Episode 723: My 51st birthday

About this episode

In this solo episode, Andrea Owen reflects on her 51st birthday, sharing insights on healing, sobriety, and personal transformation while announcing a new writing masterclass.

It's my 51st birthday, and I'm doing what I do best, speaking from my heart. In this solo episode, I get straight to the three things I most want you to know at this stage of my life: the tools that actually accelerated my healing, what fourteen-plus years of sobriety has made possible, and why the last five years have been the most transformative (and most brutal), of my life. I also have an exciting announcement: registration is open for The Words You're Here to Write Masterclass, a six-week live mentorship program I've co-created with my friend and bestselling author Shannon Kaiser. Whether you're thinking about a memoir, building a body of work, or just ready to finally write the thing you've been talking yourself out of– this one's for you! What you’ll hear in this episode: Plant medicine, astrology, and writing don't create the truth, they surface it. Your nervous system has to be ready to hold a story before you can tell it. Sobriety didn't just mean abstaining from alcohol, it made everything else possible. Staying present for the hard stuff, instead of running from it, is what allowed me to move through it. Perimenopause, a second divorce, Chiron return, and this…

People in this episode

Host: Andrea Owen

Topics covered

• personal growth
• sobriety
• writing
• healing
• transformation
• life challenges

Keywords

• birthday
• healing tools
• sobriety
• writing
• personal transformation
• life challenges
• masterclass

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