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Dana Leigh Lyons
Dana Leigh Lyons

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Nov 18

The Yin-Yang of Doing Something Really Hard & Sticking to It

How I got and stayed sober without making it miserable. How I approach ANYTHING requiring radical rearrangement of life and self. — 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. When I quit alcohol in early 2020, there’s not one area of my life that didn’t benefit.

Addiction

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The Yin-Yang of Doing Something Really Hard & Sticking to It
The Yin-Yang of Doing Something Really Hard & Sticking to It
Addiction

12 min read


Nov 13

How to Climb Your Way Out When the Walls Close In

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…

Mental Health

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How to Climb Your Way Out When the Walls Close In
How to Climb Your Way Out When the Walls Close In
Mental Health

10 min read


Oct 26

Male Creepers, Tween Swifties & Outrage

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…

Women

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Male Creepers, Tween Swifties & Outrage
Male Creepers, Tween Swifties & Outrage
Women

11 min read


Oct 20

Are You an Anger Person, a Grief Person, or a Fear Person?

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. …

Mental Health

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Are You an Anger Person, a Grief Person, or a Fear Person?
Are You an Anger Person, a Grief Person, or a Fear Person?
Mental Health

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Oct 18

Opinion & Intention Without Action Is Bullshit

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…

Addiction

7 min read

Opinion & Intention Without Action Is Bullshit
Opinion & Intention Without Action Is Bullshit
Addiction

7 min read


Oct 15

Sobriety, Sobriety, Sobriety, Genocide

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.

Palestine And Israel

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Sobriety, Sobriety, Sobriety, Genocide
Sobriety, Sobriety, Sobriety, Genocide
Palestine And Israel

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Jul 29

That Time I Met Serena Williams in the Locker Room

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…

Addiction Recovery

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That Time I Met Serena Williams in the Locker Room
That Time I Met Serena Williams in the Locker Room
Addiction Recovery

7 min read


Jun 14

Sober Soulful on Substack

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 …

Writing

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Sober Soulful on Substack
Sober Soulful on Substack
Writing

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May 27

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…

Addiction

12 min read

Sobriety from Social Media Addiction Is Like Giving up Alcohol
Sobriety from Social Media Addiction Is Like Giving up Alcohol
Addiction

12 min read


May 11

An Eagle, an Osprey & an Angry Couple Walk into a Bar

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…

Relationships

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An Eagle, an Osprey & an Angry Couple Walk into a Bar
An Eagle, an Osprey & an Angry Couple Walk into a Bar
Relationships

12 min read

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Dana Leigh Lyons

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Doctor of Chinese Medicine, Writer, Medium Top Writer in Poetry, Health, Travel, LGBTQ. hello@danaleighlyons.com https://danaleighlyons.substack.com/

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