The 3-Letter Formula That Lets You Control the Outcome of AnythingThe 3-Letter Formula That Lets You Control the Outcome of Anything
Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery Podcast
Jeannine introduces the simple E + R = O formula from Jack Canfield and shares stories from her addiction, recovery and business life to show how changing your response can change your outcome. The episode focuses on helping people in sobriety and beyond handle emotions and setbacks with more intention and less chaos.
12:43•15 Jun 2026
The Three-Letter Mindset Shift That Can Change Your Recovery
Episode Overview
- E + R = O (Event + Response = Outcome) suggests that while events are often out of your control, your response largely shapes your results.
- Reflecting on times you turned good events into bad outcomes, or painful events into growth, helps you see your power to influence your life.
- Choosing a different response in the moment can prevent you from scrapping opportunities out of anger, fear or disappointment.
- Seemingly small choices in early recovery, such as physically removing yourself from tempting situations, can have life-changing consequences.
- Tools like E + R = O and four-step style reframing can reduce resentments and make day-to-day sobriety feel easier and more manageable.
“At any given time, we have the chance to change the outcome of any circumstance.”
What secrets to maintaining sobriety can be uncovered by changing just one thing: your response? This short High Functioning segment of Chasing Heroine zooms in on Jeannine’s all-time favourite mindset tool, the simple formula E + R = O: Event + Response = Outcome. Speaking from her own experience of addiction, homelessness and rebuilding life in recovery, Jeannine explains how Jack Canfield’s concept helped her stop “just surviving circumstances” and start actively shaping her life.
The idea is straightforward: you can’t control most events, but “at any given time, we have the chance to change the outcome of any circumstance” by choosing a different response. You’ll hear how she turned objectively good events into bad ones through her thinking, like panicking after a successful Black Friday at her fitness studio, and how she later reversed that pattern, turning disappointments into better outcomes.
When her co-host Narcan Nate cancelled on a parody rehab-fitness music video, she could have scrapped the project completely. Instead, she asked her friend Vegas to step in, and he “did a much better job” and transformed the whole thing into something even funnier and more memorable. Jeannine also shares a chilling early-recovery moment at a McDonald’s, when a former using partner offered her a shot in the bathroom.
Her choice to literally run back to sober living instead of trying not to be “rude” is framed as a life-or-death example of response shaping outcome. The episode is aimed at people in recovery and anyone who wants practical mindset tools, with plenty of gentle nudges to reflect: when have you turned something good into bad with your reaction, or shifted something painful into growth?
If you’re ready to test a three-letter formula on your own past and present struggles, this one might give you a surprisingly simple place to start.
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