I am currently saying goodbye to this particular podcast because I am beginning to new one so listen in and I’ll give you all the details

Well another dive into the depression well. I am sharing with you some of the things I’ve done to try to help myself get out of the depression, how well that’s going,what’s worked for me and I want to remind everyone over and over that 1.you should reach out and 2. there is no difference between mental illness and physical illness. you would not hesitate to go to a doctor if you broke your leg so do not hesitate to seek out a doctor when your mind is not working correctly.

Well I love you know that I suffer from major depressive disorder and that means I’m cyclical and right now I’m in the cycle of depression. I almost didn’t do the podcast because I am just you know programed to believe I should always put my best foot forward but that’s not what this podcast is about. this podcast is about being authentic and real and sharing my real experience in the hopes that it makes somebody else feel less alone.

Well this is a deep dive into the patriarchy into women’s role in the patriarchy women’s role in keeping themselves to a different standard than they keep men. I really wanna hear from people after they hear this so I’m gonna put my email here in the hopes that that is an easier way for you to get a hold of me then to be addicted to people Facebook page. nmaclaren@netzero.com

I used to always make the joke that I had to be myself because nobody else wanted to be. And I guess that’s true but it had sort of a negative connotation that being me was not all that great. And that’s how I went through most of my life, thinking that there was always something wrong with me, thinking that I needed to change in order to fit in, to find friends, to be loved, to be chosen. I could never be myself and have those outcomes. I have learned that that is a terrible way to live and a lonely way to live and you never really find your tribe that way. So let’s talk about it. All right go to my Facebook page addicted to people let me know what you think as usual and check out my new art endeavors at www.artdetrois.com

In this rather long episode (I’m sorry about that )I talk about what it’s like to grow up with narcissistic parents. Anybody who has grown up with an alcoholic has grown up with a narcissist and the kind of damage that they can do can be very deep and it can feel like it’s actually part of your personality instead of something that happened because of the environment you grew up in. I hope that you enjoy this( I know if enjoy is the right word) I hope you get something out of this and that you will ask me any questions or get a hold me on my Facebook page addicted to people and I will see you next week.

Just starting to tackle that tricky little second step where higher power comes into the whole recovery scene. I have no answers. I have musings I have thoughts I have questions. Please let me know your musings, thoughts and questions by going to the Facebook page for addicted to people. Hope you get something out of this

Please a little bit of a heavy one with the events that happened this week with the storming of the capital I find myself thinking back to the terrorism of my childhood and the childhood a lot of kids grew up in alcoholic homes. And I’m finding a lot of parallels in the lack of understanding I have for why my mother was so angry with her life and why these people are so angry with their lives. So please go to the Facebook page the addicted to people Facebook page let me know what you think let me know if you think I’m being too morose or if you have topics that way you would like me to talk about. I would appreciate it.

If you’re anything like me you’ve asked yourself from time to time how did I end up like this? Now I’m thrice times divorced I have been through a lot of financial difficulties and I seem to always have somebody addicted in my life. So in this episode we talk about patterns and how examining the patterns of over your life can really lead to some insights as to how your life turned out this way. Please leave any at comments on the addicted to peopleFacebook page and like and subscribe as they all tell you to do and I would love it if you did.

Yes I know we’ve talked about acceptance before but you can never talk about it enough. Acceptance is sort of the basis of all of recovery. I contend it’s the basis of happiness. It’s not all of happiness and we still do need Disneyland but it’s the basis, it’s the ground rock, without it it’s almost impossible to live authentically happy. So take a listen let me know what you think on the addicted to people Facebook page and I’ll see you next year. Thanks for all who have listened nancy

Hey everyone I go into talking about basically who does America worship. Turns out it’s not who we worship it’s what we worship, which is capitalism and the almighty dollar. Unfortunately this year has taught us that that really doesn’t work. We have thousands of people dying every day and yet our elected officials squabble over $600. I find it disgraceful, I find it the antithesis to what Jesus stood, remember him? The person we’re all supposed to be celebrating. unfortunately I find it all to American

Deep dive into denial both about the denial of Covid did it I was about the vaccine the denial about the presidential election the denial that I can have can’t have more than one cookie at a time without going overboard and the denial that stops us from making positive healthy choices. You cannot make a decision or a healthy choice unless you first address that there is a problem step one baby. Please come and visit me on the Facebook page for addicted to people and hopefully give me any questions you might want me to answer here on my sub stack which I’m going to start up next week and that will be fantastic

In this weeks episode I am talking about caring about ourselves loving ourselves enough to leave when we’re being mistreated. I am so please join me and I’m gonna read some wonderful comments I found on a on a Twitter thread him anonymously but just to let you know that it’s these things are very common and there are a lot of people that struggle with whether they should stay or leave. This happens very much during the holidays as addiction tends to escalate during the holidays at the same time that our expectations that we’re going to be happy and we’re going to you know get some needs met and those two things kind of clash and we have some real disasters. The newcomer meetings at our Al-Anon group are always pack during the holidays so it is a common common thing. Well I hope that I can help you in any little way to get through these holidays without feeling too mistreated and without being too disappointed. I’m going to continue to do some things about getting through the holidays starting next week I’m probably a replay of an old can you to the holidays podcast I did several years ago that was really well received but I am you are always welcome to get a hold of me on the addicted to people Facebook page and I will definitely get back to you all right bye

In this episode I talk about a huge moment of understanding about the dynamics of my family that came it seems like out of nowhere and I just really felt the need to talk about it and see what you think about it and how it might be late to your family. Hope you’re all staying safe hope I get to hear from you at my addicted to people Facebook page please let anyone know that you think could get any any kind of comforter knowledge of anything out of this podcast and that let’s try to get the word out.

I share how I got through the last week and how I’m getting through every week of this quarantine. I’ve been in quarantine since February and I live alone and it’s been a challenge. But I will admit I am not sick and that is a gratitude. Please come and talk with me at the addictive people Facebook page and like subscribe whatever it is that you like to do I’m just grateful that people are listening thank you

I’m not having a great day today and so I decided it was the perfect day to do a podcast about how sucky this year was and how we get through it. Serenity prayer is heavily influential. Join me on Facebook on the addicted to people Facebook page and I hope you are staying safe.

Today I look at one of the four M’s, martyrdom and the making of myself as a martyr and how I’ve clung to that self-image and why. I hope you can relate to some of it. I think that martyrdom is one of the most insidious and difficult of the coping mechanisms to eradicate. I think that we are a wee bit enamored of our sorrows. Anyway let me know what you think! Facebook page for addicted to people is still going and I would love to hear from you! thanks, Nancy

Hey everyone I am one pissed off woman. I didn’t know what I was going to do a podcast about because I was so angry so I decided to do a podcast about being angry. If you have ever felt like you are second-class citizen simply because you are a woman this is the episode for you. Please leave your notes and messages at the Facebook page for a Addicted to People.

In this I give you a little bit of homework and that homework is to watch the documentary the social dilemma on Netflix. It really speak to those of us that look for validation and self-esteem on the outside of ourselves and exacerbates an already difficult problem. I do mention that I am going to be going off of Facebook I know I’ve said that before but it’s really happening this time and Instagram so they will really only be two ways that you can comment I get a hold of me and the one that’s available right now is through Twitter and I am @nmaclaren.

I talk about the basis of probably my life which is low self-esteem in the first of little probably be two or three episodes. Please take a listen and please leave a comment on the Facebook page for addicted to people and I love to hear from you.