Building Motivation w/ Antonio Parrales ...

Building and Maintaining Motivation is Point 1 according to SMART Recovery. But how do you do that? On those days that you just feel completely demotivated how can you change that?

In this episode I have a great interview with Antonio "Tony" Parrales, a wonderful motivational speaker who has traveled throughout the country teaching audiences the tools for finding happiness and purpose at every stage of life. Tony opens up about some of his own struggles, goals, and how he uses the power of gratitude to get his mind right.

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Episode Outline

• 0:45 Discussing Hand In My Picket, Alanis Morissette
• 1:32 Introducing Tony
• 2:24 Talking about urges toward sex and equating sex to self-worth.
• 6:16: Talk about Shame vs Guilt and the power of Forgiveness.
• 13:06: Setting Professional vs Personal Goals
• 14:44: How Manages Personal Thoughts and Goals Without Using Substances
  • Friends (as a crutch), Exercise, Learning to Sit in Solace
• 17:15: Nuts and Bolts of Managing Feelings: Exercises You Can Do
• 18:10: Body Image in the Gay Community
• 19:01: Managing your Sadness Through Self-Discovery and Writing (and Forgiveness)

Music From This Episode

• Slay Today Playlist on Spotify
• “Hand In My Picket”, Alanis Morissette
• “September”, cover by Kirk Franklin

Other Links

• LessonsFromTony on Instagram
• LessonsFromTony.com
• More info about SMART Recovery, a non-12 Step program that helped for me.

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