Posts by VeronicaValli

Our past shows up in our present every day. If we don’t look at our past then we can’t get the lessons we need to grow. Chip and Veronica look at childhood patterns and how they shape our present circumstances.

Amy Dresner is indestructible and probably the most cross-addicted person I have ever met. She is is also whip-smart, funny, kind and sensitive. She is a sober warrior. In this episode, we discuss her book ‘My fair junkie.’ The recent criticism of AA and the misunderstandings around the program and a whole bunch of other sobriety related stuff. Buckle up, this episode is turbocharged.

Codependency is an unbalanced relationship with other people. When we “people please” to the detriment of our own needs, we become reliant on other people for how we feel. We take too much responsibility for fixing their feelings above our won. Chip and Veronica discuss their challenges with codependency and how they have learned to manage their emotions.

In this episode, Chip and Veronica discuss the nature of resentments, how they are like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die and how they seduce us into staying stuck and block us from growing. They confess their own resentments and the methods they use to get free of them.

Did you know that your mindset affects everything you do? From getting sober to how much money you make? In this episode, Chip and Veronica explore why mindset work is the most critical work you can ever do. They explain how your limiting beliefs in our subconscious mind were formed in childhood and shape your experience as an adult. Most importantly, they explain how to start changing them.

Lynn Matti, psychotherapist and author of 5 Weeks to Self Confidence: A Guide to Confronting Your Inner Critic and Controlling Your Relationship with Your Thoughts joins Veronica to talk about how we can dismantle the inner critic to build our self-confidence and self-esteem.