James and Amy discuss how life is just hard sometimes and maybe that is the point.

Amy and James discuss the importance of happiness and the path to it even during addiction.

James and Amy discuss commitment and how it relates to recovery

James discusses addiction with clinical therapist Logan Bleazard.

https://www.breakthroughtherapyllc.com/

James and Amy discuss the need to have rigorous honesty in our lives.

James and Amy discuss the need to work hard.

James and Amy discuss the difference between a lapse and a relapse.

James and Amy discuss how willpower is a limited resource and how we can't rely solely on it to recover.

Emily Christensen joins us in this episode to discuss creating safe homes and opening up conversation about tough topics with our kids and spouses. She talks about emotional ownership and owning our mistakes.  

You can find Emily on instagram @emilychristensencoaching

You can also email her at [email protected]

Amy and James discuss the concept of the Cookie Jar.  This idea was presented by David Goggins in his book "Can't Hurt Me"