The BRN Podcast brings together teachers, leaders, and peers from different recovery lineages and approaches. In addition to substance addictions, we are committed to the inclusion of process addictions (AKA non-substance or behavioral addictions) as an essential part to the whole discussion of recovery. Join us as we explore themes like: Mindfulness. Gratitude. Compassion. Appreciation.
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BRN #67 Julia Hayes ❖ SatiSeva: Reimagining Recovery & Support, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Creating Wise Options
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• SoulsCenter.com/weekly-offerings.html 👉 join Recovery Dharma & other online offerings • SoulsCenter.com/SatiSeva 👉 join SatiSeva online: Support for Families, Friends, Professionals, Addicts (All are Truly Welcome) __________________________________________________ Julia Hayes is an ember keeper. She lights small fires wherever she goes as way of…
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BRN Podcast #66 Chris Beaudry ❖ Anger, Loss, Chronic/Acute Trauma
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Whether you’re struggling with addiction, grief, or finding your path forward, Chris Beaudry’s story is a beacon of hope: proof that from the depths of despair can emerge profound growth and purpose. Chris Beaudry is a renowned public speaker and mental health advocate with a deeply personal and transformative story. Drawing from his background in …
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#65 – BRN Podcast #65: With Susanna Ahvalo
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Today's Guest: Susanna Ahvalo Susanna Ahvalo is an addiction expert and mindfulness instructor from Helsinki, Finland. She combines Positive Psychology, trauma-informed methods, and mindfulness to explore the roots of suffering behind addictive behaviors and the path to living a values-driven, authentic life. Susanna is training for ordination at t…
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#64 – BRN Podcast: With Sitaram Dass (Relaunch Special • Remastered)
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Today's Guest: Sitaram Dass (K. Sandin, LCSW) Sitaram Dass spent several years serving his beloved teacher Ram Dass on Maui, where he was shown the path of Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of service and devotion. As the Director of the Sacred Community Project, he works to lower the barriers of access to contemplative and devotional practices through afforda…
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#63 – BRN Podcast: with Shawna Adkins (Relaunch Special • Remastered)
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Today's Guest: Shawna Adkins Shawna is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker from Oakland, California. She supports adults on their wellness journeys, helping them reconnect with their Buddha Nature. She also enjoys dancing, DIY projects, and gardening. Podcast Music by Modus Music. For inquires, email: modus.music@outlook.com (PREVIOUSLY: Welcome back…
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Celebrated Recovery Teacher and Author Kevin Griffin - on Recovery 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list. Hundreds of meetings across various Buddhist programs. (Both Online & In-Person meetings.) 📺 Looking for a good Dharmatalk (on Recovery?) 👉buddhistrecov…
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#61 – Making the most of January with Martine Batchelor
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Everyday can be a New year - cultivating JOY 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list. Hundreds of meetings across various Buddhist programs. (Both Online & In-Person meetings.) 📺 Looking for a good Dharmatalk (on Recovery?) 👉buddhistrecovery.org/academy Thou…
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#60 – All about the BRN Summit & the Serenity Prayer
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Musings from some of the BRN Board Members 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list. Hundreds of meetings across various Buddhist programs. (Both Online & In-Person meetings.) 📺 Looking for a good Dharmatalk (on Recovery?) 👉buddhistrecovery.org/academy …
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Teachings from the Venerable Pannavati 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list. Hundreds of meetings across various Buddhist programs. (Both Online & In-Person meetings.) 📺 Looking for a good Dharmatalk (on Recovery?) 👉buddhistrecovery.org/academy…
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Founder Laura Willoughby in Conversation with Vimalasara 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list. Hundreds of meetings across various Buddhist programs. (Both Online & In-Person meetings.) 📺 Looking for a good Dharmatalk (on Recovery?) 👉buddhist…
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#57 – Sun Lotus A New Buddhist Recovery Program
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Harvey Webb tells us all about his new program 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list. Hundreds of meetings across various Buddhist programs. (Both Online & In-Person meetings.) 📺 Looking for a good Dharmatalk (on Recovery?) 👉buddhistrecov…
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Jovelle and Andrew share their stories 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list. Hundreds of meetings across various Buddhist programs. (Both Online & In-Person meetings.) 📺 Looking for a good Dharmatalk (on Recovery?) 👉buddhistrecovery…
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A talk by Kara Haney _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list. Hundreds of meetings across various Buddhist programs. (Both Online & In-Person meetings.) 📺 Looking for a good Dharmatalk (on Rec…
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This is a talk from the SHE RECOVERS symposium about Critical Conversations About Race. We are in the unfortunate time of having to witness the Trial of Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. And during this time of the trial the slaying of Duante Wright took place in the Minneapolis. This talk although given in the fall of 2020, it is very releva…
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#53 – The Vulnerable Disco - Vince Miller & Valentine Darling
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The Vulnerable Disco Vince Miller and Valentine Darling chat about how they got sober, queer community in sobriety, healing from trauma, and developing friendships. Both Vince and Valentine are active on instagram. Follow Vince @thevulnerabledisco, and Valentine @goingsomewheresober. Get more information on their projects at www.TheVulnerableDisco.…
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Recovery for the Revolution Carolyn, who uses they/them pronouns, is a queer, non-binary Afro-Indigenous neurodivergent human in long-term recovery and believe recovery from a decolonized, anti-oppression lens can point the collective towards liberation. They are breathing fresh life into recovery and they are a powerhouse of wisdom, I’m really exc…
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#51 – Sober Voices Summit - Meet the Women Behind the Ambitious Event
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The Sober Voices Team https://www.sobervoices.co/The Sober Voices Summit is multiple days of intentional content from a diverse array of leaders in the sober movement. This event brings together people from multifaceted backgrounds to share their stories and vision for the future of the sober movement. The content is accessible and inspiring to all…
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#50 – Lucy Rocca Founder of Soberistas
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Lucy Rocca tells our President of BRN Vimalasara, all about Soberistas, a recovery community founded in the UK, that serves predominantly women all over the world. https://www.buddhistrecovery.org/christmas-eve _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The lar…
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#49 – Ester Nicholson - Emotional Freedom Tapping
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Critical Conversations About Race Ester speaks on race in recovery and Emotional Freedom Tapping _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list. Hundreds of meetings across various Buddhist progr…
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#48 – Shari Hampton - Recovery & Life Coach; Creator of "Served Up Sober"
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In this episode shary speaks about life growing up as a queer teenager, and as an adult recovering from meth and drinking. She shares BIPOC recovery resources, and talks about her use of holistic recovery modalities. Shari will be facilitating the upcoming event at SheRecovers: Healing the Effects of Racism for Black Women in Recovery: A Critical C…
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This topic is so incredibly important for us in recovery. Doing anti racist work is an integral part of our healing, especially in Buddhist Recovery where we aim to cause less harm. How can we do that without exploring how to be an anti racist and by learning how to not perpetuate the racism inherent in our society? AntiRacism work IS recovery work…
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#46 – Taryn Strong; Founder of SheRecovers
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In this interview Taryn Strong, co-founder of SheRecovers, opens up about the trauma and inner child work she set out to do after her relapse and what it's like to run a recovery community with her mother. "At the core, we are all the same... Everyone is recovering from something" These words are core values at SheRecovers which is a program open t…
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#45 – Holly Whitaker author of "Quit Like a Woman" & founder of Tempest
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Holly Whitaker speaks on Tempest and what it means to create an inclusive online recovery program. Interview by Vimalasara Mason-John. https://www.jointempest.com/ _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recove…
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#44 – 35 Years Sober w/ Kevin Griffin
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Kevin Griffin reflects on his past 35 years of sobriety using Buddhism and the 12 steps followed by Q&A. https://insightla.org/event/the-addiction-to-racism/2020-07-31-09-30/https://insightla.org/event/efforts-of-recovery/2020-08-03-18-30/ _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery…
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HAPPY PRIDE. This episode is all about sex and relationships in recovery featuring Clif Cannon, Amanda Hamp, Ojoku Anoiyusogwu and hosted by Valentine. Donate to keep this podcast going at _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, …
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#42 – Trauma Queen: Jimanekia Eborn, MS
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"I have worked in mental health for the last 12 years, which is where I saw the need for sexual education and sexual trauma support.I have a MS in Health Psychology. This has led to my passion for assisting and supporting those that are sexual assault survivors and those without access to comprehensive sex education. My compassion and passion for t…
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Ojoku shares his story on being a gay black man in america, leaving the military and recovering from addiction. _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list. Hundreds of meetings across var…
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https://www.patreon.com/buddhistrecoverynetworkDuring this talk Martine will look at the habits that bind us and stop our potential for wisdom and compassion manifesting fully. She will explore the meditative tools found in the Vipassana tradition like mindfulness of the breath, sounds and feeling tones to show how we can engage creatively with our…
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#39 – Weathering the Storm: A Peer Panel
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Peers in recovery share their experience and practices for Weathering the Storm. Featuring Cliff, Amanda, Stevie & Valentine. _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list. Hundreds of meeti…
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#38 – Perfect As You Are: A Self Compassion Practice
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In this session we will release self-doubt and/or self-blame, and engage in a practice of self-love and self-forgiveness. Fresh Lev White is a love and compassionate activist. He offers mindfulness, coaching, mediation, and diversity trainings as tools for shifting towards more authentic, conscious and passionate living. He teaches and writes about…
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#37 – Interview w/ Dr. Gabor Mate: Trauma, Addiction & Relapse
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Interview with Dr. Maté, renowned addiction expert, who calls for a compassionate approach toward addiction, whether in ourselves or in others. Dr. Maté believes that the source of addictions is not to be found in genes but in the early childhood environment. In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts, his most recent best-selling book, draws on cutting-edge sc…
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Re-Release from Taboo Addictions. Vimalasara talks about eating disorder recovery. BRN Podcast will be taking a break for the next month. If you have ideas for 2020 episodes or want to be involved in any way please email me at finding.valentine@gmail.com Zoom link for our online Xmas Day meeting: https://zoom.us/j/518564313 or you can find the link…
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#35 – Surviving the Holidays with Vimalasara
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Top up on tips and coping mechanisms to deal with the next 32 days. Do the festive season with a sense of freedom and joy. Recorded from the Buddhist Recovery Network Academy: Watch the Triggers: The Festive Season is Here featuring Vimalasara Mason John. _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉…
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#34 – Intention, Mindfulness & The 12 Steps ft Kevin Griffin
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From the International Buddhist Recovery Summit in Lacey WA September 6th 2019. Intention, Mindfulness & The 12 Steps ft Kevin Griffin _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list. Hundreds…
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#33 – Kim's Story - A Queer Friend of Bill
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Today on the Buddhist Recovery Network podcast we have an inspiring story by Kim who speaks about her experience through the 12 steps, she speaks about her Italian family, and her upbringing... her queerness in the rooms, and having community during this global pandemic. _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting?…
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From Vince Cullen at the International Buddhist Recovery Summit in Lacey WA September 6th 2019. https://www.5th-precept.org/Fifth-Precept-Sangha-Meeting-Format.pdf _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist re…
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There is a correlation between our inner state of being and our outer circumstances. By noticing our inner sensations and thoughts, tracking them to witness their changes, we make the unconscious conscious and can hold the inner and the outer experiences in an attitude of expanded focus. Observing our own continuously evolving experience centers us…
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#30 – Craving, the Sutta's & Addiction
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From the International Buddhist Recovery Summit in Lacey WA September 6th 2019. Craving, the Sutta's & Addiction http://www.vancouverbuddhistcentre.com/programs/retreats/ https://mtadamszen.org/event/oct-sober-fest/ https://www.5th-precept.org/Fifth-Precept-Sangha-Meeting-Format.pdf _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meetin…
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#29 – Taboo Addictions: Sex, Love & Eating Disorders
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From the International Buddhist Recovery Summit in Lacey WA September 6th 2019. Tabboo Addictions: Sex, Porn, Love, Eating Disorders and Screens. http://www.vancouverbuddhistcentre.com/programs/retreats/ https://mtadamszen.org/event/oct-sober-fest/ Buddhist Recovery Network Facebook _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meetin…
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#28 – Creating Safety in Meetings & Online Communities; Sangha Safety pt II
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From the International Buddhist Recovery Summit in Lacey WA September 6th 2019. This is the second part of our Sangha Safety discussion where the community discusses question like “How do we as a sang ha set an intention for safety? What Safety Statements can we read at Meetings. What does safety look like in Online Communities? And more” BRN Acade…
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#27 – Sangha Safety ft Jean Tuller, Brian Dean Williams, Sue Neufeld-Ellis & Alex Holt
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From the International Buddhist Recovery Summit 2019: Safe Sangha - Creating Safer Spaces. _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddhist recovery meeting list. Hundreds of meetings across various Buddhist program…
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#26 – A Quivering of the Heart; Compassion
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Compassion: A Quivering of the Heart w/ Kara Haney Compassion (Karuna) is one of the primary heart teachings. It is the felt experience in response to a being’s pain. When we understand this through practice, we are able to cultivate compassion for our own pain and the pain of others. Thus compassion becomes a vehicle of connection, further dissolv…
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#25 – Leaving Against the Stream, Hallucinogens & the Brahma Viharas
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Gary Sanders and Vimalasara speak about Gary's choice to leave Against the Stream and Refuge Recovery, using Hallucinogens in addiction recovery & the importance of the Brahma Viharas. _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comp…
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Joan has had personal experience with alcohol addiction, a fingerbiting compulsion (classified as an impulse-control disorder), compulsive thinking, and depression. She does not believe there is one recovery model that fits everyone, and she encourages people to find what works for them. What she offers is an approach rooted in open awareness – giv…
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Amy Reed is an Asheville, NC based writer. She got sober in Oakland, CA in 2008 in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous and dabbled a little in Buddhism via Kevin Griffin and Spirit Rock. When she moved to Asheville with her family in 2014, she found herself drifting away from 12-steps and struggled to find a recovery community in her new town. Then s…
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Living an Authentic Life A life free from craving, addictions and compulsions isn’t just about avoiding intoxicants, it invites the opportunity to live a full and authentic life with creativity and joy. This isn’t just a possibility. Research suggests that although people in recovery from substance misuse often suffer more in the first year, in the…
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#21 – Trauma, Addiction & Self-Regulation
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Trauma, whether connected to early childhood, an event as an adult or to social oppression, changes our nervous system, our physiological responses to life and impacts our self image, relational capacities, perception and self regulatory abilities. It is, in my view, a core underlying cause for the arising of addiction patterns. Looking through the…
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#20 – Sexual Misconduct in Spiritual Communities
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This episode features a conversation between Vimalasara and Sue Neufeld-Ellis covering the topic of sexual misconduct in spiritual communities and creating safer spaces. _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings The largest, up-to-date, comprehensive Buddh…
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#19 – Addiction & Buddhist Sutta's; Buddhist Recovery Summit 2019 Presents:
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A Conversation with Kevin Griffin & Vimalasara on the Buddhist Sutta's and more... Listen for a sneak peak into what to expect at the upcoming Buddhist Recovery Summit. Check out Kevin's Website http://www.kevingriffin.net/ _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/meetings…
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#18 – A Conversation w/ Vimalasara & Kevin Griffin; Buddhist Recovery Summit 2019 Presents
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A Conversation with Kevin Griffin & Vimalasara on Kevins books, Buddhist Sutta's and more... Listen for a sneak peak into what to expect at the upcoming Buddhist Recovery Summit. Check out Kevin's Website http://www.kevingriffin.net/ _____________________________________ 🗺️ Need a Meeting? 👉buddhistrecovery.org/m…
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