Breaking Free From Within:
The podcast where we dive deep into personal development, self-healing, and the journey to living a fully aligned life.
PODCAST
If your work centers on wellness, personal development, emotional healing, or self-discovery—I’d love to invite you to apply to be a featured guest on the Breaking Free from Within podcast.
This show is a space for real conversations that empower people to heal, grow, and reconnect with their true selves. If you’re a coach, healer, author, therapist, or someone with a story or tool that supports inner transformation, I’d love to hear from you.
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EPISODES
Episode 29: Values-Based Recovery: Anchoring to Your Why
What do you truly stand for? In this episode of Breaking Free from Within, host Prairie Francia explores how values-based recovery helps individuals and treatment providers anchor decisions in what matters most.
Values are the compass that guide our lives — qualities like honesty, family, freedom, or health. According to Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory (1977), values are shaped early through modeling and parental influence. But in the chaos of addiction, people-pleasing, or survival mode, values often get buried…
Episode 28: Cravings and the Brain: Beyond Food and Substance
In this episode of Breaking Free from Within, host Prairie Francia dives into the fascinating science of cravings and why they extend far beyond food or substance use. Drawing from neuroscience, addiction studies, and recovery coaching, Prairie explores how the brain interprets cravings as signals—often pointing to unmet needs, emotional avoidance, or disrupted balance in the body…
Episode 14: The Power of Consequences: How True Support Breaks the Cycle of Addiction
Today we’re talking about why it’s so important to allow the person struggling with addiction—what we call the “identified patient”—to experience the full repercussions of their actions.
And why stepping in to shield them—even when it’s done with love—can unintentionally block their growth and prolong the cycle of addiction.
Episode 8: Permission Slips or Progress Blocks? Understanding Permissive Thoughts
Whether you’re overcoming substance use, emotional eating, or codependent patterns, these thoughts often sound like “Just this once won’t hurt” or “I deserve it,” but they create dangerous openings for relapse. Prairie shares real-life examples, offers a simple 3-step tool to work with these thoughts, and closes with reflective journal prompts and a powerful mindset shift.
Episode 4: Overcoming Numbing-Out Behaviors
In this episode, Prairie Francia explores the reasons we engage in numbing behaviors—like emotional eating, social media scrolling, or staying “busy” to avoid our emotions. She explains how numbing is a learned survival strategy and shares practical steps to break the cycle. Listeners will learn how to shift from avoidance to self-awareness and adopt nurturing behaviors that support true healing.
Keynotes:
• What numbing behaviors are and why we use them.
• The emotional and psychological roots of numbing.
• How to identify triggers and pause before reacting.
• Steps to replace numbing behaviors with nurturing habits.
• Encouragement to embrace discomfort as part of healing.
• Invitation to join the Self-Paced Recovery Course at alignmentwithprairieyana.com