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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Oct 18, 20249 min read
Self-Love in Recovery: What Does it Really Mean?
Self-love is a term we hear in recovery, personal growth and development circles all the time, but what does it really mean?
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Aug 14, 20246 min read
Living My Purpose: Becoming a Recovery Coach
Once upon a time I was a chronic binge drinker. So let’s call it what it is – an alcoholic. It’s a cringey type of word that elicits...
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Aug 12, 20246 min read
Rebuilding Self-Worth and Worthiness in Recovery
Building your self-worth in recovery is an important part of your healing process. If you're in the early stages of recovery...
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Jul 23, 20247 min read
Abstinence, moderation and harm reduction in the management of my substance use disorder?
Abstinence, moderation management or harm reduction as a recovery choice. Dr Gabor Maté, a leading expert on addiction and trauma, uses...
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Mar 28, 20249 min read
Will I be boring now that I've stopped using drugs and alcohol?
Will I be boring now that I've stopped using? So you’ve decided to try recovery and stopped using drugs and/or alcohol!?
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Mar 6, 20247 min read
What I continue to learn in my recovery and healing process: It's okay to not be okay!
What I've learned in my recovery and healing process: It's okay to not be okay! I celebrated 16 years of sobriety on 1st January 2024,...
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Feb 15, 202410 min read
Mastering the Art of Stress Management: Healthy Coping Strategies for Overcoming Anxiety in Your Recovery
Mastering the Art of Stress Management: Healthy Coping Strategies for Overcoming Anxiety in Your Recovery Recovery is a process filled...
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Jan 7, 202412 min read
Rising Above the Stigma: A Guide to Overcoming Shame and Embracing Addiction Recovery
Rising Above the Stigma: A Guide to Overcoming Shame and Embracing Addiction Recovery What is addiction? And how come I ended up with...
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Dec 30, 202313 min read
Embrace the New Year: Setting Intentions to Support Your Recovery
As the old year wraps itself up and a new one dawns, it's a natural time for introspection, personal growth, and setting intentions...
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Dec 17, 20236 min read
Navigating the Dark: Healing from Loss in Addiction Recovery
Healing from loss in addiction recovery is challenging and recovery is not just a path littered with the debris of addiction...
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Nov 12, 20236 min read
Building Resilience and Grit: Unleashing the Power of Positive Psychology in Addiction Recovery
Building resilience and grit, and unleashing the Power of Positive Psychology in Addiction Recovery. The process of addiction recovery is...
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Oct 29, 20235 min read
Breaking the Cycle: Overcoming Addiction Relapse in Relationships
Breaking the Cycle: Overcoming Addiction Relapse in Relationships Addiction relapse in relationships is complex. It's not just a vicious...
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Aug 9, 20235 min read
Alchemy Wellness...It's a Kinda Recovery Magic
Spiritual Alchemy is the act of inner transformation. It is healing and freeing the inner parts of ourselves that need to be changed.
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Jun 17, 20237 min read
Managing My Addiction Triggers in Recovery
Managing triggers in recovery can be challenging! Learning to effectively manager triggers is an important part of sustainable recovery...
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Jan 1, 20237 min read
Some things I know now that I didn't know 15 years ago!
Waking up on new year's day with a clear head, heart, and conscience is one of the great joys of my recovery. I may lie in bed on 31st...
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Dec 17, 20227 min read
WTF!? What the Fifty!?
I can't believe that I have turned 50! I mean where did all that time go!? I remember my 18th birthday vividly...
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
May 1, 20227 min read
Thank You for the Music
It's a funny thing that music can do...laugh, cry, dance, sing-a-long, and invoke so many BIG memories. Tonight I decided to put on my...
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Dec 31, 202112 min read
14 Years...14ish Lessons
The lessons I have learned in my 14 years of recovery from an alcohol use disorder.
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Dec 16, 20216 min read
Finding Beauty in the Brokenness
It's been a brutal year for so many people and that's on the back of 2020 which most of us remember as one of the more challenging. And...
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Leigh-Anne Brierley
Nov 29, 202112 min read
It's Not About the Money...
"I'm not afraid of dying; I just don't want to be there when it happens," is a Woody Allen quote I recall hearing someone use in a matric...
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