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Hey, this is Alexis Haines and welcome to Recovering from Reality,

where I illuminate the messy and magical path of coming home to yourself.

Whether you're on the road to recovery, seeking self-care techniques for surviving the

capitalist machine, or just need a moment to remember that you're not alone in your loneliness,

we're serving up the ultimate truth. Your challenges don't define you, how you deal with them does.

So are you ready to recover from reality?

We always say be your own guru. Exactly. That's the message, right? And then through that we're

informing people of different ideas and tools to form their own toolkit, to then go off

and prosper whatever that looks like for them. It's like we're not here to tell you how to be,

there's zero one size fits all, so let's all get that really straight, because I think the

biggest problem and what I would guess like what you're probably rubs you the wrong way as with

us is that there's all these people out there saying they have the answer. No. If someone says they do,

then you should automatically be questioned. Yeah. Yeah, because the answer for me won't be the same

answer for you guys. But it is exciting to hear about what work for you and that kind of can help

inform the landscape of like what's available. I think what's more important than getting the answer

is seeking it. Yeah, the journey. Yeah. That was a quick clip from this week's episode with Elizabeth

and Stephanie from the That's a RetroGrid podcast. We did a fun little swap for you guys.

We're both on the same network and we figured it was time. We are diving into so many different

topics from what it's like to be a podcaster to our own individual wellness journeys. And I kept

this episode uncut. I usually just clean it up a little bit. I don't ever make major cuts, but

I decided that from this episode specifically, I was going to leave it uncut because there's just

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