Episodes
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You Deserve a Beautiful Life: Reclaiming Abundance in Recovery
This episode explores a powerful and often unspoken belief many people in recovery carry—the feeling that a beautiful, abundant life is meant for others, not for them. Sunshine challenges this idea by redefining abundance as more than money or success, describing it instead as the richness of everyday experiences: love, peace, creativity, connection, and rest.…
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Reclaiming the Cauldron: The Birth of The Sovereign Phoenix
In this episode of the Sober Witch Life podcast, Sunshine Witchski shares the origin story of her nonprofit, The Sovereign Phoenix. After leaving a burnout-inducing corporate career in early 2024, Sunshine felt called by Spirit to create a dedicated space for “witches in recovery.” Drawing from her own experience of feeling out of place in traditional 12-step programs—where…
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Silencing the Inner Critic: Healing Self-Loathing in Recovery
In this episode, Sunshine reflects on the final stage of a 90-day shadow work journey focused on self-loathing and harsh self-criticism—patterns that often hide beneath perfectionism, workaholism, and the need for control. Even after more than six years in recovery, she shares how the inner critic can still appear in small moments, like judging herself…