Girlfriend, if you've fallen in your recovery - if you've had a setback, slipped back into old behaviors, or feel like you're not where you "should" be - this episode is for you.
This morning, Lindsey was walking her 7-year-old son Blake to school when he fell hard while skipping in Crocs. Through his tears, he looked up and said, "I guess I shouldn't skip so fast to school." And in that moment, Lindsey realized something profound: Sometimes the fall is required. Not because we want to hurt, but because without the fall, we wouldn't learn any other way.
In this vulnerable episode, Lindsey shares her own painful fall in recovery - when she was lying to her treatment team, telling everyone she was "doing the things" while secretly still restricting out of fear. Her results weren't matching her actions, and she felt defeated. But that fall? It became her turning point.
Drawing from her figure skating background (landing her first double loop took countless falls), Lindsey reveals why falls aren't failures - they're required education. She addresses the shame that comes with relapsing, gives you permission to be right where you are, and shows you how to get back up without beating yourself up.
If you've been too afraid to risk falling or too ashamed to get back up, this episode will change everything.
In This Episode, You'll Hear:
Blake's Fall: The Morning Walk to School
How her 7-year-old fell hard while skipping in Crocs
The mama moment of dusting him off and helping him up
His profound realization: "I guess I shouldn't skip so fast"
Why she knew he needed that fall to learn
The parallel to recovery that changed her perspective
Lindsey's Recovery Fall: The Painful Truth
When she was lying to her treatment team about doing "the things"
The internal defeat of results not matching actions
One side wanting weight gain, the other side feeling betrayed and terrified
Beating herself up for not being "further along"
The turning point: getting real and honest with herself
Why that fall propelled her forward more than smooth sailing ever could
The Figure Skating Metaphor: Landing the Double Loop
Falling over and over trying to land her first double loop jump
How each fall taught her something new (angle, timing, fear, adjustment)
Why it became her favorite jump BECAUSE of the falls, not in spite of them
The parallel: recovery is learning a jump you've never done before
The Shame of Falling in Recovery
Why Blake was embarrassed when he fell (other kids watching, teacher saw)
The truth: shame isn't about the fall, it's what you make it mean about you
Your fall doesn't mean you're a failure, weak, or not worth the effort
It just means you're learning
Why Lindsey eventually saw her falls as necessary
How falls are setups for breakthroughs, not just setbacks
You Are Right Where You Need to Be
Not where you want to be, but where you need to be
You can't skip ahead or bypass the lesson
The truth: you can't change what you won't acknowledge
You can't heal what you won't feel
You can't grow without falling
The fall isn't the end of your story - it's the beginning of your breakthrough
Key Takeaways:
✨ Sometimes the fall is required - without it, we wouldn't learn any other way
✨ Falls aren't failures, they're required education - each one teaches you something
✨ Shame isn't about the fall - it's about what you're making the fall mean about you
✨ You are right where you need to be - not where you want to be, but exactly where you need to be to learn and grow
✨ You can't change what you won't acknowledge - getting honest is the first step to getting back up
✨ The fall is setup for your breakthrough - not a setback, but preparation for progress
✨ Recovery is learning a jump you've never done before - of course you're going to fall multiple times
✨ Staying stuck is its own kind of fall - it's just slower, more painful, and doesn't teach you anything
✨ You don't have to get up alone - reach out for help, let someone stoop down to
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