How to Find Peace Without Changing the Situation: The “All Is Well” Soul PracticeHow to Find Peace Without Changing the Situation: The “All Is Well” Soul Practice
Recover Your Soul: A Spiritual Path to a Happy and Healthy Life
Rev. Rachel Harrison shares her "All Is Well" soul practice as a way to find inner calm amid addiction, fear and family chaos. She explains how grounding the body, choosing different words and accepting powerlessness can shift your response from panic to heart-centred presence.
18:52•7 Sept 2026
Finding Calm in Chaos with the Simple Power of “All Is Well”
Episode Overview
- The phrase "all is well" is used as a spiritual truth, not to deny problems but to calm the nervous system and widen perspective.
- "What you name, you claim" highlights how language shapes experience, encouraging shifts from "struggling" to "working on this".
- Grounding in the present—feet on the floor, upright posture, hand on heart and conscious breathing—helps move from fearful thoughts into heart wisdom.
- Accepting powerlessness over others, including loved ones in addiction, allows space for healthier boundaries and less frantic control.
- Regular use of the "all is well" tool in both major crises and everyday annoyances can build a steadier, more spiritually centred way of living.
“"What you name, you claim."”
What remarkable journeys have people faced head-on against addiction? Rev. Rachel Harrison offers one of her own as she shares a simple but powerful practice she still leans on daily: the "All Is Well" tool. Aimed at people in recovery, codependents, over-givers and anyone who feels stuck in worry, this episode stays practical. Instead of long theory, Rachel gets straight into how to use spiritual tools when you're triggered, anxious, or desperate to fix someone else.
She draws on her history of alcoholism, control addiction and Al-Anon work, and she doesn’t sugar-coat how messy life can look while you're trying to grow. Central to the episode is the idea that "what you name, you claim." Rather than repeating "everything's working out" as a kind of wish list, Rachel invites you to use "all is well" as a way of widening the lens.
It’s not about pretending the crisis has vanished; it’s about calming your own nervous system so you can respond from your heart instead of fear. She shares raw moments from her son’s addiction, including a night he called her from jail.
Even then, she leaned on "all is well" to step out of panic, respect his journey, keep her boundaries, and still say, "I love you so much, and I've been so scared, and I'm here for you." You’ll hear practical guidance: feet on the floor, spine tall, hand on heart, breathe into your chest, and quietly repeat, "All is well. I am well. I'm okay." From there, you're reminded that you’re powerless over everything except how you show up.
For anyone tired of trying to control life into behaving, this conversation offers a gentle challenge: could you try saying "all is well" at least once a day and see what shifts inside you?
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