ARC Daily Connect Newsletter - Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Welcome to the ARC Daily Connect. Today, I'm thinking about the gap between urge and action.

One day, I realized there was always a split second between the craving and my action. That tiny gap was my opening — the place where I could step in and choose differently.

Science
Neuroscience shows that even strong urges have a brief delay before action. In that space, the prefrontal cortex — the decision-making part of the brain — can override the reactive impulse. This is where real change happens.

ARC Skill
Today, practice noticing the gap. Even a single breath before acting is a victory.

Closing
You don’t need a huge space to make a change — just a sliver of awareness. We’re all learning to find the gap together, and every pause strengthens us as a community.

Have an amazing day!

Here are the podcast replay links from the last month.

This is a Google Sheet containing all podcast recordings from January 2025 until present. Please check the tabs at the bottom of the sheet for the month you are looking for. Thanks!

Gratitude

The benefits of gratitude are nearly endless. People who regularly practice gratitude by noticing and reflecting upon what they're thankful for experience more positive emotions, feel more alive, sleep better, express more compassion and kindness, and even have more robust immune systems. What are you grateful for today?

Specialty Pods (updated list!!!)

ARC specialty Facebook Groups include:

ARC - ARM Addiction Recovery Ministries (Christians in Recovery)
ARC Plant-based Rotation
ARC Members Food Rotation Pod (Plant & Animal Proteins)
Digging the ARC Gardening
FAR Uniquely Neurodivergent
ARC - Writing Circle

ARC specialty Messenger Pods include:

Aging Well (NEW GROUP!!!)
ARC Crafts/Painting/Puzzles/Art
ARC Financial Freedom
ARC Pets & Animals Park
ARC Teachers
Canadian
Christians in Recovery from PF
Christian FARAs
Digging the ARC Gardening
ARC Community Call for Members
Eliminate a Food or Behavior Pod
FAR CAPS (Cross Addiction Pod for multi-substance addictions)
FAR Empowerment Pod (Bariatric Recovery)
ARC Parts Work
FAR Let's Travel
FAR Rainbow Room
The Raising Kids Pod
FAR Self Compassion
Freedom From Clutter
ARC Knifty Knitters & Crochet Club
Men of the ARC
Movement/Nature/Yoga/Exercise/Wheels/Water Hosts & Co-Hosts
Neurodivergent Pod
Strength and Athletic Pod
Spanish Speaking
Textbook Talk
Yoga Pod

Is there a pod that you would like to see? Please let us know, and we will add them to the 'needs' list.

ARC Daily Schedule

Here is the ARC Chats and Calls schedule for Tuesday

12a EST Awareness Hour - Check-in chats are a place to talk about problems, wins or whatever is on your mind.

3a EST Open House - A weekly social hour alternating between art and games, casual social time and reflective exercises.

4a EST Perseverance: Checkin Chats are a place to talk about problems, wins, or whatever is on your mind.

5a EST Study Group - This is where we learn the “why’s” of addiction and how to help others Textbook talk and ARC Exercises

6a EST Clarity and Connection Hour - This hour, the host will offer a writing prompt that will allow you to check in with yourself on how you are feeling

7a EST Intention Hour One - Checkin Chats are a place to talk about problems, wins, or whatever is on your mind.

8a EST Intention Hour Two - Checkin Chats are a place to talk about problems, wins, or whatever is on your mind.

9a EST Study Group - This is where we learn the “why’s” of addiction and how to help others Textbook talk and ARC Exercises

10a EST Transformation Hour - will feature a selection of emotional processing and mindset shift tools

11a EST Restore Hour - This hour focuses on activities that help with cognitive repair

12 noon EST Mindset Chat - If Joan is hosting, she will give updates on all the exciting things taking place in the ARC. On those days, the Checkin Chat portion of the hour is shorter than other checkins and will take place after this. The checkins are a time to talk about problems, wins, or whatever is on your mind

3p EST Read and Discuss - Awaken the Giant Within

4p EST Resilience Chat Various ARC Exercises—Checkin Chats are a place to talk about problems, wins, or whatever is on your mind. This hour may consist of check-ins, ARC exercises, or a combination of both7p EST Relaxation Hour ARC Tails, Pet Hour: This hour is a chance to socialize and connect with brain-calming activities

8p EST Community Call - Checkin Chats are a place to talk about problems, wins, or whatever is on your mind. This call is not on Zoom. Please see below for details.

link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5306176558?pwd=b0JKM1prV1NjR3IxeUpmaHB3bjFVdz09

WEEKLY ARC CHATS AND CALL SCHEDULE

Zoom room 530-617-6558 Passcode: 123456

CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE CHAT

Links for the next Community Call at 8p EST US:

*Online - https://instantteleseminar.com/connect/

Telephone - For US members call: 425-440-5100 Access code: 329564#

- For NSW Australia call: 02-8279-8670 Access code: 329564#

- For Victoria, Australia call: 03-8373-8670 Access code: 329564#

*Instructional video on how to join the conference call via the Internet. https://vimeo.com/588868517/4de70b7c99

Have you been in the ARC for more than six months? Would you like to tell your story as a food-addicted person? A powerful tool of recovery is listening to food-addicted people share their stories. Please let us know by reaching out to Lesley Schlink or Susan Hinshaw.