SHE RECOVERS Podcast
Episodes
From Hiding to Healing with Nadine Machkovech
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this honest and deeply human conversation, Nadine Machkovech joins Lisa Wall, Director of Mission Programs and Community Care at SHE RECOVERS, to e...
Hold Nothing: Elena Brower on Recovery from Cannabis, Shame & Grief
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this intimate conversation, Taryn Strong sits down with beloved teacher, writer, and artist Elena Brower to explore the layered realities of recove...
All The Way to the River with Elizabeth Gilbert
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this candid and deeply human conversation, SHE RECOVERS® co-founder Dr. Dawn Nickel sits down with Elizabeth Gilbert to explore the intertwined th...
Episode 75: Workaholism: The "Respectable" Addiction with Dawn Nickel, PhD
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you gone above and beyond at your job? To the point of sacrificing sleep, personal plans, and perhaps, your moral values?Overworking, also known ...
Episode 74: Bisexual and Sober with Tawny Lara
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When we get sober, many things come to light and we're faced with knowing ourselves fully for the first time. This includes getting more acquaint...
Episode 73: Humanizing Our Heroes - Moral Injury in Healthcare with Wendy Dean, MD
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Moral injury occurs when clinicians are repeatedly expected, in the course of providing care, to make choices that transgress their long standing, dee...
Episode 72: Writing Our Way Home with Ann Dowsett Johnston
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this previously recorded session of our educational series, Mental Health Monday, bestselling author Ann Dowsett Johnston, discusses how writing ca...
Episode 71: Recovery and Gender Roles with Marya Hornbacher
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gender is often a core part of identity, and like other aspects of identity, it fundamentally shapes our perception of ourselves, each other and our e...
Episode 70: Rewriting Our Stories with Meghann Perry
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this candid conversation our podcast host, Dr. Tiffany Wynn, speaks with storyteller, recovery coach and recovery advocate Meghann Perry.They discu...
Episode 69: Using the Enneagram with Julie Dereshinsky
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julie is an International Coaches Federation (ICF) Certified Professional Coach, a SHE RECOVERS® Designated Coach, and an Accredited Integrative Enne...
Episode 68: SHE RECOVERS Every Day with Dr. Dawn Nickel
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this candid conversation, Dr. Tiffany Wynn speaks with SHE RECOVERS Co-Founder Dr.Dawn Nickel about:The herstory of SHE RECOVERS Foundation - born ...
Episode 67: Recovering From Mommy Wine Culture with Jen Butler
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Butler, MBA, CPC, CPRC, SRCD, spent a decade as a stay-at-home mom before becoming a Certified Professional Life and Recovery Coach and SHE RECOVE...
Episode 66: Shedding Labels & Owning Your Story with Justine Evirs
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Justine Evirs is a business consultant, Stanford University Graduate School of Business alumnus, and Navy Veteran. She teaches women executives &...
Episode 65: Sober Mom Squad with Emily Lynn Paulson
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Emily is a writer, speaker, Certified Naked Mind Coach, She Recovers Designated Coach, Certified Facilitator of Addiction Awareness, and the founder o...
Episode 64: Advocacy Through Art with Stephanie Chinn
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Chinn is an illustrator, best-selling author, speaker, and women's advocate. Her work focuses on illustrating the different ways we can...
Episode 63: Not Drinking Tonight with Amanda White
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda E. White is a licensed therapist and the creator of the popular Instagram account @therapyforwomen. She is the founder and director of the grou...
Episode 62: Let's Normalize Therapy With Haesue Jo
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Haesue Jo, MA, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with experience providing individual and family therapy in community mental health, school ...
Episode 61: Mother Hunger with Kelly McDaniel
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly McDaniel, LPC, NCC, CSAT, is a licensed professional counselor and author, specializing in treating women who struggle with relationships. As th...
Episode 60: Cultivating Safe Spaces With Elaine Alec
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elaine Alec is an Indigenous author, political advisor, educator, and spiritual thought leader.This podcast episode is Dawn Nickel and Elaine's l...
EP 59: Recovering From Miscarriage & Infant Loss with AYAKO | baby loss advocate
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ayako is a woman who, in her words, is “not an expert. Just a lonely mum trying to navigate miscarriage, motherhood, and depression.” While she is...
Episode 58: The Alchemy of Healing with Seraphina Capranos
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Seraphina’s European grandparents first introduced her to the healing power of natural medicine. While seasonally gathering herbs in rural Ontario t...
Episode 57: SHE RECOVERS Dance with Payton Kennedy
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of our beloved SHE RECOVERS Intentions & Guiding Principles is, "Recovery is a journey to wholeness. We learn to take care of our body, m...
Episode 56: Healing Your Body & Connecting to the Land with Magdalene Joly
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Magdelene Joly shares her journey of recovering from burnout, chronic fatigue and Lyme disease. Magdalene is a farmer, nutrition...
Episode 55: Overcoming Burnout & Creating Beauty with Nina Turczyn
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nina Turczyn is an amazing silversmith and gallery owner.Leading up to the opening of her gallery, Nina hit a wall with overwhelm and exhaustion. She ...
Episode 54: Healing Through Art & Community with Autumn Skye
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn Skye is a visionary artist. She believes that the role of the artist is especially crucial at this time and that while the world is at the prec...
Episode 53: Decolonizing Recovery with Jacqueline Jennings
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jacqueline Jennings is an entrepreneur coach, facilitator and startup strategist who got sober at the age of 15. In this conversation, Jacqueline shar...
Episode 52: Bisexual, Recovering and Proud with Dr. Jamie Marich
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bisexuality is one of the most misunderstood expressions within the LGBTQ+ spectrum. Bisexuals or other individuals under the bisexual umbrella can ...
Episode 51: A Fireside Chat With Our Executive Director Susan Carter
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Grab your tea and join SHE RECOVERS® Foundation Executive Director, Susan Carter and Co-Founder, Dawn Nickel by the fire."As a woman celebrating...
Episode 50: Lost and Found: An Adoptee’s Recovery Story with Payton Kennedy
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Taryn speaks with Payton Kennedy, beloved colleague, friend and creator of SHE RECOVERS Dance®. Payton shares her multi-layered recovery story and he...
Episode 49: Don't Just Sit There with Biet Simkin
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Biet Simkin is the renowned meditation teacher dubbed "The David Bowie/Lady Gaga of Meditation." In this episode, you will understand why. S...
Episode 48: Flipping the Script with Chris Campbell
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the things we love about being in recovery is that we tend not to do a lot of "small talk." Instead, our conversations are "big ...
Episode 47: New Beginnings with Dawn, Taryn and Erin
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Taryn, Dawn and Erin gather to discuss how COVID has created unexpected changes within the SHE RECOVERS organization, as well as their own lives. SHE ...
Episode 46: Healing Racism in Recovery with Shari Hampton
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are back after our "podcast pause." As individuals, and as an organization, we took the sacred pause to focus energy and efforts on our a...
Episode 45: Grace for F*ck Ups with Nadia Bolz-Weber
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nadia Bolz-Weber is an ordained Lutheran Pastor who has reclaimed and redefined what it means to be a Christian woman. She is founder of House for All...
Episode 44: Belonging with Jen O.
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Taryn speaks with Jen O., a retired veteran and woman in recovery, about her journey of recovering from using substances to deal with social anxiety a...
Episode 43: On Being Human with Jennifer Pastiloff
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Pastiloff joins us for a special podcast episode recorded during our online PJ Party held the first weekend of May 2020. Jen is a teacher, leader ...
Episode 42: How Happy Will You Allow Yourself To Be?
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Taryn and Erin check in and share their thoughts and observations of how seven weeks of quarantine has impacted them. As they work through the daily u...
Episode 41: Mrs. D Is Going Without with Lotta Dann
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lotta Dann used to describe herself as a "boozy housewife." For two decades she drank alcohol steadily and heavily. In 2011, alarmed at how ...
Episode 40: Check in with Taryn & Dawn
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn Nickel, founder of SHE RECOVERS, joins Taryn to share how the SHE RECOVERS sisterhood is widening and deepening during this time of Covid-19. We ...
Episode 39: A Story of Healing with Lara Frazier
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Taryn talks with Lara Frazier, a woman in long-term recovery from prescription drugs and love addiction. Lara shares a beautiful story of parental lov...
Episode 38: Recover and Rise with Tiffany Swedeen
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tiffany Swedeen, ICU nurse and SHE RECOVERS coach, joins us to share her story of recovery from opiates and alcohol. Raised in a very conservative hom...
Episode 37: Check in with Taryn and Erin
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How are you doing? How are you navigating this time of change and uncertainty?In this episode, Taryn and Erin check in with each other and share how t...
Episode 36: Self Care in Uncertain Times
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Covid-19/coronavirus global pandemic has created stress and uncertainty in our lives. In this environment it is more important than ever - and per...
Episode 35: Practice You with Elena Brower
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Taryn chats with mama, teacher, author, speaker and dōTERRA leader Elena Brower. Elena shares how she recovered from marijuana addic...
Episode 34: Motherland with Elissa Altman
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the SHE RECOVERS podcast, Erin talks with author and columnist Elissa Altman about her latest book, “Motherland: A Memoir of Love...
Episode 33: SHE RECOVERS 2020: Gatherings, Offerings & Self Investments
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn joins Taryn on the podcast to share details of the upcoming SHE RECOVERS conference in Miami, as well as the many in-person/online gatherings and...
Episode 32: Knowing What Is Mine To Do with Heidi Harmon
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the SHE RECOVERS podcast, Erin talks with Heidi Harmon.As the current mayor of San Luis Obispo, Heidi is guiding her community into...
Episode 31: Self Love and Releasing Shame with Nica Selvaggio
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nica Selvaggio was adopted as a young child and came to believe that worthiness was dependant upon being perfect. Nica, who identifies as a non-binary...
Episode 30: Love Sober with Kate Baily
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Erin talks with Kate Baily, cofounder of the LOVE SOBER community and cohost of the LOVE SOBER podcast. Kate’s story of recovery began when she stop...
Episode 29: Alcohol Fiend to Sobriety Queen with Connie McMillan
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the SHE RECOVERS podcast, Erin talks with Connie McMillan, author of "Alcohol Fiend to Sobriety Queen" and host of the So...
Episode 28: Quit Like a Woman with Holly Whitaker
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Taryn and Erin talk with Holly Whitaker, founder and CEO of Tempest (formerly known as Hip Sobriety). Holly's new book, "Quit Like a Woman: ...
Episode 27: The Power of Connections
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
No matter where you are in your recovery journey, you will enjoy this conversation about the power of connections. We recorded it in late 2019 at our ...
Episode 26: Intergenerational Trauma and Wisdom
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"It's not your fault, but it's your turn." In this semi-meditative episode, Taryn shares her knowledge of how your recovery journe...
Episode 25: You Are Not Your Past
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mama Dawn joins her daughter Taryn on the podcast to share one of her favorite messages to women in recovery: We are not our past mistakes. Dawn'...
Episode 24: Served Up Sober with Shari Hampton
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Shari Hampton is a sober enthusiast, founder of Served Up Sober and creator of some of the most inspiring car chats on Instagram! Shari joins Taryn ...
Episode 23: Living WiL²D with Lori Ann Hazel
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lori Ann Hazel is WiL²D – a Woman Inspired to Live Life Deliberately. In this episode, Erin talks with Lori about the importance of friendships wi...
Episode 22: Becoming a Powerful Creator with Catherine Choi
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Choi is the founder of SoYoung, a Canadian brand of lunch bags that offers consumers radical transformation through incremental change - and...
Episode 21: Rising Strong: Recovering from Depression and Divorce
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kerry is a woman recovering from depression and divorce. She spent years believing the sadness that enveloped her was normal, but also doing everythin...
Episode 20: Trauma, Our Body and Brain
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Have you found that, despite years of therapy and using other tools of recovery, you still feel stuck in old beliefs and stories?In this episode, Tary...
Episode 19: We Believe in Early Intervention
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dawn shares her thoughts on early intervention - choosing to come into recovery before a hard, low bottom.Listening to your own voice...
Episode 18: SHAMEBOOTH with Paula Williams
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Artist and activist Paula Williams talks with Erin about her interactive art installation, SHAMEBOOTH, a groundbreaking live experience that asks you ...
Episode 17: Tell Better Stories with Erin Shaw Street
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Shaw Street is a writer, editor and creator whose media project, Tell Better Stories, challenged media and marketing professionals to question th...
Episode 16: It's Not Your Money with Tosha Silver
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tosha Silver is a teacher and author who challenges us to change our sense of identify from “struggling human” to Divine Source of Love. Her lates...
Episode 15: Pamela Devenport's Badass Recovery
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Taryn talks with Pamela Devenport, who was kidnapped and held for ransom at age 18. The event and subsequent unhealed trauma "detonated" her...
Episode 14: Taryn's Ayahuasca Experience
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Taryn shares the lessons she has learned from using the plant medicine Ayahuasca. She tells how incorporating this modality into her patchwork of reco...
Episode 13: Dear Women in 12 Step Programs
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn shares what has been in her heart and on her mind as a woman in a 12 step program. She starts a conversation that requires urgency, as well as ge...
Episode 12: Addicted To Hope
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Deanna Axe lost her daughter and grandson to addiction. Her story will break your heart, help mend it, move you to find ways of reaching those in pain...
Episode 11: Monica Lewinsky, the Dixie Chicks, Alanis Morissette and Me
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part of remembering yourself is looking at the totality of our experiences and teasing out behaviors from causes. It is understanding how your individ...
Episode 10: Soulful Simplicity
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We live in a world where no matter what/how much we have, we never seem to have enough. In this episode, author Courtney Carver shares her decade-long...
Episode 9: Unpickled
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eight years ago, Jean McCarthy began an anonymous sober blog to keep herself accountable and connect with others. Today, she is an award-winner author...
Episode 8: Loving Kindness Meditation
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Taryn for a heart healing, guided meditation.A beautiful and potent practice to support your journey of cultivating compassion, forgiveness and s...
Episode 7: When Your Mother Dies
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Losing your mother is not something many of us ever truly recover from. If you loved your mom so much that you are practically certain that you can’...
Episode 6: Forgiveness: The Journey Home
02 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We are so excited for Ester Nicholson to join us on the SR Podcast! Ester is a recovery coach, author, speaker and recording artist. You may remember ...
Episode 5: My Resentment Gems
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do our marriages and partnerships evolve as our recovery deepens and grows? For Erin, her "resentment gems" kept her in a story where he...
Episode 4: Let's Not Talk About Bottoms
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Taryn is in Mexico on a SHE RECOVERS® retreat but manages to pull herself away from the beach to call Erin Wickersham, co-host of the SHE RECOVERS® ...
Episode 1: We Are All Recovering From Something
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the first SHE RECOVERS® podcast episode, SHE RECOVERS® founder Dawn Nickel shares what "we are all recovering from something" means to ...
Episode 3: Showing Up, Anyways
25 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Taryn shares about the importance of showing up - even when it's the last thing you want to do, even when you're terrified - and how she is ...
Episode 2: The Story of SHE RECOVERS®
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Taryn shares the story of how SHE RECOVERS® evolved from a mother/daughter duo with an inspiring Facebook page to an international movement creating ...