Pathway to Recovery

Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Host Tara McCausland speaks with betrayal trauma expert, Dr. Jill Manning,  about how a betrayed partner can apply the  recovery puzzle pieces of a willing heart, honesty,  humility, accountability, commitment, and seeking spiritual connection to facilitate healing.  As a betrayed spouse, it is easy to feel like a victim of our addicted partner's...

Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Tara has a conversation with Heather B and Justin B, a married couple who are living in long-term recovery from sexual addiction.  The conversation goes into Heather's experience with "Discovery Day" and Justin's perspective of it.  They discuss the miracle that happens when God is put at the center of the spouse, even if and when t...

Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Justin B. has an insightful conversation with Irvin S, a sex addict living in recovery, about his experiences with obtaining, applying, and maintaining a willing heart to heal his family.  We review the SA Lifeline Recovery Puzzle and discuss how a willing heart must include the following:  Humility, Rigorous Honesty, Accountability, Commitment, and Se...

Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Hosts Tara McCausland and Justin B discuss what a willing heart, the central piece of the S.A. Lifeline Recovery Puzzle, looks like for a sexual addict. Justin describes the need for admission of addictive behavior as an important starting point and then an open-mindedness to new things in the recovery journey such as attending a 12-Step meeting.  Supp...

Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. In this episode, host Tara McCausland reviews the S.A. Lifeline heart and mind Recovery Puzzle pieces (e.g. willing heart, humble, accountable, committed, honesty, seeking spiritual connection) with guest expert, Dr. Eddie Capparucci. They compare them with the transformational elements in Eddie's latest book Why Men Struggle to Love: Overcoming R...

Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Tara and Justin talk with Jeni Brockbank, the spouse of a porn user, about how pornography has affected her, including the concept of betrayal trauma. Justin shares how  in hindsight he can see how it affected his family. Tara also shares her perspective as the daughter of a porn user.  Support the show SA Lifeline Foundation SAL 12 Step Find an SAL12S...

Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Pathway to Recovery  co-host, Justin B, speaks with S.A. Lifeline co-founder, Rhyll Croshaw, and discusses her experience, strength, and hope in regards to dealing with her husband’s decades of sexual addiction and healing from the associated betrayal trauma.  We deep dive into what is betrayal trauma from the perspective of the betrayed.   Rhyll eloqu...

Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. In this week's Q&A, Tara and Justin discuss the question "What does porn or sexual addiction think, act and talk like?" This question is relevant in that many loved ones of addicted individuals never see the acting out behavior so how are they to know if their loved one is in active addiction or recovery. The  S.A. Lifeline model of...

Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Host Tara McCausland and guest expert Dr. Barbara Steffens define what betrayal trauma is, what it looks like and how to approach healing and recovery. Barbara shares advice for betrayed partners, therapists and faith leaders. The importance of having a community for healing is discussed. Dr. Barbara Steffens specializes in helping women recover from s...

Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. How is an addiction different from a bad habit? Defining pornography and sexual compulsivity as an addiction can be difficult for both the struggling individual and their partner. Tara and Justin discuss 3 reasons why it can be helpful in the recovery process to label this problem as an addiction.  Support the show SA Lifeline Foundation SAL 12 Step Fi...

Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Justin B. speaks with Steven Croshaw, co-founder of S.A. Lifeline Foundation, about his experiences with sexual addiction and recovery.  Steven shares about the depths of living a double life in sexual addiction.  He also shares his perspective on the trauma his behavior caused his wife and others.  We explore the progression of sexual addiction.  We w...

Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Join us for our first Q & A with Tara and Justin! Listen as they discuss the nuances of the question, "Is Porn Consumption a Problem." Justin describes the feelings that can lead to a porn addiction and how a solution becomes a problem. Support the show SA Lifeline Foundation SAL 12 Step Find an SAL12Step Meeting Donate Contact to ask que...

Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Tara speaks with Roy Kim, a former pastor and certified sex addiction therapist.  Having had experience as both a sex addict and a betrayed partner, Roy has a unique perspective on the challenges for both parties. He describes what sexual addiction is, how it can start and the steps needed to begin recovery. Roy also speaks about how sexual addiction a...

Questions or feedback? Leave your email here. Tara McCausland, executive director of S.A. Lifeline Foundation, and Justin B, a sex addict in long-term recovery, introduce the Pathway to Recovery Podcast.  Here they answer the who, what, and why of the podcast. Who are the hosts of  Pathway to Recovery and who is S.A. Lifeline? What can you expect from this podcast? Why was this podcast started and...