The Self-Esteem Workbook for Women in Recovery
Practical Tools for Reclaiming Identity and Self-Worth in Recovery after an AddictionBy james K.
Length4h 23m
About this audiobook
Sobriety is not the finish line. It is where the harder work begins. The Self-Esteem Workbook for Women in Recovery is a 90-day research-grounded guide for women who have moved past early recovery and are now confronting what sobriety has revealed. The substances are gone, but the feeling of not being quite enough persists. Built on neuroscience, clinical psychology, and lived recovery experience, this workbook delivers structured exercises, boundary-setting scripts, and shame-interruption tools designed for women who are done with reassurance and ready for real change. Across thirteen chapters, readers will work through identity reclamation, self-compassion, relational repair, and emotional sobriety. This is not a beginner's guide. It is for the woman who already knows she matters and is now building the daily practice of actually living from that truth.
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GenreHealth and Wellness, Education and Learning
Length4 hrs 23 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1preliminary
46From Aesthetics to Functionality
2Introduction: How to Use This Workbook
47Interoception: Learning to Hear the Body's Intelligence
3Who This Workbook Is For
48Movement as Relationship, Not Performance
4Navigating the Workbook
49Chapter Eight: When You Say No and the World Pushes Back
5The 90-Day Architecture
50The Five Stages of Limit-Setting Aftermath
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6Chapter One: The Self-Worth Wound: What Recovery Didn't Finish
51The Four Manipulation Patterns
7The Neurological Loop
52Earned Secure Attachment in Adulthood
8The Three Wound Patterns
53The Drama Triangle and Recovery Relationships
9Recovery as Soil Preparation
54Chapter Nine: Guilt, Grief, and Growth: The Cost of Claiming Yourself
10The Relational Dimensions of Self-Worth
55The Losses That Come With Sobriety
11Why Recovery Brings Self-Worth to the Surface
56A Framework for Moving Through Loss
12Chapter Two: Shame, Guilt, and the Stories We Inherited
57The Gift and Complexity of Forgiveness
13The Distinction That Changes Everything
58Complicated Grief in Recovery Contexts
14The Stories We Inherited
59Chapter Ten: Rebuilding Relationships on New Terms
15From Awareness to Practice
60Why Reciprocity Is Not Self-Sacrifice
16The Family System as the First Teacher
61Amends Conversations
17Epigenetics and the Inheritance of Shame
62Sponsor Relationships and Recovery Community
18Chapter Three: Who Were You Before the Wound? Reclaiming Pre-Addiction Identity
63Family Systems and New Relationships
19Narrative Therapy, ACT, and the Authentic Self
64Attachment Styles and the Architecture of Relationship Repair
20Body Neutrality as a Foundation
65Trust as an Incremental, Evidence-Based Process
21Building Your Identity Document
66Chapter Eleven: The 90-Day Roadmap: Milestones, Momentum, and Meaningful Progress
22Distinguishing Character From Conditioning
67Phase One: Foundation (Days 1–30)
23Narrative Therapy and the Power of Re-Authoring
68Phase Two: Practice (Days 31–60)
24Chapter Four: The Neuroscience of Self-Worth: What Your Brain Can Actually Change
69Phase Three: Integration (Days 61–90)
25The Default Mode Network and Self-Narration
70The Science of Habit Stacking and Sustainable Change
26CBT: From Distortion to Accuracy
71Measuring What Matters: The Weekly Check-In Protocol
27Designing Your Neuroplasticity Practice
72Chapter Twelve: When It Doesn't Hold: Setbacks, Shame Spirals, and Getting Back Up
28Metacognition: Becoming the Observer of Your Own Mind
73Self-Esteem Setback vs. Addiction Relapse
29The Neuroscience of Habit Formation and the Micro-Habit Approach
74Understanding Shame Spirals
30Chapter Five: Radical Self-Compassion in Recovery: Beyond the Basics
75The Five-Step Shame Spiral Interruption Protocol
31Why Recovery Makes Self-Compassion Harder
76Post-Traumatic Growth and the Productive Use of Setback
32Self-Compassion in High-Stakes Moments
77The Recovery Spiral: Understanding Non-Linear Progress
33Inner Child Work as a Clinical Tool
78Chapter Thirteen: Emotional Sobriety: Living From the Inside Out
34The Inner Child and Recovery
79The Architecture of Emotional Sobriety
35Self-Compassion Versus Self-Indulgence: The Clinical Distinction
80The Community Dimension
36Chapter Six: Setting Limits from Self-Worth, Not Fear: The Recovery Boundary Framework
81The Systemic Context
37Fear-Based vs. Self-Worth-Based Limits
82Portrait of the Woman You Are Becoming
38The Six-Category Framework
83Mindfulness as an Emotional Sobriety Practice
39The Scripts
84Conclusion: The Practice Continues
40The Neuroscience of People-Pleasing
85What Comes Next
41Six Categories of Limits and How to Set Each One
86The Last Thing
42Practising Limits in Lower-Stakes Contexts First
87A Letter to the Woman Who Opened This Workbook
43Chapter Seven: The Body in Recovery: Self-Esteem Without the Mirror
88The Daily Practice Beyond the 90 Days
44What Sobriety Does to the Body
89References
45Health at Every Size as Evidence
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