What is Soul Recovery?

Empowering Souls, Transforming Lives: Healing Ourselves to Help Others

The 9-Step Soul Recovery Process is a spiritual path of healing, self-discovery, and transformation. It helps you release control, practice detachment, and let go of beliefs and patterns that no longer serve you, so you can live with peace, authenticity, and personal empowerment.

Soul Recovery was inspired by the wisdom of Al-Anon and the 12 Steps, where I first learned the importance of surrendering what I could not control. But I also realized that surrender does not mean giving up—it means shifting where we place our energy. In traditional recovery models, powerlessness is often seen as an admission of defeat, but in Soul Recovery, powerlessness is about acceptance—accepting that we cannot control others while reclaiming the power we do have: the power to heal, the power to choose, and the power to transform our own lives.

Soul Recovery is not about waiting for others to change or trying to fix them—it is about doing our own inner work, so we can find peace, set boundaries, and step into our true selves with love and confidence. When we heal ourselves, our relationships begin to shift, not because we are forcing them to, but because we are showing up in a new, healthier way.

The 9-Step Soul Recovery Process

The 9-Step Soul Recovery Process provides a clear, structured path for those who feel stuck in suffering—whether due to codependency, addiction (your own or a loved one’s), trauma, or unhealthy patterns in relationships. Each step builds upon the next, helping you break free from old cycles and embrace a new way of being.

How Soul Recovery Can Help You:

Let go of the need to control or fix others and find your own peace.
Release codependent and people-pleasing behaviors that keep you stuck.
Identify and heal and update unhealthy patterns, beliefs, and stories from the past.
Shift from trying to control everything to trusting in your own strength and spiritual connection.
Build a deeper relationship with a Higher Power, however you define it.
Develop tools for self-awareness, inner healing, and lasting transformation.

Soul Recovery helps you move beyond the illusion of control and instead focus on what truly brings peace—turning inward, releasing what no longer serves you, and embracing your personal power.

A Spiritual Path for Healing and Transformation

Unlike traditional 12-step programs, Soul Recovery is not focused solely on addiction. It is a path of spiritual awakening and personal transformation for anyone seeking to heal. It draws upon:

The wisdom of the 12 Steps, while expanding beyond them to support deeper self-discovery and empowerment.
Spiritual principles that help you shift from suffering to self-awareness, peace, and purpose.
Practical tools for detachment, boundary-setting, and breaking free from unhealthy cycles.

Soul Recovery does not ask you to give up your power. It asks you to redirect it—to stop exhausting yourself trying to change others and instead reclaim your own strength, truth, and joy.

Where to Begin

If you are ready to explore a new way of being, there are many ways to start your Soul Recovery journey:

Listen to the Podcast – The Recover Your Soul Podcast offers teachings, personal stories, and guidance for healing.
Join the Soul Recovery Community – Attend my free monthly Soul Recovery Support Group and connect with others on this path.
Work the 9-Step Soul Recovery Process ( Choose to work directly with Rev Rachel or through Program Modules)
- Work the Steps on Your Own – My self-guided courses provide step-by-step teachings, journaling prompts, and meditations to support your Soul Recovery journey. Each module is self-paced, giving you 90 days of access to revisit the videos and deepen your process. Most people complete each step within a few weeks, allowing time for reflection and integration at their own rhythm.
- Spiritual Coaching – For those seeking personalized support, I offer one-on-one coaching to guide you through your Soul Recovery journey. Sessions are designed to meet you where you are, working intuitively with what’s unfolding in your life. I recommend meeting every 2 to 3 weeks as we move gently through the 9-Step Soul Recovery Process, providing the support and guidance you need for lasting transformation.

Healing begins when we turn inward, let go of what no longer serves us, and step into our true power.

Soul Recovery is here to guide you on that path.

"Together we can do the work that will Recover Your Soul."

Rev. Rachel Harrison

Soul Recovery Inspirations

This collection of books and audiobooks has been influential to Rev. Rachel and the development of the Soul Recovery process. While these resources offer profound insights and inspiration,

Rev. Rachel emphasizes that everyone’s spiritual journey is unique.

She encourages you to trust your intuition as you explore your own path to healing and transformation. These works are just one part of the abundant wisdom available on the spiritual journey, and we hope they provide support and guidance as you deepen your connection to Spirit and discover your truth.

"Follow your heart, it knows the way."

Rev Rachel

Soul Recovery Playlist on Spotify

Rev Rachel Guided Meditations on InsightTimer

A Course In Miracles

AA Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

Al-Anon conference approved literature

Be Here Now - Ram Dass

Codependent No More - Melody Beattie

Crossing the Threshold from Love to Fear- Paul Ferrini

Discover the Power Within You - Eric Butterworth

Don't Bite the Hook - Pema Chrodron

How Al-Anon Works for Family and Friends of Alcoholics

I love books by Brene Brown

I love books by Eckhart Tolle

I love books by Thich Nhat Hanh

I love books by Dr. Wayne Dyer

Let Go Now- karen Casey

Radical Compassion - Tara Brach

Radical Forgiveness - Colin Tipping

Recovery- The Sacred Art- Rami Shapiro

Studies of Metaphysics -Dr. Leon Masters

The Art of Happiness - His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The Bible

The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz

The Four Insights- Alberto Villooldo

The Language of Letting Go- Medody Beattie

The Law of Attraction - Abraham Hicks

The Magic of Surrender - Kute Blackson

The Untethered Soul - Michael A Singer

The Way of Mastery

Unity Teachings - Charles and Myrtle Fillmore

Books & Audiobooks

The NEW 9 Step Soul Recovery Process

As I have journeyed through the Soul Recovery process in my own life and had the honor

of coaching hundreds of courageous souls over the past few years, I am excited to introduce an updated version of the 9 Steps of Soul Recovery (July 2024).

These steps represent a transformative process of spiritual evolution and healing, designed to gently guide you towards a more aligned and authentic way of being as you confront and heal past wounds, beliefs and patterns, connect to a Higher Power, and open to living from your authentic and whole self. A Spiritual Path to a Happy and Healthy Life.

Listen to the Episode walking you through the New Process.

The 9-Step Soul Recovery Process

1. Ready for Awakening

Recognize Suffering – Become aware that your dissatisfaction and suffering stem from your current perceptions, beliefs, patterns, and stories.
Acknowledge the Need for Change – Understand that this awareness is the first step toward awakening and transformation.

2. Release Control

Identify Attachments – Recognize that your pain and suffering come from your attachment to control and the illusion of power over external circumstances.
Embrace Powerlessness – Accept that you are powerless over everything outside yourself and that true strength and peace come from within.

3. Discover Unhealthy Beliefs, Patterns, and Stories

Examine Beliefs, Patterns, and Stories – Identify and acknowledge the unhealthy patterns, beliefs, and stories that have shaped your life and behavior.
Recognize Their Impact – Understand how these patterns have contributed to your current state of suffering.

4. Open to Co-Creating with a Higher Power

Explore What Higher Power Means to You – Define your personal relationship with Source, Spirit, God, Higher Consciousness, Higher Power, or Light.
Connect with Your Higher Power – Begin to co-create your life with the Higher Power of your understanding, choosing light and authenticity.

5. Release Old Patterns That No Longer Serve You

Cultivate Awareness and Insight – Use your growing awareness to gain insights into your old patterns and beliefs, and what you have learned from them.
Practice Compassion and Forgiveness – Release these patterns through awareness, compassion, and forgiveness—both for yourself and others.

6. Embrace New Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story

Update Your Mindset – Step into new beliefs and patterns that align with your Higher Self and updated perceptions.
Recognize Your Gifts – Acknowledge your unique gifts, assets, and strengths as you rewrite your personal story.

7. Align with a New Perception

Shift Your Perception – Align with a new, healthier perception of yourself and the world around you.
Choose Your Reality – Make conscious choices about how you see and interact with the world from the standpoint of your Higher Self.

8. Deepen Your Spiritual Practice

Engage in Spiritual Practice – Develop regular spiritual practices to continue shedding old stories and beliefs, living in the present moment.
Commit to Your Higher Self – Dedicate yourself to living from your Higher Self, making choices that reflect your Soul Recovery journey.

9. Shine Your Light

Live Authentically – Let go of control and judgment, embracing your True Self and accepting the world as it is.
Inspire Others – Shine your light to the world around you, becoming an inspiration and beacon for others on their own spiritual journey and Soul Recovery.

Original 9 Steps of Soul Recovery

The original 9 Steps of Soul Recovery were inspired by the transformative power of the 12 Steps I experienced in Al-Anon and AA. These steps were not meant to replace the 12 Steps but to complement them, often used alongside these programs to deepen your spiritual awakening.

I am deeply grateful for these steps and how they have worked in my life and supported the Soul Recovery community over the years. They may still be a valuable resource to use on your spiritual path.

As always, take what you need and leave the rest.

1. Admitted we are powerless over everything outside of

ourselves. Recognizing our pain and suffering comes from

our desire to control people, places and circumstances.

2. Open to the awareness of a power greater than ourselves

who can offer healing and sanity in our lives.

3. Become willing to turn our lives over to the care and

direction of a Higher Power of our understanding, trusting

the unfolding of our lives to this loving source.

4. Gently witness and review our past pain, fears, resentments

and grievances with compassion and self reflection taking

responsibility for our part of the story.

5. Release the past through the experience of sharing with

complete honesty with ourselves, our Higher Power and a

trusted witness to recognize what we believed about

ourselves and others in our lives.

6. Recognize our patterns, shortcomings, defense

mechanisms, character traits, and beliefs that have kept us

from being our fullest and healthiest Self.

7. Release all that no longer serves us and realign with our

fullest Self and claiming healthy belief systems.

8. With empathy and compassion for ourselves and others

become willing to forgive completely, clearing the way to

healing ourselves and our relationships.

9. Choose to live a spiritual life each day with integrity, honesty,

and love for ourselves and all those we come in contact with

in all aspects of our life. Surrendering our will through prayer

and meditation to the care of a Higher Power of our

understanding, and choosing to be a light in the world.

The Recovery Your Soul podcast and content is for educational purposes only and is not allied or representative of any organizations or religions, but is based on the opinions and experience of Rev. Rachel Harrison. Recover Your Soul claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

Take what you need and leave the rest.