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Doing The Work: A Naples Integrated Recovery Podcast — 64 episodes
Why Smart People Fight the Simple Things That Help Them
Why Your Dog Is Happier Than You
You’re Not Reacting to This — You’re Reacting to Something Else
“Sorry You Felt That Way” — When They Won't Take Responsibility
You’re Not Chasing Sex or Relationships — You’re Chasing Being Chosen
Human First, Cop Second: Police, Alcohol, and Asking for Help
When You’re Right and Still the Problem
You Are Not Entitled to More Time. You're Going to Die. Now What?
Why You Can’t Stop Replaying It in Your Head and Why Zebra's Don't Get Ulcers
The Scoreboard Never Ends: Why More Money Doesn’t Settle Anything
I Am Not Better Than My Clients: Compassion Without Cosigning Bullshit
Broken Mirror Syndrome: When Trauma Warps Self-Evaluation in Real Time
What Actually Slows Emotional Reactions and Radical "okay-ness"
Why “That’s Just Who I Am” Keeps You Stuck
Why Forgiveness Doesn’t Respond to Force
Why You Get Defensive the Second Someone Criticizes You
Why Your System Won’t Let You Change (Yet)
Guest Terry P: Recovery Isn’t Boring — You’re Just in the Wrong Room
Stop Saving Them: Why Families Stay Stuck
How Much is Enough? The Hidden Cost of 'Success'
You Don’t Get It Back—You Build Again
Still Not Enough After You Get It
Why You Can’t Stop People-Pleasing (Even When You Know Better)
Oxytocin, Attachment, and Why Chemistry Isn’t the Same as Safety
Experience Strength and Hope: Lindsey at One Year Clean and Sober
First Guest: A Year Sober and Still Figuring It Out (Now the Real Work Begins??)
Why You React Before You Think: Polyvagal Theory and the Nervous System Under Stress
Epictetus on Letting Go of Anger: Forgiveness Without Lowering Your Standards
The Roles People Get Stuck In After Trauma
No Cows, No Problems: Adaptation After Loss
Why Most Therapy Fails to Touch the Real Problem
Why Groups Change You in Ways 1-on-1 Therapy Can’t
Pleasure Isn’t the Point of Addiction: Why the Brain Keeps Reaching Anyway
How Self-Limiting Beliefs Lock In Your Life
Toxic Revenge: Why We Hurt the People We Love When We’re Overwhelmed
Nighttime Rumination: Why Your Brain Won’t Shut Off at Night
Why Chemistry Makes Bad Relationship Decisions Feel Right
Why We’re So Harsh on Ourselves — And What Self-Compassion Actually Is
When "Healthy" Relationships Go Quiet: Sex, Silence, and Erosion of Intimacy
The Cost of Being Emotionally Available to Everything
How to Stop Taking the Bait With Condescending People
Happiness Isn’t the Goal — Joy Comes From How You Live
Anger, Acceptance and the Cost of Spiritual Bypass without Boundaries
Who You Become When External Approval Runs the System
The Jealous Shutdown Cycle: When Conflict Comes Out as Distance
How Breakups Rewire You: What You Carry Into Your Next Relationship
Wise Mind After Tragedy
Monkey Mind: Why Your Thoughts Never Stop and What Actually Helps
The Cost of Living Ahead of the Moment: Why Awareness Alone Isn’t Enough
Finding the Teacher Within
Feeling Stuck? How to Break Free and Move Forward
The Empty Boat: Learning Not to Take Things Personally
Why “Forever” Doesn’t Work — And What Healthy Love Actually Looks Like
Sitting with Uncertainty and "Don't Know Mind"
Who’s Driving Your Car? — The Inner Parts That Hijack Your Reactions
How Attachment Style and the Nervous System Amplify Conflict
The Neuroscience of Suffering: Why Spiritual Principles Can Reduce Pain
Dopamine, Drive, and Why You Keep Doing What You Know Is Bad for You
The Legend of Zelda and Growth: Leveling Up Through Life’s Hardest Seasons
The Lizard Brain and Second Arrow
The Raft: Outgrowing People, Places, Roles, and Chapters of Your Life
Why People Stay Stuck: What Recovery Circles Often Miss
Why We Cave Under Social Pressure — And How to Stop
What Probably Should’ve Been Episode One