In this Strength Month Q&A episode, Leslie and Alex respond to questions from the community about labels, addiction, forgiveness, conflict, shame, and what it really means to live in alignment. Drawing from lived experience, past guest conversations, and their own evolving relationship with strength, they explore how healing unfolds through inquiry, compassion, and conscious choice. This episode reflects on how strength is built not in isolation, but through dialogue, reflection, and the willingness to grok ourselves more deeply. A reminder that you do not have to have it all figured out to be strong, and that sometimes the most powerful growth begins with a question.

Don’t Trip on Your Cape

https://www.donttriponyourcape.com

Can We Grok? (New Segment)
https://www.donttriponyourcape.com/can-we-grok

Aligned Living & Leadership (Leslie Arboleda)
https://alignedlivingandleadership.com

Mush Love
https://mushlovellc.com

A Human Being With Love by Alex Embry
https://ahumanbeingwithlove.com

In this Strength Month conversation, Leslie and Alex sit down with Nick Bell to explore the quiet strength it takes to keep showing up after loss and addiction. Nick shares his journey through grief, years of substance dependence, and the long road of rebuilding a life rooted in balance and responsibility. He speaks honestly about recovery, accountability, and the daily persistence required to choose stability over escape. Mushrooms played a meaningful role in helping Nick reconnect with awareness, reflection, and a more sustainable way of living. This episode is a grounded reminder that strength is not always loud or dramatic, but often lives in consistency, humility, and the decision to keep trying even when it’s hard.

In this Strength Month conversation, Leslie and Alex sit down with Emily Cochran Stiff to explore what strength really looks like after survival. Emily shares her journey through childhood trauma and years shaped by addiction in different forms, including time spent in sex work, and how those experiences influenced the way she learned to protect herself. She speaks openly about recovery, the unraveling of labels that once defined her, and the courage it took to choose healing over self destruction. Now deeply engaged in spiritual and integration work, Emily reflects on forgiveness, accountability, and learning to meet herself with compassion. This episode is a powerful reminder that true strength is not about fighting or enduring more, but about choosing softness, rest, and peace as an act of self trust.