Inspirational Podcasts to Support Your Recovery

When you’re making healthy choices, it’s always good to have more tools in the proverbial toolbox. Fortunately, there are numerous resources to add to your motivation and boost inspiration to stay the course. Podcasts that support your recovery are just another way to shift the daily narrative and be exposed to different concepts that demonstrate just how big your life can be. 

Inspirational Podcasts to Support Your Recovery Goals

Contrary to popular belief, inspiration is usually an inside job. Known as intrinsic motivation, this type of inspiration means that “we do something just because we want to do it and because the act of doing it provides us with a feeling of pleasure, based on our natural interests, values, and passions.” 

One of the main reasons why listening to podcasts adds to your internal motivation is because you have the chance to learn different skills that expand your goals and are given more opportunities to realize more of your potential. Here are some possible selections. 

Sober Motivation With Brad McLeod

Getting to the heart of human connection, this weekly podcast features different guests “sharing their sobriety stories in hopes to inspire others about what is possible.” McLeod also offers other resources that keep people mindful of their sobriety journey. 

Optimal Living Daily

With a variety of hosts and numerous informational portals—including mental and physical health, finance, personal development, and productivity—creator Justin Malik and his team also provide worksheets and actionable tips to enable your progress.  

The Resilience Podcast

Presented by the Resilience Institute, this show is “dedicated to resilience insights, interviews, and practical tips” from guests all over the world. 

Self Care IRL

Author and wellness expert Ty Alexander created this weekly blog to “explore strategies and ideas for becoming your best self through active healing. This podcast will inspire you to take life by the horns and enjoy the ride despite your traumas or circumstances.”

Huberman Lab

Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine and uses his podcast to explore “science and science-based tools for everyday life.” Topics range from the connection between diet and mental health to accessing your creativity, all from the standpoint of maximizing brain power. 

The Addicted Mind

Created by therapist Duane Osterlind, this podcast strives to provide people with “reliable information about addiction treatment and research.” Osterlind writes, “I want people to know that it gets better with the right support and knowledge. I want to share how others have found recovery and created happiness in their lives.”

Big Think

Ten-minute interviews with some of the world’s most innovative minds, plus other longform programming on an endless variety of topics, Big Think’s mission is “to make you smarter, faster. At Big Think, we introduce you to the brightest minds and boldest ideas of our time, inviting viewers to explore new ways to work, live, and understand our ever-changing world.”

Happier With Gretchen Rubin

Author and founder of The Happiness Project, Rubin provides “thought-provoking insights into happiness and good habits to this lively podcast with helpful ideas, suggestions, interviews, and research-based strategies.”

Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

Each week, Greg Clunis presents this personal development podcast that’s “focused on exploring the day-to-day behaviors we all engage in that determine the results we gain in our lives, and shares simple strategies you can implement into your life to start moving the needle towards your biggest goals.”

TED Radio Hour

You’ve likely watched or even attended a TED Talk or two. In the Radio Hour, host Manoush Zomorodi helps you explore “a big idea through a series of TED Talks and original interviews, inspiring us to learn more about the world, our communities, and most importantly, ourselves.”

Addiction Unlimited 

Created by Anglea Pugh, who’s been in recovery for many years, this podcast explores many topics related to addiction, recovery, life-building, emotional intelligence, and more. 

The Daily Motivation With Lewis Howe

As the name suggests, each day you’ll hear from “industry-leading experts, you’ll learn proven principles, and you’ll discover life-changing ideas that will help you get motivated and stay motivated.” Best-selling author Howe calls it “The School of Greatness.” 

The Super Soul Podcast 

This small corner of Oprah Winfrey’s extensive media empire holds its own by helping you “awaken, discover, and connect to the deeper meaning of the world around you with Super Soul. Hear Oprah’s personal selection of her interviews with thought leaders, best-selling authors, spiritual luminaries, as well as health and wellness experts. All designed to light you up, guide you through life’s big questions, and help bring you one step closer to your best self.”

The Rich Roll Podcast

“At age 40, and after years of struggling with drugs, alcohol, and unhealthy living, Roll dedicated his diet to plants and his body to purposeful action. Just two years later, he began clocking top finishes at Ultraman World Championships and leading a community of others looking to transform their lives.” His podcast features interviews with celebrities and others who have insights for life improvement. 

On Being

Award-winning journalist and theologian Krista Tippett explores “a singular mix of spiritual inquiry, science, social healing, and the arts: biomimicry and the science of awe; spiritual contrarianism and social creativity; pause and poetry and more towards stretching into this world ahead with moral imagination and joy.” 

Discover You, Only Better, at Sobriety Centers of New Hampshire

The Sobriety Centers of New Hampshire has three treatment centers with board-certified professionals offering an evidence-based and holistic approach to wellness: 

  • The Antrim House in Antrim, a detox and residential treatment facility for adults.
  • Recovery Mountain in Tilton, a residence for Veterans and first responders as part of outpatient programming.
  • The Lakes Addiction Treatment Center in Laconia, which offers inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient rehabilitation programs for adults.


From inpatient and outpatient programs to family counseling and group therapy, our board-certified staff is ready to help you realize your full self and healthy recovery. Ask a member of our admissions team about the individualized care you’ll receive during and after your treatment.