{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#426 How the Twelve Steps Offer a Surprising Path of Transformation with Ian Morgan Cron","description":" Happy New Year! I\u2019m SO excited to be back with you all and to kick off the year by welcoming back an incredible returning guest, Ian Morgan Cron. If you haven\u2019t had a chance to catch his previous episode, you might recognize him as the author of The Road Back to You, or as the host of the popular Typology podcast.     Ian is a psychotherapist, an Enneagram teacher, an Episcopal priest and the author of several other books. His new book releases at the end of this month, called, The Fix: How the Twelve Steps Offer a Surprising Path of Transformation for the Well-Adjusted, the Down-and-Out, and Everyone in Between.   I\u2019m thrilled to have him back on the show to share his heart behind this book and how everyone, no matter where they are in life, can benefit from the twelve steps. This conversation is rich, deep, and packed with insights you won\u2019t want to miss!  2:38 \u2013 Ian 201  \u00b7      Continuing Enneagram, coaching and podcast work \u00b7      Songwriting for Netflix \u00b7      Ian\u2019s new book, The Fix  7:54 \u2013 The Genesis of The FIx  \u00b7      Why Ian wanted to write this book \u00b7      Understanding the twelve steps \u00b7      Finding the balance between powerlessness and healing  14:28 \u2013 Looking at Modern Addictions  \u00b7      Craving control \u00b7      The need to play God \u00b7      Denial as an addiction 23:07 \u2013 Hugging The Cactus  \u00b7      Why everyone needs to \u201chug the cactus\u201d \u00b7      Accepting \u201cunacceptable\u201d parts of yourself \u00b7      The connection between self-awareness and spiritual growth \u00b7      The power of the twelve steps for all walks of life 39:56 \u2013 Seeking Progress, Not Perfection \u00b7      The difference between reformation and transformation \u00b7      How this process has impacted Ian\u2019s life \u00b7      The role of community in the transformation process \u00b7      Closing thoughts + pre-ordering your copy of The Fix   FEATURED QUOTES \u201cThe 12 steps are not just for alcoholics, drug addicts, over-eaters, gamblers, spenders, shoppers or whatever\u2026Everybody's on the addiction continuum somewhere, and everybody can experience the same liberation, joy, freedom and happiness that people that self-identify as addicts or alcoholics do.\u201d   \u201cThe one thing that stands between you and you becoming the person you want to become is the truth.\u201d \u201cThe parts of you that you have rejected all your life- all the quote-on-quote \u2018crappy, sinny stuff \u2018going on in there- is actually still at work. And until you welcome it home and accept the unacceptable about yourself, you will never accept that you've been accepted by God. And that's really important work.\u201d \u201cThere's a lot of people of faith out there who have just tried to hate themselves into becoming better people. You can't do that. You can't shame yourself, beat yourself up. You have to welcome these parts of yourself home and tell them that all of you is welcome.\u201d   Learn more about Ian:   https:\/\/ianmorgancron.com\/   The Typology Podcast   https:\/\/www.typologypodcast.com\/   Pre-order Your Copy of The Fix   https:\/\/ianmorgancron.com\/thefix   Ian\u2019s Other Books   https:\/\/ianmorgancron.com\/books   Ian on Facebook   https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IanMorganCron\/   Ian on Instagram   https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ianmorgancron   Ian on LinkedIn   https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ianmorgancron\/ ","author_name":"Can I Laugh On Your Shoulder?","author_url":"https:\/\/www.stillbeingmolly.com\/podcast","html":"