Husband Material Jenna Riemersma: Move Toward, Not Against
Jun 22, 2020
Certified Sex Addiction Therapist Jenna Riemersma discusses moving towards struggles, emotional roots of pornography addiction, embracing the God image within, redirection of energy towards healthier activities, and deeper healing in her new book 'Altogether You.'
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The Clementine Exercise
- Drew recounts Jenna giving the class a Clementine to eat and notice sensations as an exercise.
- Jenna used it to show that sensory presence is the opposite of addiction's dissociation.
Managers And The Spiritualizer
- Manager parts control and perform to prevent exposure of exiled pain; spiritualizer parts can masquerade as holiness.
- These managers may look virtuous but often maintain separation from the true compassionate Self.
Firefighters Create The Shame Loop
- Firefighter parts jump in to extinguish painful feelings with compulsive behaviors like pornography.
- The resulting shame loop tightens exile pain and strengthens both firefighters and managers.