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Episode 139: Confirmation Bias

In this episode Jackie finishes the series focused on politics focusing on confirmation bias.  We are all impacted by our bias and we all want to be right.  In this episode you'll find some helpful skills for increasing your awareness of your bias and also how to challenge our bias so that we can improve our thinking, our conversation and our relationships. 

Episode 138

This episode continues our look at politics. Jackie talks with author Bill Eddy about his book Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths and How We Can Stop! Bill talks about the patterns across the world and throughout history where HCP’s have risen to the top and caused chaos and destruction. We cover the role media plays. We talk about what we, the average person, can do in recognizing these personality patterns and how to dialogue in this divisive time.

Episode 137: Cognitive Dissonance

In this episode Jackie talks about Cognitive Dissonance.  Life is filled with decisions and decisions typically arouse dissonance.  Continuing to look at our current state of politics in the US, we talk about how cognitive dissonance also applies with the leaders we endorse.

Episode 136: Politics for the People

In this episode Jackie has a guest on to talk about Politics. Not partisan politics that put so many people on opposing sides from those they love, work with and know. Politics as it is designed to work and what we as citizens can do to get politics working for us instead of against us.

Episode 135: Johari Window

In this episode Jackie talks about the Johari Window as a tool for increasing self-awareness and emotional intelligence.  This is a tool often used in therapy as a way for clients to receive feedback about themselves that will help them make the changes they are seeking and to have happier and meaningful relationships.  

Episode 134: Harm Reduction

In this episode Jackie talks with fellow CSAT and Marriage and Family Therapist Jeremy Mast. Traditional abstinence based programs don’t work for everyone. For those who struggle with the traditional programs they often feel a great deal of shame for not fitting in. The Harm Reduction model recognizes this and has an approach to reduce the shame and benefit those who struggle.

Episode 133: The Silence of Male Trauma

In this episode Jackie talks with guest Dr. Debra Warner, author, TedEx speaker, and expert on male survivors.

Episode 132: A Brave New Man

In this episode Jackie talks with Greg Woodhill about his new podcast  "A Brave New Man" In this episode Jackie and Greg talk about what men and women are getting wrong and what they are getting right. Greg Woodhill is a licensed psychotherapist who has spent thousands of hours directly helping sex and porn addicts recover from their addictions. He strongly believes that true psychological and emotional growth can only occur in a safe environment, which he provides for his clients through long-term therapeutic work. He holds a Master's Degree from the University of Santa Monica, where he developed his personal therapeutic style of empathic listening, exploring early childhood trauma, and encouraging personal responsibility. He is a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist.  

Episode 131: The Boundary Box

I get asked all the time about boundaries.  I think they are one of the most important things to have if you want to live as a functional adult. Yet, from so many I hear from boundaries seem to be elusive.  In this episode Amy Smith and I talk about our latest project at One Layer Deeper, The Boundary Box.  If you want to be rocking your boundaries and be a boundary badass, you won't want to miss this.  

Episode 130: Preparing for Disclosure

In this episode Jackie talks with Dr. Janice Caudill and Dan Drake about their workbook that helps prepares couples for disclosure. Disclosure can be an important part of couples recovering, healing and moving forward and it can also go poorly. Their workbook and thoughts shared in this episode are geared to give couples and those guiding the disclosure options to consider and make disclosure successful.