Rewilding Your Soul Podcast
Words for the ones remembering who they were before the world told them who to be.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 11 minutes
- Episodes
- 15
- Years Active
- 2025
The End of Perfection (and the Beginning of Something Deeper
🎙️ Soul Recovery: Breaking Free from PerfectionismEpisode 6: The End of Perfection (and the Beginning of Something Deeper)
🎧 Episode Summary:
In this closing episode of the Breaking Free from Perfectio…
The Bypass Trap
🎙️ Episode 5: The Bypass Trap — Why Insight Isn’t the End of the WorkSoul Recovery: Breaking Free from Perfectionism
Description:We’ve all heard the quotes.“Everything happens for a reason.”“We’re all…
Why Insight Alone Won't Set You Free
🎙 Episode 4 — Why Insight Alone Won’t Set You Free
(The Bridge Between Understanding and Doing)
In this powerful episode, we explore one of the most common frustrations on the healing path:
“I know why …
What Is Perfectionism Really Costing You?
🎙 Soul Recovery: Breaking Free from Perfectionism
Episode 3 — What Is Perfectionism Really Costing You?
Perfectionism promises safety. It whispers that if you just work harder, polish more, and never m…
What Is a Trauma Response And Why It Matters
Episode 2 — What Is a Trauma Response (And Why It Matters)
Welcome back to Soul Recovery: Breaking Free from Perfectionism.In today’s episode, Gary hits pause on the perfectionism conversation to lay …
What Perfectionism Really Is and Where It Comes From
Welcome to Episode 1 of Soul Recovery: Breaking Free from Perfectionism.
In this opening episode, host Gary Lougher lays the foundation for the series by redefining perfectionism—not as a character tr…
New Series Intro! Soul Recovery: Breaking Free from Perfectionism
n this short trailer episode, Gary Lougher introduces Soul Recovery: Breaking Free from Perfectionism—a new 6-part podcast series for anyone who feels stuck in the cycle of trying too hard, never fee…
Music, Grief & Wyle E Coyote
Video: World By Five For Fighting
Lyrics: World by Five For Fighting
WYLE Coyote Acme Products part 1
If you’d like to explore this for yourself, sit with the song World and reflect on these question…
When Healing Isn’t Linear (And You Backslide Anyway)
Recovery isn’t a straight climb to the top. It’s a winding mountain trail — with rest stops, plateaus, and yes, setbacks. In this episode, we talk about why backsliding doesn’t erase your progressand…
Anger, Shame, and the Stuff No One Wants to Admit
When I first quit drinking, I thought the cravings were the hard part.Turns out, the real challenge was facing what came next: the anger and shame I had buried for years.
In this episode, I get brutal…
Loneliness and Relearning How to Connect
After the grief of letting go comes something quieter but just as challenging: loneliness. In this episode, I share what it was like to navigate the unexpected isolation that followed my decision to …
The Grief That Comes After
OverviewQuitting isn’t the finish line—it’s the starting line. In this episode, we talk about the unexpected grief that can show up after you walk away from alcohol (or anything that once held your l…
Quitting Wasn’t the End of Anything, It Was the Beginning of Everything
When I quit drinking, I thought I’d crossed the finish line. Instead, I found myself standing at the starting line of a completely different race—one I didn’t know how to run.
In this first episode of…
Soul Recovery: What Comes After the Quit
Welcome to Soul Recovery: What Comes After the Quit.
This isn’t a shiny self-help program or a perfectly staged before-and-after story. It’s a real, unfiltered conversation for people who’ve quit drin…
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