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Sometimes, well, some bad thing that could happen in one's life, you think, well, that's my excuse.

You know, if that happens, then, of course, I could have a drink or I could do drugs.

Like, wouldn't you, wouldn't you want to take the edge off?

But I realized early on that there were no conditions that I could put on my recovery.

In this episode of Insights at the Edge, my guest is Stephen Washington.

Stephen helps people in recovery stay grounded and focused through mindfulness

and movement. He was a professional Broadway dancer and is now an acclaimed Chi-Gung and Pilates teacher.

He's the author of the book, Recovering You, Soul Care and Mindful Movement for Overcoming

Addiction, and he's the creator of the Stephen Washington Experience, the S-W-E studio. It's an affordable

online community that offers movement, meditation, and more.

Friends, stay with us.

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.

We're joining with our friends at Better Help to celebrate and thank

all of the therapists in our lives. When I was in college, that is, dropping out of college,

therapy was a lifeline. Quite honestly, I don't know if I would be here without it.

I didn't fit in academia and never fit many of our cultural norms and accepted frameworks.

And it's been painful to feel so very different.

Therapy has been a healing space, a place where I felt accepted,

and even further met, challenged, and encouraged to express my freaky uniqueness, that it's something

that could be welcomed into the world.

Therapists have been truth-tellers and potentiators entering with me into some pretty difficult places

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