DISCOVER WHAT’S REALLY
DRIVING YOUR BEHAVIOR
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BREAKING FREE FROM WITHIN PODCAST
BREAK THE PATTERN
Breaking Free From Within goes beyond the surface of sobriety to explore what’s happening underneath the behaviors you’re trying to change.
The triggers. The emotional patterns. The beliefs you’ve carried for years. The automatic responses you don’t even realize are running the show.
Through honest conversations, lived experience, and insights from experts in recovery, behavior change, mental health, and personal growth, each episode helps you understand why you do what you do—and what it takes to begin doing something different.
YOU CAN’T CHANGE
WHAT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND
Getting sober can change what you do.
But lasting recovery asks a deeper question:
Who are you becoming without the patterns that once defined you?
Each episode takes you beyond simply not drinking or using and into the work of building a life you no longer need to escape from—strengthening emotional regulation, understanding your patterns, reconnecting with your values, and creating an identity that supports where you’re going next.
This isn’t just a podcast about getting sober. It’s about breaking free—from within.
MEET YOUR HOST, PRAIRIE YANA
I HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE PATTERNS KEEPING THEM STUCK—AND CHANGE FROM WITHIN.
I don’t believe lasting recovery is simply about stopping a behavior. The behaviors we want to change often have something underneath them—patterns, emotions, beliefs, habits, and ways of coping that have been reinforced over time.
That’s why Breaking Free From Within goes deeper. Through lived experience, behavioral science, and conversations with experts, we explore what drives our patterns, how they shape our lives, and what it actually takes to create lasting change.
EPISODES
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
THE TOPICS
✓ RECOVERY BEYOND SOBRIETY
What happens after you stop—the deeper work of building a life you no longer need to escape from.
✓ BEHAVIOR, HABITS & PATTERNS
Understanding what drives your choices, triggers, automatic responses, and the patterns that keep repeating.
✓ EMOTIONAL & NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATION
Practical conversations about emotions, stress, cravings, resilience, and learning to respond differently when life gets hard.
✓ IDENTITY, PURPOSE & PERSONAL GROWTH
Who you become when old patterns no longer define you—and how values, purpose, and self-awareness shape lasting change.
✓ EXPERT & LIVED-EXPERIENCE CONVERSATIONS
Honest perspectives from clinicians, thought leaders, recovery professionals, and people who have lived the work themselves.
HAVE A STORY WORTH SHARING?
Breaking Free From Within features meaningful conversations with people who are changing the way we think about recovery, behavior, healing, mental health, and personal transformation.
We welcome applications from experts, clinicians, thought leaders, authors, founders, and people with powerful lived experience who can bring insight, perspective, and practical value to our listeners.
MORE THAN AN INTERVIEW.
A CONVERSATION THAT MATTERS.
Our guests are invited to go deeper than credentials and talking points. We explore the experiences that shaped your work, the ideas you believe deserve a bigger conversation, and what you’ve learned about creating meaningful, lasting change.
If your work or story aligns with the mission of Breaking Free From Within, we’d love to hear from you.
Applications are reviewed for alignment with upcoming episodes and themes. Submission does not guarantee placement on the podcast.