Evolved Recovery

This week we interview JASON SMITH, author of The Bitter Taste of Dying, A Memoir. Jason is also the Creative Director of TheRealEdition.com, an online community that allows addicts and their loved ones to publish their stories of addiction and recovery. He is heavily involved in the recovery community in Northern California, where he frequently shares his experience, strength, and hope in getting out of the hell that is addiction.    Show Notes: James Gregory Episode Website authorjasonsmith.com Twitter @mrjayzone Facebook AuthorJasonSmith Kendall's I Am Not Anonymous Story   We Are All Connected Article  

Breathing is the most important job a human will do in their life, except most of us are doing it wrong! Today we get some great tips from Lucy Hendricks, graduate of the Lexington Healing Arts Academy Personal Training program and a current Student Massage Therapist. She has her FMS certification and is also a certified Restorative Breathing Coach. For the last four years, she’s been an integral part of the GYM Laird Strength and Conditioning team.  You can also find Lucy at Darkside Strength. Show Notes: Buteyko Institute of Breathing & Health GYM Laird on Facebook Upcoming Events for Lucy: Crossfit North Atlanta Cube Summit JASSA Retreat Products and Protocols: Xlear Nasal Spray 3-4 times a day Neti Stick As many times as you want Breathe Right   Nasal Strips (Extra Strength Sensitive Skin) Lucy's two FAVORITE exercises:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXd37JBDTuA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfWUWDgJbn4  Mindful Nasal Breathing:&nbs

Everywhere you turn people are touting the benefits of essential oils, smoothies, juices, juice pills, supplements. Especially thanks to Dr. Oz and those like him. People have been selling "cure alls" for centuries. Take snake oil for instance. This week we discuss the importance of holistic health and how it takes multiple components to achieve optimal health. Kendall talks about her experiences making smoothies with over 20 vegetables and fruits every morning. Spoiler alert: pink poop is in this conversation. Show links: Blendtec Blenders  

This week Susan and Kendall check in and discuss alcohol and recovery themed articles. Show Topics: iTunes review contests coming soon! Click here to leave a review now! Possible Link Between Eye Color and Alcoholism Risk Revealed in New Study Yes, I Drink In Front of My Children, Thank You Very Much  

This week we interview Emily Deans, M.D. aka the "Evolutionary Psychiatrist" to get a medical perspective on recovery and detox. Emily is a board certified adult psychiatrist practicing in Massachusetts. The overarching theory she explores is that our bodies and brains do best in conditions for which they are evolved.  She digs up scientific information and presents it in that context. She feels that by studying evolutionary medicine, we come closer to the answers for optimal conditions for health and vitality. You can find Dr. Emily Deans on Psychology Today. 

Daniel Pardi, CEO of Dan's Plan, is an entrepreneur and researcher whose life’s work is centered on how to facilitate health behaviors in others. He is the developer of Loop Model to Sustain Health Behaviors to help people live a healthy lifestyle in a modern world. He does research with the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department at Stanford, and the Departments of Neurology and Endocrinology at Leiden University in the Netherlands. His current research looks at how sleep influences decision making. Follow him @dansplanhealth. SHOW TOPICS   Dan's Plan The importance of time management Food addiction - overlap in addiction Maintaining healthy light rhythms   Bipolar Disorder and other mental health issues with poor sleep  Sleep deprivation and carbohydrate cravings  Willpower Trading addictions Tips for setting goals "Getting Things Done"

Today we're celebrating Kendall's one year sober anniversary!  and interviewing Nicholas Knutzen. Nick found optimal health while recovering in treatment. He loves to travel, crossfit and tennis. He is also a nutrition authority and an accomplished, experienced cook. He is currently developing a new program that he calls ReScovery, which is intended to extend current and well known recovery traditions and programs, focusing on those aspects that help create balance - transforming sobriety into joy-filled, contributing, fulfilling and productive lifestyles.   Show Topics Summer Fun Reading : Outlander Series (Kendall recommendation!) The New Evolution Diet James Beard

Dain Sandoval is originally from San Diego, but has called Chico home since 1998. He has had an illustrious past in radio as the Program Director of 106.7 ZRock. He handles websites and technical work for Everyday Paleo's Sarah Fragoso. He began experimenting with Paleo while training with Robb Wolf in 2006. Dain was 220 pounds and wearing size 44 pants. He was also in a deep battle with alcoholism. He realized he had to change his lifestyle or likely be dead  30. Through practical application of Paleo living in addition to physical training and a program of recovery he says he now wears size 31 pants and is generally a nicer person to be around. He has been clean and sober since Feb 19, 2007.

Susan and Kendall catch up on their family happenings over the holiday weekend. Then they welcome this week's guest, Leonard Lee Buschel, founder of Writers In Treatment (W.I.T.), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization grounded in the arts and recovery. W.I.T.’s primary purpose is to save lives through promoting and providing ‘treatment’ as the best first step solution for addiction, alcoholism and other self-destructive behaviors. W.I.T. also offers educational, prevention and awareness programs through their nationally acclaimed REEL RECOVERY FILM FESTIVAL and SYMPOSIUM presented in Los Angeles, New York, Ft. Lauderdale, Las Vegas, San Francisco,, Houston and Vancouver BC. He also is the editor and publisher of the weekly Addiction/Recovery eBulletin that reaches an audience of over 17,000 individuals. Mr. Buschel is a California Certified Substance Abuse Counselor with years of experience working directly with people struggling with addi

When most of America is actually suffering from having not having enough stomach acid, many doctors are prescribing stomach acid reducers like they're candy. In this episode, Susan and Kendall drop some truth bombs about how to stop suppressing acid and find out if you need more stomach acid for optimal health. Without proper digestive health, we set ourselves up for cancer and autoimmune disease.   Show Notes: Magnesium supplement Why Stomach Acid Is Good For You

This week Susan interviews Shira Goldberg, host of the YouTube show The Addiction Show. Shira is also a Master Recovery/Sober Coach and Recovery Coach Trainer. Susan and Shira discuss sober coaching, how and why she started The Addiction Show, legalizing drugs, the criminal justice system, regulating Sober Living Environments (SLE’s) and how we can’t let our past define us.   We welcome your questions and topics by email at info@evolvedrecovery.com. Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, download the MP3, or use the player featured below. Show Notes: James Gregory Podcast Goldberg Sober Coaching The Addiction Show Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration The Sentencing Project Jarrod’s Law FRC Conference  

This week we welcome wife and home schooling mother to two elementary school children, Orleatha Smith. She is a C.H.E.K trained Holistic Lifestyle Coach and holds a degree in secondary science education, a biology teaching credential, Master’s degree in Education. She's been featured in popular magazines such as First For Women and in The Paleo Miracle: 50 Real Stories of Health Transformation as well as a variety of health and wellness related blogs. Orleatha had bypass surgery and now councils others to change their lives after they've had weight loss surgery. We talk about the relationship between weight loss surgery and increased rates of addiction and alcoholism and how to prevent it. Find Orleatha online! -Book -Website -Facebook  

Susan returns from Austin, Texas where she spent last weekend at the Paleo FX conference. In this week's show she shares her experiences at the conference and tells us her favorite take aways. Show Topics: Our recent appearance on Low Carb Conversations Processed food wrapped up in health food packaging Need more vegetables (@Mark's Daily Apple) Stress management Solid food versus liquid food (@Diana Rodgers -Sustainable Dish) Being sober at non-sober conferences Itunes reviews Sober morning dance party -Charlotte, NC

We like to call this episode "The Feelings Show." We discuss learning to feel everything from joy to pain without self-medicating. We also talk about the role of mindfulness in living sober.  Show Topics: Coping Skills Brené Brown Momastery - Pain Is Not A Mistake Dialectical Behavior Therapy How To Avoid a Near Life Experience

This week's show topics: How to minimize or completely get rid of seasonal allergies through anti-inflammatory diets. The benefits of Sinus Rinses and Neti Pots. Evolved Recovery 2 hour workshop this Saturday, April 18 in Charlotte, NC with Kendall. RSVP here I Am Not Anonymous photo shoot in Charlotte, NC Silicon Gives Day: Donate to a recovery home for moms and their children  This week's questions: What’s your favorite cookbook? I’m struggling with meditation, do you have any tips? I think my spouse, girlfriend etc has a drinking problem, what should I do to get them help? Do you recommend taking supplements? Favorite cookbooks: Sarah Fragoso - Everyday Paleo Melissa Joulwan -Well Fed 2 Russ Crandall -The Ancestral Table Simone Miller - The Zenbelly Cookbook Diana Rodgers - The Homegrown Paleo Cookbook Michelle Tam - Nom Nom Paleo: Food For Humans Meditation: Headspace Insight Timer Probiotics: Prescript Assist (n

You have questions and we have answers! On this week's edition of the Evolved Recovery Show we cover these questions: What meal tracking software do you use or like? What do eat when you go to a party or potluck? I’m trying out the eating strategies you recommend but my husband, kids etc. won’t go along with it. What should I do?   Our Favorite Potluck Dishes: Meatballs Meatloaf Brussels Sprout Slaw Sun-dried Tomato Chicken Slaw

Spring is here and so is the Sun. This week Susan and Kendall dish out their tips for safe exposure to the Sun. They discuss the importance of vitamin D absorbed directly from sunlight plus why the cover up campaigns have failed to protect against skin cancer.  Eat Your Sunscreen Natural Sunscreen EWG Guide to Sunscreen Evaluation, Prevention, of Vitamin D Deficiency Study Misguided Medicine by Dr. Colin Champ

Darryl Edwards (The Fitness Explorer) is the creator of the PRIMAL PLAY training system, and world-renowned as an expert, teacher and lecturer on the Paleo lifestyle.  He's a certified personal trainer and Paleo nutritionist holding a diverse range of certifications. Darryl combines his many influences from martial arts, parkour and dance to teach groups, conduct one-to-one training and virtual training sessions that focus on strength/conditioning, bodyweight exercises, Paleo nutrition and Play.  He lives in London, England.   On this week's show, we talk about how giving up the things that don't serve us in health really isn't about giving anything up at all. It's actually about gaining so much more. Darryl gives us lots of tips of how we can work play into our lives to create a more childlike, stress-free existence. Darryl Edwards is the author of Paleo Fitness: A Primal Training and Nutrition Program to Get Lean, Strong and Healthy  

Susan and Kendall answer your questions in this week's episode of Evolved Recovery.  This week's questions: "What do you eat for breakfast?" "What’s left after you take out all these processed foods and drinks? I feel too deprived."  "I went to “a 12-step overeating program” and they gave me a meal plan that’s a lot different than what you two say. Which is right? I’m so confused!"  "What can I put in my coffee?"  "I’ve been eating a healthy diet for years and I run a couple of miles a week, go to zumba, and spend at least an hour on the elliptical. After all of that I can’t get rid of my belly fat and my thighs are not what I’d like them to be. Can you help??"  Show Links: Sausage recipe Abstinence article "Why Women Shouldn't Run" Coconut Milk: Golden Star and Natural Value

This week we're talking with James Gregory, known in the Ancestral Health world for his recipe sharing site Fastpaleo.com. James works as a Japanese interpreter and is an entrepreneur. After living a fast-paced, drug and alcohol addicted life for a time in Japan, he moved back to the states and got sober. In this episode James tells his story of recovery and discusses his path of sobriety. Read more about his "Ideas For Happiness" Jamesagregory.org.   Show Topics: This week's guest post by Laura Carr of Greener Farmacy: "Are You A Sugar Addict?" Please leave reviews on iTunes Free guided mediations about acceptance and finding and connecting with your higher power HERE! Have us come speak in your area