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What if recovery isn’t about gripping harder, but about becoming someone new? Greg Vorst and Michael Nolan, co-founders of Embodied Recovery, join us to reframe suffering as a portal to soul growth and show how accountability and honesty can reset a life. Their message doesn’t romanticize pain; it transforms it. By shifting from abstinence-only goals to embodied practices, they reveal a path where peace, purpose, and joy are the outcome of daily choices lived in the body.
We dig into practical markers that you’re out of accountability — like chronic blame and a life that keeps misfiring, and how to welcome structures that put you back in the driver’s seat. Greg and Michael offer a plainspoken take on rigorous honesty as a health practice, not a slogan. They also bring nuance to shame: rather than dismiss it entirely, they treat it as a signal that invites realignment and reconnection. The payoff is fewer secrets, less energy wasted on hiding, and more capacity to meet life head on.
Trauma and addiction reshape the nervous system, and that’s where their work shines. We explore Kuksundo, a Korean breath and movement practice that trains parasympathetic tone, widens your window of tolerance, and helps you feel safe from the inside out. When the body remembers calm, therapy lands deeper, cravings loosen, and your day is no longer run by fight, flight, or freeze. Recovery stops being a binder of coping skills and become

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Chapters

1. Owning Accountability (00:00:00)

2. Show Opening And Guest Intro (00:01:12)

3. Origins Of Embodied Recovery (00:02:30)

4. Michael’s Story Of Descent And Hope (00:04:40)

5. Lived Experience Versus Clinical Expertise (00:07:15)

6. Suffering As A Portal To Growth (00:09:05)

7. Beyond Stages Of Change (00:12:33)

8. Defining Rock Bottom And Denial (00:15:24)

9. Honesty As A Health Practice (00:19:26)

10. Recognizing You’re Out Of Accountability (00:23:45)

11. Regulating The Nervous System (00:27:12)

12. Recovery In The Body, Not Just Head (00:31:45)

13. How To Connect And Next Steps (00:35:00)

14. Closing And Listener Invitation (00:39:05)

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