Telling On Ourselves

When you get what you need, not what you want

This week’s topic is learning to accept that God gives us what we need not always what we want. We discuss the difference between selfish and self-seeking. We also talk about our ongoing effort to do the next right thing. 

Lynn has a hilarious childhood first thought wrong. 

Rebuilding in Recovery

This week we talk about how we go about rebuilding ourselves in our recovery and how we keep ourselves continuing to grow. 

First thought wrong, what to do when we are triggered to get centered again.  What it means to work a "program", and why we keep growing!  Relentless Forward Motion!

Busyness...it's a thing!

This week we are telling about our Busyness escapades, our guilty pleasures, and our way to reframe our thinking around being busy!  

Busyness Definition:  Occupied with meaningless activity

First thing wrong is Lynn & Vikki's mics don't kick in until after the first few minutes, so hang on it gets better as we go.  

First Thought Wrong is about how you can be resentful about being busy.  Yep it is a thing.  

Please Rate and Review friends...it helps us almost as much as a quiet time does!  Game changer.  

Waaaaambulance -- Self-Pity

First thought Wrong:  Lynn shares how she navigates feelings and friendships....fun times!

Soul Sparkle Board Update:  Join us and share on IG @tellingonourselves or our FB page @tellingonourselves.  Share what your goals are!  

Self-Pity definition:  excessive, self-absorbed unhappiness over one's own troubles.  (Yuck)

We are professional self-pity-ists!  How do we get through it, why we need to be sure not to let it overtake us!

Bre sounds amazing!  This week we have new equipment, we got it working, but we are learning and it will get better next week!!  

 

How the H*LL do we fill the void?

The 17th episode starts with first thought wrong about how we walk through every day stuff when it doesn't feel great.  

Soul Sparkle Board - we are doing 3 main themes for our boards and then will be sharing them on social! Please join us and make your own and send us your pic or post on our FB or IG.

Then we get into how we filled the void at the beginning of recovery and how we continue to as we grow, learn and change! 

 

Procrastination

This week we dig into procrastination.  What we do when it occurs in our lives and how we try to push through it.  Working with goals and awareness.  

Recovery In Alaska!

Hey you!  This episode is our very first interview episode!  We get to talk to Lynn's sponsor from her time in Alaska!  Homer, Alaska!  We learn how Loraine has made her recovery work even with limited meetings!  It's a little wonky with the call recording, but she had some great nuggets to share with us!!  

 

 

How we get through setbacks?

First thought wrong - Other’s attitudes. It’s not about me!!

What were the setbacks that helped get us sober? How are setbacks really setups for comebacks? We discuss how challenges in sobriety are opportunities to grow and how the “we” of our sober network propels us through them. We share how we view setbacks now versus how we perceived them pre-sobriety. Don’t shy away from sharing your setbacks with others because your setbacks help us grow, too.

 

Willingness to be willing

This episode is about why willingness is so important to our lives and our recovery.  We share how we became willing and how we stay in that lane!

Teachable...why it's so important

This week we discuss what being teachable means to us and why it is so essential to our recovery and in our lives.  Definition:  Developing a teachable attitude should be at the top of your self-development plan.  Because everything else is directly related to how teachable you are, how open you are to new information.  You cannot grow if you are not willing to change and accept new perspectives on life or change your habits. 

How has it affected our lives and why we continue to stay in a teachable frame of mind.  "HOW...Honest Open and Willing."