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Season 7 Episode 282

Date: 12/31/2024

Title : Why Does My Addict Behave Like A Narcissist?

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Season 7 Episode 281

Date: 12/26/2024

Title:Recuperate From The “Holiday”

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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from the Direct Impact Podcast! 

The holiday season may have been difficult for some of us. So today take this opportunity to focus on SELF- mind, body, spirit, thoughts, and words. Take a deep breath and relax. Now shake all that tension wherever you’re holding it. This moment for you and focusing on what brings us security, joy, contentment, and so on. 

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Season 7 Episode 280

Date: 12/25/2024

Title:You’re Not Fooling Anybody 

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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from the Direct Impact Podcast! 

Today enjoy this present of a Candid Conversation with Andrea and Mary as they talk about the concerns with post discovery and how denial is a main factor. Andrea and Mary explore how shame affects how partners may approach the situation and how to communicate this to others who are curious about the relationship. Andrea shares how boundaries are important. Andrea shares how there may be a feeling of obligation but reminds us as to what boundaries need to be set. Mary shares the perspective of how we can use the information of how others react and how we react to understand our boundaries. 

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Season 7 Episode 279

Date: 12/24/2024

Title:Why Set Boundaries With An Addict?  

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The betrayed partner set these rules to help control when they will become betrayed and deceived, but there’s more to you than this. These are attempts to manage betrayal and anxiety. Why do we set boundaries with an addict? The answer is to protect ourselves. We do not set boundaries to control or manage the addict but to ensure we protect our own sanity. 

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Season 7 Episode 278

Date: 12/17/2024

Title: Betrayal Begets Betrayal 

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Why does the cycle of betrayal continue to happen to us? This may be a question that you are asking yourself. Why does this keep happening to me? 

Pause for a moment and remind yourself that this is not your fault. Exposure to the same type of trauma makes us more susceptible to experiencing the same type of trauma. The trauma did not originate from you but is something that has been done to you. Andrea talks about the cycles of betrayal that we continue to experience and how we can break from these cycles. 

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Season 7 Episode 277

Date: 12/12/2024

Title: What is Healthy Intimacy? 

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Intimacy; Into Me You See 

Join Andrea and Mary as they talk about the importance of healthy intimacy. They first talk about the main pillars of creating healthy intimacy which are trust, sex, and emotional. They continue to discuss what dating looks like in regards to healthy intimacy like asking questions about chemistry, values, priorities, and what their relationship is with porn. 

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Season 7 Episode 276

Date: 12/10/2024

Title: Knowing Your Position

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Today, Andrea is talking about the Karpman Triangle. Imagine in your mind’s eye a triangle with a label in each corner of the Enabler, Persecutor, and Victim. These are the roles that we may take on. We do not stay in these roles. As Andrea explains, when big emotions occur, each individual will shift to these different roles. Many factors can affect these roles. 

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Season 7 Episode 275

Date: 12/5/2024

Title: What Is Narcissism NOT

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It’s a Candid Conversation with Andrea and Mary! Today they’re talking about narcissism specifically what isn’t considered to be narcissism. Andrea focuses on the development of the narcissistic personality and considering the insecurities a person has and how that can be projected to others. She also explores how trauma, attachment, and addiction play in the role of developing narcissism. Mary asks Andrea what are the myths of narcissism and explores what are the truths of narcissism and how this relates to addiction. 

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Season 7 Episode 274

Date: 12/3/2024

Title: Who or What is DARVO?

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What’s a DARVO? Is this a new slang term? Maybe it’s what the kids are saying and talking about? 

Not exactly… DARVO is a cycle that helps us understand how the active addict continues to act out their disease while trying to deceive you. DARVO stands for Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim Offender. DARVO lives in the Cycle of Deception; check out our previous episode on the cycle of deception. 

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Season 7 Episode 273

Date: 11/28/2024

Title: Faking It For The Holidays 

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Happy Thanksgiving! 

Join Andrea and Mary for a Candid Conversation today! In this conversation, they share the difficulties surrounding the holidays and how this can be difficult especially when faced with family of origin. Andrea ensures that we understand the meaning of No and showing up as our authentic selves. Andrea and Mary take an in depth conversation about how we can show up and be our authentic selves during the holidays by looking into boundaries, inner needs, and how to show ourselves love and compassion. 

Call to Action: Make the phone call to those individuals who you feel safe with and ask if they can be your support during the holidays. 

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