In this episode, Michael Unbroken sits down with Arlina Allen, a recovery expert and author with over 30 years of sobriety, to explore the challenging journey of healing from addiction and childhood trauma. In this powerful conversation, Arlina shares her raw and honest story of growing up with perfectionism, religious pressure, and family dysfunction that led to substance abuse. Learn about her path from skepticism to recovery, including powerful insights about processing emotional pain, dealing with resistance to change, and rebuilding relationships. This episode offers practical wisdom about combining peer support with professional help, working through shame and fear, and taking responsibility for healing. Whether you're struggling with addiction, processing trauma, or supporting someone who is, this conversation provides hope and actionable steps toward recovery. Discover how to move from survival mode to truly thriving by acknowledging you're not broken - just wounded and capable of healing.
************* CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO *************
00:00 – INTRO
00:25 – Understanding Recovery Resistance
00:54 – Personal Journey and Childhood Struggles
05:18 – The Impact of External Validation
06:10 – First Encounters with Addiction
12:19 – Adverse Childhood Experiences and Addiction
15:04 – Navigating Parental Relationships and Substance Use
18:25 – Religious Pressures and Addiction
22:41 – The Path to Sobriety
29:15 – Embracing Personal Development
33:48 – The Influence of Social Circles
35:36 – Leveraging Fear for Change
36:32 – Finding Support and Hope
37:57 – The Role of Skepticism in Recovery
39:45 – The Importance of Emotional Honesty
41:52 – Navigating Early Sobriety
47:25 – Processing Trauma with Professional Help
55:28 – Taking Responsibility and Making Amends
01:00:29 – Overcoming Resistance and Taking Action
01:04:02 – Final Thoughts on Healing and Recovery
01:01:13 – Where Do You Find Arlina Allen?
01:04:03 – What does it mean to be Unbroken?
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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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