Dr. Samantha Harte

The Truth About Addiction

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Dr. Samantha Harte is a speaker, best selling author, coach and sober mom of two. She is here to tell the truth about her life, which requires telling the truth about her addiction: how it presents, how it manifests, and how it shows up again and again in her recovery. This podcast is one giant deep dive into the truth about ALL TYPES OF addiction (and living sober) to dispel the myths, expose the truths, and create a community experience of worthiness, understanding and compassion. If you are a mompreneur and are looking for a community of like-minded women who are breaking all cycles of dysf...

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Dr. Samantha Harte

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Mother-f$cking-hood—How we stay mindful in sobriety as we take on the hardest job on earth. 10.05.2022 57:49

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this special episode with my dear friend Rebecca Schaffer, a sober sister who has been trudging this road along side me since before we were sober. Not only do we discuss how our lives collided and we found ourselves in recovery, but we also explain the highs and lows of motherhood in recovery. We keep it honest, funny and real. Support the show #thetruthaboutaddi...

My Sister's Overdose--The incomprehensible journey through grief, loss, forgiveness and joy. 02.05.2022 42:52

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is deeply personal as I take you into my world---my childhood, my trauma, and my grief. I also take you into all the lessons I have learned along the way-my resilience, my bravery, my compassion and my unrelenting love for who I have become. I believe my story is a manifesto of how to keep an open heart despite how many times it breaks. Navigating grief has...

Boundaries with the Addict: How do we establish AND set boundaries with a loved one who is sick? 27.04.2022 1:00:38

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode features my college friend Kate Goff, who graduated with a Masters in Forensic Psychology and Psychopathology from New York University . She knows about alcoholism and addiction first hand, and though she does not suffer from the disease, she lives with someone who does. Tune in to what life is like when you live with and love an addict, including the dire...

Control as the true DRUG OF CHOICE: How the desire to control our inner worlds and the people, places and things in our outer worlds actually reduces serenity and increases stress. 04.04.2022 57:45

Send us Fan Mail Today's special guest is my best sober girlfriend and an elite colorist at the high end salon on 3rd street, Spoke & Weal. Emily Neri has more than two decades of salon experience and more than 16 years of sober experience. She is also a mom to an adorable 3 1/2 year old daughter, Harlow, and knows a thing or two about control and the insidious ways it shows up in her w...

Intuition versus fear: How can we come to know and trust the "right" voice inside of us? 07.03.2022 1:02:44

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest features Nadia Angelini, a psychologist who specializes in helping clients find their own intuitive voice so they can live their life by design. If you have ever wondered what people are talking about when they describe their intuition, this is THE episode for you. Whether you identify as an addict, a co-dependent, or a human being trying to navigate a scary...

Body Image In Recovery: Can we fall in love with the body we have instead of being at war with it? 28.02.2022 1:08:50

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to another episode of the truth about addiction and living sober. Today's episode explores body image in recovery and the raw, honest truth about how trauma, upbringing, hardwiring, and habits plays into that relationship. Dr. David Wiss, PhD, leads us through this discussion as a Registered Dietician and expert on nutrition as it pertains to the gut microbiom...

Is AA A Cult??? What We Mean When We Talk About "God..." 31.01.2022 1:10:32

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is an interview with a long time sober friend, Mindy Magana, who shares parts of her story with addiction and then takes us on a journey into her concept of God. There is so much to unpack in this episode, from making an amends to navigating guilt and shame in sobriety to finding ever changing concepts of a higher power. Don't miss it! Support the show...

Romance in Recovery: How the hell do we date, dine, dance and divorce SOBER? Good lord help us all. 20.01.2022 1:05:36

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to The Truth About Addiction! This episode brings back our first guest, Erin Burrows, to discuss her experience with romance in recovery. If dating, breaking up, marriage, divorce, and rejection weren't hard enough, just try it SOBER! Join us as we discuss ALL the things that are scary, hard, heartbreaking and breathtaking. We probably have a lot in common with...

How Do We Define Addiction? What It Looks and Feels Like in the Body AND the Mind 11.01.2022 1:05:26

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the first episode of "The Truth About Addiction", a podcast where a community of people discuss the good, the bad, the devastating and the beautiful about life as an addict (or life in close proximity to an addict). This episode is a one on one interview with my best sober girlfriend, Erin Burrows, to learn her tale of what her addiction was like, what happ...