Healing with WORTH

Another re-release of some of our favorite episodes during this summer break with all of you. We will have new episodes for you in September!  We are back with clinicians Alana Gordon and Kimberly Day to discuss another aspect of abuse; Sexual Abuse.  Kim expresses that there is a difference between sexual impact caused by a spouse's addiction and unhealthy sexual behaviors versus sexual...

As we take a little summer break with all of you, we wanted to re-release some of our favorite episodes. We will have new episodes for you in September!  After our interview with Dr. Manning we wanted to further discuss the topic of creating safety through setting boundaries.   Living with a sex addict is risky behavior as they may be living a secret life unknown to us.   How do we...

As we take a little summer break we wanted to re-release some of our favorite episodes.  We will have new episodes for you in September! We had the pleasure of having licensed clinician Jeanne Vattuone coming and speaking to us on the topic of healthy sexuality.  Jeanne breaks us out of our comfort zone as she addresses sensitive topics: What does healthy sexuality look like in a relatio...

Come and meet Hali the Intake Coordinator--the voice on the other end of the phone. Hali started her path down this healing journey about 6 years ago when she found Life-Changing Services during a series of crises that happened in her marriage. She has trained under Maurice Harker and his team and worked in different capacities at Life Changing Services ever since. She is a Life Coach, a Betrayal...

In this last interview with author Noelle McBride she shares with us that we are meant to experience joy in this life, in every facet of our lives, through trials, heartache, and repentance.  When we are in the midst of trials, trauma and heartache, what can this mean for us and how can we access this joy?   We are so grateful for Noelle coming and taking the time to share her journey an...

Is joy possible when going through betrayal trauma, a separation, or divorce?  In this second interview with author Noelle McBride she shares with us how becoming a "ruthless editor of her life" helped her find joy going through divorce.  Often as latter-day saint women, we struggle with wondering where we belong in the great plan of happiness if our lives are looking very different from...

We had the privilege of interviewing Noelle McBride to discuss her new book Beauty for Ashes, Divorce and The Latter-day Saint Woman.  As she talks about her divorce you can hear some of the many internal struggles that Christian women go through, especially women of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, due to our understanding of the eternal nature of families and marriages. We are of...

After betrayal there are many internal struggles that a mother faces as she tries to meet her own emotional needs and then balance those with the needs of her children.  In the hard moments we "should ourselves" or in other words give ourselves guilt trips about all the things we think we should be doing.  That can be pretty common with women in general, but then you throw the mom guilt...

In this last episode of Hers, His and Our recovery we felt like this particular topic was a little out of our scope.  And then we realized there are benchmarks that both of us are looking for to know if he is ready to take the next step of couples recovery with us. And so we're going to share with you some of those benchmarks that we are looking for to know that our relationship is ready to go to...

Continuing our discussion on Mine, His, and Our Recovery, in this episode we talk about his recovery.  In the beginning of our own recovery journey, this was important for us to understand because we felt like we needed information and tools to be able to discern whether or not he was in recovery.  One important lesson we have learned is we cannot control or manage his recovery.   L...

On the podcast we talk about recovery all the time and we wanted to break it down and be more specific. Over the next 3 episodes we talk about what our recovery looks like as betrayed, what his recovery looks like as the betrayer or the addicted, and then what couple recovery looks like. These are three separate categories in this process that sometimes we want to lump all together under the umbre...

How can breaking free from isolation that betrayal can create, to connectiion help us heal? Brene Brown says, "I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued when they can give and receive without judgment and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship."  We personally recognize that isolation is such a lonely place to b...

Tammy Gustafson, Licensed Professional Counselor with Live Free Counseling, joins us today on the podcast to share her personal story of betrayal and recovery and becoming a therapist and coach.  She has a particular passion for helping wives who've experienced sexual betrayal trauma heal and move forward. Tammy specializes in helping women heal from the bad things that happened to them so th...

This episode is the second part of our interview with Jeff to discuss a topic he is very passionate about.  Over many years of working with men and women dealing with sex addiction, he is helping the women he works with individually and in group recognize the emotional abuse the sex addiction is causing in their relationship. Helping women break free of denial and recognize the emotional abus...

Jeff Ford MS, LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in St. George, UT. Jeff specializes in treating pornography and sexual addiction. He also works with spouses and family members that are affected by addiction.   We are honored to have Jeff with us today to discuss a topic he is very passionate about.  Over many years of working with men and women dealing...

Today's episode is the second part of our interview with licensed therapist Randi Gray on Somatic Experiencing and EMDR work in trauma recovery. At the end of 2020 we had a WORTH member come on the podcast and share how Somatic Experiencing helped her in her healing recovery .  This week we have Licensed therapist Randi Gray LCP, NCC on the podcast to discuss how Somatic Experiencing and EMDR...

Today's episode is all about how to use a specialized form of therapy to release trauma from your body and bring your recovery to the next level. At the end of 2020 we had a WORTH member come on the podcast and share how Somatic Experiencing helped her in her healing recovery .  This week we have Licensed therapist Randi Gray LCP, NCC on the podcast to discuss how Somatic Experiencing and EMD...

"What are you willing to sacrifice for your safety and well-being?"  In this follow up episode to creating safety through boundaries we discuss what fear we personally have had creating boundaries and what also may be holding you back.  Dr. Jill Manning shared with us in her interview in Episode 44 and 45, the top 5 barriers that hold us back from creating boundaries for ourselves. This...

This is the final episode of a 3 part interview.  At the beginning of this year we shared with you that we really wanted to have stories of hope from couples who have both worked their recovery through betrayal trauma and addiction.  Make sure to listen to the first parts in Episodes 41 and 42 before listening to this episode.  In this episode TC and Jon Jolley share where they are...

This is part 2 of a 3 part interview.  Make sure to listen to the first part in Episode 41 before listening to this one.  At the beginning of this year we shared with you that we really wanted to have stories of hope from couples who have both worked their recovery through betrayal trauma and addiction. In this episode TC and Jon Jolley share what their separation period was like for eac...

At the beginning of this year we shared with you that we really wanted to have stories of hope from couples who have both worked their recovery through betrayal trauma and addiction. We are so grateful to introduce our first couple sharing their message of hope with you.  TC and Jon Jolley were so gracious to share their time with us and their story of betrayal, addiction, and today their bea...

We are happy to share part 2 of our interview with Dr Adam Moore.  Dr. Moore is a licensed marriage and family therapist and co-owner of Sila health, which operates mental health counseling offices in Utah and Nevada.  He also hosts a mental health podcast called Pocket Therapist, and has been a guest on dozens of other podcasts. He is a relationship and mental health expert and speciali...

We were honored to have Doctor Adam Moore on the podcast!  Dr. Moore is a licensed marriage and family therapist and co-owner of Sila health, which operates mental health counseling offices in Utah and Nevada.  He also hosts a mental health podcast called Pocket Therapist, and has been a guest on dozens of other podcasts. He is a relationship and mental health expert and specializes in t...

In this second part of the conversation of Physical Intimacy we discuss what our beliefs are today around sexuality and some of the boundaries we have in place to have safety. We want to point out that safety involves much more than physical safety. It involves spiritual, emotional, and mental.  All types of safety are necessary to be established before you reach the connection of physical. I...

This week we discuss how betrayal in a relationship affects physical intimacy as well as what physical intimacy can look like in a healthy relationship. Physical intimacy is a very complicated issue when addiction and pornography is present in a marriage. It's a very individual matter how you decide to share or not share physical touch and intimacy with your spouse. Safety is a very high priority...