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Podcast: Sparking Wholeness
Episode: Episode 20: Getting to the Root of Addiction with Therapist Mitchell Isle
Description: Is sex addiction a thing? What is at the root of addictive behaviors?
Meet Mitchell Isle, who is an addiction expert and certified sex addiction therapist. In this conversation, we dive deep into the multilayered topic of addiction.
We learn the brain does not distinguish between substances, behaviors, experiences or relationships - they all involve the same part of the brain.
We talk about how sex addiction is an intimacy disorder.
We learn how family upbringing may - or may not - play a role in addictive behaviors.
We discuss how false beliefs in one's identity and shame factor in.
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