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Relationships, Addictions, Codependency & Healing

With Nikki Myers

Founder of the Yoga of 12-Step Recovery

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Our Guest: Nikki Myers

Founder of the Yoga of 12-Step Recovery

When I started the Thriving Relationships Show in the fall of 2022, I knew I wanted to eventually have an expert guest speak about addictions and relationships…

…because, over the years, I’ve seen the unique ways that addictions impact couples

…the struggle that occurs when one partner is experiencing the addiction but not yet ready to address it or get help

…the ways the partner who is trying to be supportive ends up doing the opposite of what the person experiencing the addiction actually needs

…the unhealthy roles we can fall into — withdrawing, checking out, denying, invalidating, secrecy, dishonesty, becoming hypervigilant, controlling, or falling into a codependent role where one partner becomes the depleted and exasperated caretaker.

Nikki Myers is the perfect person to share her deep, compassionate, soulful, wise, integrative, and holistic perspective on addictions with you, and I am so excited to introduce you to her and to invite you to tune in.

Nikki is an internationally beloved speaker and teacher and Founder of the Yoga of 12-Step Recovery, an addictions relapse prevention program that weaves the art and science of yoga with the practical tools of 12-step programs and that has rapidly become a feature of addiction recovery treatment centers.

Nikki’s work has been celebrated in the New York Times, Black Enterprise, The Huffington Post, Origin Magazine, CBS news, and countless other places. She was named a Yoga Journal Game Changer and has been a keynote speaker at prominent places like the International Conference on Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

In this episode, we talk about…

2:38 – Hear the lens through which Nikki approaches her work with addictions to create a sense of wholeness with herself and others

7:33 – Nikki defines addiction as the disease of the “lost self”

10:15 – A closer look at addictions, from Amazon purchases to alcohol, and how we are culturally conditioned to continually look outside of ourselves for happiness and peace

13:40 – How we are all addicted to the way we process reality. Once we recognize our blind spots, only then can we heal.

17:35 – Some common misunderstandings about addictions

21:03 – The impact addictions have on relationships and the many ways they can look

31:57 – The fine line between codependence and compassion

40:05 – Nikki’s unique version of the 12-step recovery process

48:00 – The impact “Step 10” has made on Nikki’s life

51:30 – The 1st step someone can take if addictions are impacting your life or relationship

58:44 – What a “thriving relationship” is to Nikki

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