• Ep 65 - Control and Surrender
    Jan 7 2025

    Dylan contemplates what it means to recognize we don't have control over our response to alcohol and how the concept of surrendering to this idea leads to recovery - and how mindful awareness of what this means can lead to a deeper experience of surrendering to a lack of control at a fundamental level.

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    43 mins
  • Ep 64 - Emotional Sobriety
    Aug 27 2024

    Dylan discusses what the concept of emotional sobriety means to him as well as what it means to be in recovery and to feel comfortable within his own skin.

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    33 mins
  • Ep 63 - Present Moment Awareness
    Jul 8 2024

    Dylan reflects upon the significance of being in the moment, consciously present of the here-and-now, and how this informs spirituality and the ability to enact change in life

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    30 mins
  • Ep 62 - A Conversation with Michelle B
    Jun 25 2024

    Dylan sits down to talk with Michelle B about getting sober in the late 1990s, being a single mother in early sobriety, relapsing after two decades of long-term-sobriety and what it took to come back and find recovery again.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Ep 61 - Acceptance and Self-Compassion
    Jun 3 2024

    In this episode of Fun in Sobriety, Dylan contemplates the idea of acceptance and self-compassion, both in early sobriety and what these ideas mean to him today

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    29 mins
  • Ep 60 - Character Defects and Detachment
    May 21 2024

    In this episode, Dylan ruminates over what it means to let go of character defects and how this manifests in the form of detachment from negative self-talk

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    26 mins
  • Ep 59 - Dylan chats with Mike C
    May 15 2024

    Dylan sits down with an old friend, Mike C to chat about his life experiences, his relationship with alcohol and his decision to give up alcohol as well as thoughts on living a secular and atheistic life, free will and the nature of consciousness.

    Link to Mike’s audio and video production company Northwest Live!

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Ep 58 - Humility, Pride and Self as Context
    May 7 2024

    Today Dylan contemplates the idea of transcending the self and the connection to humility and the leveling of pride that comes with the awareness that we are not our worst deeds - that our worst experiences do not define who we are as a person but rather they are experiences we have had; and how this manifests in viewing ourselves in context rather than in being attached to these experiences as self-definition.

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    20 mins