Inside the Labyrinth podcast is powered by the non profit Reps For Responders! You can find this episode on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, and more! https://anchor.fm/Inside-The-Laybrinth This episode is sponsored by No Matter What Apparel and Valor Supplements! Both Companies are owned by First Responders! Lets give back to First Responders who give back to us! Use Code INSIDETHELAB for 10% off at check out at https://www.nomatterwhatapparel.com Use Code RFR10 for 10% off your check out at https://valorsupplements.net ======================================================================================================= In Season 6, Episode 2 of Inside the Labyrinth Podcast powered by the Non-Profit Reps For Responders, Frank and Jay had the honor and privilege to speak with Cristina Guerra. In this episode we hit A LOT of topics such as nutrition, lifting, recovery and addiction. Cristina is a spouse of a Law Enforcement Officer. She's a health and wellness coach, a recovery coach and the VP of Reps For Responders. In 2020, she founded a community for the partners of addiction called Relationships and Recovery, a space where they could connect with others who 'get it', seek support and ask for advice. She hosts weekly meetings and has a private Facebook group. Her favorite quote is "shame dies when stories are told in a safe space", and that is one of communities missions: to help people shed their shame and guilt around addiction and the roles they've managed to take on as a caregiver, and possibly even an enabler.  Through that, she expanded her community to offer health and wellness coaching to empower women impacted by substance abuse to prioritize themselves through selfcare and focusing on their wants and needs through goal setting and accountability. This episode takes us through Cristina's journey from her early high school days, her experience on the sports fields to weightlifting and how fitness has carried her through some of her most vulnerable and difficult moments in life, ultimately bring her to where she is now. Cristina talks about how she's grateful for some of her darker moments, for those are the ones that made her who she is today- compassionate, empathetic, and self-aware. She leads by examples and share that "someday you will tell your story about how you overcame what you are going through right now, and it will become part of someone else's survival guide". Thank you Cristina for your bravery, courage and honesty! 

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