"Building a Life You Don't Want to Escape" with Kat: Kat's Journey in Recovery

What if your worst mistake in sobriety turned out to be the start of your calling? In this episode, Eric Kennedy sits down with Kat—sober entrepreneur and founder of Laguna Shores Recovery—to unpack her unlikely path from early relapse pain to creating treatment centers and a thriving digital recovery community. This isn’t just a recovery story—it’s a blueprint for purpose-driven transformation.

🔑 Key Takeaways

• Early sobriety & hard lessons: How Kat’s whirlwind marriage, quick unraveling, and emotional fallout led her deeper into recovery—not out of it.
• Community over isolation: The power of finding a sponsor, working the steps, and staying connected even when life falls apart.
• From burnout to breakthrough: Why Kat quit her six-figure tech job to pursue something with real meaning—and how it changed everything.
• Behind Laguna Shores Recovery: Building a treatment center from scratch, with no clinical background but a deep calling to serve.
• Change to Changed: How Kat created a 24/7 online sober community where connection, accountability, and daily intention come together.
• Practical tools for real recovery: Brain mapping, DNA-based medication matching, and her signature daily journal—recovery, reimagined.

⏱️ Timestamps

• 02:00 – A marriage, a relapse, and a hard reset
• 07:30 – Finding a sponsor and rebuilding from the inside out
• 12:00 – Leaving corporate life to find purpose
• 16:00 – Launching a rehab center with no roadmap
• 26:00 – The birth of “Change to Changed”
• 32:00 – Daily disciplines and Kat’s recovery journal

👤 Guest Bio & Links

Kat is the founder of Laguna Shores Recovery and the creator of Change to Changed, a growing online recovery platform. With her signature blend of grit, grace, and business acumen, she’s helping others build lives they don’t want to escape.

• Instagram: @socalkattt
• Sobriety Journal
• Treatment Info: Laguna Shores Recovery

📚 Resources

• Marriage After Addiction – Book & workbook by Eric Kennedy
• The Magdalene House – Free, non-medical program for women
• Kat’s daily recovery journal – A structured guide for physical, spiritual, and emotional wellness

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