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Primal Question

Annie F. Downs

Primal Question

Mike Foster

Self-improvement, Counseling, Sleeping At Last, Emotional Health, Health & Fitness, Anxiety, Relationships, Inspiration, Society & Culture, Suicide, Annie Downs, Unspoken Podcast, Depression, Addiction, Mike Foster, Rachel Hollis, Education, Therapy, Mental Health

5.01.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Annie F. Downs is a best-selling author and nationally known speaker based in Nashville, Tennessee. In this session of _Fun Therapy_, Mike talks to her about the struggles of being single, feelings of rejection and what it means to truly belong. The Fun Therapy Podcast is a proud member of [The RELEVANT Podcast Network](https://relevantmagazine.com/podcasts/). Subscribe to the podcast in [iTunes](itms://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fun-therapy/id1290469005?mt=2), or S[titcher](https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/relevant-podcast-network-2/fun-therapy). If you haven’t already, please [review us on iTunes here](itms://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fun-therapy/id1290469005?mt=2). It’s an important way to help new listeners discover the show! And be sure to say hello on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/), [Facebook](http://facebook.com) and [Instagram](http://instagram.com).

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0:00.0

Hey friends this is Mike Foster and you are listening to fun therapy

0:09.1

together we're going to dive into the messy and honest and real parts of our not so perfect stories.

0:17.0

We're going to do it all with a smile and filled with hope.

0:21.0

As you think about your life and the transformation that our lives go through, there's

0:26.6

really three basic steps. There's order, there's disorder, and the third step is reorder.

0:36.2

Our life is together, it's in control,

0:38.5

we've got everything working the way we want it,

0:42.0

and then it comes undone.

0:45.3

And then the pain, and then the struggle, and the chaos.

0:50.0

But out of that chaos, something new and beautiful is created.

0:53.7

That's the reorder.

0:55.3

Our lives are transformed.

0:58.6

Think about when a caterpillar turns into a butterfly.

1:02.2

That caterpillar's body literally becomes liquefied in that

1:07.2

Cuckoo. Everything about that caterpillar is displace, it's disrupted, complete disorder.

1:17.5

And out of that liquefied life, a butterfly emerges.

1:22.0

Something beautiful is born. My name is Mike Foster and this is fun therapy. So friends I want to invite you to my live training workshop that I do in San Diego a few times a year.

1:40.0

It's called Rescue Academy and it's a two-day workshop and there'll be about 25 of us who get

1:46.4

together from all over the country and I'm going to teach you the tools and skills and my simple

1:51.8

framework for coaching and counseling others through shame and trauma and grief.

1:59.1

And so if that sounds like something that you might be interested, I want you to visit and register at rescue academy.com.

2:07.5

Rescue Academy.com now I do need to warn you these workshops always sell out so if you're interested make sure to go there sooner

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