175: New Life Perspectives with Liz Larson and Bill McKenna - Episode 175

175: New Life Perspectives with Liz Larson and Bill McKenna - Episode 175

What are the common struggles and victories in addiction recovery? This conversation with Liz Larson and Bill McKenna zeroes in on one deceptively simple idea: life doesn’t feel like it has choices until your body relaxes enough to see them. Aimed at people who feel utterly stuck – whether in drinking habits, drug use, money worries, people-pleasing, or sheer fear – the episode unpacks how the nervous system can quietly lock someone into a “there is no other way” loop.

Liz and Bill explain this using plain language, a bit of humour, and some striking stories, including a man who went from “whacking back a few bottles of red wine every night” to realising he was trying to “drink [his] way into harmony” because of one powerful memory with his family. You’ll also hear about a man on the edge of retirement whose only imagined future was a lonely trailer in the desert.

After a single Cognomovement session, his body released the intense sensations of stuckness, and suddenly he could see multiple options for income, property and retirement. Another example is a woman who saw herself as everyone’s doormat; when the physical feeling of heaviness shifted, she was shocked to think, “These are all grown people.

They can take care of themselves.” Liz and Bill keep bringing it back to the body: stuck isn’t just a story in your head, it’s a sensation in your chest, gut, shoulders or jaw. They share simple exercises with breath and eye movements to help you notice where that feeling lives and start loosening it so new choices can come into view.

If you’ve ever thought, “I just can’t stop” – whether that’s alcohol, drugs, over-giving, or repeating the same painful patterns – this episode might leave you wondering: what if your body has been blocking your options all along?