In this edition of The Way Out Recovery Coach, Entrepreneur, and person in long term recovery Kylie Butler comes to us from Bali to share her journey to and through recovery to this point with a sagacity and intuitiveness that is at once unmistakably authentic and enlightening. Her knock-down drag-out bout with alcoholism is rife with the hallmarks of a classic battle with addiction, not the least of which was trauma and a heavy dose of denial, which as most of us know, doesn’t FEEL like denial when we’re in it. Her recovery journey is rooted in the 12-Steps infused with a distinctly Buddhist set of principles and practices which very much focuses on living in a way that centers and prioritizes acceptance and letting go of that which causes us to struggle. For Kylie, recovery was first a process of addition by subtraction. Eliminate the alcohol, and then begin practices that allow her to continue to let go of the thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors that cause suffering while at the same time increasing serenity and over all well being in mind, body, and spirit. Kylie and I dig into her whale of a recovery story, talk some serious spiritual and recovery truth and reveal how her recovery practices evolved into an entire practice of recovery and life coaching where she now helps others create a meaningful life by design so listen up. Contact Kylie & Learn More About A Meaningful Life By Design: https://ameaningfullifebydesign.com/ Buddhist 8 Step Recovery: https://brnadmin.buddhistrecovery.org/assets/uploads/files/8_Step_Recovery-Preface.pdf Song that reminds Kylie of Recovery: Let it Go (From the Movie Frozen): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVVTZgwYwVo Favorite Recovery Literature (Quit Lit): https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Taming-the-Tiger/Akong-Tulku-Rinpoche/9780892815692 Best Piece of Recovery Advice: Don’t ask yourself what’s wrong with you, but instead ask yourself what happened to you (c) 2021 The Way Out Podcast | All Rights Reserved Theme Music: “all clear” (https://ketsa.uk/browse-music/) by Ketsa (https://ketsa.uk) licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/

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