On the Brink: The No Grey Area Podcast
Currently in its second season, ON THE BRINK: THE NO GREY AREA PODCAST is a bold, unfiltered exploration of the human condition through the lenses of mental health, addiction recovery and personal transformation.
We seek to facilitate dialogue, increase awareness, and promote healing.
Hosted by Yosiya Lwanga and transformational life coach Pamela Reynell, each episode confronts the inner conflicts that shape behavioral change, emotional healing and long-term sobriety – until self-actualization is no longer a distant goal, but a lived experience.
Whether you're navigating recovery, supporting a loved one or seeking deeper self-awareness, this podcast invites you to step out of the grey and into the light.
Episodes
18 episodes
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS - INPATIENT PERSPECTIVE
In Cost-Benefit Analysis, we explore how unresolved childhood trauma can fuel harmful coping mechanisms, like addiction. This episode highlights the importance of examining the emotional costs and benefits of our cho...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:49
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS - COACH'S PERSPECTIVE
In Cost-Benefit Analysis, we explore how unresolved childhood trauma can fuel harmful coping mechanisms, like addiction. This episode highlights the importance of examining the emotional costs and benefits of our cho...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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2:21
SELF-TALK - INPATIENT PERSPECTIVE
In Self-Talk, we reflect on the destructive cycle of addiction and the moment of reckoning that sparks real change. This episode dives deep into the power of internal dialogue, revealing how the tone and content of o...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:35
SELF-TALK - COACH'S PERSPECTIVE
In Self-Talk, we reflect on the destructive cycle of addiction and the moment of reckoning that sparks real change. This episode dives deep into the power of internal dialogue, revealing how the tone and content of o...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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2:41
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS - COACH'S PERSPECTIVE
In Difficult Conversations, we explore how journaling and creativity can deepen self-awareness during recovery, emphasizing the importance of documenting personal responsibility and evolving self-talk. The coach high...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:59
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS - INPATIENT PERSPECTIVE
In Difficult Conversations, we explore how journaling and creativity can deepen self-awareness during recovery, emphasizing the importance of documenting personal responsibility and evolving self-talk. The coach high...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:27
BULLETPROOFING AGAINST TRIGGERS
Just because you have decided to get sober and change your life doesn’t mean that the world around you will fall in line and everything will be peaches and cream. You will still be triggered regularly. So how do you protect yourself...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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11:53
THE SHUNNED
Stigmatization is real and usually prone to continue even after an individual has been rehabilitated. Trust is hard to restore but is a crucial part of any healthy interpersonal relationship. Moving forward is virtually impossible when the worl...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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11:36
MAINTAINING A SUPPORT SYSTEM
Moments exist during the course of recovery where doubts are developed about staying the course. Learn more about support systems and how to identify and maintain them, where to look and just as importantly, where not to. Used corre...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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11:56
IS YOUR EGO YOUR AMIGO?
It has been said that hearing voices in your head is an indicator of folly. This episode takes the opposite viewpoint and advises the listener to listen to them carefully. Yosiya Sserugabi Lwanga offers a trifecta of reasons as to w...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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10:54
REST OF YOUR LIFE; BEST OF YOUR LIFE
In many cases, dumbing down and not shooting for the stars can be a major contributor to substance abuse and resentment. Gain insight on the importance of not taking the ambitions we hold deep down inside for granted. E...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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10:40
STAYING READY AT ALL TIMES
Good luck is when opportunity meets preparedness and this could not be truer than when one is riding the feel-good momentum of newfound sobriety. The pink cloud is not a bad thing if you know how to manipulate it. Gain insight into ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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10:12
RECOGNIZE THE REALITY
It is impossible to act decisively to achieve sobriety if you are not aware of what is available at your disposal. It is important to have a keen understanding of the reality of your circumstances without sugar-coating or doomsday prophesying.&...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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11:07
RUN YOUR OWN RACE
As Shakespeare once famously wrote, “To thine own self be true.” So how does one run their own race in life and endeavor in recovery to be a master of one passion instead of a jack-of-all-trades? Let's discover how to p...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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10:24
FOCUSED AT ALL TIMES
The purpose of remaining focused at all times is for clarity of direction on the road ahead in recovery. No need to make unnecessary diversions along the way by second-guessing yourself. For the speaker, being focused also worked to curtail emo...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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10:41
CRUSH & DESTROY TO REBUILD
Reconstructing the landscape of your life post-rehabilitation gives you that fresh-start and fulfilled feeling of walking into a once disgustingly dirty and disorganized living space that is now in pristine condition after you spent an entire d...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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11:43