I own it, a distant, not proud that was me, and when I face it a little dignity, not

looking for excuses, I just want to be free from power, weakness head on me.

Free, free, free, free, free, free.

Free, free, free.

Hi, everyone, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.

I'm Gene McCarthy, and our guest today is Andrea Owen, an author, mentor, and certified life coach who helps high achieving women let go of perfectionism, control, and isolation, and to choose courage and confidence instead.

She's helped thousands of women, myself included, manage their inner critic and create loving connections

and to live their most kick-ass life.

This is Andrea's third visit to the bubble hour.

You can search our archives on Blog talk radio or iTunes for her name,

and you will hear her earlier interviews and her personal story.

Andrea is the proud author of 52 ways to live a kick-ass life,

a BS-free wisdom to ignite your inner badass and live the life you deserve.

And her second book, How to Stop Feeling Like Shit, 14 Habits That Are Holding You Back from

Happiness is due out in January 2018.

Andrea, welcome back to the bubble hour.

Thank you so much for having me.

I can't believe I've been on her twice before.

I think my very first time I was way earlier on in my sobriety.

I'd be even curious to go back and listen to that one. Yeah, you should. It's a good one.

You talk about like relapsing in your pantry. Oh my God. That's such a painful story. I think

that was the first time I had told that story publicly. Well, it was, was it vanilla extract or cold medicine or both it was vanilla extract and

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