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Behind The Smile with Ash Butterss
Behind the Smile is a mental health, recovery and personal growth podcast hosted by TEDx speaker and coach Ash Butterss. Exploring alcohol, addiction, sobriety, trauma and emotional wellbeing, it reveals the raw reality behind the facade of people's "perfect lives." After getting sober in 2020 and leaving corporate life, Ash now shares raw conversations, expert insights and powerful stories to help you heal, grow and reconnect with your true self. Expect honesty, practical tools and real talk…
Episodes
Behind The Smile with Ash ButterssEp 9. Top 5 tips to improve your quality of life with Zoe Klein
In this week’s episode, I sit down with Psychotherapist and Yoga Teacher Zoe Klein to talk about how we can implement simple tools to positively impact our…
Behind The Smile with Ash ButterssEp 8. Learning to acknowledge the part you play with Gabs Ireland
In this week’s episode, I’m talking to Gabs, a 39-year-old recovering alcoholic, who started his sobriety journey on the 19th October 2019.We discuss the dark…
Behind The Smile with Ash ButterssEp 7. Ask Me Anything! Q&A with my BFF Georgia
In this week's episode, I'm putting myself in the interview seat and have invited my best friend of 25+ years, Georgia, onto the show to ask the…
Behind The Smile with Ash ButterssEp 6. How putting down the booze led to rediscovering the self with Monique Sverdvik
In this week's episode, I sit down with Monique, a Nurse and mum of four who gave up alcohol on the 28th December, 2019. We discuss Mon’s journey into sobriety…
Behind The Smile with Ash ButterssEp 5. Am I An Alcoholic? 7 Signs You Might Have A Drinking Problem
In this week’s episode, I talk about the stigma that surrounds the disease of alcoholism and why this is preventing people from reaching out for help.Before…
Behind The Smile with Ash ButterssEp 4. Breakups, busts and new beginnings with Max Crawford-Smith
In this episode, I’ve invited my ex-husband and dear friend Max on to share his story of recovery.Max talks candidly about his personal struggles with…
Behind The Smile with Ash ButterssEp 3. The danger of Perfectionism: how trying to live up to unrealistic expectations led me to self-destruct
In this episode, I talk about my life long struggle with perfectionism and how this developed as a result of certain conditioning throughout childhood. I…
Behind The Smile with Ash ButterssEp 2. From Manic to Mindful with Rod Butterss
For this debut guest episode, I’ve invited my dad Rod to share his story of recovery and hope. Rod started his recovery journey in 2010, however this is not…
Behind The Smile with Ash ButterssEp 1. My Story of Recovery
In this debut episode of Behind The Smile with Ash Butterss, host Ash shares her own experience and journey into recovery. From an early age, Ash learnt to…