What’s the Value of Addiction?

Hitting Rock bottom...the End or a Beautiful New Possibility?

In this episode of the “What’s the value of addiction?” Podcast I have an inspirational, beautiful conversation with Vanessa E. Kali. Vanessa is an Integrative Psychology Practitioner and founder of Kalo Rising, where she integrates psychology, consciousness, and pragmatic awareness to expand what healing and recovery can look like beyond treatment. Using the tools of Access Consciousness her mission is to expand what long-term healing and recovery can look like by giving people practical tools that create choice, awareness, and sustainability beyond treatment. In this episode we talk about her incredible work with the Access Bars & other Access tools at recovery clinics where she’s been seeing amazing results for the last couple of years.  We talk about the beautiful moment when someone that has been struggling with addiction and maybe lost their zest for life get that sparkle in their eye back and the relief in their world when they can finally relax & receive again.  We both have experienced how the tools of Access Consciousness offer a very different possibility, beyond the structures & the rules. And how the tools are opening up to a pragmatic way of creating change; with questions & vulnerability and by empowering people to ask themselves; “what would I like to create as my life now?”. We also discuss how it’s through suffering & being in survival mode that you eventually can come to a point of choosing something different. Rock bottom is when you stop digging. And from that beautiful new space your life is a blank canvas & you can create what truly works for you.  Key takeaways & tools; - Sobriety is not something that you get to & then you’re done. It’s one choice, and then another one & another one. Ask; what would I like to choose today? - Instead of judgement & right and wrong; look at creation! What do you want to create?  - Most things in the world, including recovery, is about finding the answer. The tools of Access Consciousness is about empowering people to know that they know.  RESOURCES & LINKS  - https://www.accessconsciousness.com/en/public-profiles/vanessa-perez/  - “Finding Calm in Recovery - An Access Bars story” video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-2nyQgRn4U - www.pragmaticpsychology.com  - www.brendonwatt.com - www.accessconsciousness.com

Going Beyond Comfort & Lighting the Fire Within

In this episode of the “What’s the value of addiction?” Podcast I’m exploring comfort zones & what is beyond them. In my own journey of consciousness & sobriety I’ve had to push myself beyond what’s comfortable in many ways. Before getting sober alcohol was my cushion, my greatest comfort zone that I always could go back to when things got tough.  I realised that behind my addiction to alcohol was an unwillingness to be truly present in my life. Judging myself, separate from others & that constant heaviness was comfortable & known. Joy, happiness & ease on the other hand was not something I could control or define and therefore way beyond what I thought I had available to me.  But what if every day could be about what you CAN choose, not about what you’ve already chosen. So I started to explore what I could choose that would be an acknowledgment of what is actually true for me, what would inspire me & light that fire inside me once again.  Long story short…many dance lessons later slowly but surely I came back to life & back to being present; as ME. Key takeaways & tools; •⁠  ⁠Every day; destroy & uncreate everything you’ve defined yourself as. Who would you like to be today? •⁠  ⁠What if every day could be about what you can choose, not about what you’ve already chosen. •⁠  ⁠“All of life comes to me with ease, joy & glory” - repeat this mantra 10 times in the morning & 10 times in the evening.  RESOURCES & LINKS  www.brendonwatt.com www.theclearingstatement.com  www.accessconsciousness.com  “Keeping in Touch” Telegram chat;  https://t.me/+ctcVbAycIpA0MmFh

Your Life Is Speaking to You… Are You Listening?

In this episode of the “What’s the value of addiction?” Podcast I’m joined by my great friend Nikolett Erdelyi. Nikolett is an Access Consciousness facilitator, author and speaker living in Budapest, Hungary. Nikolett found the tools of Access & changed her life completely; from struggling with alcoholism, depression & financial stress to building a successful business from scratch, reaching & inspiring hundreds of people in Hungary & worldwide.  In this episode we have a candid conversation about addiction and how alcohol & drugs gave us both a false sense of relaxation, that in actuality was an escape from the intensity of the world & our awareness of it.  We talk about how drinking every day, doing drugs every weekend & being constantly hungover was considered normal and how the awareness of it as addiction & self-abuse came years later.  We also discuss the shift from depression to creation and regaining a sense of creativity & lust for life thanks to the tools of Access Consciousness. And we vulnerably chat about how still to this day life isn’t perfect and how the rollercoaster of living takes us on unexpected twists & turns as everything’s changing all the time.  We chat about the constant search for more and how there’s no right way to do anything; only the question “what would I like to create today?”. And how creation can come from relaxation & space instead of push & force.  Key takeaways; •⁠  ⁠Instead of telling your life what you want to do with it let your life speak and tell you what it wants to do with you.  •⁠  ⁠It’s OK not to be OK. •⁠  ⁠The sense of peace & space can feel uncomfortable & wrong - but that’s actually the space that you can create your life from.  •⁠  ⁠If you feel lost, are you actually lost or are you aware of the world?  •⁠  ⁠Ask every day; What can I change? What can I choose from here? What can I do different?  RESOURCES & LINKS  “Let Your Life Speak” book by Parker J. Palmer https://nikolett.com/hu/  https://www.instagram.com/_n_i_k_o_l_e_t_t_  www.brendonwatt.com www.accessconsciousness.com

What if the Steps “Backward” Are Also Part of the Dance Called Your Life?

In this episode of the “What’s the Value of Addiction?” Podcast I have a really fun, creative conversation with my guest Amanda Anderson. Amanda is an Access Consciousness Certified Facilitator & Joy of Business facilitator. She has used the tools of Access to create her life & business in a dynamically different way for the last 10 years. She’s also been working with the business of Access for many years & her favourite thing is to create business from a space of possibilities & joy. In this episode we chat about all things creation & business. And how taking two more steps is actually about getting out of judgement and having allowance for the times & days where you’re seemingly moving backwards. Asking the question “What’s right about this?” can be a powerful tool to stop judging what you’ve decided is wrong & bad and instead move forward. We talk about how as kids we have access to this generative, joyful energy that we seem to lose track of along the way of becoming adults, especially when it comes to business. The more serious we get & the more pressure we put on our creations the less joy we allow ourselves (and it definitely doesn’t allow the business to grow). We also chat about the magic & miracles that shows up when you ask every day “What can I add to my life?”. This question combined with the willingness to keep going & never stop is what we both have noticed allows for unexpected, amazing possibilities to show up in our lives. Key takeaways; •⁠  ⁠What’s my reality with this? •⁠  ⁠What would it be like to create my life from that space of generative energy? •⁠  ⁠The only way to make a different choice is by enjoying the choices you’re making right now. •⁠  ⁠Anything you’ve eliminated as a choice you will eventually have to choose it to prove that you have choice. •⁠  ⁠We’re so entrained to being constantly productive, and that it’s the “doing” that is valuable. But what if it’s actually more about what you’re choosing to BE.  RESOURCES & LINKS  www.amandaanderson.net  www.brendonwatt.com www.theclearingstatement.com  www.accessconsciousness.com

Your Best Buddy; You or Your Addiction?

Welcome to episode #6 of the “What’s the Value of Addiction?” podcast. For this episode I have the amazing Marilyn Bradford as my guest. Marilyn is a psychotherapist, international speaker, author, and Access Consciousness Certified Facilitator with more than thirty years of experience in the addiction field. She has facilitated change and possibility for thousands around the world. Marilyn is the creator of Right Recovery For You, a unique and radical approach to ending any addictive or compulsive behaviour. She herself has a history of addiction and spent 17 years following the steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) before she found Access Consciousness. In this episode we talk about how AA and its structure can be a great contribution especially in the beginning of your journey to sobriety. Although both mine & Marilyn’s experience is that AA does not teach you how to create your life, that’s where we both have (and still are) using the tools of Access Consciousness every day. We have a very vulnerable conversation about how addiction can be like your “best buddy” and how the exploration of living without addiction is really about learning to be with yourself (which is NOT always comfortable).  We also talk about how addiction can show up in so many different ways; alcohol & drugs yes absolutely, but also as perfectionism, being right, being wrong, being the perfect mom etc. And with any kind of addiction you’re leaving your being, you’re leaving yourself. Key takeaways; - What if you can be grateful for the thing you were addicted to - how much was it there to serve you? - Creating separation & distance to create change never works - Addiction is an energy looking for a target - Kindness with yourself can be a strong talk, it’s not always being nice RESOURCES & LINKS  www.marilynbradford.com www.instagram.com/rightrecoveryforyou www.brendonwatt.com www.accessconsciousness.com