Hey, we're doing well, so we can let up on our Boundaries—Right?
When things have been going well for awhile in addiction recovery and betrayal trauma healing, there can be a temptation to relax the boundaries we've agreed to. This can also seem like a viable optio...
29 Sep 202032min
I'm Not Sexually Attracted to My Partner—Are We Done?
We live in a culture that can easily tend to make physical/sexual attraction the "be all, end all," in marriage relationships. In this episode, Mark and Steve share their own raw and real marriage exp...
22 Sep 202044min
How to Have DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS that bring TRUE CONNECTION!
Our most DIFFICULT conversations can also be the most CONNECTING! In this episode, Mark and Steve get raw and real about WHY we avoid difficult and uncomfortable conversations and HOW we can turn th...
15 Sep 202036min
How Do We Become Trapped in a "Marriage Crisis" and Can We Ever Come Back Together?
Porn addiction, Betrayal Trauma and other challenges can plunge us hopelessly into a seemingly perpetual pattern of Negative Relationship Patterns! This constant negativity wears us down until we can'...
8 Sep 202038min
How "Pain Avoidance" feeds Addiction & Betrayal Trauma!
It's natural to avoid pain--that protection mechanism is built directly into the human brain. BUT, "pain avoidance" often creates and then feeds Addiction. And it can also keep us trapped in Betrayal ...
1 Sep 202035min
Separating "Attraction" from the "Addiction"—Where are the Boundaries?
In this episode, Mark and Steve address the questions and concerns of one of the PBSE podcast listeners. As the spouse of an addict in recovery, this listener brings up the very legitimate concern— A...
25 Aug 202040min
Porn Addiction Relapse—the Fallout and Breaking the Addiction Cycle
What happens when there is a "Pornography Addiction Relapse"? The Fallout of Relapse— For the Addict: Hopelessness, shame, resignation, apathy, "Eeyore mode"—emotional volatility and variability. ...
18 Aug 202042min
Refuse to Be a "Victim"—"Let Go" and Allow Her to Heal from Betrayal Trauma!
- Learn how to “let go” of Your Spouse’s Healing - Instead of focusing on what she is or is not doing—put all your energy into YOUR recovery. - You can’t “undo” trauma or “fix” your spouse. The b...
11 Aug 202032min
