Breaking free from addiction, trauma, and stress - this powerful episode features raw conversations with Timothy Reigle, Eric Karnezis, Hosein Kouros-Mehr, and Robert Haines as they share their journeys of transformation and healing. Learn how addiction serves as a coping mechanism, the science behind modern stress and its impact on mental health, and practical strategies for building confidence and breaking self-sabotaging patterns. From overcoming childhood trauma and homelessness to understanding the brain's response to stress in our digital age, these inspiring stories offer hope and actionable insights for anyone struggling with mental health challenges, addiction recovery, or personal growth. Discover how asking questions like a child, borrowing confidence from others, and understanding your brain's networks can help you break through barriers and create lasting positive change in your life.
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00:00 – Understanding Addiction: A Coping Mechanism
00:41 – The Cycle of Addiction and Its Consequences
01:56 – The Role of Human Sexuality in Addiction
05:15 – Personal Struggles and Realizations
08:11 – Choosing Homelessness Over Foster Care
11:57 – Family Struggles and Emotional Turmoil
14:38 – Losing Contact and Coping with Loss
16:41 – The Impact of Stress on Mental Health
17:01 – Understanding Emotional Pain and Stress
17:25 – The Brain's Networks and Their Functions
17:54 – The Default Mode Network and Stress
18:58 – The Evolutionary Purpose of Stress
19:30 – Modern Stressors and Their Impact
21:55 – Workplace Stress and Mindfulness
22:32 – Reigniting Curiosity and Asking Questions
24:57 – Overcoming Self-Sabotage and Taking Action
29:24 – Building Confidence and Achieving Goals
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Learn how to heal and overcome childhood trauma, narcissistic abuse, ptsd, cptsd, higher ACE scores, anxiety, depression, and mental health issues and illness. Learn tools that therapists, trauma coaches, mindset leaders, neuroscientists, and researchers use to help people heal and recover from mental health problems. Discover real and practical advice and guidance for how to understand and overcome childhood trauma, abuse, and narc abuse mental trauma. Heal your body and mind, stop limiting beliefs, end self-sabotage, and become the HERO of your own story.
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