You're listening to the Love Over Addiction Podcast. Hey, it's Michelle.

Before we get started.

Hey, it's Michelle, before we get started, I just want to say a massive thank you to all of the health

care providers that are working their tissues off and putting themselves in a really

vulnerable position by caring for the needy during this time with the virus. You guys know we are a very loving, unique community of

people from all over the world and a lot of us because we have codependency behaviors and traits are

actually drawn to careers that help and heal others.

So we have a ton of nurses in our community.

We have doctors, we have psychologists, we have teachers and women and men who really take deep enjoyment and gratification from helping others.

So we just want to recognize you because we know you are out there and we are so incredibly grateful for all of your hard work and your courage and

your fortitude to get us through this time. So just wanted to say thank you really

and truly. And today we are going to talk about two different tools.

And here's the deal. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to dress it up.

What I'm about to tell you on today's podcast, you've probably heard before.

It's nothing new. In fact anyone that's kind of in the

self-help industry has probably spoken about the tools I'm about to speak about.

Sorry guys. It's a very loud truck that just went by. I have to

record outside my home because of the virus. The kids are still home. So we're

doing what we can here but the first tool is really three simple

steps and I was reminded of these steps recently because I am

attending therapy because I think therapy is amazing with the right

therapist mind you there's lots of poor

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