Cybele Botran

The Bubble Hour

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Cybele Botran of Wide Awake Recovery shares her story of recovery and healing. Cybele believes that each of us can be our own healers once we get past the judgement, guilt, and shame that hold us back. She teaches transformative practices of self-love, self-compassion, and self-forgiveness to help others find the powers within to let go of unconscious beliefs and embrace joy. Cybele has a free download for listeners interested in learning more about inner-child work: Free e-booklet: Self-Love for Your Inner Child Website: www.wideawakerecovery.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/wideawakerecovery Facebook: www.facebook.com/wideawakerecovery (Pleae note: This conversation includes discussion of adverse childhood experiences including sexual trauma.)

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0:00.0	I own it, I did that, not proud, but that was me, and when I face it, I take back a little dignity, not looking for excuses, I just want to be free from power.
0:22.9	Weakness had on me.
0:25.4	Free, free, free, free, free.
0:33.3	Hi, everyone, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.
0:40.3	I'm Gene McCarthy, recovery author, blogger, and podcast host.
0:44.8	I've been chronicling my adventures in life after alcohol since my first day of sobriety a decade ago in my blog unpickled and in the books that I write.
0:54.1	I tell my stories there and I hold
0:56.3	space for your stories here. And today I'm holding space for Sibel Botron. Now Sibel's actually
1:02.5	been on the program a few times if you look back into some of our classic episodes, seasons
1:08.0	one, two, three. You'll hear her there. And she's back to talk about
1:13.1	where she's at these days and to tell us her story. Hi, Sabelle. Hey, Jean. How are you? I'm so good.
1:20.2	I'm so happy to talk to you. We have been in this really interesting relationship all these years where when I first joined this podcast,
1:31.0	which was 2012, Amanda said, you know, join this online group that we're all in so that we
1:37.4	can connect to the recovery community there. And you are in that group. And so we've been in alignment
1:43.5	for almost, what is it now, like nine years.
1:47.6	And yet, this is our first time just having a one-on-one special devoted time together. I'm so
1:52.9	happy to be with you. That's so true. Me too, Jean, really. Thank you for asking me on.
1:59.8	Well, I'm glad you're here and I really love the work that
2:03.6	you're doing these days and we're going to talk about that in a moment. But first, I want our listeners
2:08.5	to get to know you. So, Sabelle, tell us about yourself and tell us your story. Yeah, thank you,
2:15.3	Jean. So my name is Sabelle, as you said, and I use she, her pronouns. I live in Miami, Florida, which is traditional to Questa land. And I have been alcohol-free for almost 10 years. And I'm in recovery from alcohol use, childhood sexual trauma, family dysfunction,
2:36.5	codependency, self-harm, perfectionism, hustling for my worthiness and anxiety.
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