Reframeable Podcast

Join Coach Melinda and Coach Frank for a conversation about what healing really asks of us — and what it doesn't. This episode explores generational trauma and how the patterns handed down to us can be understood, interrupted, and repaired. We dig into the practice of holding two opposing truths at once — love and resentment, gratitude and anger — without collapsing into shame, and why that kind of honesty keeps us grounded.

At its heart, this conversation is about connection as the engine of change. From recovery communities and sponsors to forums and accountability partners, we look at how moving out of isolation and into relationship makes lasting change possible — and why you don't need more proof, more pain, or a rock-bottom moment to deserve support and start now.

Please note: nothing in this podcast is medical or mental health advice. Always consult your healthcare provider about what's right for you.

The Reframeable podcast is brought to you by the Reframe app. Reframe is the #1 app to help you cut back or quit drinking alcohol. It uses neuroscience to reframe your relationship with alcohol and unlock the healthiest, happiest you. If you're enjoying this podcast, please like, subscribe, and share with those that you feel may benefit from it. If you have a topic you'd like us to cover on the podcast, send an email to podcast@reframeapp.com or, if you're on the Reframe app, give it a shake and let us know what you want to hear.

What happens when hitting rock bottom becomes the turning point? This episode explores the raw reality of a suicidal blackout and a night in a cell, and how that lowest moment sparked a decision to get and stay alcohol-free. The conversation digs into the belief that some people are simply "born to drink and die drinking" — and why that story can be rewritten. It's an honest look at the isolation that active addiction breeds, the terror of facing yourself sober for the first time, and the quiet moment of choosing to live differently.

From there, the focus turns to what actually rebuilds a life in recovery: leaning on community instead of reaching for a drink, showing up to meetings with the courage to speak your truth, and learning that healing happens when you're seen and heard. The episode also touches on reshaping negative self-talk, reconnecting with identity and heritage, and turning old pain and resentment into purpose. Whether you're cutting back, alcohol-free, or supporting someone who's struggling, this is a reminder that connection — not willpower alone — is what carries you through.

Please note: nothing in this podcast is medical or mental health advice. Always consult your healthcare provider about what's right for you.
The Reframeable podcast is brought to you by the Reframe app. Reframe is the #1 app to help you cut back or quit drinking alcohol. It uses neuroscience to reframe your relationship with alcohol and unlock the healthiest, happiest you. If you're enjoying this podcast, please like, subscribe, and share with those that you feel may benefit from it. If you have a topic you'd like us to cover on the podcast, send an email to podcast@reframeapp.com or, if you're on the Reframe app, give it a shake and let us know what you want to hear.

Join Coach Kevin and Coach Eric Fischer for a conversation about vision — setting an intentional aim for your life instead of drifting into one you never chose. This episode explores why the brain is a goal-seeking machine that reverts to whatever's safe, familiar, or novel — alcohol and other escapes included — when it has no clear direction. The discussion digs into how identity shifts throughout our lives, why the "midlife crisis" is really a vision you never signed up for, and how we inherit our roles and self-image without asking what we actually want.

You'll also get practical tools for getting started: writing down every idea without judging it, starting absurdly small, and noticing what stands out day to day. Whether you're cutting back, alcohol-free, or just curious, this episode is an invitation to get curious, stay open to change, and start defining the life you actually want.

Please note: nothing in this podcast is medical or mental health advice. Always consult your healthcare provider about what's right for you.

The Reframeable podcast is brought to you by the Reframe app. Reframe is the #1 app to help you cut back or quit drinking alcohol. It uses neuroscience to reframe your relationship with alcohol and unlock the healthiest, happiest you. If you're enjoying this podcast, please like, subscribe, and share with those that you feel may benefit from it. If you have a topic you'd like us to cover on the podcast, send an email to podcast@reframeapp.com or, if you're on the Reframe app, give it a shake and let us know what you want to hear.

Join Coach Eric Fischer and Dr. Frank Spinelli—physician, certified health and trauma-informed coach, and author of The Shame Compass—for a deep conversation about the emotion most of us spend our lives trying to outrun.

This episode unpacks the crucial difference between guilt and shame: guilt says "I did something bad" and can move us toward repair, while shame whispers "I am bad" and attaches itself to our identity. You'll learn why that inner voice isn't truly your own, how it gets installed in childhood or through later trauma, and why running from shame never works—because the goal isn't to eliminate it, but to build the literacy to understand what it's trying to tell you.

Along the way, you'll get practical, usable tools: the four P's for staying grounded when you're activated (pause, present, ponder, possibilities), the practice of separating the intellectual voice from the impulsive, childlike one instead of staying fused with both, and the difference between toxic shame and healthy shame that points you back toward your core values. The conversation explores how shame breeds in isolation, why community and service dilute its power, and how naming what we feel—out loud, in the moment—can free us. You'll also hear an honest look at how shame shows up differently around our bodies, our roles, our sexuality, and our sense of provision, and how much of it was handed to us by institutions, families, and culture rather than chosen.

Whether you're working to change your relationship with alcohol or simply want to live with less armor and more authenticity, this episode offers a compassionate, science-informed framework for getting back up after you've been knocked down.

The Reframeable podcast is brought to you by the Reframe app. Reframe is the #1 app to help you cut back or quit drinking alcohol. It uses neuroscience to reframe your relationship with alcohol and unlock the healthiest, happiest you. If you're enjoying this podcast, please like, subscribe, and share with those that you feel may benefit from it. If you have a topic you'd like us to cover on the podcast, send an email to podcast@reframeapp.com or, if you're on the Reframe app, give it a shake and let us know what you want to hear.

Getting to day one can be the hardest part. In this deeply personal episode, Matt, a professional Los Angeles musician, shares how a fifteen-year drinking habit, a DUI, and the loss of his mother converged into one of the hardest seasons of his life—and how he eventually made his way to a sobriety date he chose for himself: January 13, 2025.

This conversation explores what it actually takes to reach day one and, more importantly, how to stay there. Matt walks through the layered support that carried him through detox and early sobriety—medical intervention including naltrexone and other medications, therapy grounded in CBT, and the community he found through Reframe meetings and beyond. From there, the discussion opens into the deeper work of the second year: the searching self-inventory, making amends, and the practice of writing things down to see them clearly instead of letting them swirl in the mind.

Listeners will find a candid look at the "selfish selflessness" of recovery—how caring for yourself first creates the solid ground to show up for others—along with reflections on community as the antidote to addiction, the role of spirituality and staying open to signs, and why the work never really ends. The episode closes with practical takeaways on understanding the problems our behaviors are trying to solve, and the simple power of just starting the thing you keep putting off.

Whether you're working toward your own day one or building a life well past it, Matt's story is a reminder that changing your relationship with alcohol is about so much more than what's in your glass.

The Reframeable podcast is brought to you by the Reframe app. Reframe is the #1 app to help you cut back or quit drinking alcohol. It uses neuroscience to reframe your relationship with alcohol and unlock the healthiest, happiest you. If you're enjoying this podcast, please like, subscribe, and share with those that you feel may benefit from it. If you have a topic you'd like us to cover on the podcast, send an email to podcast@reframeapp.com or, if you're on the Reframe app, give it a shake and let us know what you want to hear.