Recovering From Reality

Alexis Haines

Hosted by mental health advocate and former reality television star Alexis Haines, Recovering from Reality illuminates the messy and magical path of coming home to yourself. Whether you’re on the road to recovery, seeking self-care techniques for surviving the capitalist machine, or just need a moment to remember that you’re not alone in your loneliness, we’re serving up the ultimate truth: your trauma doesn’t define you – your decision to deal with it does.

Razor sharp, modern, and culturally resonant, Alexis delivers intimate conversations and expert insights to empower you on the road to authentic wellness. Are you ready to recover from reality?

Hosted by mental health advocate and former reality television star Alexis Haines, Recovering from Reality illuminates the messy and magical path of coming home to yourself. Whether you’re on the road to recovery, seeking self-care techniques for surviving the capitalist machine, or just need a moment to remember that you’re not alone in your loneliness, we’re serving up the ultimate truth: your trauma doesn’t define you – your decision to deal with it does.

Razor sharp, modern, and culturally resonant, Alexis delivers intimate conversations and expert insights to empower you on the road to authentic wellness. Are you ready to recover from reality?

Episodes
Dear Media
Ep. 153 Reflections + Gratitude for Recovering From Reality
Ep. 152 AMA with Serena F*cking Kerrigan on Dating App Prompts, Perfecting Banter, and Making Yourself Unavailable
Ep. 151 Bekah Martinez on Becoming Pro-Choice, Politics + Parenting, and Performative Activism
Ep. 150 My Last Solo Episode
PRIDE HIGHLIGHT: Ep. 62 Becoming the Messenger That You’ve Been Waiting For with Ashlee Marie Preston
Ep. 149 Embracing Parenting and Postpartum as a Season of Change with Brandi Jordan
Ep. 148 Caroline Stanbury on Being a Single & Working Mother, Reality TV Misconceptions, and Navigating a Public Divorce 
Ep. 147 Happy Fucking Pride with Jeff Epstein
Ep. 146 Navigating Divorce and Co-Parenting with Attorney Nicole Sodoma
Ep. 145 Planned Parenthood’s Dr. Meera Shah on the Rode v. Wade Reversal, Reproductive Rights, and Action Steps to Take
Ep. 144 Parenting a Special Needs Child While in Recovery with Ashley Montano
Ep. 143 Unpacking Aging, Femininity, and Movement with Dr. Amanda Hanson
Ep. 142 Q+A: Your May Reading, My New Relationship, and Working Through Abandonment 
Ep. 141 Empowering ourselves with knowledge about our reproductive health with Dr.Ghadir 
Ep. 140 Rachel Slawson on being the first openly LGBTQ Miss USA
Ep. 139 Understanding our different parts using Internal Family Systems with my mom, Andrea Arlington
Ep. 138 An Update on My Marriage
Ep. 137 Turning our adversities into our advantages with Doug Bopst
Ep. 136 Using manifestation for the greater good with Gabby Bernstein
Ep. 135 March Q&A
Ep. 134 What's blocking you from love? with Liz Marz
Ep. 133 Your Worst Date Stories feat. Ali Kolbert
Ep. 132 Sofia Franklyn on Public Scandals, Attachment Issues, Healing, and Manifestations
Ep. 131 Manifesting Your Perfect Partner, Dating Conversation Starters, Navigating Ghosting
Ep. 130 Deconstructing Polyamory, Jealousy, and Cheating with Morgan, Creator of Chillpolyamory
Ep. 129 Creating Authentic Friendships in Adulthood with Danielle Bayard Jackson
Ep. 128 Supporting Addicts with Connection Not Control with Tarah Dowling
Ep. 127 Johann Hari on Reclaiming Your Stolen Focus
Ep. 126 Doja Cat, the Devine Feminine, and Radical Acceptance
Ep. 125 Spiritual Trauma, Being Addicted to Emotions, and Innate Worthiness with Scout Sobel
Ep. 124 Lala Kent on Insecurities, California Sober, and Mocktails
Ep. 123 To My Younger Self—
Ep. 122 Shifting the Recovery Narrative with Evan Haines
Ep. 121 Asexuality, Kinks, and Sensuality with Ev’Yan Whitney
Ep. 120 Pecan Pie, Panties, and Parenting with my Mom, Andrea Arlington
Ep. 119 Normalizing Suicidal Ideation with Tara Bixby
Ep. 118 Q+A: Supporting Someone Who is Suicidal & Natural Depression Remedies
Ep. 117 Meet My Girlfriend Kris
Ep. 116 Exploring and Understanding Sexual Desires with Angelika Alana
Ep. 115 Our Open Marriage with Evan Haines
Ep. 114 Welcome Home
Ep. 113 Bye for now...
Ep. 112 Unpacking Britney with Evan Haines
Ep. 111 Your Quality of Life Matters with Dr. Will Cole
Ep. 110 Ego States and Setting Boundaries in Family Systems with Andrea Arlington
Ep. 109 Q+A: Why I Got Vaccinated, Processing Emotional Eating, Adoption Updates, and more!
Ep. 108 Politics and Spirituality Are Not Mutually Exclusive with Marianne Williamson
Ep. 107 Using Food as Empowerment with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz
Ep. 106 Behind the Backstreet Boy with AJ McLean
Ep. 105 Q+A The Social Causes of Addiction and Mental Health with Bob Forrest and Evan Haines
Ep. 104 Self-Accountability and Sobriety with Kat Von D
Ep. 103 Our Brains Aren’t Broken, Our Society Is with Johann Hari
Ep. 102 Teenage Depression and Behavior Modification Programs with Sadie Sutton
Ep. 101 Q+A: Holiday Traditions, Real Housewives, Postpartum Anxiety, and more!
Ep. 100 Improving Your Intuition with Laura Day
Ep. 99 Surviving Breast Cancer with Selin Esendagli
Ep. 98 The Agricultural Crisis with Ryland Engelhart
Ep. 97 Dating and Sobriety with Lindsey Metselaar
Ep. 96 Q+A: Self-sabotage, Crystal Recommendations, Spirituality Advice, Recovery and Careers, and Emotional Awareness
Ep. 95 My Sister’s Birth Story
Ep. 94 Healing Your Body with Vanessa Fitzgerald
Ep. 93 Playing the Internet like a Church Organ with Caroline Calloway
Ep. 92 Creating a New Way of Life with Susan Burton
Ep. 91 Q&A with Arielle Lorre
Ep. 90 Sexuality and Empowerment with Zara Barrie
Ep. 89 Perception vs Reality with Kara Lowentheil
Ep. 88 Exploring Gender Creative Parenting with Kyl Myers
Ep. 87 Girl Insta-rupted with Syd Wilder
Ep. 86 You Are Worthy of Healing with Ruthie Lindsey
Ep. 85 Getting Chatty about Birth and Motherhood with Jess and Bekah from The Chatty Broads Pod
Ep. 84 Baited with The One And Only Ziwe
Ep. 83 Q+A with Alexis
Ep. 82 Exploring Different Paths To Sobriety with Jess and Kate from Seltzer Squad
Ep. 81 Radically Shifting the Narrative with Shaman Durek
Ep. 80 Restorative justice: the sacred act of confronting your rapist outside of the legal system with Marlee Liss.
Ep. 79 Gay Junkie Pop Culture Icons with Jeff Epstein
Ep. 78 Being Hot And Woke Aren't Mutually Exclusive
Ep. 77 Having A Money Mentality Makeover
Ep. 76 Processing our feelings surrounding racism, therapy, and reality TV with The Bachelor’s Taylor Nolan
Ep. 75 Giving Birth in Prison with Jessica Kent
Ep. 74 How I Manifested Pretty Wild and What Went Wrong
Ep. 73 Surviving on connections with Dr. Carder Stout
Ep. 72 Navigating Our Grief with Therapist Claire Bidwell Smith
Ep. 71 Creating Space For Black Women In The Work Place with Laurise McMillian
Ep. 70 And She Rose with Rising Woman's Sheleana Aiyana
Ep. 69 Being an ally in your own transformation with Alyson Stoner
Ep. 68 Learning to become our own Guru’s with the girls from Thats So Retrograde
Ep. 67 How stress effects our brains with holistic psychologist Dr. Meredith Sagan
Ep. 66 When Emotional Pain Turns Into Physical Pain
Ep. 65 Q&A With Evan Haines and myself
Ep. 64 Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino
Ep. 63 From the hearts of highly sensitive people with my husband, Evan Haines
Ep. 62 Becoming the Messenger That You've Been Waiting For with Ashlee Marie Preston
Ep. 61 Lifting Each Other up with Khalil Rafati
Ep. 60 Getting Down to the Basics with Tara Schuster
Ep. 59 Taking Charge of Our Own Healing with Luke Storey
Ep. 58 The real life of a Youtube star with Tana Mongeau
Ep. 57 Navigating the body positivity space with Katie Willcox
Ep. 56 Impeachment, she wrote
Ep. 55 Bad advice with Dr. Venus Nicolino
Ep. 54 From “Recovering” to “Living” with Zahara Zimring
Ep. 53 Make Sure Your Friends Are Okay with Hunter Moreno
Ep. 52 Call in show with yours truly
Ep. 51 New year, same us!
Ep. 50 Turning Your Karma Into Your Dharma w/ Angelika Alana
Ep. 49 Life after OJ with Kim Goldman
Ep. 48 Drugs Aren’t the Answer, Honey!
Ep. 47 Turning your mess into your message with Cathy Heller
Ep. 46 Healing From Sex Addiction with Staci Sprout
Ep. 45 Call-in Show with My Mom Andrea Arlington
Ep. 44 The Age of Anxiety
Recovering From Reality - Trailer
Ep. 43 From Meme to Marvelous With Rebecca Black
Ep. 42 73 Questions
Ep. 41 Turning Pain into Comedy with Ali Weiss
Ep. 40 Unshakable Faith with Dr. James Mellon
Ep. 39 Becoming the Head of the Pack w/ Zach Skow from the Pawsitive Change Program
Ep. 38 Getting Inappropriate W/ Heather Mcdonald
Ep. 37 Let's Talk About Sex w/ Jamie Elizabeth the Holistic Sex Coach
Ep. 36 Exploring cannabinoids and the effects of micro-dosing w/ Joseph Sheehey and Lo Bondi
Ep. 35 Not All Heroes Wear Capes w/ Bree Olson
Ep. 34 Repairing Your Marriage w/ Adam and Danielle from Marriage and Martinis
Ep. 33 Call-In Show W/ Sarah Nicole Landry (The Birds Papaya)
Ep. 32 Being In a VICE Documentary Changed My Life w/ Kevin
Ep. 31 Overcoming Depression Without Drugs
Ep.30 Call-In Show With Dr. Judy Ho
Ep. 29 Psychic Vibes With Heather Auble
Ep. 28 The Dark Side of Teen Behavioral Modification Programs with Sydney Montana
Ep. 27 Bridging the Cultural Divide
Ep. 26 Call In Show With Bob Forrest
Ep. 25 Wake Up B*itch It’s 2019 w/ Laganja Estranja
Ep. 24 Nancy Jo, Your Bias is Showing
Ep. 23 The Journey to Motherhood Matters w/ Ali Levine
Ep. 22 Literally Pretty Wild w/ Dan Levy
Ep. 21 Heavily Influenced w/ Josi Pellicano
Ep. 20 The Drama Stops With Me - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 19 And So It Is w/ Andrea Arlington - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 18 Reasons To Stay Vigilant w/ Molly Jong-Fast - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 17 Honey, You Gotta Do The Work - Q+A w/ Alexis - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 16 The Intersections of Feminism w/ Lauren Sundstrom - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 15 Let Food Be Thy Medicine and Medicine Be Thy Food with Vanessa Fitzgerald - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 14 Celebrating Body Diversity with Sarah Landry (The Birds Papaya) - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 13 Birth, Babies and Circumcision with Robyn Pool from PUSH Midwifery - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 12 You Do You, I'm Gonna Do Me w/ Lauryn Evarts Bosstick - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 11 Sober Kindred Souls w/ Arielle Lorre - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 10 Living Anonymously with Dave from Dopey - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 8 We Met in AA - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 7 Would You Rather - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 6 Sorry, Kristin Cavallari - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 5 My Shrink Knows About You - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 4 I Love You, Mom - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 3 Variations of Normal - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 2 The Reunion - Recovering From Reality
Ep. 1 A Special Kind of Hell - Recovering from Reality