Becoming Parents Podcast

Becoming Parents Podcast

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  • Naked Woman Interviews Recovering Porn Addict - Joshua Shea

    IN HIS WORDS:

    When it comes to addiction, my story is somewhat textbook, while being nothing like most people have ever heard. In the early years there's the typical abuse and subsequent trauma, then the discovery of substances and behaviors that help you cope with the world. In my case, it was alcohol and pornography.

    I hid my addictions to both pornography and alcohol for 25 years. In that time, I became an award-winning journalist, married a great woman and had two kids.

    In early 2009, I created a popular magazine in Central Maine, launched a film festival in northern New England and won a seat on my City Council. I was a bonafide local celebrity, but after the business took a turn for the worse, I removed myself from the medication I'd been taking for bipolar disorder for a decade and the addictions took over my life almost immediately. Both the drinking and porn use exploded in mid-to-late 2013.

    Everything came to a head the morning of March 20, 2014, when I was arrested for engaging a teenage girl in a chat room. I didn't know she was underage at the time, but I also know that's no excuse and make it clear in my presentations and media appearances. I made the mistake of pulling myself off the mental health medication thinking my manic side would help save a business. I am responsible and am not a victim of my circumstances. I was the proverbial last guy you'd ever expect this to happen to, but I think it proves that porn addiction can happen to anyone and it can go to sinister places unless you get help.

    I spent the next two years prior to sentencing in deep recovery, attending two inpatient rehabs, exploring and defining my spiritual side, and researching as much as I could about porn addiction, of which there was woefully little. It was when I was serving a six-month term in jail in early 2016 I wrote my memoir about my descent into addiction. I met so many men in jail who felt more shame about their sex or porn issues than any drug arrest, robbery or domestic violence charge they were actually serving time for, so I decided when I came out, I'd try to create the resources that were missing for me when I made the decision to change.

    After that first book came out, I received a ton of messages and most surprisingly (to me) most were from girlfriends and wives wondering what they should do about their partners' porn addiction and asking for help. So as I was promoting that first book, I met an LMFT in California and we agreed to co-write the book that came out in December 2019, hoping to help these women through a difficult time.

    I don't know what it feels like to be called to God, but for the first time in my life, I feel called toward this mission of porn addiction education. The statistics are scary. Did you know 32% of men under 30 have reported that they believe they have an issue with pornography? Or that 98% of married men and 70% of married women under 40 have looked at porn in the last six months. Nobody really understands just how far-reaching this problem is, and I fear if we don't begin to talk about it and understand it, it's going to be like the opiate crisis. We'll be dealing with something we should have seen coming 30 years too late.

    http://www.RecoveringPornAddict.com

    www.amazon.com/author/joshuashea
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-shea-7b9932194/

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Couch To Active coaches The Naked Podcaster and has an emotional breakthrough - Lyn Lindbergh

    Lyn is back for a coaching session with yours truly as the client to show you what it's like to have one-on-one coaching. I'm someone who loves exercise and participates daily, so we were both surprised at what my fitness hangup is, but breakthrough we DID! I carry emotional baggage about fitness and my worst fear.

    We talked about the percentage of people over 40 with chronic illnesses (staggering!), body positivity and shaming, The Perfection Detox Book, the guy who was locked in a gym all night, and more! Hang out and listen to what a phenomenal coach this woman is!

    Lyn has her book, app, TWO podcasts and is rated in the top 5 health and fitness books!

    Find her here! https://cdn.filestackcontent.com/IGTiC69ZQQSLHoNTO5TB?www.couchtoactive.com?text/html;charset=utf-8

    Lyn's book: https://www.amazon.com/COUCH-ACTIVE-missing-sedentary-active/dp/1732629218/ Lyn's app: http://couchtoactive.libsyn.com/get-the-free-app
    The Perfection Detox Book: https://www.amazon.com/Perfection-Detox-Critic-Bravely-Unleash/dp/0738234850/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+perfect+detox+book&qid=1581130238&sr=8-2

    In our first interview, we discussed how Lyn completed college even though she had a horrible reading comprehension issue (spelling was tough too!). We discuss ending her relationship with a strict religion, ending her marriage, obsessing over her weight, going corporate over teaching because it paid well, how exercise marketing is bullshit, building self-esteem, and having second chances.

    Her first interview is HERE: https://studio.youtube.com/video/TC2s8EJuQPk/edit

    WELCOME TO THE COACHING SERIES:

    When I wrote my book I did “Bear it all” - emotionally I was raw, vulnerable and the story was difficult to share but it was important for me to do it. I realized that I am only one story and that everyone has an equally amazing story to share. The podcast was born and for me, it was a way for my guests to “write a book in an hour” - to share their story in a condensed amount of time while being extremely raw, vulnerable, and genuine. It was an opportunity for the audience to feel less alone and build tools to cope with their own struggles. The coaching calls were a result of a suggestion from one of my guests.

    Not only am I physically The Naked Podcaster, but it’s my turn again to be emotionally naked so the listeners could know what it would be like to work with my guests. This process wouldn’t work unless I was a good fit for the coaching call and I was really willing to open up. These interviews are scary as listeners get real insight into my life.

    It’s worth it because I’ve gotten to know my podcast guests and how outstanding they are. 100% of entrepreneurs birth their business from their struggle, and it’s a gift to show how they have turned their trials around to help others. I’m looking forward to sharing their skills with you and connecting who they are in a different way.

    Enjoy the journey and remember to be kind to yourselves.

    CONNECT WITH ME!

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momofeighteen/
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/MomOfEighteen
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/momofeighteen/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenn-taylor-96442b98/
    Website: http://www.momof18.com
    Podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-naked-podcaster
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    1 hr 1 min
  • Couch To Active coaches The Naked Podcaster and has an emotional breakthrough - Lyn Lindbergh

    Lyn is back for a coaching session with yours truly as the client to show you what it's like to have one-on-one coaching. I'm someone who loves exercise and participates daily, so we were both surprised at what my fitness hangup is, but breakthrough we DID! I carry emotional baggage about fitness and my worst fear.

    We talked about the percentage of people over 40 with chronic illnesses (staggering!), body positivity and shaming, The Perfection Detox Book, the guy who was locked in a gym all night, and more! Hang out and listen to what a phenomenal coach this woman is!

    Lyn has her book, app, TWO podcasts and is rated in the top 5 health and fitness books!

    Find her here! https://cdn.filestackcontent.com/IGTiC69ZQQSLHoNTO5TB?www.couchtoactive.com?text/html;charset=utf-8

    Lyn's book: https://www.amazon.com/COUCH-ACTIVE-missing-sedentary-active/dp/1732629218/ Lyn's app: http://couchtoactive.libsyn.com/get-the-free-app
    The Perfection Detox Book: https://www.amazon.com/Perfection-Detox-Critic-Bravely-Unleash/dp/0738234850/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+perfect+detox+book&qid=1581130238&sr=8-2

    In our first interview, we discussed how Lyn completed college even though she had a horrible reading comprehension issue (spelling was tough too!). We discuss ending her relationship with a strict religion, ending her marriage, obsessing over her weight, going corporate over teaching because it paid well, how exercise marketing is bullshit, building self-esteem, and having second chances.

    Her first interview is HERE: https://studio.youtube.com/video/TC2s8EJuQPk/edit

    WELCOME TO THE COACHING SERIES:

    When I wrote my book I did “Bear it all” - emotionally I was raw, vulnerable and the story was difficult to share but it was important for me to do it. I realized that I am only one story and that everyone has an equally amazing story to share. The podcast was born and for me, it was a way for my guests to “write a book in an hour” - to share their story in a condensed amount of time while being extremely raw, vulnerable, and genuine. It was an opportunity for the audience to feel less alone and build tools to cope with their own struggles. The coaching calls were a result of a suggestion from one of my guests.

    Not only am I physically The Naked Podcaster, but it’s my turn again to be emotionally naked so the listeners could know what it would be like to work with my guests. This process wouldn’t work unless I was a good fit for the coaching call and I was really willing to open up. These interviews are scary as listeners get real insight into my life.

    It’s worth it because I’ve gotten to know my podcast guests and how outstanding they are. 100% of entrepreneurs birth their business from their struggle, and it’s a gift to show how they have turned their trials around to help others. I’m looking forward to sharing their skills with you and connecting who they are in a different way.

    Enjoy the journey and remember to be kind to yourselves.

    CONNECT WITH ME!

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momofeighteen/
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/MomOfEighteen
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/momofeighteen/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenn-taylor-96442b98/
    Website: http://www.momof18.com
    Podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-naked-podcaster
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    1 hr
  • Cancer, a near kidnapping, HIV scare to married and healing others - Seth Eliot

    I'm an Intuitive Business Coach, Author, and Medium. I have gone through more than most in my short little life. I've cheated death several times.


    I'm all about Life and I LOVE talking about death. I help people heal themselves. I'm a healer.

    About 11 years ago, I cried on my 30th birthday...really just sad and disappointed that my life was where it was. Since then, I've written two books, published one ("How I Learned to Smile From The Inside"), developed into a psychic medium, HR expert, Death expert, healing and bereavement facilitator and now an Intuitive Business Coach. I've come quite a long way. Of course, the obstacles along the way were cancer, kidnap, narrowly escaped HIV (probably several times), survived many friends' marriages, babies, and deaths, and most importantly, I am the person I want to be...almost every day.

    Now, I'm married to the love of my life, who also happens to be a medium. Every day is an adventure with him, as you can only imagine. He heals people through death. I like to heal people through life and death. I inspire them to smile from the inside.

    http://sethsantoro.com

    https://iamsetheliot.com
    https://www.amazon.com/How-I-Learned-Smile-Inside/dp/1478319232
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethesantoro/

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Cancer, a near kidnapping, HIV scare to married and healing others - Seth Eliot

    I'm an Intuitive Business Coach, Author, and Medium. I have gone through more than most in my short little life. I've cheated death several times.


    I'm all about Life and I LOVE talking about death. I help people heal themselves. I'm a healer.

    About 11 years ago, I cried on my 30th birthday...really just sad and disappointed that my life was where it was. Since then, I've written two books, published one ("How I Learned to Smile From The Inside"), developed into a psychic medium, HR expert, Death expert, healing and bereavement facilitator and now an Intuitive Business Coach. I've come quite a long way. Of course, the obstacles along the way were cancer, kidnap, narrowly escaped HIV (probably several times), survived many friends' marriages, babies, and deaths, and most importantly, I am the person I want to be...almost every day.

    Now, I'm married to the love of my life, who also happens to be a medium. Every day is an adventure with him, as you can only imagine. He heals people through death. I like to heal people through life and death. I inspire them to smile from the inside.

    http://sethsantoro.com

    https://iamsetheliot.com
    https://www.amazon.com/How-I-Learned-Smile-Inside/dp/1478319232
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethesantoro/

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    1 hr 5 min
  • Surviving abuse being homeless for 7 years drugs crime violence and his healing journey- Miguel Dean

    My mother suffered from anxiety and depression when I was born and when I was 7 months old she died of cancer. I went on to lose two other surrogate mothers before I was 5 years old. My stepmother was violent and abusive and my father was absent as I grew up.

    This led to me being stuck in fight and flight as I grew up and resulted in low self-esteem. On leaving home I fell into a shadowy world of drugs, crime, violence, and homelessness. But at 27 the arrival of my firstborn son inspired me to begin my inner journey of healing and transformation which I am still on.

    This journey has included: divorce, severe illness, overcoming addiction and learning to love and accept myself. I realized early on that my service to the collective influenced my own healing and the extent to which I was engaged and successful in my own healing impacted how much I could empower others.

    I worked with disadvantaged youth for many years before stumbling upon the inner journey of the divine union of masculine and feminine as a vehicle to return home to love and wholeness.

    Bring Him Home _ A Twin Flame Love Story tells my own true story of how conscious relationship purged and facilitated the further healing of my own childhood trauma and fear of intimacy that I had carried for too long as a result of losing my mother. It is a book to inspire a new (Sacred) masculinity and the truth and potential of a conscious relationship.

     https://www.facebook.com/migueldeanauthor/?modal=admin_todo_tour

    https://www.migueldean.net/

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    1 hr 7 min
  • Surviving abuse being homeless for 7 years drugs crime violence and his healing journey- Miguel Dean

    My mother suffered from anxiety and depression when I was born and when I was 7 months old she died of cancer. I went on to lose two other surrogate mothers before I was 5 years old. My stepmother was violent and abusive and my father was absent as I grew up.

    This led to me being stuck in fight and flight as I grew up and resulted in low self-esteem. On leaving home I fell into a shadowy world of drugs, crime, violence, and homelessness. But at 27 the arrival of my firstborn son inspired me to begin my inner journey of healing and transformation which I am still on.

    This journey has included: divorce, severe illness, overcoming addiction and learning to love and accept myself. I realized early on that my service to the collective influenced my own healing and the extent to which I was engaged and successful in my own healing impacted how much I could empower others.

    I worked with disadvantaged youth for many years before stumbling upon the inner journey of the divine union of masculine and feminine as a vehicle to return home to love and wholeness.

    Bring Him Home _ A Twin Flame Love Story tells my own true story of how conscious relationship purged and facilitated the further healing of my own childhood trauma and fear of intimacy that I had carried for too long as a result of losing my mother. It is a book to inspire a new (Sacred) masculinity and the truth and potential of a conscious relationship.

     https://www.facebook.com/migueldeanauthor/?modal=admin_todo_tour

    https://www.migueldean.net/

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    1 hr 5 min
  • From New Zealand to finding love to living in Japan - Altair Shyam

    When I was just two years old, I had a recurring dream that I was a

    Tibetan monk who died on a bridge just as described in the story in the book Chaos to Clarity. I had the same dream every night for a year. My parents were so worried as I woke up every night screaming. They took me to specialists until one doctor told them I was too hot, they took my blankets and clothes off and the dream stopped. Then some months before my mom passed away she told me about a meeting she had with a Maori elder in an orchard when she was just 16 and the information she was given about my past lives and future which matched the dream I had at the age of 2. She said she didn’t tell me because she didn’t want me to be influenced by such a powerful prophecy and wanted me to live my life freely. She was scared I would leave her and become a monk! I gave mom the pearl I had received from the heart of the statue of the Goddess of Compassion, Guan Yin Avalokiteshvara, that is central to this story and it disappeared not long after.

    http://www.altairshyam.com/

    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100015236058875
    https://www.instagram.com/skstephenaltair/
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-skelton-833446130/
    https://twitter.com/altair_sk
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjofX7E9-LogHEGaKFG-GCQ/featured

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    1 hr 3 min
  • From New Zealand to finding love to living in Japan - Altair Shyam

    When I was just two years old, I had a recurring dream that I was a

    Tibetan monk who died on a bridge just as described in the story in the book Chaos to Clarity. I had the same dream every night for a year. My parents were so worried as I woke up every night screaming. They took me to specialists until one doctor told them I was too hot, they took my blankets and clothes off and the dream stopped. Then some months before my mom passed away she told me about a meeting she had with a Maori elder in an orchard when she was just 16 and the information she was given about my past lives and future which matched the dream I had at the age of 2. She said she didn’t tell me because she didn’t want me to be influenced by such a powerful prophecy and wanted me to live my life freely. She was scared I would leave her and become a monk! I gave mom the pearl I had received from the heart of the statue of the Goddess of Compassion, Guan Yin Avalokiteshvara, that is central to this story and it disappeared not long after.

    http://www.altairshyam.com/

    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100015236058875
    https://www.instagram.com/skstephenaltair/
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-skelton-833446130/
    https://twitter.com/altair_sk
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjofX7E9-LogHEGaKFG-GCQ/featured

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Surviving on food from dumpsters, in a Catholic orphanage to juvie - with Linda Forrester-Pitocco

    Lynn and I discuss being in an orphanage at 5, then to California and from 7-9 in juvenile hall. 9-13 foster care where she survived sexual abuse, and then back into the home where she was taken from. Surviving with food from dumpsters, writing since she was 12, alcoholic parents, a dad who gambled, 6 siblings to being a nurse and working in the police force with their rape cases, then retiring. It was quite an adventure!

    IN HER WORDS:

    In my interview with you, I want those who will be listening eventually to know me more as the author who, through my life experiences have made me who I am today. From the dysfunctional childhood, through professional careers and as a mother and grandmother, grounded in my Catholic Faith, that life is precious and anything is possible. Even miracles.

    FB  Linda Forrester-Pitocco

    Instagram   lynnsuelynn

    Pinterest     Lynnsuelynn

    Linkden      lynnsuelynn

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    1 hr 3 min

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All about the struggles, surprises, joys, and exhaustion of birth and birthwork.