HOOKED AFTER THE FIRST BITE: The Breakup You Didn’t Know You Needed—with Sugar and Her Junky Friends

How many times have you promised yourself, “I’ll start Monday”? Next week. Next month. After the chaos calms down. After the vacation. After the stress.In this short but honest episode, SE Reese reminds you that healing and change don’t live in some perfect future version of you — they begin in one tiny, loving moment today.No strict plan. No magic Monday. Just one breath of honesty and a choice made from love, not shame.You don’t need to wait for the perfect day — because the person who changes your life isn’t the future you. It’s the you who chooses again and again to show up, right in the middle of the mess.Listen in and remember:Healing doesn’t happen tomorrow. It happens in the thousands of todays where you keep choosing yourself.✨ Grab your free one-minute reset page — The Moment That Changes Everything — and choose today, one moment at a time.

In this first episode, I share my love affair with all things sweet—how it started, how it took hold, and how I finally walked away. It’s a light-hearted look at my sugary past and a glimpse into the journey ahead. If you’ve ever felt hooked after the first bite, you’re in good company._______________________________Grab my book here: Hooked After the First Bite: How I Found My Way Out of the Maddening Addiction Maze and How You Can Too

When porn, flirting, and emotional & physical affairs enter your marriage - a marriage where monogamy is part of your vows and where religious beliefs are deeply ingrained and intertwined into every aspect of your life - finding one's footing in this confusing reality is really difficult. It's uncharted territory. You are ill-equipped and ill-prepared. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sue-reese-finlay9/message

It's never too late to make informed food choices for a healthier you! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sue-reese-finlay9/message

It's been over thirty years since I have been on a date with someone other than my ex-husband, children, friends, co-workers, and sisters. In today's episode, I talk about what I loved about being married and why I stayed beyond what was healthier for both of us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sue-reese-finlay9/message

In this episode, Sue explores the topic of dating in this season of her life. Married for thirty years and divorced for four, Sue has yet to explore or jump into the land of dating again. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sue-reese-finlay9/message

In this episode, Sue shares her thoughts about the second book in her Confessions of a Cookie Snatcher series, her choice to stand strong and speak confidently in a world that demonizes truth and celebrates mediocrity, and where she defends mediocrity in her own life. ------------ "The most compassionate thing I can do shines a light on truth and the path that inspires & empowers you. Whereas, the most damaging stance I could take is one that keeps you wallowing in your unhappiness and sorrow, keeps you unhealthy, and celebrates your mediocrity. That would be insidious. Heartless. Cruel. And yet, that seems to be what society is demanding by demonizing truth and those who dare speak it while glorifying lies & liars." --Sue Reese Finlay, Confessions of a Cookie Snatcher Part 2 ------------Click Here to get your copy of Confessions of a Cookie Snatcher Part 1 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sue-reese-finlay9/message

When you find yourself breaking through that next ceiling, it's all too common to fluctuate back and forth between feeling really good and moving forward with confidence AND questioning your decision, which leads to indecision and stagnation.  Where in your world do you currently find yourself in this situation? What can you do today to move forward with confidence and momentum to shatter that ceiling? Recommended Books The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks Five Wishes by Gay Hendricks --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sue-reese-finlay9/message

When faced with the reality of broken trust inside a marriage, the news can turn your world upside down and inside out. What do you do?   How do you learn to breathe again? Until next time... Sue Reese Finlay Turning Points Your Lighthouse & Beacon in a Sea of chaos and confusion. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sue-reese-finlay9/message

Yes...it happened again. I got triggered by something my ex-husband (of thirty years) said. It's been a minute since a trigger of that intensity and magnitude has come out of nowhere and hit me between the eyes. 🎯 Here's the thing about triggers, though. 👉There is a gift and lesson if you're willing to dive deep inside yourself to discover it... 🖤 ...rather than letting it dis-empower you. Question: Where in your world are you giving power to other people...and it's time to stop? What can you do today to begin empowering yourself? Until next time.. Sue Reese Finlay, Turning Points Your Lighthouse & Beacon in a Sea of Chaos and Confusion. PS 👉 Here is the Link to the entry point of the Stack I promised to share with you as a way to discover that gift. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sue-reese-finlay9/message