Sexual Addiction:Strength/Hope/Recovery

Compulsive "" viewing can ruin an addict"s life. It is not "just " it is an addiction that ruins family life, relationships, and all aspects of one's life. Tonight, Carol the Coach will be interviewing a Christian Counselor - Reese Crane who helps addicts break free from addiction. He has learned how to use his life struggle and create purpose out of his life and for his community. Listen to his facinating story of how he turned his life around and the struggles that helped to set him free!

Sex addiction causes intimacy issues and tonight, Carol the Coach will be interviewing Dr. Carol Clark who has written the book Addict America: The Lost Connection. Dr. Carol Clark wants listeners to look at how family of origin issues may be impacting their current relationship. She will be discussing the Paradox of Power, and ways to lower the defenses in order to learn new ways of relating to each other so that both the addict and the partner can find the love they deserve.

Kids are bombarded with sexual messages that are both intriguing and confusing. Parents and schools are at a loss for how to handle compulsive acting out. Listen as  Carol the Coach will be interviewing Marnie Ferree founding Director of Bethesda, who is building a treatment program for kids who are acting out sexually and lack the support to alter their behavior. If you have a child who es exhibiting out of control behavior, this program will give you some hope that help is near.

Love addiction is common for people who have childhood wounds that occured in their family. Carol the Coach will be interviewing Kelly McDaniel who is an expert in the field of love addiction. Kellly  sees a pre-existing factor called "mother hunger" which feeds into the desire to find love and the compulsion to ease the pain. Listen as Kelly talks about her book, Ready to Heal which helps people to determine how to get healthy from love addiction.

Gary Wilson is the expert on how erotic material effects the brain and Carol the Coach is interviewing him about how erotic visual materials  and compulsive masterbation effects the brain. This is a classic show that will help you understand neuroscience and the brain.

For many addicts, eroticized rage shows up as a contributing factor in sexual addiction. Carol the Coach interviews experts Kate Balestrieri and Lauren Dummit who believe that sex addicts need to understand how anger and rage feed into their addiction and what they can do to work through it. Kate and Lauren will discuss the components behind these emotions and how it plays out in your relationships.

Carol the Coach interviews Josh Nichols who believes that it is important for a recovering sex addict and partner to have intensity in their recovery program. He relies on the 5 pillars of recovery to create a true recovery program.

In this insightful conversation, Garry Eldridge, a certified sex addiction therapist from Lighthouse Counseling Center, shares his transformative approaches to recovery. He emphasizes that surrendering to the addiction is about creating a liberating new life rather than merely fighting for sobriety. Garry discusses the importance of the 12 Steps, trust in a higher power, and the significance of service to others. He highlights the role of genuine connections, community support, and daily practices like gratitude in achieving lasting personal growth.

Carol the Coach will be interviewing Tom Gagliano who believes that this is indicative of sexual addiction but it also is an act of power and control. He feels that Harvey is a sexual predator. He believes that men and women are no longer afraid to speak up  and say "No More" to sexual exploitation. Listen as Carol and Tom talk about how the world is changing one voice at a time.

Carol the Coach will be interviewing Gavin Sharpe tonight who is a British Psychotherapist who is a sex addiction specialist in Monaco and the South of France. He will be talking about the Denial Process and how it feeds active sex addiction. Patrick Carnes states that Denial  is the first Recovery Task to break. Find out what Gavin would recommend to break trough the cognitive distortions that contribute towards sexual addiction.