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Reframeable Podcast
A podcast that brings you people’s stories and ideas about how we can work to reframe our relationship, not just with alcohol, but with stress, anxiety, relationships, enjoyment, and so much more. Because changing our relationship with alcohol is about so much more than changing the contents of our glass.
Episodes
72 episodes
Self-Compassion Over Shame And Survival
Join Coach Kevin and Coach Frank as they sit down with fellow coach Veronica Rockwitz for a powerful conversation about shame, self-compassion, and the long road to healing. Together they explore how early trauma and loss can shape the survival...
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Emotional Sobriety And Healing Trauma
Changing your relationship with alcohol is rarely a straight line, and it almost never happens alone. This episode explores why "white knuckling" through sobriety in isolation so often leads back to old patterns, and what changes when we finall...
Breaking Cycles Of Generational Trauma
Join Coach Melinda and Coach Frank for a conversation about what healing really asks of us — and what it doesn't. This episode explores generational trauma and how the patterns handed down to us can be understood, interrupted, and repaired. We ...
Rebuilding Your Life Alcohol-Free
What happens when hitting rock bottom becomes the turning point? This episode explores the raw reality of a suicidal blackout and a night in a cell, and how that lowest moment sparked a decision to get and stay alcohol-free. The conversation di...
Vision, Identity, and Purpose: Building a Life That Makes Alcohol Smaller
Join Coach Kevin and Coach Eric Fischer for a conversation about vision — setting an intentional aim for your life instead of drifting into one you never chose. This episode explores why the brain is a goal-seeking machine that reverts to whate...
Understanding Shame, Trauma, and the Path Back to Yourself
Join Coach Eric Fischer and Dr. Frank Spinelli—physician, certified health and trauma-informed coach, and author of The Shame Compass—for a deep conversation about the emotion most of us spend our lives trying to outrun.This episode unp...
Choosing Your Sobriety Date: Detox, CBT, and the Work That Keeps You Sober
Getting to day one can be the hardest part. In this deeply personal episode, Matt, a professional Los Angeles musician, shares how a fifteen-year drinking habit, a DUI, and the loss of his mother converged into one of the hardest seasons of his...
Self-Care August: Small Steps, Real Change, and Setting Boundaries
In this episode you'll get: a working definition of self-care that goes beyond indulgence and rest; why "should," "try," and "all in" are protection mechanisms worth noticing in your own language; the case for meeting yourself where you are (75...
Alcohol Cravings and Cutting Back: How Naltrexone Can Help
Join Coach Kevin Bellack and Coach Frank Spinelli, MD, one of Reframe's trauma-informed health coaches, for a guest-free deep dive into the medical side of changing your relationship with alcohol. In this episode, they unpack Reframe Med and th...
Why We Reach for Alcohol: Trauma and Attachment
Join Coach Kevin, Coach Eric, and Reframe Coach Maria Thelke for a conversation about healing trauma, building secure attachment, and understanding why we reach for alcohol in the first place. Maria is a trauma-informed relationship and r...
Emotional Sobriety, Showing Up as Yourself, and the Power of Community
Join Coach Kevin and Coach Frank as they welcome fellow Reframe coach Teri Katzenberger, a functional health and lifestyle wellness specialist who has been helping people build healthy, whole lives since 2005 and is celebrating 35 years of sobr...
Being Present Without Alcohol: Rediscovering Your Senses
Join Coach Kevin, Coach Frank, and Reframer Arely — a freelance photographer, aspiring novelist, and perfume enthusiast from Los Angeles who found her way to a more present, creative life after realizing she wasn't a moderator.This epis...
Mindful Drinking, ADHD, and Setting Boundaries: Finding Your Clarity
Join Coach Kevin, Coach Eric, and Reframer Nirvana: a married mom of four and artist from South Florida who first came to Reframe simply curious about the science of alcohol.This episode explores what happens when awareness, not a rock ...
Understanding Cravings, Building Habits & Playing the Long Game
What does it actually take to change a belief you've held for years — that you need alcohol to unwind, to sleep, to survive a hard day? In this episode, Coach Kevin and Coach Frank sit down with Ray Carroll, a four-year Reframe community member...
Isolation, Community, and Finding Your Own Way
Join Coach Kevin and Coach Eric as they sit down with Nadine — a librarian, mom of two, and Reframer with almost two and a half years alcohol-free — as she opens up about the double life she thought only she was living: the master's degree, the...
Shame, Science, and Second Chances: Breaking the Cycle of Trauma & Drinking
Join Coach Kevin and Coach Frank Spinelli — physician, trauma-informed coach, and Reframer — as Frank opens up about the journey that brought him to Reframe: a childhood trauma buried for decades, a pandemic that unraveled the life he'd careful...
Building Momentum: Burnout, Identity, and Lasting Change
Join Coach Kevin and Coach Eric Fischer as they sit down with Gina Welch — a nurse practitioner with 26 years in healthcare, a Reframer (three years alcohol-free) — to talk about identity, escape, and the long work of becoming someone new...
Rebuilding from Zero: ADHD, Addiction, and Finding Yourself
Join Coach Kevin and Eric Fischer as they sit down to talk about identity, addiction, and the slow work of becoming someone new.They dig into why alcohol isn't usually the problem (it's the solution to one), how chronic pain, professiona...
Recovery, Community, and Coming Home to Yourself
Join Coach Kevin and Frank as they sit down with longtime Reframer Max Miller — four and a half years sober, husband, father, and sales professional to talk about the Sunday morning he decided to stop drinking and the life that followed.<...
Start Small, Stay Connected: Rethinking Alcohol and Change
Join Kevin with new co-hosts Frank Spinelli and Eric Fischer as they kick off a new chapter of the Reframeable Podcast. In this episode, they share their personal journeys and dive into the realities of behavior change, alcohol, and identity.
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Kortney Olson: Empowering Women Through Strength and Recovery
In this episode of the Reframeable Podcast, hosts Kevin Bellack and Emma Simmons engage in a powerful conversation with Kortney Olson, an international bodybuilding competitor and advocate for women's empowerment. They discuss Kortney's journey...
Crafting Change with Grant Caunter: Founder of State of Play Brewing
Join us in this inspiring episode as we delve into the journey of Grant Caunter, the founder of State of Play Brewing, New Zealand's pioneering zero-alcohol brewery. From his early days at Heineken to becoming a 'beerpreneur,' Grant shares his ...
Ask Us Anything: For Anyone Rewriting Their Relationship With Alcohol
Join Emma and Kevin in this special "Ask Us Anything" episode where they tackle your burning questions about navigating life without alcohol. From dealing with cravings and social situations to maintaining relationships and setting realistic go...
Socializing Without Alcohol: Tips and Tricks for Success
In this episode, Kevin and Emma embark on a tangent-filled quest to discuss the challenges and strategies for navigating social situations during Dry/Damp July (or anytime of the year). They share personal anecdotes and insights while exploring...
Redefining Sobriety: A Conversation with Jen Hirst
In this episode of the Reframeable Podcast, hosts Kevin Bellack and Emma Simmons engage in a heartfelt conversation with Jen Hirst, founder of Lighthouse Sobriety. Jen shares her transformative journey from alcohol dependency to empowerment, em...