The Silent Struggle: Shedding Light on Sex Addiction and Recovery
Sex addiction is a complex and often misunderstood issue that affects individuals across all demographics.
Beyond Taboo: Understanding and Overcoming Sex Addiction
Sexual addiction, often shrouded in secrecy and shame, is a complex and challenging issue that affects individuals across all walks of life.
Sex Addiction: Breaking Chains. Finding Freedom.
In the shadows of society's norms lies a complex and often misunderstood phenomenon: sex addiction.
Full Disclosure: Getting the Truth
The need for truth is fundamental to healing from a wound like betrayal. If partners healing from betrayal want to rebuild trust in your relationship, it must start from a foundation of honesty.
My Partner Has An Addiction… Now What?
If you are a partner of someone with an addiction, there’s no wonder so many emotions come up for you. This is about YOU and your decision for how you want to move forward.
When Self-Soothing Turns to Self-Sabotaging
Have you ever thought, “Why can't I control myself?” What was once a way to calm your pain and emotions is no longer working.
Setting Boundaries in Early Addiction Recovery
Recovery takes effort and intentionality. With the right tools, support, and dedication in place, you can provide yourself with the safety net that is needed to find stability.
Sobriety Versus Recovery: What is the difference?
Sobriety is about avoiding harmful coping strategies, while recovery is about healing so you don’t need them. In recovery, we don’t just avoid our medicators (ex: porn, sex, shopping, etc…). We heal our relationship with them. We discover the antidote to addiction: connection. We identify the underlying emotional and psychological needs we were attempting to meet, and we learn to get our needs met in new, healthy ways that feel good to us and to others.
When Trauma Manifests as Addiction
If trauma is left unhealed, unprocessed, and even ignored, the pain finds a way to manifest. In fact, our trauma wounding has the potential to become re-enacted through patterns of addiction, including sex addiction and process addiction. Fortunately, there is hope for healing.
5 Steps to Setting Healthy Boundaries
Setting boundaries in relationships can be uncomfortable, but incredibly rewarding. Follow these five steps to establish healthy boundaries.
Process Addiction: Is it Real or Fake?
Most people in our society associate the word “addiction” with substance abuse. However, everyday processes such as eating and technology use can also become addictive when relied on for a high.
The 10 Signs of Sex Addiction
How much sex is too much sex? Stephanie Carnes, author of Mending a Shattered Heart, defines sex addiction as an unhealthy relationship to any sexual experience that a person continues to engage in despite adverse consequences.