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Jackie and Jon sit down again with Amy Smith, the founder of Worth Recovery to talk recovery coaching.  What is a Recovery Coach?  How does coaching work with therapy and 12 steps?  Answers to these questions and more!

You can find out more about Amy and the recovery coaching she does at www.worthrecovery.com

Jackie and Jon talk to nationally renowned author and treatment provider, Dr. Ken Adams.  Ken is known for his groundbreaking and cutting-edge work with sex addicts and offers specific help to men who are dealing with issues related to unresolved relationships with their mothers.  Ken helps the men who are trapped between loyalty to mom and loyalty to their partner get unstuck.  Ken has written numerous books focused on helping addicts heal from sexual addiction such as When He's Married to Mom, Silently Seduced and Clinical Management of Sex Addiction.

 

You can find out more about Ken and the work he does with mother-enmeshed men at www.drkenadams.com.  His books are available on Amazon.com.

Sexism and assault are big topics in the news.  Jon and Jackie discuss why understanding sexism and working on your issues with sexism is part of a well-rounded, relationship-focused recovery.

*This episode is marked explicit because it does contain references to human sexuality and words that some might find offensive- we find that the material is still relevant to our audience and sometimes these topics are best served in frank, adult conversations*

 

Jon and Jackie welcome Rob Weiss (@robweissmsw) to the podcast.  Rob is an accomplished author, therapist, and advocate for sex addicts in recovery.  Today we talk to Rob about his newest book Out of the Dog House: A Step-by-Step Relationship-Saving Guide for Men Caught Cheating.  Our conversation explores the experience of the spouse who has been cheated on as well as the experience of the person who has done the cheating including what happens for both at discovery/disclosure, initial steps to take for stabilization, and changes and growth that can happen in a relationship post-infidelity.

 

You can find Rob at www.robertweissmsw.com

We are very excited to have our friend and nationally recognized expert on shame and sex addiction Doug Sorenson on the show.  In this episode, Doug, Jon, and Jackie share some of their personal experiences with shame and Doug shares some insights around becoming more shame resilient.

 

You can find out more about Doug and his practice at https://www.dougsorensen.net/

This is the second installment of Jon and Jackie's side project- The Hidden Trauma Crash Course.  In this episode, we discuss larger workplace dynamics and how they reflect family dynamics.  Human beings have a way of carrying the shadow of their family relationship dynamics with them everywhere they go- even when it isn't helpful.

In the last episode in this series, Jon and Jackie talk about what life is like after having trust violated.  Not everything after trauma is bad...

Jackie and Jon continue their conversation about trust- diving into the "Trust Equation" developed by Rodney Napier and Sarah Engel.

 

You can get a copy of the trust equation by emailing [email protected]

We were recently contacted by someone married to a sex addict.  They asked about how to work on trust as part of their healing.  In this episode, we start to tackle the concept of trust.  We will explore what trust is, how it gets damaged in addiction, and why it is difficult to work on in therapy.  There are several approaches to understanding and restoring trust- we mentioned these in this episode:

 

Brene Brown: The Anatomy of Trust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewngFnXcqao&t=7s

Forgiveness is a Choice by Robert Enright http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/431657A.aspx