Reclaim Joy in 7 Days
You've been living in survival mode for so long, you've forgotten what it feels like to just breathe.
For the next 7 days, you’ll get one simple email each morning, something small you can do that day to reconnect with yourself outside the crisis. This isn’t about fixing them, or fixing you. It’s about making room for lightness, even in the middle of everything. Because joy doesn’t erase grief, it sits beside it. And you’re allowed to have both
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This isn’t another “just stay strong” message.
Every decision is dictated by the crisis. Every plan is contingent on whether they’re okay. Every moment is shadowed by the fear of what might go wrong next.
You lie awake waiting for the phone to ring. You walk on eggshells in your own home. You’ve stopped making plans because you never know when you’ll need to drop everything and manage the next emergency.
And somewhere along the way, you disappeared.
Not all at once. Just a little at a time. Until one day you looked around and realized you’d become someone who only exists in relation to someone else’s disease.
What if you didn’t have to wait for them to change before you started living again?
SEND ME THE FREE EMAIL CHALLENGE →Here’s What You’ll Get Each Day:
One small invitation that helps you come back to yourself.
Inside this 7-day challenge, you’ll receive:
- Day 1: Connection Without Crisis - Call a friend and talk about something that has nothing to do with addiction. Rediscover what it feels like to be seen as more than the person managing the crisis.
- Day 2: Let Your Body Lead - Put on music and move. Release the tension you’ve been carrying in your shoulders, your jaw, your breath. Your body has been braced for so long, give it permission to exhale.
- Day 3: Remembering Yourself - Spend 30 minutes doing something you used to love. Not something productive. Not something that serves anyone else. Just something that once made you feel like yourself.
- Day 4: You’re More Than the Crisis - Share a memory or story that reflects who you are outside of addiction. Refuse to let their disease be the only thing that defines you.
- Day 5: Say Something Kind - Stand in front of a mirror and speak to yourself the way you would speak to someone you love. Self-compassion isn’t a luxury. It’s repair.
- Day 6: Make Room for Yourself - Do something just for you. Alone. A coffee. A walk. A quiet lunch. Something small but chosen. You don’t need to earn it.
- Day 7: Let Yourself Laugh - Really laugh. Watch something silly. Call someone who makes you smile. Let your body remember what lightness feels like.
Because joy isn’t a reward for getting through the crisis.
It’s part of how you survive it.
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Each Email Includes:
A personal story from Kimberly's journey loving Michael and Lyle through their addictions
One simple daily invitation, nothing overwhelming, nothing you can fail at
A downloadable worksheet for reflection (or journal on your own).
Permission to choose yourself without guilt
This Challenge is for you if:
You're exhausted from walking on eggshells every day
You don't know where the line is between helping and enabling
You've lost yourself in someone else's addiction
You feel guilty when you take care of yourself
You're burned out from being the “strong one” holding it all together
You want peace in your home, even if they don't change right away
You're ready to remember who you are outside of this crisis
A Note from Kimberly:
I know how impossible joy feels right now. When Michael's alcoholism consumed our lives, I couldn't remember what genuine happiness felt like anymore. I'd been faking it for so long, smiling at events while counting his drinks, posting photos that made our family look whole when everything was falling apart, that I'd completely lost touch with what real lightness actually felt like. And when Lyle's addiction took hold, I was right back in that same pattern. Different person. Same disappearing act.
I remember standing in my kitchen one morning, making coffee, and realizing I couldn't recall the last time I'd laughed. Really laughed. Everything had become about survival. About managing. About holding it all together while everyone else fell apart. Joy felt like something other people got to have. People whose lives weren't consumed by addiction. Maybe you know that feeling too.
This challenge isn't about fixing anything. It's about loosening the grip of survival just enough to remember you're still here. Still allowed to feel. Still allowed to breathe. Still allowed to be more than the person holding everything together. Your loved one's addiction doesn't get to take everything from you. Not your joy. Not your peace. Not your right to exist as a full person. I'm really glad you're here.
Join hundreds of others who are choosing themselves,
seven days at a time.
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