This is the place for all things recovery, healing, and relationships. We explore a variety of topics with people in recovery and the professionals who help them through personal stories. This podcast will give you a broad look at the aspects of recovery that make a difference.
Episode 361: Patriarchy, Relationships, and Healing (Guest Appearance on The Wholeness Network)
66 hours 26 mins; April 01, 2026
Episode 360: When Healing Feels Incomplete
28 mins; March 25, 2026
Episode 359: Why does America respond differently to scandals like the Epstein case?
57 mins; March 18, 2026
Episode 358: Why He Shuts Down When Emotions Show Up
35 mins; March 11, 2026
Episode 357 | Episode 5 in the Pornography Use, Addiction & Healing Series:
52 mins; March 04, 2026
Episode 356: Rebuilding After Secrecy: Why Sobriety Alone Doesnât Fix the Relationship
22 mins; February 25, 2026
Episode 355: Porn, Compartmentalization, and the Secret Self
46 mins; February 18, 2026
Episode 354: Porn, Predictability, and Relational Capacity: Porn is often framed as a private habit or a personal struggle. But its impact is rarely private.
27 mins; February 11, 2026
Episode 353: What Porn Actually Does to the Brain:Â Porn isnât just about sex, itâs about the brain.
34 mins; February 04, 2026
Episode 352: The world feels divided â but the real damage is happening between us.
169 hours 19 mins; January 28, 2026
Episode 351: When Answers Become a Defense: How Rationalization Keeps Us Comfortable...and Stuck:Â Most avoidance doesnât sound defensive.
33 mins; January 21, 2026
Episode 350: When you try to talk⌠and somehow you become the problem.
18 mins; January 13, 2026
Episode 349: Letting the Year Unfold :Â What if the new year isnât asking you to decide anything?
48 mins; January 07, 2026
Episode 348: What we're carrying forward, and what we're putting down:Â Â Not every year ends with closure. Some years end with clarity, and some donât.
40 mins; December 31, 2025
Episode 347: Navigating Uneven Healing in Couples
43 mins; December 17, 2025
Episode 346: Identity Shifts and Recovery
52 mins; December 10, 2025
Episode 345: đď¸The Discomfort Paradox: Why the Hardest Parts of Healing Set You Free
73 hours 37 mins; December 04, 2025
Episode 344: The Family Roles We Inherit
44 mins; November 26, 2025
Episode 343: Who Do You Think You Are?:  âWho do you think you are?â Sometimes that question feels like an accusation â but what if itâs actually an invitation?
57 mins; November 19, 2025
Episode 342: Healing Emotional Pain
24 mins; November 12, 2025
Episode 341 We Need to Talk about Jeffrey Epstein
37 mins; November 07, 2025
Episode 341: We Need To Talk About Epstein
41 mins; November 05, 2025
đ Episode 340: The Green Flags in Relationships No One Talks About
98 hours 59 mins; November 02, 2025
Episode 339: But is it good sex?
65 hours 20 mins; October 22, 2025
Episode 338: The Loneliness Epidemic: How we lost connection
41 mins; October 15, 2025
Episode 337: đż Trauma bonds keep us tied to relationships that hurt usârelationships we know arenât healthy, but somehow feel impossible to leave. đ
29 mins; October 08, 2025
Episode 336: Raising Sons and Young Men
53 mins; October 01, 2025
Episode 335: Rage isnât the same as angerâand knowing the difference can change your relationships.
33 mins; September 24, 2025
Episode 334: Hard conversations donât have to break connectionâthey can build it. đŹ
50 mins; September 17, 2025
Episode 333: Netflix Adolescents - Part 2
74 hours 26 mins; September 11, 2025
Episode 332: Netflix's Adolescents - Part 1
84 hours 34 mins; September 10, 2025
Episode 331: đŻ Are you unknowingly abandoning or betraying yourself?
31 mins; September 03, 2025
Episode 330: đ What happens when men experience betrayal trauma?
54 mins; August 27, 2025
Episode 329: đď¸ Is relapse the end of recoveryâor the beginning of something deeper? What if every setback is actually an invitation to build a stronger path forward?
31 mins; August 20, 2025
Episode 328: đ From Addiction to Intimacy: A Conversation with Josh & Charlene Lewis
55 mins; August 13, 2025
Episode 327: Beyond the Kiss Cam: The Betrayed. The Betrayer. The Truth.
73 hours 9 mins; August 06, 2025
Episode 326:  đ§ Anxiety isnât just in your head. Itâs in your body, your past, your personalityâand often, your midlife wake-up call.
36 mins; July 30, 2025
Episode 325:  đŻ Youâre not in troubleâyouâre just triggered.
73 hours 48 mins; July 23, 2025
Episode 324: Why Men Are Afraid of Women
85 hours 7 mins; July 16, 2025
The Art of Being Yourself Without Losing Connection
67 hours 16 mins; July 09, 2025
Episdoe 322: Relationships Can Be An Algorithm
51 mins; July 02, 2025
Episode 321: The Business of Mental Health: What Happens When Therapy Goes Corporate.
68 hours 7 mins; June 25, 2025
Episode 320: Self-sabotage in Recovery
53 mins; June 18, 2025
Episode 319: Primary and Secondary Emotions
53 mins; June 11, 2025
Episode 318: Sex Addiction
40 mins; June 04, 2025
Episode 317: Talking to teens about sex in the digital age.
139 hours 31 mins; May 28, 2025
Episode 316: First-order Change vs. Second-order change
39 mins; May 14, 2025
Episode 315: Healing Sex Addiction and Betrayal Trauma as a couple (part two)
91 hours 25 mins; May 07, 2025
Episode 314: Healing Sex Addiction and Betrayal Trauma for couples
45 mins; April 30, 2025
Episode 313: Rebuilding Trust
76 hours 24 mins; April 23, 2025
Episode 312: Reclaiming Wants and Needs
65 hours 1 min; April 16, 2025
Episode 311: Navigating Safety
50 mins; April 09, 2025
Episode 310: Gentle Parenting
94 hours 32 mins; April 02, 2025
Episode 309: Happy Anniversary to Us!
82 hours 36 mins; March 26, 2025
Episode 308: Bad Therapists - Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt
118 hours 45 mins; March 19, 2025
Episode 307: Bad Relationship Advice
91 hours 4 mins; March 12, 2025
Episode 306: Healing Addiction and Enmeshment with Erin Snow
58 mins; March 05, 2025
Episode 305: Understanding Attachment
78 hours 13 mins; February 20, 2025
Episode 304: Resistance and Dissent
32 mins; February 12, 2025
Episode 303: Dishonesty and Deceit
46 mins; February 05, 2025
Episode 302: The Importance of Fathers
65 hours 44 mins; January 29, 2025
Episode 301: Shock and Awe and the Work Ahead
20 mins; January 22, 2025
Episode 300: Interview with my daughters
106 hours 35 mins; January 15, 2025
Episode 299: The History of Social Work
44 mins; January 08, 2025
Episode 298: Autonomy and Connection
57 mins; January 01, 2025
Episode 297: Understanding the shooting of the UHC CEO and the public response.
54 mins; December 18, 2024
Episode 296: Jackie goes on a cruise, healthy shame, shamelessness and emotions.
94 hours 18 mins; December 11, 2024
Episode 295: Induced, carried, and core emotions
74 hours 23 mins; December 04, 2024
Episode 294: Relationship Recovery
79 hours 12 mins; November 27, 2024
Episode 293: PTSD and CPTSD
47 mins; November 20, 2024
Episode 292: Normalcy Bias
41 mins; November 13, 2024
Episode 291: Coercive Control
46 mins; November 06, 2024
Episode 290: The Drama Triangle
55 mins; October 30, 2024
Episode 289: Masculinity Crisis Part One
118 hours 45 mins; October 23, 2024
Episode 287: Book Club with Jackie and Rachel
52 mins; October 02, 2024
Episode 286: Insurance and Therapy
50 mins; September 25, 2024
Episode 285: Emotional Availability
65 hours 20 mins; September 11, 2024
Episode 284: Healthy and Unhealthy Anger
40 mins; August 28, 2024
Episode 283: Emotional Affairs
38 mins; August 21, 2024
Episode 282: Ownership v Partnership, Part Two
50 mins; August 14, 2024
Episode 281: Emotional Labor
108 hours 0 mins; August 07, 2024
Episode 246: Childhood Emotional Neglect (Rerun)
88 hours 40 mins; July 31, 2024
Episode 280: Family Reunions
45 mins; July 24, 2024
Episode 279: Betrayal Blindness
70 hours 41 mins; July 17, 2024
Episode 278: The Ashley Madison Hack
84 hours 26 mins; July 10, 2024
Episode 277: Ownership vs. Partnership
57 mins; July 03, 2024
Episode 276: Healing Insecure Attachment
68 hours 33 mins; June 26, 2024
Episode 275: Birthday wants and needs
29 mins; June 19, 2024
Episode 274: Myths about Sexuality
56 mins; June 12, 2024
Episode 173: The Impact of Family Dysfunction (rerun)
