S2 EP23 From Rock Bottom to Real Presence: Recovery, Truth, and Reclaiming Your Life with Wardell Harding

About this episode

Juliette Karaman and Wardell Harding discuss addiction, recovery, and the importance of vulnerability and community in rebuilding one's life.

Welcome Hello, lovelies. It’s Juliette here, and today I’m joined by Wardell Harding. In this conversation, we talk about addiction, recovery, and the moment life asks you to choose differently. Wardell shares his journey through substance abuse, incarceration, and the slow rebuilding of trust, purpose, and connection. We speak about vulnerability as strength, community as medicine, and the kind of honesty that gives others permission to come forward. This episode is about resilience, respons...

People in this episode

Host: Juliette Karaman

Guest: Wardell Harding

Topics covered

• addiction
• recovery
• vulnerability
• community
• resilience

Keywords

• addiction
• recovery
• substance abuse
• trust
• vulnerability
• community
• resilience

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