"Focus Mokus" with Joe C.

Episode 3 January 27, 2026 00:37:00
"Focus Mokus" with Joe C.
Emotional Sobriety: The Next Step in Recovery
"Focus Mokus" with Joe C.

Jan 27 2026 | 00:37:00

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Hosted By

Patrick Newman

Show Notes

On clarity, which comes with emotional sobriety: an antidote to impulsivity, rumination, indecision and procrastination.

Thom’s nutshell wisdom:

Your ego has one value system, your spirit another. Beware of identifying with one and acting from the other. We all experience this. It is the source of our deepest hypocrisy.

This is the human struggle: personally and globally.

Our hearts go out to the people of Minneapolis.

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