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Jodi Gordon

πŸ‘€ Speaker
420 total appearances

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Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

I've got a lot of support around me.

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

I also have a couple of 12-step programs that really hold me and I've got sponsors.

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

But for people who don't have, you know, alcoholism or drug addiction or like whatever kind of, you

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

What are they going through?

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

Where are they going if they can't afford an expensive psychiatrist or psychologist because they've lost hope or they're burnt out or they're not enjoying life or they don't know what's wrong?

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

And that quiet panic.

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

I know that really well.

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

And I think part of – there's so much of my heart in this company because it's – I just want to create something that I wanted at those moments, whether it was me getting over a breakup and not knowing how to live through the day or whether it was me going, I'm an alcoholic and I don't know how to face the world.

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

Whatever those are, I think that just having somewhere –

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

that's outspoken, that's going, hey, like, here we are.

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

No bells and whistles, but like, this is who we are.

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

I think that that would, I know that would feel comforting for me back in those days.

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

Yeah.

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

And another thing that's really important to me is whether someone's struggling with finances and so they need a free service or they have some money to spend towards a service or they're looking for a high-end clinical service.

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

That kind of tier is really important to me because I've had people who've helped support me financially in recovery and then it's very much...

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

I think to have a place where you can come and someone to answer you and go, hey, if you need to get back on your feet, like this is a great place for you to go.

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

And then these are like the tiers that you can work within the scope of what you've got to, you know, financially or time bound or whatever it is.

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

I think that that's really important to me as well with how companies are structured or who they partner with as well.

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

Because collectively, again, I think there's space for everyone to work together because that's been my experience with recovery.

Something To Talk About
Jodi Gordon on shame, sobriety and starting over

And it's not linear.