Navigating Grief in Recovery: Healing Through Sobriety with Gen Stoney

The Unapologetic Woman Podcast

The newest episode of the Unapologetic Woman Podcast is out, and is dedicated to my sober soul sister Sarah Di Pasquale who recently lost her 4 year fight to breast cancer. May your light and love live on in our hearts for decades to come.
In this episode Gen Stoney dives into all things…

• The importance of unpacking your grief in sobriety, and harm that can be caused if you suppress grief and my story of almost relapsing at 3years sober.
• My journey with grief and loss across my 15years of recovery, and how I am processing my grief today.
• What my support system looks like today, and how i allow myself the grace and compassion to grieve imperfectly and how I set myself up for success.
• The Kübler-Ross model, often referred to as the "Five Stages of Grief," proposed by psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. The stages are: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance. Some individuals might experience other emotions and reactions not covered by this grief model, such as shock, guilt, anxiety, or relief (especially in cases of prolonged suffering or illness).
• Grief is a highly individualized process, and thus it is not a one-size-fits-all experience.
• The intricate relationship between unresolved grief and addiction, focusing on how trauma and emotional pain can lead to substance abuse and/or relapse.
  and supporting recovery.
• Roles of Mindfulness and Mediation in grief.
• The importance of support systems, sober sisters, medical professionals, recovery support groups, personal coaches, mentors, etc.
• Why it’s important to identify an exhaustive list of potential grief triggers,
• &So much more….

Host Bio:

Gen Stoney is a recovery mentor, sober sexuality coach, unapologetic woman, happily married for over 12years, and mom to 2 lil boys. Women come to her in sobriety feeling frustrated about their relationships & life. Women leave feeling like an empowered irresistible unapologetic woman, magnetizing the life & love of their dreams. Gen has been coaching women and has been sober from drugs and alcohol for 15 years. Gen is the creator and founder of Gen Stoney Coaching, and host of the Unapologetic woman podcast. She graduated with honors with her bachelors degree in Psychology and a minor in nutrition. She is a certified life coach, EFT practitioner, meditation guide, SheRecovers certified coach, and chakra healer. Gen is a speaker, a #1 International Best Selling Author, and have been featured as a regular guest expert on FOX & The CW, in Miami & in Austin Texas. She has been featured on the the 100 TOP inspirational women globally, by the Hoinser group. If you are ready to claim your unapologetic radiant romantic sober fun energized life, Gen Stoney is your person!

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