Beyond the Facade with Choose Recovery Services

64: Understanding Attachment Wounds in Sexual Addiction Recovery


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Ever wondered why certain behaviors feel impossible to break, even when you desperately want to change? In this eye-opening episode, Luke and guest Laura Fisher dive deep into the hidden world of attachment wounds and how childhood experiences shape our adult relationships and coping mechanisms. 

You'll discover why recovery isn't a destination but an ongoing journey—like walking up a down escalator that never stops moving.

Laura Fisher is a fellow coach at Choose Recovery Services. Learn more about her here and book a session with her here.  

Listen to Learn:

  • The importance of understanding your attachment style

  • How trauma can create sexual addiction patterns

  • Why recovery requires consistent, ongoing effort

Chapters

  • 01:09 Welcoming Laura

  • 01:44 Understanding Attachment and Its Impact

  • 06:44 Attachment Wounds and Their Manifestations 

  • 18:52 Rewiring the Nervous System

  • 25:31 Somatic Healing

Register Now!

  • Our next men’s intensive is coming up! Unmasked: Path to Authentic Masculinity⁠⁠ is a four-day in-person experience designed to help men delve deep into understanding integrity, unveiling layers of shame, and reclaiming their authentic selves. Intensive will be held in Spanish Fork, UT on September 16th-19th. Learn more and register⁠ ⁠HERE⁠⁠.

  • Revive and Thrive Women’s Intensive - Join us for a transformative four-day somatic healing intensive for women carrying trauma and tension in their bodies. Experience gentle release through expert-guided breathwork, brainspotting, energy healing, and nature immersion as you reclaim your body. Intensive is Aug 26-29 in Spanish Fork, Utah. 

  • We don’t want finances to get in the way of your healing. Scholarships and payment plans are available for all of our intensives. Learn more and see if you qualify.

Connect With Us:

  • Learn more about Luke here

  • Schedule a complimentary consultation here.

  • Don’t miss an episode! Join our email list and get notified when new episodes air! Sign up here.

  • Follow us on Instagram @choose_recovery_services   

Wanting more? Choose Recovery Services offers many courses specifically for men:

  • Beyond the Facade: Men’s Healing Group - This group helps men move through the pains of addiction, relationship healing, managing emotions, and moving past shame. You’ll learn how to better connect with others, understand your own emotional experience, and build a deeper sense of self respect.

  • Help. Her. Heal - This program is for men seeking to learn more about empathy, conflict resolution, and healthy communication. 

Additional Resources from Choose Recovery Services:

  • Intensives - Accelerate your healing journey with one of our intensives, available year-round .

  • Road to Recovery Webinar - Join us on the second Sunday of each month for a FREE interactive discussion that explores tools and strategies to support individuals and couples navigating the challenges of recovery following betrayal. 

  • Choose To Be Podcast - This podcast focuses on helping women heal from infidelity and betrayal trauma.

  • Healing Hearts - This is for couples seeking healing after betrayal. It emphasizes the development of empathy, integrity, and authentic intimacy. Available as a support group or a self-paced course.

  • Choose Healing - Weekly support group for women who have recently experienced betrayal and are needing help coping with the symptoms of trauma. First four weeks are free!

  • Choose Renewal - For women recovering from unwanted sexual behavior. Focus on recovery and healing from patterns of sexual acting out in a safe, nurturing community.

  • Resilient Teens - Ongoing support group for teens ages 15-18 whose parents have experienced betrayal in their marriage.

  • Adult Children Uniting for Healing - Ongoing support group for adult children of parents who have experienced betrayal in their marriage and who need support navigating their own experience with betrayal.

Learn more and register for courses at chooserecoveryservices.com


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