How Liz’s deepest roots shaped her identity in
the world which led her to write about stress and trauma. She says
she is “exhibit A” of what she writes about
How we as a society undermine resilience and
how this shows up in addictions
Liz’s definition of Trauma: “a condition when
our survival brain perceives us to be powerless, helpless, and
lacking control”
What is the window of tolerance to stress
arousal
3 ways we narrow our window over our
lifetime
The most important thing is that we can widen
the window
Why the habit of worrying has huge
neurobiological costs
Adina gets some answers on habit change and the
all too familiar resistance
How to build ourselves a ladder to help with
re-regulating habit change
What’s one thing you can do right now to widen
the window-this is great!
We can go in a virtuous cycle direction or a
vicious cycle direction but it’s our choice
What is Liz’s message to the AIR community
(hint: it involves willpower)
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Atheists in Recovery podcast will address the spiritual and scientific belief systems of people in long term recovery in order to deconstruct limiting thought patterns, and introduce new behaviors and routines you can use.