Buttrfly Effect podcast

Host Gail Ferguson Jones talks with Donna Gapas, a licensed clinical social worker specializing in individual, couples and family therapy. She takes an interactive therapeutic approach to helping clients address personal life challenges. Gapas has 30 years experience treating trauma, anxiety disorders, depression, addiction and grief. She is a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University's Graduate School of Social Work, and speaks at national conferences on the topics of addiction, crisis intervention and family issues.

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Host Gail Ferguson Jones is an award-winning journalist, speaker, podcaster, recovering codependent and recovery coach. Her Buttrfly Effect program offers peer-to-peer coaching, specializing in recovery from codependency.

To learn more or to subscribe to her newsletter, visit http://www.buttrflyeffect.com/ or contact her at [email protected].

Music for The Buttrfly Effect Podcast. "Inspire Me," by Mixaund at https://www.mixaundbandcamp.com.

Host Gail Ferguson Jones discusses the topic of gaslighting with Tami Reseda Atman, host of The Stuck Stops Here Podcast, and author of a book by the same name.

Atman, who has done extensive research on the subject, shares her experience with abusive narcissistic family relationships and codependency. She stresses that setting healthy boundaries, accountability and emotional intelligence are at the heart of recovery and healing.

Atman also is a lyricist with an album, "Torch Songs for the Healing Journey," available on Spotify and Apple iTunes.

Book: https://www.amazon.com/STUCK-STOPS-HERE-Generational-Dysfunction/dp/1697009204/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+stuck+stops+here&qid=1600306500&s=books&sr=1-1

Podcast: https://pod.link/1486099280

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestuckstopshere/

Gail Ferguson Jones is an award-winning journalist, speaker, podcaster, recovering codependent and peer-to-peer recovery coach. Her Buttrfly Effect program specializes in issues of codependency.

To learn more or to subscribe to my newsletter, go to: http://www.buttrflyeffect.com/ or contact me at [email protected].

Music for the Buttrfly Effect Podcast, "Inspire Me," by Mixaund at https://www.Mixaundbandcamp.com.

Host Gail Ferguson Jones speaks with Author, Speaker and Consultant Lisa Frederiksen about secondhand drinking, a term she coined to describe the effects of alcohol use on loved ones.

Frederiksen has spent 16 years researching substance abuse and mental health disorders. She has written 12 books, including her latest, the 10 Anniversary Edition of "If You Loved Me, You'd Stop! What you really need to know when your loved one drinks too much."

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Frederiksen can be reached for speaking or consulting at https://BreakingTheCycles.com or by email at [email protected].

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) offers information on treatment at https://www.drugabuse.gov/search/principles%20of%20effect%20treatment?sort=_score

Gail Ferguson Jones is an award-winning journalist, speaker and certified family recovery coach. Her Buttrfly Effect program offers peer-to-peer coaching specializing in recovery from codependency.

To learn more or to subscribe to her newsletter, go to www.buttrflyeffect.com or contact her at [email protected].

Music for the Buttrfly Effect Podcast, "Inspire Me," by Mixaund at https://www.mixaundbandcamp.com.

Host Gail Ferguson Jones talks with author and life coach Jeoffrey R. Hutcherson, a teacher and speaker who helps others develop a personal recipe for happiness in every area of their life, no matter how trying the circumstances. In this episode, he shares how he helped a friend find his way back to happiness after being caught in the struggle of his wife's alcoholism.

Gail Ferguson Jones, a recovering codependent, is an award-winning journalist, speaker and peer-to-peer recovery coach. Her Buttrfly Effect program serves those struggling with the addiction of a loved one.

To learn more or to subscribe to her newsletter, go to www.buttrflyeffect.com or contact her at [email protected].

Jeoffrey R. Hutcherson is author of "Transformative New Thoughts: Discover TNT for a Delightful Joy-filled Reality," and "Hot Chocolate Happiness: Happy Cuz I Said So." He is also a massage therapist, sound healer, former international radio talk show co-host and voice-over actor.

He has developed a program called the "Gathering of Equals Philosophy." To learn more, go to www.jeoffreyhutcherson.com and www.gethappyvoice.com.

Music for The Buttrfly Effect Podcast, "Inspire Me," by Mixaund at https://www.mixaundbandcamp.com

Host Gail Ferguson Jones talks with guest Caledonia Curry, a multi-media and portraiture artist also known as Swoon. She is a philanthropist and founder of the Heliotrope Foundation, which includes on its board such luminaries as Music Producer Swizz Beatz. In this episode, Callie shares her story of growing up in a dysfunctional family plagued by addiction, the trauma she suffered as a result, and her healing through recovery. Callie uses art and storytelling in her work with prison inmates to assist in their healing. And she rallies other artists in her social justice and job-creation projects in Haiti, Louisiana and Pennsylvania.

For further information about Swoon and her work, check out the following websites: http://www.heliotropefoundation.org; https://swoonstudio.org; https://www.instagram.com/swoonhq

And Caledonia Curry/ Swoon Studio on You Tube.

The Million Person Project at www.millionpersonproject.org.

Gail Ferguson Jones is an awarding-winning journalist, Podcaster, speaker, recovering codependent and certified recovery coach. Her Buttrfly Effect program offers peer-to-peer coaching, specializing in recovery from codependency. To learn more, subscribe to her newsletter at www.buttrflyeffect.com or contact her at [email protected].

Books referenced in this episode: "In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts," By Gabor Mate; "The Body Keeps The Score," by Bessel van der Kolk; and "Trauma and Recovery," by Judith Lewis Herman.

Music for The Buttrfly Effect Podcast, "Inspire Me," by Mixaund at https://www.mixaundbandcamp.com.

Host Gail Ferguson Jones speaks with Drug and Alcohol Counselor Paxton Dickerson, a recovering addict, Detox Specialist and Recovery Coach, about how his substance abuse affected his family and his response, while using, to their concerns. He describes the mindset of those caught in the grips of addiction and their manipulative approach to relationships. Dickerson advises loved ones to seek their own recovery to address their codependency.

Paxton Dickerson, founder of Mechanics of Recovery, speaks at rehab centers, schools, community groups and businesses. He can be reached at [email protected]. To learn more about his program, go to: www.mechanicsofrecovery.com.

Gail Ferguson Jones is a recovering codependent, award-winning journalist, speaker, podcaster and recovery coach. Her Buttrfly Effect program offers peer-to-peer coaching specializing in recovery from codependency. To learn more or to subscribe to her eletter, go to www.buttrflyeffect.com, or contact her at [email protected].

Music for The Buttrfly Effect Podcast, "Inspire Me,'' by Mixaund at https://www.mixaundbandcamp.com

In this episode, Host Gail Ferguson Jones speaks with Kate Duffy, a Recovery Coach, Interventionist and Founder of Tipping Point Recovery, Inc., and Recovery Conversations (TM). Kate shares her personal experience of overcoming substance abuse, and her work with addicts and their loved ones when they land in the hospital emergency room after overdosing. She is currently offering a new 12-week program for helping addicts and their families through the recovery process.

Learn more about Kate Duffy and her work at https://www.tippingpointrecovery.com/ She can be reached at [email protected].

Gail Ferguson Jones is an Award-Winning Journalist, Podcaster, Motivational Speaker and Recovery Coach, specializing in Codependency. She can be reached to discuss peer-to-peer coaching sessions at [email protected]. For more information, go to www.buttrflyeffect.com.

Music used for the Buttrfly Effect Podcast, "Inspire Me," by Mixaund at https://www.mixaund.bandcamp.com/.

In this episode, Host Gail Ferguson Jones speaks with Certified Life Coach Nancy Koenig, also known as Coach Nancy K, about the traits of codependency and her own experience. Koenig is a former drug and alcohol counselor, and sober coach, who calls herself a self-love and self-care specialist. She is also a recovering codependent.

Jones is a Family Recovery Coach, specializing in Codependent Relationships; Motivational Speaker, and Journalist. She can be reached about individual coaching/counseling opportunities at [email protected]. Learn more at butterflyeffect.com

You can read Koenig's blog at www.lovewithouttraffic.com. She can be reached at [email protected].

Music used for The Buttrfly Effect Podcast, "Inspire Me,'' by Mixaund at https://mixaund.bandcamp.com/