A professional pilot courageously reflects on addiction, vulnerability, resilience and recovery and what that conscious journey encompasses.  Join me in conversation with a commercial pilot, Laurie.  Her story spans the USA then expands around the world as she went from discovery to recovery in 2015.   Laurie serves aviation through sharing her conscious journey and recovery story with the aviation community and help other pilots find recovery in particular and others generally through service and sponsorship. 

Bullet Points

• Being a commercial pilot facing addiction
• Family dysfunction, influences and impacts
• Discovering sobriety
• Making amends even if the cost could be punitive fines and incarceration 
• Sharing Recovery around the world through Service

Knowledge Bomb

The latest bare facts and figures from the World Health Organization:

• The harmful use of alcohol results in 3.3 million deaths annually.

Resources & Links

• Alcoholics Anonymous 
• ALA-non 
• Adult Children (ACoA, ACA) 
• Become a Recovery Hero 
• Yoga 12 Step Recovery 

Ted Talk

• How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across A Lifetime -  Nadine Burk Harris

Recovery Support Apps

• Sober Grid 
• Pink Cloud 

Meditation Apps

• Calm 
• My Life 

Podcasts

• Busy Living Sober 
• Ten Percent Happier 

About the Guest

Laurie, a commercial pilot,  has been in sober since 2015.  She shares her story, recovery and how she serves as a worldwide sponsor. 

About the Show 

Podcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Michelle St Jane

A podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.

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