Episode 717: One Woman’s Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction with Mary Beth O’Connor

The Trauma Therapist

Guy Crawford Macpherson

Education, Mental Health, Alternative Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 580 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Mary Beth O’Connor has been sober since 1994. She has also been in recovery from abuse, trauma, and anxiety. Six years into her recovery, Mary Beth attended Berkeley Law. She worked at a large firm, then litigated class actions for the federal government. In 2014, she was appointed a federal administrative law judge, a position she held until 2020.

Mary Beth is a director, secretary, and founding investor for She Recovers Foundation and a director for LifeRing Secular Recovery. She regularly speaks about multiple paths to recovery, to groups such as Women for Sobriety. Mary Beth’s op-ed, “I Beat Addiction Without God,” where she described combining ideas from several secular programs to create a robust recovery foundation, appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Her new book, "From Junkie to Judge, One Woman’s Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction" will be released January 24th.

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1:26.1	Music com. All right. My name is Guy McPherson.
1:39.3	My mission is to help trauma therapist be their incredible selves, to be human, to be real, not just a clinician.
1:47.1	I'm a big believer in who we are is more important than what we know.
1:50.8	And this requires cultivating authenticity, genuineness, and vulnerability.
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1:57.3	You can learn more about my courses and workshops by going to the Traumathotherapist Project.com. That's the Traumathoristproject.com. Let's get started. All right. So five, four, three, two, and one. Our folks, welcome back to the trauma therapist podcast. Very excited to have us, Mike, I'm sitting,beth O'Connor. Marybeth, welcome.
2:18.6	Thank you.
2:19.2	Good to be here.
2:20.5	So, Marybeth has been sober since 1994.
2:23.8	She's also been in recovery from abuse, trauma, and anxiety.
2:27.8	Six years into recovery, Marybeth attended Berkeley Law.
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