The Passion Test with Peter Langlois Ph.D

The Passion Test with Peter Langlois Ph.D

How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This chat between host Ellen Stewart, the Pushy Broad from the Bronx, and guest Peter Langlois Ph.D zeroes in on one powerful route: getting clear on your passions. Peter, a former epidemiologist, explains how a simple six‑week online course led him to "The Passion Test" and eventually to a whole new career.

As he puts it, "The passion test is a simple, powerful way to clarify what's most important to you, and then align your life with that." You’ll hear his own top five passions – from "exploring exciting new ideas" to "enjoying excellent physical and mental health" – and how naming them changed the way he lives. The episode walks through the Passion Test formula: intention, attention and no tension.

Peter illustrates it with a funny Mazda 3 story, showing how clearly stating what you want, focusing on it, and then relaxing about the how can bring more of it into your life. Ellen keeps things light and conversational, but always steers back to how this connects with recovery and life after addiction.

For those thinking, "What happens when life gets in the way?" Peter shares practical tools used in Passion Test workshops, including Byron Katie’s "the work", the expansion process, the appreciation game, vision boards and even writing a 100th birthday speech about the life you’d like to have created. He also talks about who benefits most: people in major transition (including starting recovery), people who feel stuck, and those with so many ideas they’re bouncing around like a ping‑pong ball.

If you’re curious about adding more direction, joy and meaning to sobriety or any fresh chapter in life, this episode offers a straightforward way to start asking: what truly matters to you, and how could your days look if you actually lived it?