169 {Jourdi Bleu} Escaping the grip of a destructive drug addiction

Try our FREE burnout quiz. Grab your burnout workbook HERE.  If you would like us to work with your team book a 30 min chat HERE. Trigger warning: alcohol and drug addiction We've spoken around addiction before, but each story shows how differently a path to addiction can start, and just how tragically it can effect the person’s life. That was the case for Jourdi Bleu whose addictions saw her first enter rehab at 18 years old. But it wasn’t until much later that she finally broke free and reinvented her life. Now, Jourdi is an empowerment coach, yoga and breath work teacher, retreat host, international speaker, and Amazon bestselling author who radiates playful, contagious energy and inspires others to rise from their own shadows. With formal training in criminology, youth work, yoga, coaching, meditation, and breath work, plus wisdom gained through wild life experiences she now lives from a place she calls “Upstairs,” creating a life beyond her wildest dreams. In this episode she shares:The first time she got blackout drunk and how her love story with alcohol beganThe car accident at 15 which led to the tipping point of drug and alcohol useThe opioid epidemic and how she got sucked into oxycontin addictionHer relapse and how she lost her partner to an overdoseHow yoga helped her get back on track and see another way to liveHow she realised she needed to figure her life out and leave her family to do soThe moment she realised she had an issue with alcohol and how she turned her life aroundWhat it is like now in her life without alcohol and embracing her past self and not demonising it   Key Quotes “Drinking was intrinsically connected into my identity. It was woven into who I was... I thought.”   More Information about Jourdi Follow her on her website, or find her book here. You can get involved with the podcast online On facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeus or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: support@challengesthatchangeus.com or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website: http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au Interested in DISC personality profiling or a Burnout workshop for your team, get in touch with Ali today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.