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What is clearing the wreckage podcast? Your host Kareem A. Rashed also known as #TheRealKareem, shares how he is clearing the wreckage from his life. The remains and fragments and broken pieces that are left behind from either the poor decisions or actions taken in life. The wreck or plenty of wrecks for that matter has consequences and repercussions when we go the wrong way. Kareem, has went the wrong direction for most of his life causing wreckage due to his alcoholism and addiction. As a ...
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Send us a text Hey World! In this episode I share with you the story of how I was raised and the structure that was given in the household. From morals, to instructions, to directions. We all were given a set of things to live by, to do, or how to be. To help us later in life in our adulthood become stable and have structure. Faith was instilled in…
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ep 16 Gratitude! Yes it gives you a better attitude!
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Send us a text Hey World! In this episode I share with you how from my experience being grateful gave me a more positive outlook upon life. How expressing my gratitude changed how I was feeling, from negative emotions to positive emotions. I also share with you a few studies on how gratitude affects and improves our mental health. I have a lot to b…
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Send us a text Hey world! In this episode I share with you all how vulnerability produces more vulnerability. In a relationship there are two of you and both parties grow into a deeper connection through both becoming vulnerable. If one person is and the other is not then perhaps, that is not a relationship. How it took me becoming vulnerable you w…
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Send us a text Hey World! In this episode I do a more deep look inside of the emotions that were suppressed for years. I also didn't realize I was carrying and exhibiting symptoms of PTSD. These symptoms had being occurring for years before I even was able to realize it. The only reason I was able to see it was because I took the time to look insid…
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Send us a text Hey World! In this episode I do a deep dive into where it all started. Yep, pretty early huh? That's right, just as a very young kid, the wreckage starts creeping in. I give you an inside look on what it was like being the youngest child of five and having them grow up and leave the house. The feeling of sadness and abandonment, how …
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Ep 12 Oh no, I think I might need therapy?
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Send us a text Hey World! In this episode I share with you my journey into therapy. How the notion and question came about asking or wondering if I may need to seek out therapy? How it all came about was because I was willing to become a better version of myself. I was on the path of choosing to no longer escape but instead deal and heal. Have you …
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Ep 11 How having daily and weekly routines helped
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Send us a text Hey World! In this episode I share with you my daily and weekly routines. A bit of a system, I might add that I followed which helped me clear the wreckage. One of the things that I noticed about myself is that I had a lot of wreckage up in my noggin. You know, that big head of mine and how the way that I thought about myself was pre…
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Send us a text Hey world! In this episode I dive deep into the power of journaling and why it was so crucial for me to see my thoughts on paper. How it helped me to discover myself more? How it helped me to find a solution within my thought process and think a little bit more rationally? How it helped me stay clean and sober? How by taking the time…
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Send us a text Hey World! In this episode I share with you the fact that my brain was arrested at age 12. We get real in this one! How I had to look at myself and see that my gosh, I am still a child. How I began to clear that wreckage and what are some of things I did in order to create a new identity. What did I do to become the man I wanted to b…
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Send us a text Hey World!! In this episode I share with you how valuable a mentor was for me in clearing the wreckage in my life. Not only valuable in helping me stay clean and sober but in ways of helping me mature and grow. He was someone I could trust. Someone I admired and also he was someone who let me in. He was vulnerable with me and was his…
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Send us a text Hey World!! In this episode I share with you clear concise definition of wreckage. I think some of you are confused as to what this podcast is about. With that, I decided to clear it up or clear the wreckage...LOL. Bye telling you exactly what and why I am all about clearing the wreckage. I also share with you the back story of my re…
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Send us a text Hey World!! In this episode, I share with you the part of the my story where I was coming to that place of surrender. How I got there and what it took for me to surrender. The definition of surrender is to give up oneself, as into the power of another, as by agreeing to stop fighting because of defeat. Well, have you ever felt defeat…
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Send us a text Hey world! In this episode, I give a first hand experience of when I was feeling alone and how just one encounter gave me reassurance and comfort to know for a fact that I am not alone. I was lost and feeling alone and still a little hopeless but once I reached out, there was a hand there to comfort me and hold me and walk with me th…
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Send us a text Hey world! In the very first episode we dive into what it means to clear the wreckage and what this podcast is all about. Why do we have wreckage? Why is it necessary to clear it out? Why am I doing a podcast about this? Why I am clearing the wreckage in my life? Where it began, and how I wrecked up my life? Join me on this journey a…
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Send us a text Hey world! In this episode I share with you exactly what happened to spark me on the journey to recovery. I get real with you and open up about my addiction to alcohol and drugs. I also share with you how I am now a recovering alcoholic and addict. With that, I finally was able to see and acknowledge my own wreckage. After years and …
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Send us a text Hey world! In this episode I share with you how I finally admitted that I am the problem. That the wreckage I have and caused is all on me. It was no one else's fault except mine. I share with you how I took full responsibility for my own crap. I also share with you how freeing that step was to take and how I finally saw a little gli…
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Send us a text Hey world! In this episode, I share with you the process of how I decided to seek help. I did not know what to do or who to ask but I knew after I admitted and took full responsibility that I needed help. I knew I was at the end of my rope and I was either going to let the rope hang me or let someone else untangle the knot that I had…
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