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Episode 10: What every Spouse Needs to Know About Addiction

Finding out your spouse has been hiding an addiction is incredibly painful. In this episode, Jackie and Jon speak to spouses of addicts about some of the basics they need to know to start navigating there spouses recovery and creating safe space for themselves.

Higher Power

In this short episode, Jon talks about some concepts for connecting with the Higher Power of your understanding. Here are the links Jon refers to in the show:

www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/silence-brain-benefits_us_56d83967e4b0000de4037004
www.worthrecovery.com/events/
www.mormonmatters.org

 

Episode 9: What the addicted spouse needs to know about their partner's healing process.

In this episode Jon and Jackie talk about the process the partner goes through in their healing process. This is helpful information for the addicted spouse to understand so they can get a big picture view of what is happening for their partner and how to interpret their healing process

Episode 8: Surrender

Jackie and Jon talk about the concept of surrender.  If you believe that this is a passive process, this episode is a must listen!  We will explore the rewarding work that goes into surrender and get this powerful tool working for you.

Autobiography in 5 chapters

Episode 7: Control

Jackie and Jon take a closer look at attachment trauma and its biggest product, fear.  Fear in and around relationships is generally expressed in control.  In this episode, we take a look at several dimensions of control.  If you are interested in working on understanding your control and fear more, you can get our Control Dimensions Exercise here: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9qL4voZ4TwFQWtFUm4taG85b01IVEFIbEEwVWZxZlJjLW9R/view?usp=sharing

Jackie talks about suffering

In this mini-episode, Jackie shares one of her favorite Buddhist parables of the mustard seed.  

 

Episode 6: Attachment Styles

Episode 6: Attachment Styles
In this episode Jon and Jackie talk about the different attachment styles, how they play out in addiction and recovery and how to "earn" secure attachment.

Jon’s thoughts on detours

In this mini-episode, Jon talks about wishing things could be different and accepting things as they are as he shares his thoughts on reading The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom.

Episode 5: Attachment and Trauma

In part one of this two part series, Jackie and Jon talk about attachment, the "rules" we learn in childhood, about how safe it is to trust and connect with other people, and it's role in addiction.  We reference a peer-reviewed article written by Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S on addiction and attachment, you can find the article at http://www.consultant360.com/articles/why-do-people-addictions-seek-escape-rather-connect-look-approach-addiction-treatment