The Truth About Addiction

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Truth About Addiction!   Today I unexpectedly dive into the 12 steps--the ways in which the language of them keeps many people sick in and pout of recovery--and the ways in which I have reimagined them over more than a decade. This is a huge passion point for me and one of the big reasons I wrote my book in the first place.  Austin and I discuss his story from...

Send us Fan Mail      Welcome back to The Truth About Addiction and Happy New Year. I decided to share a recap of my year---arguably the wildest one yet.  Everything I thought would happen didn't, and everything I've dreamed of happening did. I take you through my year from beginning to end, from an attempt at real estate to a tour in Japan, a retreat in Tulum to performing in Vegas, fin...

Send us Fan Mail        Welcome back to The Truth About Addiction! In today's episode, I interview founder of Amare Magazine, George Rojas, to uncover how he ended up as CEO of a successful magazine after living a life of crime, abuse and drug addiction. Rojas has overcome so many obstacles in his life, including both mental and sexual abuse as well as drug addiction. At rock bottom, George h...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome Back to The Truth About Addiction with Dr. Harte. Today's episode is a continuation of the very difficult conversation around addiction, abuse, death and life after loss with Amy Davis. In episode 29, we tackled the beginning of the story and paused when things in her tumultuous marriage were escalating in dangerous ways. Today, we hit the absolute rock bottom moments...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Truth About Addiction! Today's episode features a special and recurring guest named Dr. David Wiss. He is a sober friend with a brilliant mind and is changing the conversation around nutrition and mental health. He also shares his unique approach to nutrition counseling, which takes the model of food first, body second and turns it on its head. Imagine a w...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode touches on some highly sensitive but really important topics--domestic abuse, relapse, and death to name a few. It is a story that must be told so the shame and stigma of violence and addiction loses its power over us individually and as a collective. Part one of Amy's story describes how it all began---the addiction, the rock bottom, and the journey into...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Truth About Addiction! Today I interview RJ Elizarraz, a man who seemingly lost everything more than once only to build back a life beyond his wildest dreams. It is a remarkable story, and a testament to how our message can truly become our message.  RJ grew up in the Conejo valley region of southern California just north of Los Angeles. He was raised in a heal...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Truth About Addiction! Today's episode is a rich conversation with a sober friend and colleague in the wellness space, Gwen Dittmar. We dive into the nuances of every day living, including co-parenting post-divorce, living with inflammation in the body, and protecting the sacred nature of our energy field. No wellness path is off limits---therapy, 12 step...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Truth About Addiction. Today I get brutally honest about the recent "co-dependency bottom" I hit and what it is forcing me to look at. My dear friend and recovery buddy, Lauren Clayton, take a deep dive into nervous system regulation, inner child work, and ACA-yet another 12 step program that tackles childhood trauma with a beautiful and imperative mi...

Send us Fan Mail      Today's conversation is with one of my husband's dear friends and business partners Larry Miceli. Larry, owner of LM Auto Wholesale, has more than 91/2 year sober from drugs and alcohol. He has also spent the last 30 years in automotive wholesale.      Larry has not only built a beautiful life in recovery but also built a $30 million business from a $2000 bankroll--...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode captures the struggle and beauty of addiction, recovery, interpersonal relationships and the relationship we have with ourselves-especially our bodies. Lauren Clayton shares her story and what led her to the work she's doing in the world. We discuss it all-addiction to substances, love and external worthiness and recovery from outside validation. If you w...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Truth About Addiction! Today's episode touches on some heavy topics, notably the real and often painful struggle of mental illness in recovery. Despite the founders of AA specifically discussing that there can and should be a place for addicts who need outside help, many people in recovery carry guilt and shame around their mental illness because they beli...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Truth About Addiction! This short solo episode explains my personal reasons for celebrating my sober anniversaries, what they can bring up, and how they can inspire us to keep living honest and authentic lives. If you've ever wondered why addicts celebrate their sober anniversaries or what there is to be HAPPY about when you've stopped drinking and us...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Truth About Addiction! Today's' guest is a dear friend, Tali Bermudez, with 13 years sober from drugs and alcohol. Her story is incredible and her sobriety is breathtaking. Tune in to today's episode about her journey from addiction to recovery and her relationship journey from single to married and no kids to motherhood and step-parenthood.  Tal...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Truth About Addiction (and living sober.) Today's guest is a sober friend and professional mastermind named Devon Craig.  Early into sobriety, Devon's career took off and gave her a life on the outside that culture and years of conditioning tells us we all want. Despite lots of accolades and financial successes, her intuition told her when things were...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Truth About Addiction! Today's episode is a beautiful discussion with a sober friend Audra who talks about her journey into recovery, and one of the most difficult things she has experienced so far in sobriety-loneliness.  The universal application of this discussion is broad and expansive, and I hope it leaves you feeling a little less lonely and a little...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode features a long time friend and successful producer named Jonathan Kalter, a man who has found his way into AA and therapy to deepen his understanding of himself and live a more joy centered life.  This conversation breaks down the good and the different of 12 step programs versus therapy and vice versa, and shines a light on how important it is to stay open t...

Send us Fan Mail Join me in today's episode where I interview a sober friend, Alana Brooke, hailing from the heart of NYC.  She and I discuss her journey from addiction to recovery, and take a deep dive into the tricky waters of interpersonal and romantic relationships in sobriety.  Specifically, we discuss how easy it is to lose ourselves inside of someone else's love for us, and how th...

Send us Fan Mail         Today's episode is deeply personal.  For the first time, I speak publicly about my husband's infidelity-what led up to it, what I went through during it, and what I did to recover from it.  I tell you this story because it is my truth and because the work I have done around it has led to one miracle after another.  I share my heartbreak because for me, it is the...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is a special interview with a sober sister, Laura Greenberg, who knows a thing or two about navigating the tumultuous waters of marriage.  Among other things, Laura describes overcoming some serious internal blockages that ultimately led to the collapse of her limiting beliefs and a rebirth of her inner world and ultimately, her marriage.   Check out her BIO b...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is a fascinating interview with Nathalie Sol Wiss, a sober sister and new mama who spent her life pursuing perfection in the fitness industry, achieving it, and feeling empty inside.  She went on a healing journey to find her way back to herself, to love the body she lives in, and to use food as fuel from a place of intuition rather than a punishment for how m...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode features a fascinating interview with Dr. Peg O’Connor, a recovering alcoholic and professor of philosophy specializing in addiction studies. Peg has been sober for 34 years. She believes that philosophy helped her to get and remain sober, but she avoided Alcoholics Anonymous for the first 20 years of her sobriety because of the concept of a “higher power.” No...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode features guest star Gwendolyn Osbourne, actress, model, podcast host and ambassador for all things health and wellness.  Though she has never stepped foot in a 12 step program, she very much identifies with the ruminating thoughts that accompany fear, self-doubt, and a lack of worthiness.  Listen in on how she navigates this inner dialogue to find her power an...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode interviews a man named  Pejman Alaghamandan, a pillar of Alcoholics Anonymous who has more than 15 years of recovery and has founded multiple sober living facilities.  We hear his story of addiction and recovery and the miraculous ways in which he has turned tragedy into triumph.   This includes tales of abuse, incarceration, and involuntary manslaughter.  It...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to today’s episode featuring a sober friend and female powerhouse, Shelton Wilder.  Her bio says it all: Shelton Wilder hails from Charlotte, North Carolina but loves Los Angeles as only a native can. In her over fifteen years on the Westside, Shelton has developed a nuanced understanding of LA's complex and often bewildering patchwork of neighborhoods, schools, and c...