Sixteen years in a dysfunctional marriage, Tony never knew what he was going to find when he got home. WiIl she be dead or alive? Tony Newell shares the roller coaster of emotions that he lived through while married to an alcoholic. He describ

#27: Mindful writing to keep in check with where we are at in our heads

Feb 21st, 2023 31m 4s

Hearing things from another perspective always helps to improve our understanding and compassion towards others. In this episode of the Smiling Again podcast, we hear things from another perspective as Martin Roscoe, an alcoholic in recovery,

#26: Getting Out of Your Head and Into Your Body with Breathwork

Feb 14th, 2023 23m 56s

Breathwork is one of the most powerful tools we have to get out of our heads and into our body. Breathwork can also help change how we feel in any given moment. Just as your breath changes with your emotional state, you can change your emotiona

#25: Breaking the generational cycle of alcoholism with Oliver Hoyas

Feb 3rd, 2023 34m 19s

Oliver Hojas shares his story of being the big brother, growing up in a home where his mom was an active alcoholic. Challenges at home resulted in a life lacking structure and security for the children. Sent off to boarding school by the state,

#24: Will I ever heal and feel joy again?

Oct 17th, 2022 15m 37s

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#23: Will I ever love again?

Apr 14th, 2022 11m 10s

Do we only get one big love? When we hold space for a very special person a love so deep that we hold on to them tight, even through the addiction, and when they are suddenly gone, its excruciating. In the months or years that follow you begin

#22: Move Through Trauma with Hope

Apr 1st, 2022 34m 59s

Trauma. When you love an addict or an alcoholic, you can experience many, many circumstances, which really can be quite traumatic. Whether it's a big trauma or a series of small traumas, which can take place over years, it has an impact on us m

#21: Forgiveness

Mar 25th, 2022 30m 18s

Just let the whole thing go. To release the past. We must be willing to forgive, but it's easier said than done. Welcome to season two of Smiling Again, where we'll be exploring the 12 areas of self care. And today it's all about forgiveness. I

#20: Creating Space to Heal

Mar 18th, 2022 17m 14s

Creating space is a practice that opens up your physical space as well as your time and energy to allow more room to live, to create and to enjoy life.But how do we create space beyond physical space? Creating space can be challenging, mostly b

#19 Don't let another Christmas holiday pass by because of addiction

Dec 16th, 2021 1h 1m

If there is addiction or alcoholism in your family, you can still be in the moment and enjoy the Christmas holidays. Don't let another holiday pass by because addiction is there. This message rings loud and clear in this episode of Smiling Ag

#18 What comes first, thoughts or feelings?

Dec 3rd, 2021 48m 52s

What comes first, thoughts or feelings? In this episode of Smiling Again I speak with Dawn Stemmer, Psychotherapist, BWRT practitioner and creator of BiiTS. Thoughts are ways of dealing with feelings – ways of thinking our way out of feelings –

#17 Moving Through Grief with Megan

Nov 19th, 2021 23m 42s

Moving through grief after losing her brother Joseph to addiction, a very brave Megan shares her story of healing from the addiction that plagued her family for 20 years. This raw, emotional episode, was recorded only two weeks after Joseph pa

#16 Make Your Life Count With Boundaries

Nov 12th, 2021 26m 15s

When you are consumed by a loved one's addiction or alcoholism, its hard to see a way out of a repetitive cycle of chaos and trauma. In this episode we discuss how to make your life count, with boundaries. Suna Spry, RSPH and author of Addicted

#15 The Truth About Being Stuck

Nov 5th, 2021 14m 52s

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#14 Talking about Netflix Maid

Oct 21st, 2021 35m 45s

The popular Netflix series MAID has everyone talking and it has some people angry. The story portrays a young likeable, poor, white woman, Alex , a young mother who flees an abusive relationship and takes a job as a maid to provide for her dau

#13 How families can recover from addiction

Oct 14th, 2021 26m 47s

Families can recover from addiction. Jake LeClaire founder of the Emerge Center for Addiction Recovery, joins me to discuss the importance of getting closer and more in touch with our own truth and our own feelings, for a family to recover. Wh

#12 How Running is good for Mental Health

Oct 7th, 2021 33m 46s

Running is good for mental health! But what makes it so good and how do we get more of that goodness to improve our mental health?One of the biggest challenges with running is maintaining consistency, lacing up and getting out the door more re

#11: Letting Go of Emotional Pain from the Past

Sep 30th, 2021 16m 35s

Changing our lives... it’s all made possible when we forgive and let go.When I heard myself saying that I felt guilt about how I didn't do enough to support my husband during his battle with alcohol dependency, I realised I did still feel guilt

#10: Finding Our Own Strength - an interview with Chris

Sep 16th, 2021 37m 49s

Chris lost her daughter Aley to alcoholism 2 years ago. Aley was only 28. Chris shares her story of how she and Aley are connected with their hearts and souls, and how she is moving forward in life after experiencing such a traumatic loss. Sh

#9: What Matters Most

Sep 10th, 2021 15m 31s

This week I was reminded of something really important. I was reminded of what mattered most. I sat on my mat, uncomfortably. It had been about 3 weeks since I attended a yoga class. To be honest, I don’t know how long it had been. I booked a c

#8: How your story can support you along your grief journey - with Eric Hodgdon

Aug 19th, 2021 39m 28s

If you've ever loved an addict, you may have reached an exhausted, painful point where you felt broken and we're struggling to just keep it all together. I am Kim Moore, and this is smiling again, where in each episode, we remind you that you a

#7: Stop waiting for life not to be hard

Aug 13th, 2021 23m 49s

In this episode I'm very fortunate to speak with Alissa who is living in the US on the Jersey shore, the idyllic Jersey shore that we've all seen on TV. The mom of two young boys, Alissa has had different relationships in her life, loving som

#6: Calming the Storm in your Head

Aug 6th, 2021 13m 36s

I am going to share a difficult conversation with you. Let's talk about that feeling of having a hurricane in your head. I call it a hurricane. It’s that feeling of so much happening so fast that you can’t hear your self think over the thought

#5: Journaling your way to happiness

Jul 29th, 2021 40m 18s

Journaling can improve how you feel. It's good for you, and the benefits of putting pen to paper are many. Years ago, when the progression of my husbands alcoholism accelerated and life started to spiral into chaos, I started to journal, just

#4: Recovery takes a lot of honesty - An interview with Lisa

Jul 22nd, 2021 28m 22s

An interview with Lisa who lost her husband 14 years ago to opiate and alcohol addiction. She shares her healing journey, the discovery of her enabling and the realisation that her fixing behaviour was impacting her life and ultimately her chi