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How to Challenge Your Stressful Thoughts (And Live Your Way into Right Thinking)

Published: June 24, 2021, 7 a.m.

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Welcome to today\\u2019s show!

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WHAT WE\\u2019LL LEARN:

  • Arlina described her deepest roots as having come from two traumatic incidents early on. She learned some survival skills that \\u201cdid not translate into healthy adult relationships.\\u201d
  • How at age 8 or 9, Arlina discovered alcohol. And she described the first drink vividly. She stated, \\u201cThe self-confidence & self-loathing was lifted\\u2026.\\u201d This cemented the theory that alcohol would take away \\u201call these bad feelings.\\u201d
  • Why she felt money or love was going to save her. (Hint: love did not come in the form she was expecting)!
  • Why she feels Quantum Physics explains everything she had learned from her religious upbringing.
  • Arlina shared she made all her decisions based on low self-esteem. And her work in recovery is now to identify & reframe her self-beliefs.
  • How \\u201cEmpathy is the antidote to shame.\\u201d Arlina shared that her shame presented as defensiveness. And shame could not survive once it was spoken.
  • How connection became the cure to her feeling less shame, less isolated &\\xa0 less alone.
  • Stay tuned for next week\\u2019s interview with Arlina Allen as we focus on the theory & practice of her recovery along with a writing exercise!

Key Quotes:

Arlina\\u2019s tagline: \\u201cIf it were in a bottle, a bag, or blue jeans, I was doing it.\\u201d

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\\u201cI was trying to think my way into right living. And it turns out I needed to live my way into right thinking.\\u201d

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RESOURCES MENTIONED

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