Caller Andrew's Question: "After a lifetime of pushing my feelings down, ignoring them and not wanting to feel them, how do I start to feel them again? I white knuckled my sobriety for 30 years, unsuccessfully ofcourse. Within the last year I started seeing a therapist, joined a men's group, attending a men's ARP as well as a couples ARP and went to warrior heart bootcamp. I feel my sobriety and recovery are solid but I'm having a difficult time connecting with my emotions, especially when my wife shares her pain, I find it difficult to show emotion. When I sit and ponder on the pain I've caused her I can eventually feel my emotions but that takes awhile for me to get to that point. I desire to connect with myself and my wife emotionally and am having a difficult time with it.....…"

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00:00 - Intro

01:23 - Podcast Introduction

06:10 - Andrew's Struggle

11:36 - Pornography and Shame

16:20 - Coping in Marriage

19:45 - Marriage Journey

23:10 - Therapeutic Separation

27:40 - Individual Work

30:15 - Faulty Core Beliefs

34:20 - Childhood Experiences

39:15 - Final Thoughts