Fishing Without Bait: A Full Impact Mindfulness Podcast
It's about living a life without definitive expectations and learning to fish without bait.
We found 9 episodes of Fishing Without Bait: A Full Impact Mindfulness Podcast with the tag “addiction”.
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The Gift of Desperation with Tara From keepcomingback.net | Episode 444
November 5th, 2024 | 17 mins 53 secs
12-step program, addiction, addiction stories, community support, complacency, enabling behavior, fishing without bait podcast, gift of desperation, jim ellermeyer, mental health, mindfulness, overcoming addiction, personal growth, recovery, resilience, sobriety, sobriety challenges, spiritual growth, tara keepcomingback.net, tough love
In this episode of Fishing Without Bait, host Jim Ellermeyer welcomes Tara from the KeepComingBack.net Podcast. They delve into the nuances of recovery, discussing the crucial concept of “the gift of desperation” and the role of tough love in sobriety. Tara reflects on her experiences in the 12-step community, exploring the balance between supporting loved ones and avoiding enabling behaviors. She candidly shares her journey of overcoming complacency and recognizing personal growth through the program. Together, Jim and Tara discuss the importance of community, humility, and staying connected to like-minded individuals who offer unique support in recovery. Tara also opens up about the challenges of applying these principles in daily life outside recovery meetings. This heartfelt conversation provides insight into the resilience required for lasting change, making it a must-listen for those interested in addiction recovery, mindfulness, and personal growth.Are you finding benefit from this show? We appreciate any support with our Patreon page! Pledge as little as $1 a month for extra clips, behind the scenes and more at www.patreon.com/fishingwithoutbait !
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Battling Addiction So He Can Fly with Pro Wrestler Jayce Karr | Episode 276
January 12th, 2021 | 26 mins 27 secs
addiction, alcoholism, pittsburgh, podcast, pro wrestler, rehab
James Ellermeyer welcomes pro wrestlers Jayce Karr as we begin discuss how his path through addiction and recovery transpired, how he succeeded, if only for a brief time, while coping and how it fell a part. We discuss battling with relapses, and more as he found his path to work in behavior therapy and professional wrestling.
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Recovery from Boredom | Episode 258
September 1st, 2020 | 15 mins 12 secs
12 step, addiction, anxiety, depression, grief, mindfulness, recovery
Jim Ellermeyer is back with Producer Mike to discuss BOREDOM. What happens when we are left to our own thoughts when we’re making bad decisions and are surrounded by individuals that are encouraging bad decisions and are emotionally needy. How do we attach to better people and places that will help elevate us. How do we deal with boredom and share people.
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Turning Point with William: Episode 235
March 24th, 2020 | 25 mins 40 secs
addiction, alcohol, baltimore, drugs, mindfulness, pittsburgh, podcast
Jim Ellermeyer is joined by William Sly too continue talking about his story, including the point where he moved on with his life, what he experienced as he reconnected with himself and his emotions, dealing with changing his behavior to help out people who have been in his situation.
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Changing Direction with William | Episode 233
March 10th, 2020 | 22 mins 3 secs
addiction, alcohol, baltimore, drugs, mindfulness, pittsburgh, podcast
Jim Ellermeyer is joined by William Sly too continue talking about his story, including what his addictions were, saying “sorry”, the paralyzing fear that came with having a son, his turning point getting arrested for selling drugs, and the interactions he had with his arresting officer that helped change his life.
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Ending the Cycle with Emily | Episode 191
May 7th, 2019 | 17 mins 32 secs
addiction, anxiety, authentic self, prison, recovery, rehabilitation
Jim Ellermeyer is joined by Emily wrap their conversation talking more about her cycle of cleaning up and jail, getting sober along with her father, snapping her out of the cycle, the things she had done because of drugs, the sense of relief one day realizing she was done, participating in her meetings, finally being able to listen to her authentic self.
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Willpower and Surrender with Emily | Episode 190
April 30th, 2019 | 19 mins 26 secs
addiction, anxiety, codependency, prison, recovery, rehabilitation, surrender
Jim Ellermeyer is joined by Emily are continuing their conversation on what addiction feels like, a matter of willpower and how helpless she felt going back to drugs after she left prison, surrendering to the need to work on herself and return to rehabilitation, what withdrawal feels like, “using to die” after her mother passed.
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Identity with Emily | Episode 189
April 23rd, 2019 | 22 mins
addiction, anxiety, imposter
Jim Ellermeyer is joined by Emily for the next few episodes to discuss her path to recovery. We look at her self esteem and identity growing up, getting into drinking and doing drugs at a young age, reacting to his brother’s death, and losing herself.
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12 Steps Part 1: Admission and the Higher Power | Fishing Without Bait 143
May 29th, 2018 | 19 mins 40 secs
12 step, addiction, atheism, fear, mindfulness
Jim Ellermeyer takes us through the first 3 steps of the 12 Step Program from admitting your powerlessness over your addiction and identifying that with your authentic self, believing in a higher power and converting that into faith, and deciding to turn your life over to this higher power, and paying attention on purpose.