The Mindful Comeback
The Mindful Comeback

The Agents of Recovery Podcast

Coach Blu Robinson and Wendell Wood talk about shifting from negative triggers to positive “glimmers”, using mindfulness, curiosity and honest reflection on trauma to support behavioural addiction recovery. Their conversation blends personal stories, recovery tools and gentle challenges to help people become active agents in their own healing.

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1:01:14•27 Mar 2026

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The Mindful Comeback: Turning Triggers Into Glimmers in Recovery

Episode Overview

Negative triggers may be unavoidable, but you can train your mind to look for “glimmers” – small positive moments that help you feel safe and present.
Recovery is rarely a straight line; different programmes and groups can each be useful steps rather than final answers.
Curiosity works better than self-condemnation: asking “Why did this trigger me today?” opens space for growth instead of shame.
Revisiting past wounds, including childhood sexual experiences and early exposure to pornography, can help you stop punishing yourself for someone else’s actions.
Mindfully pausing, breathing, and engaging your senses in everyday life can rebuild a sense of awe and reclaim parts of childhood that felt lost.

“If you can sit there in those glimmers, it allows you to regain some of that innocence that you thought was forever gone.”

How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? The Agents of Recovery podcast tackles that question head-on in **“The Mindful Comeback”**, where Coach Blu Robinson and co-host Wendell Wood chat about recovery, trauma, and those small moments that can change everything. Aimed at people dealing with behavioural addictions like pornography and those who love them, this conversation keeps things real and very human.

Blu and Wendell talk about how easy it is to focus on negative triggers and shame, and how much harder it is to notice what Wendell calls “glimmers” – the tiny positive moments that help you feel safe, present, and hopeful. As Wendell puts it, you can “start being triggered by the positive stuff,” whether that’s a beautiful sunset, a quiet walk, or a kind word from someone who believes in you.

You’ll hear vivid personal stories: a friend racing an old man up “Y Mountain” and learning that pacing beats pride, Wendell standing on a beach with his eyes closed as his partner says, “Just be here. Be present right now”, and both men reflecting on childhood sexual abuse and early exposure to pornography. They talk openly about inner critics, shame cycles, and how old wounds can drive present-day compulsions.

Rather than pretending there’s one perfect programme, Blu and Wendell describe recovery as a series of steps, missteps, and course corrections. Twelve-step groups, faith-based meetings, running clubs, and communities like Husband Material are framed as rungs on a ladder: helpful for a time, then leading you to the next thing.

The heart of the episode is simple but demanding: be curious, not condemning, about your reactions, give your “inner child” some attention, and train your mind to pause long enough for the good moments to actually sink in. If recovery sometimes feels like climbing your own “Y Mountain”, this conversation might help you ask a better question: what could your mindful comeback look like?

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