The Porn Addict's Wife

Tony Overbay is and LDS licensed marriage and family therapist and the host of The Virtual Couch podcast. He is the creator of an online porn addiction recovery program called The Path Back. In this episode he gives tips and tools on how to talk to your kids about pornography. Listen in and take notes! This is so helpful!  See more on t he blog!

When your husband is addicted to pornography, there is no getting around having hard conversations. But allow me to give you some tips for making those a little less difficult and MUCH more fulfilling! Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss the bonus episode I have coming at you this week! And be sure to head to my blog f or more tips on how to have hard conversations with your spouse, your k...

Our brains like predictability and patterns. That's when the brain doesn't have to look for danger. This is where we like to live. In comfort zones. The problem with comfort zones is that they don't lead us to grow or progress. We stay exactly the same. And, most of the time, they are a false sense of security. Your life will always have discomfort. So you can choose: You can either stay in the di...

Did you know that the words we use have 2 meanings? They do. And we don't even realize how critical our word choice is when we tell ourselves our story. The words we use to describe our experience is what we end up believing. So choose your words wisely.  Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and leave a rating and review so that other women can find the help they need!  Check out my new blog!...

Intellectually, we understand that we are allowed to feel our feelings. But that doesn't mean we don't feel like there are certain emotions we should avoid or that we don't have a right to feel. And what's more, we usually take ownership of those emotions and make them part of our identity-rather than just letting them be something that we feel inside our bodies. It can all be a little confusing s...

I want to talk about guilt today...not your husband's...YOURS. That's right. I saw this in myself and I see it all the time with my clients. We have these sneaky thoughts that sound helpful but they all stem from this belief that our husband's addiction is somehow, in some way...our fault. It's not. Let's talk about it.  SHOW NOTES: Don't forget to head to my website and sign up for my email list...

Sometimes, we think we have accepted the reality of our husband's addiction but what we have really done is lived in ignorance. We think that ignoring the depth of our emotion is better or less hurtful but the truth is, that is not a long term solution. Allow me to explain the difference between ignorance and acceptance and how you can try to move to acceptance today.  SHOW NOTES:  Thank you for l...

Hey y'all. It's nice to meet you. Start here to learn a little about myself, my story, and why I started this podcast. Don't forget to hit subscribe so that you never miss an episode!   SHOW NOTES:  I have created an amazing life coaching program specifically for LDS women who have a spouse addicted to pornography. Check out all the details for my life coaching program at jolenewinn.com!