Sometimes big change is the medicine. — Note: This essay is from my Substack newsletter: Sober Soulful, where I share raw, unfiltered essays about addiction recovery, sobriety, and soulful living. Find me there for free weekly posts. Okay. Here’s the deal. We’re going to talk about being in the place where the walls close in and there’s…

See also: Predators, pandering & Chinese Medicine — Note: This essay is from my Substack newsletter: Sober Soulful, where I share raw, unfiltered essays about addiction recovery, sobriety, and soulful living. Find me there for free weekly posts. This past weekend, I travelled from my home on the rural south shore of Nova Scotia to Halifax (aka, The…

What Chinese Medicine has to say about our default — Note: This essay is from my Substack newsletter: Sober Soulful, where I share raw, unfiltered essays about addiction recovery, sobriety, and soulful living. Find me there for free weekly posts. As a kid, fear of other people’s anger was my soundtrack. …

And the wisest, most helpful action is often subtle and silent. — Note: This essay is from my Substack newsletter: Sober Soulful, where I share raw, unfiltered essays about addiction recovery, sobriety, and soulful living. Find me there for free weekly posts. Lately, I’ve been thinking about ahimsa. Often translated as “non-harming,” ahimsa is at the heart of my practice as a…

Say the word. Call out what you’re supporting. — Note: This essay is from my Substack newsletter: Sober Soulful, where I share raw, unfiltered essays about addiction recovery, sobriety, and soulful living. Find me there for free weekly posts. SOBRIETY, RECOVERY, SOBRIETY, RECOVERY, SOBRIETY, RECOVERY, MUST WRITE ABOUT SOBRIETY. SOBRIETY, RECOVERY, SOBRIETY, RECOVERY, SOBRIETY, RECOVERY, GENOCIDE, GENOCIDE, GENOCIDE.

Also, pride, humility & sobriety — Note: This essay is from my Substack newsletter: Sober Soulful, where I share raw, unfiltered essays about addiction recovery, sobriety, and soulful living. Find me there for free weekly posts. For four years — between my moves from Canada to Colorado to Canada again — I lived in south Florida…

Raw, unfiltered writing about sobriety and soulful living — Hey. Dana here. I have some news. My last three essays over on Substack — lengthy reads that prompted record (for me) opens, views, and subscriptions — brought new clarity around my publication and where it’s headed. Find them here: Sobriety from Social Media Addiction Is Like Giving up Alcohol …

Well, this feels familiar. — Four notes before we begin: 1) I’m not into prescriptive, self-help-y writing these days. Please know that everything that follows is directed towards me as much as you. 2) I write about digital addiction here, but my experience of that (and getting out of it) is inseparable from my experience…

Or, you know, just battle it out on home turf — Hey, Medium crew! I rarely post on Medium anymore but miss some familiar faces here. The post below is my latest essay from Substack — thought I’d do a “drive by” and try to entice you to stop by that space for more :). If not, no worries. I totally…