Retrieving Sanity

Setting boundaries is an important part of life. It's an essential part of growing and learning. We can take pride in setting them, and keeping them, even when it doesn't allow people that are bad for us to remain close to us. 

Sometimes the pain we feel, the scars we bear, are on the inside and are unable to be seen.

Sometimes trust is a difficult thing. What can we do about it and what does it look like in a silly sense of a trip to Las Vegas?

Let's welcome, Brian Matthew, to the special guests of "Retrieving Sanity"!  Brian is a Pagan in Recovery, and has struggled with addiction for many many years, but has broken free from the traps and snares, and has lived to tell his tale! Join us, as Brian tells us the story beyond the pages of his Diary of a Madman. 

Sometimes, acceptance is hard to find, and sometimes, it's even harder whenever you don't have control over what you're trying to accept.  #acceptance #accept #youcandoit #ittakesalot #sometimes #holdon #strength #mentalmaturity #mentalawareness #energy #control #lackofcontrol #unacceptable #peace #serenity #positivity #negative #bad #good

Sometimes, we just have to "grow up" in a sense of how we handle and recognize our emotions. It's not always easy either. #growth #intellect #mature #maturity #reasoning #guilt #shame #positive #intelligence #growing #recovery #addiction #mentalhealth #looktothefuture

Simba said growth can be addictive in its own right. He didn't tell me that it could painful too. 

Sometimes, you just have to have a little Gratitude for the things in your life.

Meet Stetson Smith. A gentleman from Amarillo, Texas that carries the burden of having been victim of suicidal ideation. Let's hear his Tale and what it's like to be struck with such a terrible feeling, how he overcame, and what he plans to do about it to help others.

Heartbreak SUCKS!!! .... But what is Closure? How do we get it? Can we get it?

Keegan and Simba talk about the Connectivity that goes through with everyone and everything in life. What does connectivity mean to you?

Fear is a feeling that we all experience, in some way, shape, or form through our lives. We can utilize it though, but first we must understand it. 

Retrieving Sanity has been on the internet for a full year, and with that we get to relax and chat it up with Simba. We get to get down and talk about some of the things that make "Retrieving Sanity" what it is. 

Fear can be looked as  Face Everything And Rise or False Expectations Appearing Real This "Fear" is either a motivator, or a killer. We have to learn how to regulate how we let it push us. Will it push me forward? Or will it push me down?

Saturday is a supposed to be a day of rest. Sometimes, it doesn't seem like it, but relax and take a break every now and again. You need it more than you think. 

In this episode, we get to sit down and hear Oscar's personal story about his pain and how he was able to Recover. Take a listen and give the man some love!

Recovery is a vast topic, and it means more than just the healing and breaking free from the addictions that used to bind one.  Music used: "Carefree", "Fading Away", "Seasons Change", "Soul Search", and "Timelapse"  Produced by "White Hot"