Tom Bodett discusses woodworking & recovery on Unravelling podcast.

This September, Tom Bodett joined therapist Kurt White and journalist Mary Wilson for a conversation on woodworking and recovery. Sober for 34 years, Tom reflects on what led him to recovery and the unexpected connection he eventually discovered between sobriety and woodworking.

Tom shares how making things may help repair some of the damage caused by addiction, engaging the brain through spatial reasoning and focused, absorbing work. As Tom puts it, "You're taking the medicine and you don't know it." He explores how those ideas led to HatchSpace and how what began as an idea for a place where woodworkers could share tools turned into a place for people who wanted to learn, make, and belong.

Along the way, Tom and Kurt consider how making things can help us connect with ourselves and each other. A conversation about recovery, creativity, community, and the many ways we keep recovering.