other disorder, an eating disorder, um, or depression, it could be something, you know, a relationship that could be a number of things that we could consider ourselves in recovery. Support the show…

I'm gonna talk about rejection today and how to handle rejection what I do on a daily basis because I believe a lot of this comes from beer. It comes from shame. Some people think it's just energy whose energy is it, is it my energy? Is it your energy? Is it our energy? Where does it come from? So I'm going to discuss that a little bit today. Again…

We're gonna talk a little bit about rejection. We make these efforts for connection and we feel rejected. And if we feel that rejection over and over again, I believe, and this is what happened to me. Our minds, my mind became conditioned to feeling I'm not enough, there's something wrong with me. They don't understand me that negative self talk th…

I'm gonna talk about some more change today and some steps that I had to take a while I felt were necessary for me to recover from the disease of alcoholism that I have, and the shame that has carried with me for decades. Actually, believe it or not, you know, I went from a person running a very successful company for a number of years to a person …

it sounds like a big key in in terms of working through shame, were there lies a lot of pain suffering we've had to endure. And in some cases we've chosen to indoor the suffering, as they say, pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. A big key for me. Working through that when I went through treatment the last time, as I've said before, I've been…

What I want to talk about a little more today and a little more with a little more depth is we've talked about compassion and empathy and you know, for a while I lost it, I lost the ability to have access to that. Um I went through my version of a lot of stress. Some would call it trauma. Some people don't like that word. So you can call it a lot o…

What I want to talk a little bit about today and I've written about this and some of the blogs is a little bit about relapse. My road to recovery. Relapse is a part of my story. I've been battling the disease of alcoholism for over a decade. Uh just to give you a little background, I went to multiple treatments. I had the best intention every time …

We're gonna talk a little bit about that to be okay with your, your thoughts and feelings and not judge ourselves. And as I said in the newsletter, we want to focus on you and a little self care. We can never have enough of that. I realized that I'm at my best when I'm taking care of myself and when I say that my best taking care of myself and and …

We're going to talk about something that is quite complex in the treatment and recovery communities. We're gonna talk about co occurring disorders or also referred to as dual diagnosis. It's basically defined as a person that has one or more substance abuse disorder, an addiction and one or more mental health disorder, a mental health challenge or …

We're gonna talk about your loved ones, friends, family members, and people that you're very concerned about. That could be struggling with potential mental health issues, addiction or both. And whether or not you really believe that day want help, that they think they need help because denial can certainly be a part of this process and it is a pro…