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Ep344 – Be a Happier Parent with Alex Trippier

  • April 20, 2026
  • Tagged as: Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Emotional Masculinity, Emotional Safety, Family, Marriage, Resentment

Does the distribution of household workload cause stress in your relationship? Are your parenting roles unclear as women excel in the workforce and men struggle to pick up the emotional load? Does it feel like…

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  • Family
  • Teens

Ep314 – Pressure that’s Crushing Our Kids

  • September 22, 2025
  • Tagged as: Community, Emotional Safety, Family, Health, Kids, Mental Health, Safety, Teens

From high school through young adulthood, the pressure felt by people in their teens and 20s is unlike anything experienced by preceding generations. Sheri and Matt offer evidence of the enormous stress of entering adulthood,…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
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Ep275 – Self-Control and Detachment from Family at the Holidays

  • December 23, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Holidays, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

Is self-control detachment? Sheri and Matt might debate the definitions, but they agree on the value of controlling the controllables around family at the holiday season. If you love or loved an alcoholic, and your…

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  • Addiction
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Ep267 – Both Sides of Addiction with Alan Thompson

  • October 28, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Death, Family, Marriage, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery, Relapse, Sobriety, Trauma

If you have experienced religious trauma, work stress, marriage distress, alcohol use disorder or the problematic drinking of a family member, this conversation has something for you. Alan Thompson has experienced addiction in a painfully…

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  • Addiction
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Ep265 – Parenting in Recovery

  • October 14, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Kids, Recovery, Safety, Sobriety, Teens

Sheri and Matt have talked a lot about the impact of Matt’s drinking on their kids. On this episode, the couple talks about the impact of recovery on how they parent. With emotional safety as…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
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Ep232 – Question FOR Listeners: When do kid decisions become unilateral?

  • February 26, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Family, Kids, Recovery, Safety, Teens

During Matt’s active addiction, Sheri had to pick and choose the times she discussed big parenting decisions with him, and there was plenty of stress and anxiety around raising the kids, but she never cut…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Family
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Ep229 – Roundtable: Navigating Custody of the Kids

  • February 5, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Death, Divorce, Family, Health, Marriage, Mental Health, Separation, Teens, Trauma

***Trigger Warning: Death from alcohol abuse is discussed. Julie, Rachel, Becky and Melanie join the conversation and help Sheri and Matt break down the issues surrounding custody agreements and co-parenting arrangements. From the impact these…

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  • Addiction
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Ep211 – The Recovery Revolution with Cory Martin

  • October 2, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, No Judgement, Recovery

Comedian and Recovery Coach, Cory Martin, joins Sheri and Matt for this insightful and deep episode That’s right, she’s not just about laughs. Cory pairs humor with some unconventional and well thought out ideas and…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
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Ep204 – Love, Loss & Forgiveness with Bhavini

  • August 14, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Death, Family, Forgiveness, Guilt, Marriage, Mental Health, Pain

It’s the story of a romantic courtship and the rekindling of a spark felt when they were in their youth. Bhavini loved him and wanted so badly for it to work that she ignored the…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
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Ep201 – Alcoholic Parenting: Teaching Dishonesty, Fear & Hatred

  • July 24, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Kids, Teens

Ep200 was Cathryn’s story. Sheri’s and Matt’s insightful and intelligent daughter shared her experiences of growing up with high-functioning alcoholism, and she revealed things on that episode that shocked Matt and confirmed Sheri’s sadness. On…

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