Mike and Jo give an update on 2023 and discuss the effect grown children can have on marriage and how they have dealt with it.

We have created a Thru the Wringer Facebook Community to support the GENTLE healing recovery from dysfunctional families which includes exposure to alcoholism, divorce, drug abuse, mental illness, neglect and sexual abuse. Of course, everyone has experienced pain, trauma, sorrow, and dysfunction. So what makes this group different? We are are group of people who actively want to work to obtain healing, freedom, and peace by supporting and interacting with one another. If you would like to join, click the link below!

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Bumper music was written and produced by our son and daughter, Andrew and Hope. Check out their song on iTunes by And1SlamDunk: Bandwagon Hunt

Join Mike and Kim in their first interview with good friend, Cowboy Ken. He's been working a recovery program for over 50 years! He's a seasoned veteran of the 12 steps program and lives and works it! His story is amazing and he has such words of wisdom for all of us! Won't you listen in?

We have created a Thru the Wringer Facebook Community to support the GENTLE healing recovery from dysfunctional families which includes exposure to alcoholism, divorce, drug abuse, mental illness, neglect and sexual abuse. Of course, everyone has experienced pain, trauma, sorrow, and dysfunction. So what makes this group different? We are are group of people who actively want to work to obtain healing, freedom, and peace by supporting and interacting with one another. If you would like to join, click the link below!

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Bumper music was written and produced by our son and daughter, Andrew and Hope. Check out their song on iTunes by And1SlamDunk: Bandwagon Hunt

Mike and Jo discuss triggers, a very common topic today, and also the other side of it .  .  .
glimmers! Can we make the effort to look at life with more positivity and SEE the good moments that are all around us? May your fall be trigger-less and glimmer-full!!

We have created a Thru the Wringer Facebook Community to support the GENTLE healing recovery from dysfunctional families which includes exposure to alcoholism, divorce, drug abuse, mental illness, neglect and sexual abuse. Of course, everyone has experienced pain, trauma, sorrow, and dysfunction. So what makes this group different? We are are group of people who actively want to work to obtain healing, freedom, and peace by supporting and interacting with one another. If you would like to join, click the link below!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/855640245694302/

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We are also now on social media:
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TikTok @jomedis
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or Mikey Jo

Bumper music was written and produced by our son and daughter, Andrew and Hope. Check out their song on iTunes by And1SlamDunk: Bandwagon Hunt

Resources:

https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/496911/glimmers-what-are-they-how-to-spot-them/?viewas=

ACA Red Book

Healing Developmental Trauma
By Laurence Heller and Aline LaPierre

Mike and Jo discuss the insidious nature of codependency and enmeshment, its development and roots, and encouragement to rise above.

We have created a Thru the Wringer Facebook Community to support the GENTLE healing recovery from dysfunctional families which includes exposure to alcoholism, divorce, drug abuse, mental illness, neglect and sexual abuse. Of course, everyone has experienced pain, trauma, sorrow, and dysfunction. So what makes this group different? We are are group of people who actively want to work to obtain healing, freedom, and peace by supporting and interacting with one another. If you would like to join, click the link below!

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Bumper music was written and produced by our son and daughter, Andrew and Hope. Check out their song on iTunes by And1SlamDunk: Bandwagon Hunt

Resources:
https://adultchildren.org/comline/aca-boundaries/boundaries/

https://newhavenrtc.com/parenting-teens/understanding-enmeshment/#:~:text=Enmeshment%20is%20a%20description%20of,family%20member%20does%20as%20well.

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/enmeshment-signs-and-how-to-heal#:~:text=%22Codependency%20tends%20to%20describe%20a,a%20codependent%20friendship%20or%20relationship.

Psychcentral.com

Mike and Jo discuss their recent trip south and the gift of a new van, Jo is triggered by two phone conversations that dig up painful memories, and both disclose struggles with forebodings and what can be done to be free from them.

We have created a Thru the Wringer Facebook Community to support the GENTLE healing recovery from dysfunctional families which includes exposure to alcoholism, divorce, drug abuse, mental illness, neglect and sexual abuse. Of course, everyone has experienced pain, trauma, sorrow, and dysfunction. So what makes this group different? We are are group of people who actively want to work to obtain healing, freedom, and peace by supporting and interacting with one another. If you would like to join, click the link below!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/855640245694302/

Comments or suggestions? Questions? Reach out to us through email at [email protected]
We are also now on social media:
Instagram @thru.the.wringer
TikTok @jomedis
Facebook Thru the Wringer with Mike and Jo

Bumper music was written and produced by our son and daughter, Andrew and Hope. Check out their song on iTunes by And1SlamDunk: Bandwagon Hunt

Resources:
https://psychcentral.com/health/when-joy-feels-scary-resilience-building-practices
Shuggie Bain  by Douglas Stuart

Did you know that mental hygiene is just as important for you as your physical hygiene routine? It's true! Let's get into the nitty gritty about how you can practice mental hygiene for your own peace and happiness!

We have created a Thru the Wringer Facebook Community to support the GENTLE healing recovery from dysfunctional families which includes exposure to alcoholism, divorce, drug abuse, mental illness, neglect and sexual abuse. Of course, everyone has experienced pain, trauma, sorrow, and dysfunction. So what makes this group different? We are are group of people who actively want to work to obtain healing, freedom, and peace by supporting and interacting with one another. If you would like to join, click the link below!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/855640245694302/

Comments or suggestions? Questions? Reach out to us through email at [email protected]
We are also now on social media:
Instagram @thru.the.wringer
TikTok @jomedis
Facebook Thru the Wringer with Mike and Jo

Bumper music was written and produced by our son and daughter, Andrew and Hope. Check out their song on iTunes by And1SlamDunk: Bandwagon Hunt

Here we are at the beginning of the new year and it is a great time for a revisit to the subject of emotional sobriety, to understand this topic, and make an intention to live without all the drama and pain that emotional intoxication brings. Enjoy!

We have created a Thru the Wringer Facebook Community to support the GENTLE healing recovery from dysfunctional families which includes exposure to alcoholism, divorce, drug abuse, mental illness, neglect and sexual abuse. Of course, everyone has experienced pain, trauma, sorrow, and dysfunction. So what makes this group different? We are are group of people who actively want to work to obtain healing, freedom, and peace by supporting and interacting with one another. If you would like to join, click the link below!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/855640245694302/

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We are also now on social media:
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TikTok @jomedis
Facebook Thru the Wringer with Mike and Jo

Bumper music was written and produced by our son and daughter, Andrew and Hope. Check out their song on iTunes by And1SlamDunk: Bandwagon Hunt

Resources:
https://www.cirquelodge.com/blog/what-is-emotional-sobriety-and-how-can-you-achieve-it/gclid=Cj0KCQjw0PWRBhDKARIsAPKHFGhROnslVnL7nSgHMidaU6L3eIHFnCN_iYjcqHO4AANYVZcN9bxvG2AaArWzEALw_wcB

Have you been wondering about the Highly Sensitive People in your life and how you can be there for them ? This episode addresses the practical steps we can take to love the HSPs in our lives. Mike and Jo also discuss the mental health disparities that they themselves are dealing with family members and that are present in our society today.

We have created a Thru the Wringer Facebook Community to support the GENTLE healing recovery from dysfunctional families which includes exposure to alcoholism, divorce, drug abuse, mental illness, neglect and sexual abuse. Of course, everyone has experienced pain, trauma, sorrow, and dysfunction. So what makes this group different? We are are group of people who actively want to work to obtain healing, freedom, and peace by supporting and interacting with one another. If you would like to join, click the link below!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/855640245694302/

Resources:
https://praxisthriving.com/the-highly-sensitive-life/2016/12/6/supporting-the-highly-sensitive-person-20-tips-for-family-friends-and-partners

Have you been wondering about the Highly Sensitive People in your life and how you can be there for them ? This episode addresses the practical steps we can take to love the HSPs in our lives. Mike and Jo also discuss the mental health disparities that they themselves are dealing with family members and that are present in our society today.

We have created a Thru the Wringer Facebook Community to support the GENTLE healing recovery from dysfunctional families which includes exposure to alcoholism, divorce, drug abuse, mental illness, neglect and sexual abuse. Of course, everyone has experienced pain, trauma, sorrow, and dysfunction. So what makes this group different? We are are group of people who actively want to work to obtain healing, freedom, and peace by supporting and interacting with one another. If you would like to join, click the link below!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/855640245694302/

Resources:
https://praxisthriving.com/the-highly-sensitive-life/2016/12/6/supporting-the-highly-sensitive-person-20-tips-for-family-friends-and-partners

Mike and Jo discuss the foundations of the false self, how our infancy and childhood are the beginnings of the unconscious creation of roles that we use to receive acceptance and gives us a place in our dysfunctional families. 

We have created a Thru the Wringer Facebook Community to support the GENTLE healing recovery from dysfunctional families which includes exposure to alcoholism, divorce, drug abuse, mental illness, neglect and sexual abuse. Of course, everyone has experienced pain, trauma, sorrow, and dysfunction. So what makes this group different? We are are group of people who actively want to work to obtain healing, freedom, and peace by supporting and interacting with one another. If you would like to join, click the link below!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/855640245694302/

Resources:
Erik Erikson's Eight Stages of Man
https://www.verywellmind.com/erik-eriksons-stages-of-psychosocial-development-2795740

Book: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
Lindsay C. Gibson

Book: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy

https://depthcounseling.org/blog/winnicott-true-false-self

Richard Rohr

The Big Red Book, ACA