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Ep291 – Nervous System Leads the Way with Rose

  • April 14, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Gaslighting, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Safety, Separation, Trauma

Rose stayed in her alcoholic marriage until she could stay no longer. The impact on her nervous system made her methodical and planned decision to separate her only choice. Listen to Rose reflect on the…

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  • Addiction
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  • Relationship

Ep287 – Focus for More Impact with Ayla Fleming

  • March 17, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Health, Mental Health, Recovery, Trauma

Ayla Fleming is a licensed clinical social worker and telehealth therapist practicing in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Since specializing in helping individuals, couples, and families recovering from codependency related to addiction, her personal…

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Ep279 – Why Men are Failing

  • January 20, 2025
  • Tagged as: Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Community, Death, Divorce, Drug Abuse, Health, Marriage, Mental Health, Public Policy, Suicide

The industrialized world is experiencing an epidemic of men who are unemployed or underemployed, not married or dating, living with their parents, and suffering deaths of despair. And the gender gap in higher education is…

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Ep274 – Spiritual Curiosity with David Bird

  • December 16, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Authentic, Drug Abuse, Mental Health, Pain, Recovery, Sobriety

David Bird is a spiritual explorer with stories to tell about the hopelessness and lack of control of addiction, and the peace and freedom of knowing everything is going to be OK. Through major health…

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Ep273 – Is Sex All You Think About?

  • December 9, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Intimacy, Marriage, Mental Health, Sex, Trust

Do you say or hear this question in your relationship? Sheri and Matt break down how sex drive fluctuates in both a short-term and long-term way, and discuss the impacts of addiction and recovery on…

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Ep271 – The Emotional Safety Journal

  • November 25, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Family, Gaslighting, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Safety

Physical abuse and sexual abuse are more widely understood with societally agreed upon red lines that are not to be crossed. Emotional abuse, on the other hand, is less obvious and less universally understood. But…

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Ep269 – When Behavior Deteriorates Faster than We can Lower Our Standards

  • November 11, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Gray Area Drinking, Guilt, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Sobriety

Self-esteem building is critical to both the drinker and the loved ones in recovery from addiction. On this episode, Sheri and Matt explore the role deteriorating self-esteem plays in the spiral into addiction. They also…

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Ep268 – Trust and Detachment IRL

  • November 4, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Community, Gaslighting, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Resentment, Sobriety, Trauma, Trust

We simply cannot live without trust. Trust is foundational to human existence, and Sheri and Matt talk about how naive alcoholics are who expect trust to return with short-term sobriety. They also discuss a real-life…

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Ep262 – AnnMarie’s Transition Home

  • September 23, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Authentic, Divorce, Gaslighting, Health, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery

AnnMarie’s divorce was final one year ago, and her physical, mental and emotional transition that has taken place over the past 12 months is remarkable. She is amazed at how she feels now, and she…

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Ep256 – The Value of Strong Independent Women

  • August 12, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Divorce, Family, Kids, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery

From kayak cross to gymnastics, where else would you turn for your Olympics recap than to Sheri and Matt. This episode has it all: compliments for Alcoholics Anonymous, celebration for partners who fill their own…

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