Kurt Swensen - Portland, Oregon Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counseling Treatment - Drug Addiction, Alcohol Addiction, Sex Addiction, Food, Nicotine, Shopping, Gambling

This week on ORS radio I respond to a couple of listener’s question.

• “Personal Retreats” what to do and what not to do.
• What the Monk said to Paul………..
• Keeping it simple.
• Don’t worry about “the plan.”
• The fear and anxiety of being alone with yourself.
• More about feelings and how “I don’t have them.”
• Intimacy
• “You get me” and the magic that follows.
• Patterns and cycles in our life and how and why they repeat until we heal the initial trauma.
• Much gratitude to all of you who said “Happy Birthday.”

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Gene is our hero!! This is our Four Year Birthday!

• Chemical Dependency and Codependency.
• A review/reminder of The Four Agreements.
• Standing in your Honor, Honesty, and Integrity.
• Listening to our Inner Voice.
• Blueberry vodka + BMW = DUII.
• “Talkaholics” are avoiding something deeply painful.
• The Quiet vs. the noise.

Thanks to all for an incredible four years!

Kurt

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• My gratitude to Elizabeth for her contribution.
• The truth, your truth, Universal truth, my truth, a truth, or……….
• Blame and “You are making me choose, or forcing me to lie”
• “I am” statements.
• How do I know when I am doing the “right” thing.
• Repetition of themes in our lives.
• Our work is in the challenge.
• The long term effects of violence and abuse.
• Love?
• Forgiveness?
• How our body remembers.
• The “Ultimate Skeptic” converts.
• Blessing to my friend Richard.

This and more on episode 207 with my gratitude.

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On this weeks episode I spend some time on codependency vs actual client/patient interest.

• Chemical dependency vs codependency!
• “I feel”……………. ????
• Be honest!!
• A review of our energetic footprint.
• How do I manage my energy.
• Embracing your pain.
• Change? Forgiveness, Letting Go? Don’t be mad………….
• How much do you want to change your life?

This and more on ORS 206 with my gratitude,

Kurt

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• Thoughts on the bombing in Boston.
• The benefits of exercise on my recovery and my thanks to my brother for getting me started.
• Exercise only helps with the physical symptoms, you still need to treat the internal………..
• How loud does the message need to get?
• Consequences.
• A review of the masculine and the feminine qualities present in all of us.
• Balance and harmony.
• Thanks to Dawn, Teresa, Matt, and Gene.
• Kurt gets mail.
• Gratitude and Grace.

This and more with my gratitude.

Kurt

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• Last weeks show.
• The Power of the Human Body.
• Doing a “Trauma List.”
• What is trauma, what isn’t?
• Why do we have what we have and why do we do what we do?
• What happens when we “shut down”.
• Inna Segal
• The Power of essential oils.
• The pain and trauma of abuse.
• The limits of the human system.

This and more on episode 204 of ORS Radio.

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Chris James returns to the background.

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Isabelle’s “Happy Dreams.”

• The impact from the accumulation of trauma in our lives.
• Anxiety, panic, and how our bodies “talk” to us.
• We manifest “symptoms” so we can heal (if we are willing) as there are no accidents.
• Listen to the message.
• Claiming our life and our space.
• How loud does the message need to get?
• Much gratitude to Elizabeth for her contribution and support of the show.
• Owning our own “stuff”.
• A review of feeling statements.
• Blame, and making up stories and being unable to successfully express myself.

This and more on episode 202 of ORS Radio with my gratitude.

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Thanks to Dawn for her contribution to this weeks show and her “creative” celebration of our 200th show.

This week I talk about Brene Brown’s interview with Oprah on this weeks Super Should Sunday show.

• Shame, vulnerability, and courage.
• We are hardwired for Love, not shame.
• Vulnerability is not a weakness.
• Being honest with myself.
• Being tough vs. being real, without fear.
• Don Miguel Ruiz and “domestication.”
• Don’t let anyone tell you how to feel.
• Vulnerability is the gateway to joy.
• Shame.
• Letting go of fear and old tapes.

This and more on episode 201!!

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Episode 200 celebrates almost four years of gratitude for being able to share the message of hope to so many. It is an honor and a privilege to do what I do, I love it!!

I mention a few of you who have been so integral because you provide me the information, energy, inspiration, and support to continue to do the show. Your questions are the answers sometimes………

• How do I know whats right, then find clarity?
• How do we “get it right?”
• “The still small voice.”
• When and what do I need to share?
• When and if you think you are “done”.
• A reminder of The Four Agreements. Barbara Marciniak, Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle, Joel Goldsmith.
• Living the 12 steps.
• The incredible work of Brene Brown and the power of Vulnerability.
• “This resonates vs. this is uncomfortable.”
• My “limits.”
• If we don’t stretch, we don’t grow.

To all of you who follow and support the show, my deepest thanks. I look forward to many more shows and continued growth and healing for all.

Much Love, Kurt

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