- 48 minutes 57 secondsEp 197. When the Life You’ve Built in Recovery No Longer Fits, with Jason Dobbie
My guest this week is Jason Dobbie, a chef of 26 years who got sober while still running professional kitchens. Sobriety, though, did not answer the question underneath it all: who am I? Eight years on, Jason leads a community of more than 750 people working through that same question, and he joins Ash to unpack what it actually took to rebuild a sense of self from the ground up.
Jason and Ash talk about quitting marijuana years after quitting alcohol, the moment a spiritual awakening cracked his life wide open, and the discomfort of becoming a different person. He shares how learning to put himself first, speak his truth and trust his intuition eventually led him to walk away from a lucrative head chef job for a life built on purpose and alignment.
It is a conversation about the long, often unglamorous work of self-discovery, and a reminder that sobriety is only ever the beginning of finding out who you really are.
Episode chapters:
00:08 Meet Jason: 26 Years a Chef, 750 People in Community
01:02 Building a Community From a Meditation Group
02:43 A Day in Jason’s Life Now
04:13 Where His Drive Really Comes From
06:02 The Photo: Successful on the Outside, Empty on the Inside
08:52 Quitting Weed After 25 Years
10:43 The Veil Effect of Weed and Alcohol
12:07 Why He Finally Quit Drinking
14:34 Free Health Care, Group Therapy and Finding Meditation
18:18 A Shared Story of Spiritual Awakening
20:43 Sober but Lost: Who Am I Now
22:13 The Turning Point at the Mirror
26:39 Learning to Put Himself First
30:52 The Body Signal That Pointed Him Toward a New Career
38:09 Reframing Meditation as Just Paying Attention
44:26 Jason’s Three Non-Negotiables
Connect with Jason here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jason.dobbie/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jason.dobbie
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The Embodied Woman One Day Retreat | October 25th | Find Out More
The Embodied Woman 5 Day Retreat | April 21 - 25, 2027 | Find Out More
Courage To Heal: Childhood Trauma Retreat | June 14 - 21, 2027
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A Sacred Return | Bali | August 16 - 20, 2027
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18 October 2026, 6:00 pm - 44 minutes 58 secondsEp 196. What 5 Days Offline Taught Me About Stillness, Intuition and Energy, with Ash Butterss
In this solo episode, Ash reflects on a recent trip to the Gold Coast, where she spent five nights at a wellness retreat, not as a facilitator but as a guest. Away from Wi-Fi and her usual pace of life, she unpacks five lessons that surfaced in the stillness. From remembering to trust the wisdom of her body, to rereading an old favourite book and discovering how much she herself had changed, there were plenty of downloads she wanted to share.
Ash also discusses the importance of balancing mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health rather than over focusing on just one or two, and how you can achieve this without creating more overwhelm. This is a reflective, practical episode about what it looks like to actually slow down, listen inward, and trust the shifts that quietly ask to be made.
Episode chapters:
00:00 Retreat Announcement
01:13 Coming Back From Eden Retreat
03:38 A Life of Bookends: Regulated Mornings, Full Steam Days
08:18 Choosing Your Own Adventure at Eden
10:39 Trusting the Body Over the Aura Ring
15:09 The Nervous System Check and the 99th Percentile Surprise
17:23 Hearing the Whisper to Step Back From Teaching
21:59 Saying Yes and Watching Life Respond
24:12 Rereading The Untethered Soul Years Later
28:53 Releasing a Resentment Through Energy, Not Defense
31:10 The Joy of Talking to Strangers
33:32 The Four Pillars of Health
43:01 A New Offering Coming in January
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Upcoming Retreats
The Embodied Woman One Day Retreat | October 25th | Find Out More
The Embodied Woman 5 Day Retreat | April 21 - 25, 2027 | Find Out More
Courage To Heal: Childhood Trauma Retreat | June 14 - 21, 2027
Email [email protected] for more information
A Sacred Return | Bali | August 16 - 20, 2027
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11 October 2026, 6:00 pm - 52 minutes 3 secondsEp 195. From Living in His Car to Getting His Daughter Back, with Dave McGrath
This week Ash sits down with Dave McGrath, a 47 year old carpenter and father who recently celebrated three years of sobriety. For a period of about nine months before rehab, Dave was living out of his car, seeing his daughter once every month or two, and losing himself completely to what he calls the alcoholic insanity. His rock bottom came in a friend's garage, staring at an extension ladder and a rope, before something in him snapped awake enough to call a rehab.
In this raw and honest conversation, Dave takes Ash through the chaos of early sobriety attempts that did not stick, the shame of losing contact with his family and his daughter, and the strangers along the way who quietly helped him find his footing, including a chance encounter on a footpath that led him to treatment. He also opens up about an unexpected and profound spiritual awakening in a church that changed the course of his recovery, and what it has taken to rebuild trust with the people he hurt along the way. This is a story about hope, redemption and never giving up.
Episode chapters:
00:00 Introducing Dave McGrath
03:21 The Photo: A Visitation Day With His Daughter
04:16 The Unmanageability of Alcoholic Insanity
05:55 The First Drink as a Child
09:30 Hating Who He Saw in the Mirror
10:41 The Craving He Could Never Control
15:14 Failed Attempts and Dry Spells
18:52 Cold Water Plunges at 2am
19:33 Rock Bottom: The Rope in the Garage
21:31 A Stranger on the Street Who Showed Him the Way
23:21 A Daughter Waiting at the Window
26:03 From Dry Drunk to Actually Working the Program
44:51 A Spiritual Awakening at Church
47:57 Daily Conscious Contact and Letting Go of Rage
50:21 Three Non-Negotiables for a Happy, Authentic Life
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Upcoming Retreats
The Embodied Woman One Day Retreat | October 25th | Find Out More
The Embodied Woman 5 Day Retreat | April 21 - 25, 2027 | Find Out More
A Sacred Return | Bali | August 16 - 20, 2027
Email [email protected] for more information
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4 October 2026, 6:00 pm - 55 minutes 31 secondsEp 194. How Breathwork Can Fast Track Your Healing, with Megan Ashton
My guest this week is Megan Ashton, founder of Unity Breathwork and a leading voice for raising safety standards in the breathwork industry. Megan spent most of her adult life escaping herself, first through alcohol and bulimia as a teenager, then later through constant travel that let her outrun her feelings entirely. It took a devastating breakup, and a breathwork session in Bali, for her to finally crack open decades of unprocessed grief, so that she could start the long journey of finding a way back to herself.
In this conversation, Megan and Ash unpack what conscious connected breathwork actually is, why it so often brings up trauma the body has been holding for years, and what it means to build a practice around genuine safety rather than chasing catharsis. Megan speaks candidly about the childhood wounds that shaped her patterns of numbing, the importance of proper preparation and integration when facilitating breathwork, and her mission to make this kind of healing as accessible and understood as yoga. This conversation invites you to think about acknowledging the feelings you’ve spent a lifetime avoiding.
Episode chapters:
00:00 Introducing Megan Ashton
05:24 The Photo: Hiding Behind the Smile in Nicaragua
07:32 Travel as an Escape Strategy
09:33 A Sensitive Childhood and the First Time She Numbed Out
11:17 The Slow Slide Into Bulimia
12:59 The Breakup That Broke Everything Open
19:57 Trying Everything Before Breathwork
20:27 The Bali Session That Changed Her Life
22:17 Discovering Her Mission in Conscious Connected Breathwork
24:07 What Conscious Connected Breathwork Actually Is
27:08 A Year of Crying: What Processing Really Looks Like
28:07 Letting Go of Expectations in the Practice
00:18 Why Safety in Breathwork Matters So Much
02:28 The Risk of Retraumatisation Without Proper Preparation
04:33 Grounding and Integration After a Session
18:11 Three Non-Negotiables for a Happy, Authentic Life
Connect with Megan through the links below:
Website: (https://unitybreathwork.com/)
Breathwork Facilitator Training page: (https://unitybreathwork.com/breathwork-facilitator-training/)
Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/unitybreathwork/)
Retreats:(https://unitybreathwork.com/breathwork-retreat/)
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Upcoming Retreats
The Embodied Woman One Day Retreat | October 25th | Find Out More
The Embodied Woman 5 Day Retreat | April 21 - 25, 2027 | Find Out More
A Sacred Return | Bali | August 16 - 20, 2027
Email [email protected] for more information.
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27 September 2026, 7:00 pm - 1 hour 4 minutesEp 193. Why It’s Never Too Late to Heal, with Tully Johns
My guest this week is Tully Johns, a Melbourne based health coach who spent close to fifteen years working as a zookeeper before turning to helping people. For most of three decades, Tully carried the effects of childhood sexual abuse without a name for it, showing up instead as depression, anxiety, and eventually a PTSD diagnosis. It was only in his forties, after his brother came forward with his own memories and pursued a case against their father, that Tully began to understand what he himself had survived.
In this conversation, Tully shares what it was like to process decades of trauma later in life, the stretch of days he could not get out of bed that became his turning point, and the small, unglamorous practices that slowly rebuilt his life from the ground up. He and Ash talk about connection, letting people in, and what it means to parent well after having none of that modelled for you. This is a tender and deeply honest conversation about healing on your own timeline and choosing, every day, not to be defined by what happened to you.
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of child sexual abuse, please listen with care. Support services have been included in the episode show notes.
Episode chapters:
00:00 Introducing Tully Johns
06:33 The Photo: Hiding Behind the Smile
07:00 Discovering the Abuse: A Four Year Old's Burden
14:11 His Brother's Case and the Public Fallout
18:13 Forty Years to Process What Happened
26:03 Finding Escape and Purpose Through Animals
32:05 The Catabasis: Hitting a Wall as a Stay at Home Dad
36:17 The Fake Smile That Started the Rebuild
38:16 One Word Journaling and Small Daily Wins
40:58 Movement as Medicine
45:57 Self Compassion Alongside Discipline
49:06 Reparenting the Four Year Old Within
53:01 Why Connection Changes Everything
01:00:40 Three Non-Negotiables for a Happy, Authentic Life
Connect with Tully using the links below:
- Rebuild Body & Mind with Tully: https://www.skool.com/rebuild-with-tully-5411/about
- tullyjohns.com
- Recovering From Childhood Trauma - How I got my life back: https://youtu.be/r0BwXJvU59Q
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tullyjohns/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581593417290
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@tullyjohns
Support Services
If this episode has brought anything up for you, support is available:
- Blue Knot Helpline provides specialist support for adult survivors of childhood trauma and abuse. Call 1300 657 380.
- 1800RESPECT provides free, confidential counselling and support for anyone impacted by sexual violence. Call 1800 737 732 or text 0458 737 732, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Bravehearts provides information and support relating specifically to child sexual abuse. Call 1800 272 831, Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm AEST.
- Lifeline provides crisis support 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Call 13 11 14.
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Upcoming Retreats
The Embodied Woman One Day Retreat | October 25th | Find Out More
A Sacred Return | Bali | August 16 - 20, 2027
Email [email protected] for more information
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20 September 2026, 7:00 pm - 1 hour 8 minutesEp 192. From “Certified Insane” to 32 Years of Recovery, with Suzi Raleigh
My guest this week is Suzi Raleigh, a recovery advocate and budding author who is now 32 years sober. Suzi started drinking at 13, was misdiagnosed for years with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and survived multiple psychiatric hospitalisations and several near death experiences before her father encouraged her to try 12 Step Recovery in 1993. She has not had a drink since.
In this conversation, Suzi shares what it was like to live with a loneliness she calls the ache, the moment her drinking finally stopped being explained away by mental illness, and how discovering codependency twelve years into sobriety changed the entire trajectory of her recovery. She and Ash explore what it really means to be a recovering rescuer, the boundaries work that continues decades in, and the unique approach Suzi now teaches through her upcoming book, naming, taming and nurturing the different inner personalities that drive addiction and codependency. It is a warm, funny and wise conversation about what it looks like to keep growing long after the drinking stops.
Episode chapters:
00:00 Introducing Suzi Raleigh
06:09 The Photo: Hiding Behind the Smile
07:25 Growing Up in a Pub and the First Drink at Thirteen
10:19 The Ache: Naming the Loneliness Underneath
12:04 The First Hospitalisation and Years of Misdiagnosis
23:04 Her Father's Suggestion and the First AA Meeting
25:01 What the First Twelve Months of Sobriety Looked Like
27:06 Becoming a Recovering Rescuer
28:48 Discovering Codependency at Twelve Years Sober
30:11 High Functioning Codependency and the Auto-Fix Reflex
37:21 Marrying a Man Twenty Years Sober and Growing Together
42:57 Naming the Inner Characters: Suzy the Floozy and Beyond
01:00:39 Reclaiming Little Tootie and Becoming Her Own Best Friend
01:05:25 Three Non-Negotiables for a Happy, Authentic Life
You can connect with Suzi on her Tik Tok or reach out via email - [email protected]
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Upcoming Retreats
The Embodied Woman One Day Retreat | October 25th | Find Out More
A Sacred Return | Bali | August 16 - 20, 2027
Email [email protected] for more information
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Instagram @ashbutterss
TikTok @behindthesmilewithashb
Watch Ash’s TEDx Talk here!
Support Services
If this conversation has brought anything up for you, please know you don’t have to go through it alone. Support is always available. You can reach out to Lifeline on 13 11 14 for 24/7 crisis support, Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636 for mental health support and guidance, or the Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467 for free counselling.
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13 September 2026, 7:00 pm - 1 hour 16 minutesEp 191. Why Nothing External Will Ever Fill The Internal Void, with Katrina Loewe
My guest this week is Katrina Loewe, a mum of three boys who lived 47 years in internal chaos before a spiritual awakening turned her life around. On the outside, Katrina had everything, a beautiful family, a beautiful home, and a life many would envy. On the inside, she was drowning in perfectionism, shame she had carried since her teens, and a growing disconnection from herself that eventually led her through four hospitalisations in the space of nine and a half weeks.
Katrina shares what it was like to hit a point where nothing external could fix her anymore, the moment she finally reached out for real help, and how meditation, connection, and a complete willingness to change gave her a life she had never known was possible. She talks openly about perfectionism, people pleasing, the shame of being away from her children while seeking treatment, and what it means to finally feel at peace in your own life.
This is a moving conversation about what transformation can look like when it has nothing to do with rock bottom in the traditional sense, and everything to do with finally coming home to yourself.
Episode chapters:
00:00 Introducing Katrina Loewe
05:14 The Photo: Hiding Behind the Smile
08:52 A Wholesome Childhood and the First Signs of Not Fitting In
13:14 A Difficult Family Holiday and Years of Carrying Shame
26:20 Becoming a Stepmum, IVF, and Chasing "I'll Be Happy When"
30:52 Suffocating Behind a Perfect Life
33:22 Losing Her Father and the Grief She Never Processed
36:43 The Trip Around Australia and the Start of the Unravelling
38:04 When Drinking Crept In
40:53 Four Hospitals in Nine and a Half Weeks
46:13 The Instagram Post That Changed Everything
51:20 What Her Relationship with Alcohol Looks Like Today
57:19 Releasing the Shame and Living Without Apology
01:00:16 Three Non-Negotiables for a Happy, Authentic Life
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Upcoming Workshops:
The Renewal Ritual | September 13th | Buy Tickets Here
Upcoming Retreats:
The Embodied Woman | Gold Coast | April 21 - 25, 2027
A Sacred Return | Bali | August 16 - 20, 2027
Email [email protected] for more details!
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6 September 2026, 7:00 pm - 31 minutes 32 secondsEp 190. Feeling Lost? The Daily Spiritual Practice That Brings You Back to Yourself, with Ash Butterss
Fresh from running her retreat in Bali, Ash is back with another solo episode exploring why so many of us feel disconnected from ourselves, and how a simple daily spiritual practice can help us step off the hamster wheel and come back to what truly matters. Inspired from the practices she was sharing on retreat, Ash shares what sadhana really means, the difference between filling your life with more things to do and creating practices that genuinely support you, and how meditation, pranayama, breathwork, yoga and stillness can become part of your everyday life.
Ash also takes you behind the scenes of the retreat, from temple visits and Agni Hotra to kirtan, floating sound healing, sauna, cold plunges and the power of sisterhood. She reflects on how sobriety and recovery opened the door to a life she once could not have imagined, and why she now considers facilitating retreats her dream job.
This episode is for anyone who feels exhausted from constantly doing, achieving or performing, yet still feels as though something is missing. You do not need to attend a retreat or completely overhaul your life to begin. Transformation can start with ten quiet minutes, one honest question or a single practice that brings you back to yourself each day.
Ash also shares details of her upcoming retreats in Bali, Melbourne and the Gold Coast, including the newly announced A Sacred Return retreat in 2027.
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Upcoming Workshops:
The Renewal Ritual | September 13th | Buy Tickets Here
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30 August 2026, 7:00 pm - 1 hour 5 minutesEp 189. The Secret That’s Kept Sanjay Sober for 21 Years
My guest this week is Sanjay, a father in recovery who has been sober for 21 years. Born in Uganda, raised in London and now living in Melbourne, Sanjay grew up watching his father drink before taking his own first drink at fifteen. He spent the next two decades chasing that initial feeling through alcohol, drugs and gambling, while his life quietly unravelled behind the scenes.
In this conversation, Sanjay shares the unexpected moment a psychiatrist broke through every wall he had built, what it took to finally surrender, and why getting sober was only the beginning. He opens up about losing his father to alcoholism, navigating divorce without returning to old behaviours, and the role yoga and spirituality have played in helping him continue to grow.
But the real secret to Sanjay’s 21 years of sobriety has been getting out of himself. Through service, connection and giving back to the recovery community, he has found a sense of purpose that has carried him through every season of life. This is a warm and honest conversation about why sobriety cannot be sustained in isolation, and how helping others may be one of the most powerful ways we help ourselves.
Episode chapters:
00:08 Introducing Sanjay
04:39 The Photo: Hiding Behind the Smile in London
07:48 Growing Up: A Father's Drinking and Life on Eggshells
10:49 A Refugee Identity and the Feeling of Not Belonging
13:07 The First Drink at Fifteen and Why He Loved It
17:15 Chasing the Feeling: Rave Culture, Drugs and Excess
19:37 When the Consequences Started to Show Up
23:57 Rock Bottom: Isolated, Broke and Calling Crisis Lines at 2am
26:22 The Health Insurance Letter and the Road to the Priory
29:02 The Psychiatrist Who Saw a Little Boy
31:06 Surrender Day: January 13, 2005
36:50 What Happened Inside the Priory
38:12 Building the Foundation: Big Book Recovery and Service
52:43 Whack-a-Mole: What Comes Up When You Put the Drink Down
56:47 Yoga, Chanting and the Practices That Quieten the Noise
59:35 What Recovery Looks Like 21 Years In
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The Renewal Ritual | September 13th | Buy Tickets Here
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23 August 2026, 7:00 pm - 50 minutes 57 secondsEp 188. The Unexpected Gift of Trauma and Pathway to Post-Traumatic Growth, with Dr. Edith Shiro
My guest this week is Dr. Edith Shiro, a clinical psychologist and author who has spent more than three decades working with trauma survivors, refugees, and communities navigating profound adversity. She is also the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors and Syrian refugees, and that lived experience sits at the heart of everything she does.
In this conversation, Dr. Shiro and Ash explore what trauma really means, how it shows up in perfectionism, people pleasing, dissociation, and addiction, and why so many people move through life not realising they are carrying wounds at all.
Dr. Shiro also touches on her five-stage framework for post-traumatic growth, including the science behind why spirituality changes the brain and how individuals can transform their pain into purpose.
We will all experience trauma in some form. This conversation is about what you choose to do with it, and whether you allow it to define you.
Episode chapters:
00:22 Introducing Dr. Edith Shiro
02:03 What Trauma Really Means
03:35 Trauma Responses: Fight, Flight, Freeze and Fawn
06:32 Minimizing Trauma: When You Don't Think You Qualify
07:56 Micro Traumas and How They Accumulate Over Time
10:22 Dissociation: The Protective Tool That Keeps Us Stuck
13:25 The Invisible Armor and the Emptiness Underneath
17:41 The Universal Wounds: Shame, Rejection, and Not Belonging
20:53 The Unexpected Gift of Trauma: The Book and the Title
23:06 Why Two People Can Experience the Same Trauma So Differently
27:47 Intergenerational Trauma and the Science of Epigenetics
29:29 Becoming the Intergenerational Alchemist
30:52 Radical Acceptance: The Hardest and Most Essential First Step
31:43 The Parallel Between Stage One and Step One
36:21 Why We Lie: Fear, Shame, and the Double Life
39:10 Why Spirituality Is Essential for Post-Traumatic Growth
41:45 Turning Pain into Purpose
45:55 Dr. Edith's Own Spiritual Practice
49:25 There Is Hope and There Is a Way Out
Connect with Dr. Edith below:
The Unexpected Gift of Trauma: The Path to Posttraumatic Growth by Dr. Edith Shiro
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Upcoming Workshops:
The Renewal Ritual | September 13th | Buy Tickets Here
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16 August 2026, 9:00 pm - 1 hour 6 minutesEp 187. The Spiritual Thread Between Recovery and Yoga, with Mark Purser
My guest this week is Mark Purser, a yoga teacher, meditation guide, and founder of the Yogic Meditation Institute, based in Byron Bay. With over 20 years of study across almost every major yoga tradition, Mark brings a rare depth of knowledge to his teaching. But behind all of that wisdom is a story of years spent swinging between intense spiritual practice and alcohol, trying to find a way out that didn't involve fully surrendering.
In this conversation, Mark shares the moment his last drink became his last, alone in a national park on his birthday with no phone reception and a choice to make. He and Ash explore the relationship between yoga philosophy and 12-step recovery, the power of stillness as a daily practice, and why Yoga Nidra remains the one tool he would never give up. This is a conversation for anyone looking to understand what it really takes to build a life rooted in meaning, community, and presence.
Episode chapters:
00:00 Introducing Mark Purser
03:29 Life in Byron Bay: Surfing, Tango, and Sadhana
07:04 How Tango Became a Moving Meditation
10:00 Scent of a Woman and the Seed That Was Planted
12:07 The Photo: Hiding Behind the Smile in Byron Bay
15:15 Yoga Without the Inner Work
18:31 The Tango Class, the Pub, and the Night It All Unravelled
21:28 Being a Dad and the Shame of a Blackout
26:29 The Last Drink: Alone in the Bush on His Birthday
29:44 Choosing Sydney Over the Pub
31:49 The Balance Between Horror and Hope
33:05 A Cousin 35 Years Sober and the Power of Living Proof
35:29 Why Ash Resisted AA and What Changed
37:13 The Gift of Desperation
45:00 Where Yoga Philosophy and the 12 Steps Meet
51:48 Why He Still Needs Help After 15 Years
53:44 The Stillness Practice and Why It Changes Everything
57:45 Yoga Nidra: The One Tool He Would Never Give Up
59:39 Three Non-Negotiables for a Happy, Authentic Life
Connect with Mark below:
Podcast: The Gentle Revolution
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The Renewal Ritual | September 13th | Buy Tickets Here
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