Using pain to heal from addiction and trauma with Amanda McKoy Flanagan & Ginny Olivas-Smith
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- Hope Pedraza
- Published
- Thu 02 Nov 2023
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Ginny is a wife, Mom of two beautiful kids, co-host on the podcast SOL RISING, and the founder and owner of THE FLIPPIN’ PHOENIX FURNITURE REHAB company. Her passion for soul searching, healing, and heart connection with other human souls is what sets her spirit on fire in this beautiful chapter of life. With life adventures spanning from chasing dreams in Hollywood in her 20’s, to struggling with addiction, to 18 years of a sales career in a corporate world and choosing to leave it, she believes that no matter the differences we may have with one another, we have FAR more in common… and she is determined to find that common ground with everyone that she can.
Native New Yorker turned Coloradan Amanda McKoy Flanagan blends street smarts with tree hugging for a sensible and spiritual approach to life. She loves horses, running, vegan-eating, dancing, and singing with abandon to loud rock music. Passionate about sobriety, meditation, and her commitment to climate action, Amanda holds loving-kindness in high regard. Trust Yourself to Be All In is Amanda’s debut inspirational memoir about breaking chains of generational family dysfunction by healing grief with love for self and others.
In this episode, we're talking about the journey of addiction and trauma and using your emotional pain as a gift!
Highlights from the episode:
- Ginny and Amanda's own personal stories of addiction
- The gifts and lessons in all of these situations
- How emotional pain is created? Where does it stem from?
- How grief is created, and where it stems from
- What navigating the pain/trauma looks like
- What motivated each of them to get out of it
- How do they use pain to propel us forward today
- How emotions (pain, fear, loss, and grief and joy) work to create connection or hinder it
- How crucial is our basic fundamental human instinct for connection
- Why we feel guilty when things are good
- How creating boundaries is emotional protection
Resources:
https://www.amandamckoyflanagan.com/ (Free guide, "5 Principles to Be All In."
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sol-rising/id1675376192
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For some more free resources to help you on your journey, click HERE to download my Guide to Seed Cycling and HERE for my guide on Minerals for Chakra Balancing and Longevity (a personal favorite because mineral balancing is my jam!)
