Embodied Recovery - Empowered Living Series

Decision Maker

What separates a peaceful mind from a struggling one? It is rarely circumstances, but rather the attitudes, judgments, and perceptions we practice. In this week's teaching, Michael and Greg explore decision-making through psychological, emotional, and spiritual lenses, examining the difference between choices driven by old, less-than-healthy strategies for getting our needs met and choices rooted in the principles and practices of recovery. Together with participants, they sit with some honest questions: Do we have any real capacity to influence the attitude we carry into the day? Why do some people live in an abiding state of gratitude while others remain stuck in cycles of depression, anxiety, and frustration? The answer they explore is both simple and demanding; it comes down to the practices we commit to, and the place within the mind from which our decisions are made. This episode is an invitation to consider the choices in front of you today, and to ask: what would it look like to engage this day differently than the choices that have led to greater difficulty?

Body of Bliss

Episode 11 from our Empowered Living Teaching Series entitled, "Body of Bliss". Join us as we explore the human drive to seek bliss and the deeper forces that shape how and why we pursue it. In this teaching, Body of Bliss, we examine how the desire for pleasurable experiences can either support genuine connection to self and others or become a reactive escape from discomfort and challenge. Learn how developing a stable foundation of awareness and responsibility creates the conditions for lasting joy, rather than relying on external people, places, or things to “make us” feel better.

Projection Makes Perception

Episode 10 from our Empowered Living Teaching Series entitled, "Projection Makes Perception". This teaching explores a simple but life-changing truth: we don’t experience reality as it is, we experience it as we are. In this teaching, we unpack how unexamined beliefs, unresolved wounds, and emotional habits quietly shape the way we interpret other people, relationships, and life itself. What we assume we are “seeing” is often a projection of our inner world. Listeners are invited to slow down, notice their reactions, and begin reclaiming personal responsibility for perception. By learning to recognize projection in real time, we open the door to clearer seeing, deeper compassion, and more authentic connection. This episode offers a grounded, experiential framework for moving out of distortion and into a more truthful, embodied way of relating to ourselves and others.

The Persistence of Personality

Episode 9 from our Empowered Living Teaching Series entitled, "Persistence of Personality". Join us as we explore our subconscious drives to avoid change and fight to stay the same. Learn about the cognitive distortions that serve as mechanisms for staying in denial and avoiding truths that are painful to acknowledge.

Habit Energy

Episode 8 from our Empowered Living Teaching Series entitled, "Habit Energy". Join us as we explore the thoughts, words, and deeds that make up the habits which drive our destiny.