To 50 & Beyond | Midlife | Wellness | Recovery

Episode 103 The Gift of Community with Dawn Nickel  In this episode, you will hear from Dawn Nickel, the founder of SHE RECOVERS. Dawn talks about turning 60 this year and how she wants to go into her third act of life and she is spending a lot of time in self-reflection.  Also, how she discovered at a young age that there had to be more to life than substance use and addiction.  Uncovering what led her to drink and using drugs. Today, Dawn is working on her workaholism.  She talks about putting in long hours and catching herself so she doesn’t do it every day.    Bullet Points:  Self-reflection going into 60  Childhood emotional trauma  Recovering from perfectionism Building She Recovers Blacking out from workaholism Anxiety and workaholism  Working 12-15 hours somedays  Sleeping 8-9 hours a night  Surviving stage 3 colon cancer  Where to choose an area in your life to heal first  Getting connected to stop isolation and get help  Dawn Nickel is a thought leader in the women’s recovery sphere and the creato