Coming Back Online

Recovery isn’t always a straight line, and showing up for yourself on the hard days is something I’m still learning how to do. In this episode, I talk about where I’m at in my journey, what my first year of sobriety taught me, and how different things feel today. I share why I’m learning to sit with difficult emotions instead of making impulsive decisions, giving up, or walking away from something just because I’m having a bad day. Coming Back Online is a reflection of that journey. It’s ab...

What happens when getting sober means more than just giving up the substance? Sometimes it means changing your friendships, your routines, your hobbies, your relationships—and even the way you see yourself. In this episode, I talk about the uncomfortable reality of outgrowing parts of your old life while still loving the people who are part of it. You can’t force someone to want recovery, and you don’t have to resent them for being somewhere different in their journey. Sometimes you need to...

In this episode, I’m talking openly about my experience with Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS), what it was like realizing cannabis was no longer serving me, and what can happen when you finally decide it’s time for a change. We’ll talk a little about the different phases of CHS, what may be happening physiologically in the body, and some of the things I experienced along the way. But more importantly, this episode is for anyone who feels like they’ve become dependent on cannabis and wants...

Maybe you’ve been smoking weed every day for years. Maybe you’ve told yourself you’re going to stop, only to find yourself smoking again a few hours later. And maybe you’re starting to realize that you don’t even enjoy it the way you used to. In this episode, we talk about why quitting can be so difficult when weed has become part of your routine, how boredom, stress, anxiety, and habit can keep you stuck, and why you don’t have to wait until your life falls apart to make a change. You don’t ...

n this deeply personal episode, I share the story I’ve never fully told—from the lowest point of my life to the mission that’s now giving me purpose. I open up about my divorce, quitting weed after 25 years, depression, suicidal thoughts, turning 40 alone, and what it was really like rebuilding my life from the ground up. I talk about the unexpected challenges of early sobriety, why I believe community is essential for healing, and how those painful experiences inspired me to create Coming Ba...