Invitation: create a mindfulness setting on your phone and start tracking your screen time
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Life Not Wasted
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Introduction
Welcome to Life Not Wasted!
Overview
How to take this course
My Story: the inspiration for the course
What to expect
Feedback, disclaimer, and invitation to be your own guide
Begin right now with the obvious
Do this first
Invitation: set an intention for this course
Establish your morning and daily rituals
Treat screens like a drug and escape the dopamine loop
Invitation: create a mindfulness setting on your phone and start tracking your screen time
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Invitation: nurture the part of you that wants to heal
Make addiction work for you
What you need to know about Modern Addiction
Use this simple definition
The intelligence of your addiction
Re-route the energy and build new neural pathways
Invitation: cultivate positive reinforcement and reward yourself!
Body
You cannot “think” your way out of addiction
Embrace your “state” over you “story”
Guided exercise: the magic of the 4-7-8 breathing technique
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Guided exercise: the power of Bhastrika breathing
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Guided exercise: somatic resourcing meditation
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The importance of movement
The importance of diet
Invitation: experiment with somatic state shifts – and find the one that works for you!
Heart
Emotions are friends unless you treat them like enemies
How to work with cravings
Finding and naming your characters within: ‘parts work’ for addiction
Writing exercise: name your parts
Guided visualization: learning to lead your parts
Courage and accountability in recovery
Invitation: declare your recovery intentions to your loved ones
Invitation: craft a plan for big events
Mind
Why you need meditation in your recovery
Meditation for recovery can be far easier than you think
Expand your awareness and your identity
Invitation: take micro-hits of awareness throughout your day
Exercise: practice taking micro-hits!
Guided meditation: freedom is already here
Soul
Define your recovery and recover your soul
Helping others and the path of service
Create your own Ecology of Recovery Practices
Must you get to the “root” of your addiction?
Recovery is the path to awakening
Guided meditation: let your higher Self take the lead
Invitation: daily practice and humility
Bonus videos
How to quit coffee
A few notes on the dangers of cannabis
Using psychedelics in recovery