The Love Fix

Happy 100th Episode! Sherry and Carla celebrate the big milestone and take a moment of gratitude for each other and all the fabulous listeners. Next, they take a Love Fix question from a listener struggling with anxious attachment issues in her relationship. They then welcome Tracy Crossley, a Behavioral Relationship Expert, author, and podcast host. Tracy identifies what breadcrumbing is in dating, how we can recognize the signs, and how we can get out of the pattern of just accepting crumbs and getting the love and respect we truly desire.

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Carla

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Today's episode is sponsored by Carla's book Contagious Love: Break Free from Codependency for Damn Good and Sherry's book Love Smacked: How To Stop the Cycle of Relationship Addiction and Codependency To Find Everlasting Love - a great holiday gift with the brand new digital version available!

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What You'll Hear In This Episode:

• How drama can be addicting and allows us to actually be avoidant of our own feelings.
• If you don't have consistency, you really don't have a relationship.
• What exactly is breadcrumbing?
• How setting boundaries first starts with ourselves and then flows out into our external world.
• More on Tracy's work on how to overcome insecure attachment, along with how to work with Sherry and Carla on overcoming codependency, dating, break-ups, healing from toxic relationships, and gaining confidence.
• How can you tell if you are being breadcrumbed in a long-distance relationship?
• Is a man breadcrumbing, or just inconsistent?
• Are all breadcrumbers also narcissists?
• How to start embodying self-love.
• Being trapped in the drama cycle of a breadcrumber chips away at our own time and energy.

Disclaimer: The Love Fix Podcast content has been made available for informational, entertainment, and educational purposes only. The Love Fix Podcast is distinctly different from coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, or psychoanalysis and does not deal with the diagnosis or treatment of emotional problems. The Love Fix podcast does not constitute medical consultation or treatment, health insurance does not apply.

Sherry starts this week by sharing her own experience with trauma when the hurricane hit Florida, and how even as a trained therapist she felt the somatic and emotional symptoms of being in a trauma vortex. She and Carla also talk about how toxic positivity can sometimes impede us from feeling the real feelings we need to process our trauma. Sherry and Carla take a Love Fix question from a man dating a codependent woman, and is wondering how to help get her into therapy, but she has grown complacent. They welcome Love Fix guest Efu Nyaki, faculty member of Somatic Experiencing and a Professor of Family Constellation System Therapy. Efu was born and raised in Tanzania where she earned a Bachelor of Science, trained as a science teacher and later on was trained as a healer using holistic methods.

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Sherry

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Carla

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Efu

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Today's episode is sponsored by Carla's book Contagious Love: Break Free from Codependency for Damn Good and Sherry's book Love Smacked: How To Stop the Cycle of Relationship Addiction and Codependency To Find Everlasting Love.

Thanks to Contagious Love and Love Smacked for sponsoring this episode.

What You'll Hear In This Episode:

• Trauma is a powerful energy because it's meant to protect us and even save our life.
• We respond to trauma strongly so that we can survive from any events that come to us.
• How does a traumatic event in a toxic relationship, unhealthy relationship or abusive relationship relate to PTSD?
• How Efu's upbringing in Tanzania and now living in Brazil helps her work with clients all over the world.
• How does a traumatic event turn into PTSD?
• More on Efu's holistic healing, along with how to work with Sherry and Carla on overcoming codependency, dating, break-ups, healing from toxic relationships, and gaining confidence.
• How codependency comes from developmental trauma.
• Efu shares examples of clients that liberated their trauma while working with her, even in just one session making a big difference.
• What are the first steps someone can take to move out of their trauma or PTSD?

Disclaimer: The Love Fix Podcast content has been made available for informational, entertainment, and educational purposes only. The Love Fix Podcast is distinctly different from coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, or psychoanalysis and does not deal with the diagnosis or treatment of emotional problems. The Love Fix podcast does not constitute medical consultation or treatment, health insurance does not apply.

Sherry and Carla start with some exciting news, they met IRL! The sparks flew, and this leads them to reflect on just a few of the beautiful things about their partnership. They take a Love Fix question from a listener looking for some ways to process her emotions after leaving an ex that is an addict, and they welcome Bernadette Pleasant. Bernadette is a sensational speaker, somatic healer, sacred grief ritual facilitator, and founder of The Emotional Institute. Bernadette promotes emotional freedom through movement and empowerment. She talks with Sherry and Carla about what exactly grief is, and how we can learn to embrace it. Bernadette provides some fantastic tools and resources to get started finding support for grief, and how everyone's grief is valid, no matter how different it looks.

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Sherry

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Carla

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Bernadette

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Today's episode is sponsored by Carla's book Contagious Love: Break Free from Codependency for Damn Good and Sherry's book Love Smacked: How To Stop the Cycle of Relationship Addiction and Codependency To Find Everlasting Love.

Thanks to Contagious Love and Love Smacked for sponsoring this episode.

What You'll Hear In This Episode:

• Bernadette defines grief and discusses why our society wants us to move on from it so fast.
• Why is grief so painful, and how can we process it?
• It's important to not grieve alone but to find support and others that can hold space for you while you heal.
• Grief is way beyond just loss and death. You can grieve a relationship, a job that didn't happen, or just something you were expecting that fell short of your overall vision.
• More on Bernadette's Emotional Institute community, along with how to work with Sherry and Carla on overcoming codependency, dating, break-ups, healing from toxic relationships, and gaining confidence.
• How grieving can be passed down from mother to child and through our ancestry.
• Some tools to be able to sit in grief, and even embrace it instead of running from it.
• Why is it important to deal with our grief before just jumping into a new relationship?
• Is there a different type of grief in toxic abusive relationships?
• How can grief actually be beautiful?
• Shame is the enemy of our healing work, and we don't want to shame the shame, but let it come up and out.

Disclaimer: The Love Fix Podcast content has been made available for informational, entertainment, and educational purposes only. The Love Fix Podcast is distinctly different from coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, or psychoanalysis and does not deal with the diagnosis or treatment of emotional problems. The Love Fix podcast does not constitute medical consultation or treatment, health insurance does not apply.

Sherry and Carla first start talking about how being single can sometimes get a bad rap, and the many reasons it's better to be single than in the wrong relationship. Also, you're never alone when you have a connection with yourself and to the higher powers in your life, whatever that means for you. They take a question from a Love Fix listener who is trying to stick to no contact with an abusive ex, but finding it really challenging and wondering how long the pain will last. They then welcome guest Leanne Oaten, a former counselor with over 10 years of experience working in the field of therapy and coaching. Leanne founded Awakening Women's support in 2017 to raise awareness for women experiencing hidden abuse and narcissistic abuse in their relationships.

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Sherry

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Carla

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Leanne

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Today's episode is sponsored by Carla's book Contagious Love: Break Free from Codependency for Damn Good and Sherry's book Love Smacked: How To Stop the Cycle of Relationship Addiction and Codependency To Find Everlasting Love.

Thanks to Contagious Love and Love Smacked for sponsoring this episode.

What You'll Hear In This Episode:

• No contact is really hard, but it's crucial for breaking an abusive cycle.
• One of the first signs of abuse: if you find yourself confused and constantly questioning yourself, you are most likely being manipulated. Also, when you try to raise an issue, it always goes sideways and turns into a big long drama fest.
• What is the difference between a controlling, critical, and abusive relationship?
• More on Leanne's Awakening Women community, along with how to work with Sherry and Carla on overcoming codependency, dating, break-ups, healing from toxic relationships, and gaining confidence.
• How a woman can begin to feel more empowered, even though she may not be ready to leave yet.
• What happens to your body when you're in contact with the abuser, and how we can become addicted to the feeling.
• Leanne talks about building empathy for women from her own personal journey of being in an abusive relationship, and being able to get out of it to heal, set boundaries, and regain her confidence.
• Some tips to start leaving an abusive relationship before the breaking point, including making sure you have enough money and a supportive team in place.

Disclaimer: The Love Fix Podcast content has been made available for informational, entertainment, and educational purposes only. The Love Fix Podcast is distinctly different from coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, or psychoanalysis and does not deal with the diagnosis or treatment of emotional problems. The Love Fix podcast does not constitute medical consultation or treatment, health insurance does not apply.

Sherry and Carla talk about self care during the holidays and how to find calm in all the rushed moments, and they take a Love Fix listener question from a listener fearful that she's going to pick another cheater again. They then welcome licensed therapist and trauma coach Jamie McCoy, who has been working with people for over 10 years on how to regulate their nervous system using somatic healing and holistic health education. Jamie talks about her passion to empower people to master their stress, and how you can move from living in survival mode to becoming resilient.

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Sherry

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Carla

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Jamie

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Today's episode is sponsored by Carla's book Contagious Love: Break Free from Codependency for Damn Good and Sherry's book Love Smacked: How To Stop the Cycle of Relationship Addiction and Codependency To Find Everlasting Love.

Thanks to Contagious Love and Love Smacked for sponsoring this episode.

What You'll Hear In This Episode:

• The difference between stress and trauma.
• How long people can stay in survival mode for, and how they can begin to get out of it.
• What is functional freeze?
• What is the ventral vagal nerve, and how it can help regularize our nervous system.
• How you can learn to communicate with your partner and set boundaries that help keep both your nervous systems regulated.
• The importance of taking self responsibility for understanding your triggers in dating.
• What happens when you are dating a narcissist and they are hot and cold, leaving you constantly in the dark about what's coming next?
• More about Jamie's Nervous System Reset, along with how to work with Sherry and Carla on overcoming codependency, dating, break-ups, healing from toxic relationships and gaining confidence.
• Yes, being cheated on is a trauma.

Disclaimer: The Love Fix Podcast content has been made available for informational, entertainment, and educational purposes only. The Love Fix Podcast is distinctly different from coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, or psychoanalysis and does not deal with the diagnosis or treatment of emotional problems. The Love Fix podcast does not constitute medical consultation or treatment, health insurance does not apply.

Sherry and Carla first take a Love Fix question from a listener who feels their long-distance relationship running away, and is too afraid to cross boundaries to talk with her partner about it. They then welcome Whitney Goodman, LMFT, the radically honest psychotherapist behind the hugely popular Instagram account @sitwithwhit, author of Toxic Positivity, and the owner of the Collaborative Counseling Center, a virtual therapy practice in Florida. Whitney talks about what exactly toxic positivity is, and how we can shift to a deeper and more authentic connection with ourselves and the people around us. She talks with Carla and Sherry about how to recognize toxic positivity in your own self-talk and provides some better questions to ask when a friend is going through a breakup and you want to support them in the way they desire.

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Sherry

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Carla

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Whitney

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Today's episode is sponsored by Carla's book Contagious Love: Break Free from Codependency for Damn Good and Sherry's book Love Smacked: How To Stop the Cycle of Relationship Addiction and Codependency To Find Everlasting Love.

Thanks to Contagious Love and Love Smacked for sponsoring this episode.

What You'll Hear In This Episode:

• What exactly is toxic positivity?
• How does toxic positivity create a barrier between true and authentic connection?
• Tips for what to do and say when someone is displaying toxic positivity towards you.
• How toxic positivity can actually be people's pleasing and codependent behavior.
• Whitney talks about the correlation between toxic positivity and relationships or dating.
• How to be a better listener when one of your friends is going through a breakup.
• The things we think others are worried or concerned about quite often aren't them at all, and that is why listening is so important.
• More about Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity, along with how to work with Sherry and Carla on overcoming codependency, dating, break-ups, healing from toxic relationships and gaining confidence.
• How toxic positivity can actually be a trauma response as well, and the ways it is similar to spiritual bypassing.

Disclaimer: The Love Fix Podcast content has been made available for informational, entertainment, and educational purposes only. The Love Fix Podcast is distinctly different from coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, or psychoanalysis and does not deal with the diagnosis or treatment of emotional problems. The Love Fix podcast does not constitute medical consultation or treatment, health insurance does not apply.

Sherry and Carla first give a shout-out to the Love Fix male audience, and then take a Love Fix question from a listener who feels judgment from friends and family for still staying with their addict partner. They then continue the conversation about addiction and relationships with guest Kevin Petersen, Author, Speaker, and LFMT. Kevin is the founder of the Chronic Hope Institute, which provides healing for families in crisis due to addiction and codependency. Kevin talks about family addiction coaching, intergenerational trauma, and why it's okay to come out as codependent.

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Sherry

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Carla

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Kevin

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Today's episode is sponsored by Carla's book Contagious Love: Break Free from Codependency for Damn Good and Sherry's book Love Smacked: How To Stop the Cycle of Relationship Addiction and Codependency To Find Everlasting Love.

Thanks to Contagious Love and Love Smacked for sponsoring this episode.

What You'll Hear In This Episode:

• How come there's so much support out there for the addict, but not really the families?
• How do we address the family system when it comes to addiction?
• Kevin shares his experience of growing up in a house with addiction and his journey into sobriety.
• Why reality matters when looking at a relationship. You don't marry someone's potential, you marry who they are today.
• Just healing the addict doesn't solve the problem.
• Kevin talks about what family addiction coaching is, and how he and his wife provide services to help.
• Two movies to check out about addiction and codependent relationships: When a Man Loves a Woman and Silver Linings Playbook.
• Check out Kevin's family addiction coaching around the country, along with how to work with Sherry and Carla on overcoming codependency, dating, break-ups, healing from toxic relationships, and gaining confidence.
• How we can stop the generational trauma of addiction and shame that comes with codependency?
• Even if you can see the difference between the person and their addiction, as a codependent, it's okay if you have to have boundaries around not having a relationship with them.

Disclaimer: The Love Fix Podcast content has been made available for informational, entertainment, and educational purposes only. The Love Fix Podcast is distinctly different from coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, or psychoanalysis and does not deal with the diagnosis or treatment of emotional problems. The Love Fix podcast does not constitute medical consultation or treatment, health insurance does not apply.

Sherry and Carla start off with some fun celebrity dating stories, and then take a Love Fix question from a listener to is anxious during sex and looking for ways to feel more comfortable. They then welcome Certified Mind and Body Coach, Juliette Karaman. As a teacher, mentor, and writer, Juliette's work helps others with everything from relationships to trauma, healing, sex and intimacy. Juliette talks with Sherry and Carla about sacred sexuality, and how we can train our bodies to open up to more pleasure, no matter whether we are alone, in a relationship, or somewhere in between. Juliette talks about the Five Erotic Blueprint tyes and why knowing how you like your cup of tea can teach you about having the best mind blowing sex of your life.

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Sherry

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Carla

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Juliette

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Today's episode is sponsored by Carla's book Contagious Love: Break Free from Codependency for Damn Good and Sherry's book Love Smacked: How To Stop the Cycle of Relationship Addiction and Codependency To Find Everlasting Love.

Thanks to Contagious Love and Love Smacked for sponsoring this episode.

What You'll Hear In This Episode:

• Juliette describes what sacred sexuality is.
• Why we tend to have so much struggle between making love and sex.
• Yes, even if you've been in a very long term relationship, you can still put some sparks and excitement back in your sex life.
• Your way into pleasure may be very different from your partners, and even after 25 years, you can discover new things about each other.
• Juliette shares some ideas on how we can better open up our language and dialog in society about sex.
• The Five Erotic Blueprint types: Energetic, Sensual, Sexual, Kinky, Shapeshifter.
• How identifying which blueprint type(s) you are helps you build confidence and clarity around what you desire.
• How can your tea order translate into what you like in bed? Juliette gives a great analogy.
• You can train your body to be open to all kinds of sensations.
• Check out Juliette's VIP Coaching, along with how to work with Sherry and Carla on overcoming codependency, dating, break-ups, healing from toxic relationships, and gaining confidence.

Disclaimer: The Love Fix Podcast content has been made available for informational, entertainment, and educational purposes only. The Love Fix Podcast is distinctly different from coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, or psychoanalysis and does not deal with the diagnosis or treatment of emotional problems. The Love Fix podcast does not constitute medical consultation or treatment, health insurance does not apply.

This week starts with some hydration motivation from Carla, and she and Sherry take a Love Fix question from a listener who worries that she and her partner may not have enough in common to make things last. They then welcome Dr. George Simon, internationally known expert on narcissists, manipulators, and other troublesome characters. He is the first to describe what is now commonly called the gaslighting effect, along with authoring five best selling books. Dr. Simon's work has been published in over 25 countries and languages. He talks with Sherry and Carla about what exactly the gaslighting effect is, therapy induced trauma, and why there are so many relationship issues today.

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Sherry

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Carla

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Dr. Simon

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Today's episode is sponsored by Carla's book Contagious Love: Break Free from Codependency for Damn Good and Sherry's book Love Smacked: How To Stop the Cycle of Relationship Addiction and Codependency To Find Everlasting Love.

Thanks to Contagious Love and Love Smacked for sponsoring this episode.

What You'll Hear In This Episode:

• Dr. Simon was one of the original researchers around what gaslighting was, and created the gaslighting effect into psychological definition.
• What does it mean to gaslight someone, and what is the gaslighting effect?
• How does modern society get the terms wrong and conflate them for something else?
• The importance of working with a professional when dealing with a gaslighter or narcissist.
• Do some people just want to drive you crazy for the sake of making you crazy? Yes.
• Does one have to be codependent to be gaslit?
• Gaslighting can occur in various different ways and different degrees of intensity, and it can also be a separate tactic.
• What is therapy induced trauma?
• Check out Dr. Simon's new book Essentials for The Journey which he calls his life's work, along with how to work with Sherry and Carla on overcoming codependency, dating, break-ups, healing from toxic relationships, and gaining confidence.
• An easy way to remember a fact about narcissists: it's not that they're not aware. The problem is, they don't care.
• How do we waste time on narcissists and gaslighters?

Disclaimer: The Love Fix Podcast content has been made available for informational, entertainment, and educational purposes only. The Love Fix Podcast is distinctly different from coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, or psychoanalysis and does not deal with the diagnosis or treatment of emotional problems. The Love Fix podcast does not constitute medical consultation or treatment, health insurance does not apply.

Grab your cup of coffee this week and join Carla and Sherry as they first take a Love Fix question from a listener that had yet another big fight with her boyfriend and is wondering if it's time to break up. They then welcome Dr. Marni Feuerman, nationally recognized relationship and marriage expert and licensed psychotherapist with specialized training in couples therapy. Dr. Marni is also the author of the popular self help book, Ghosted and Breadcrumbed. She discusses how we can identify and resolve unconscious triggers that lead to patterns and actions that hold us back from growing, ways to bring in more self empathy, and how to build up confidence after leaving a toxic situation.

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Sherry

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Carla

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Dr. Marni

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Today's episode is sponsored by Carla's book Contagious Love: Break Free from Codependency for Damn Good and Sherry's book Love Smacked: How To Stop the Cycle of Relationship Addiction and Codependency To Find Everlasting Love.

Thanks to Contagious Love and Love Smacked for sponsoring this episode.

What You'll Hear In This Episode:

• What are a few of the subconscious and conscious reasons that people end up in relationships where they are getting breadcrumbed?
• What does ghosting and breadcrumbing even look like?
• Dr. Marni talks about how you can bring in more empathy and compassion to your life.
• Some healthy and effective ways to address conflict.
• How to begin to tell the difference between a genuinely good relationship that just has natural ups and downs vs a toxic one.
• Check out Marni's new book Ghosted and Breadcrumbed, along with how to work with Sherry and Carla on overcoming codependency, dating, break-ups, healing from toxic relationships, and gaining confidence.
• Why it's important to work with a therapist or professional to help you recognize and reflect some unconscious patterns and habits you may not know about.
• Some healthy ways to manage and even thrive when your partner is just in a plain old grumpy mood.

Disclaimer: The Love Fix Podcast content has been made available for informational, entertainment, and educational purposes only. The Love Fix Podcast is distinctly different from coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, or psychoanalysis and does not deal with the diagnosis or treatment of emotional problems. The Love Fix podcast does not constitute medical consultation or treatment, health insurance does not apply.