EP21 Friendships in Sobriety with Jo

This week on Empowered Sobriety Lindsay and Abby welcome Jo from Spacious Expression! A Women's Sobriety Coach who helps her clients create sustainable systems of empowerment in all stages of sobriety! 0:00 Intro

2:52 Friendships in our addictions and in recovery

3:20 Lindsay shares her journey with friendships in addiction and early on in sobriety

6:26 Jo shares her journey with friendships in addiction and early on in sobriety

8:38 Lindsay shares a relatable experience to Jo's share

9:26 Abby shares her journey with friendships in addiction and early on in sobriety

12:04 Lindsay speaks to her turbulent transition out of friendship, the pain and the beauty of it all

15:20 Abby validates how painful it can be to choose sobriety over relationships or friendships or past lives

16:20 Jo acknowledges the personal power in preparing ourselves for this step before we take it

17:44 Jo talks more about her empowering decision to join a women's group early on in her sobriety and how her friendships have blossomed and been redefined in such a loving way

20:50 Abby reflects on Jo's share and her own discovery of new friendships and who she surrounds herself with today

21:47 Lindsay gives her reflection to Jo's share and adds her insight

22:49 "Not everyone can come with us into our next chapter"

23:24 Abby talks about creating space and the freedom to call in your tribe

25:26 Jo reflects on Abby's share and gives her input on connection as humans and standards in friendship and within ourselves

26:30 Lindsay speaks to her old understanding of individual friendships and romantic partnerships and how much it has shifted for her

28:30 Lindsay asks for Jo's input. She adds about contextual friendships in her healing. Expectations of friends and how that has shifted

32:00 Abby reflects on Jo's capacity and how that is relevant to our nervous system. She shares her own experience in this.

34:20 Listeners: If you're curious about how to define your friendships, awareness and boundaries!

35:56 Jo adds a piece, data collection! Going out into the world and collecting data through the self awareness practice

37:52 Abby shares what comes up for her in regards to different friends for deep grief, depression, motivation, etc. Acknowledges Jo for adding in the data collection piece

39:25 Jo's reflection on the compassion to acknowledge how we are able to show up and how we are consciously choosing friendships

39:50 Thanking Jo for coming onto the podcast

40:18 Question: What are the gifts of your trauma? Jo answers so beautifully with Empathy, ability to hold non-judgmental space about what has occurred to us and through us, and the capacity to hold space.

40:54 Closing

You can schedule a discovery call with Jo to work with her 1:1. Jo's IG handle is @spaciousexpression and website: www.spaciousexpression.com

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