Often recovery from addiction means we have to let go of the people and places we have known because they become triggers for poor choices and pain in our lives.  If all we have known is addiction it can be difficult, even painful, to begin identifying ourselves outside of that.  In this episode we explore the space between the old life full of pain we have left behind and the new being we are moving towards in the future.  We begin to visualize ourselves in the cocoon stage and think about where we will go once our wings have fully formed. 

This episode goes deeper into guided meditation and mindfulness experience by putting together exercises we have done in the past to bring a fuller experience to your mindfulness and recovery practice.  We work here on being able to observe our anxiety and anxious thoughts without attaching to them.  With the background music I think you will find this a new level of mindful experience.

This week I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Nazanin Moali who is a practitioner in the LA area and specializes in the treatment of adolescent addictions.  I loved her client centered approach and how she really saw the family as a healing agent in the process. I hope you learn as much from her as I did.