How do you break free without labels? Faith, Neuroscience & Recovery with Rose Ann Forte
About this episode
Rose Ann Forte discusses her journey of recovery and identity rebuilding without shame-based labels, exploring the intersection of faith and neuroscience.
What happens when the life that looks successful from the outside is quietly falling apart underneath? Rose Ann Forte is an international bestselling author and creator of the Choose Freedom® Program, and her work explores how lasting change can happen without building an identity around shame. In this conversation, Lisa and Rose Ann talk about Rose Ann’s years as a successful executive and church leader while privately struggling with alcohol, toxic relationships, and the pressure to keep everyone else happy. They explore why traditional recovery language did not resonate with her, how neuroscience helped her understand deeply rooted behaviors, and how her Christian faith became part of rebuilding her identity. In this episode: • Alcohol use and behavioral habits • Recovery without shame-based labels • Faith and the renewing of the mind • Neuroscience and habit formation • Toxic relationships and people-pleasing • Self-condemnation versus lasting change • Identity after addiction • Learning to choose freedom Learn more about Rose Ann Forte: https://choosefreedom.today Learn more about Lisa Lacy: https://www.lisalacy.com What did you perform in order to survive? Welcome to the…
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