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Staci Sprout joins us to discuss female sex and love addicts. http://www.stacisprout.com/  

In this week’s episode, I am joined by psychotherapist, Staci Sprout.  Staci works with people healing from sex and love addictions, and came to this work through her own recovery.  She works with people of all genders who are struggling with harmful sexual behaviors and relationships, and supports them in healing.  During this chat, we dive into her journey healing from sex addiction and joining a 12 step recovery program, how to navigate sexual abuse and trauma, and ways we can foster our own healing.   Produced by Dear Media

In this unique podcast, we focus on female sexuality and discuss some of the challenges faced by modern women and couples as well. We talk about topics that may be considered taboo including certain fantasies explored by people and understand what is going on while highlighting ingredients that would make relationships work long term. This one's a great educational piece you definitely want to listen! BIO: Staci Sprout, LICSW, CSAT is a licensed psychotherapist from Seattle with twenty-four years of experience as a therapist and social worker in a variety of settings from community mental health and hospitals to private clinical practice. Since 2006, she has dedicated her practice to helping individuals, groups and couples in recovery from sex, love and relationship addictions. She conducts trainings on sexual ethics for professionals and is an experienced retreat and conference speaker. She wrote a book about her own recovery titled "Naked in Public: A Memoir of Recovery from Sex Addiction and Other Temporary Insanities." More information available at www.stacisprout.com, or you can find her videos on YouTube channel, Sex Addiction in the News. TIME STAMPS: 7:31 – Personal story and exposure to sexual addiction 13:29 – “Screaming on the inside and smiling on the outside” 17:27 – Parenting, childhood and female sexuality 20:20 – Affirmation and validation for one’s sexuality 23:44 – What happens to female mind when exposed to porn? 28:41 – How female cybersex is different from males? 34:17 – How do you know you have a problem? 36:55 – Do you have any inspirational story to share? 40:37 – How can we create good sexual communication? 44:27 – When and how to have a sexual conversation with your partner? 47:23 – How to handle an issue when you’re partner isn’t to something you’re into? 51:53 – Where do fantasies come from? 57:41 – What are women doing these days that isn’t working these days? 1:00:22 – How do women navigate modern dating and relationships? 1:04:00 – Happiness & the problem with the princess culture 1:12:06 – How to find support among people near you 1:14:17 – What sexually intrigues a woman? 1:19:10 – How to prevent resentment over time that kills romance and sex 1:23:04 – Public safety and fear among women 1:27:37 – A discussion behind the Gillette commercial and genders 1:37:05 – Final Plugs GUEST LINKS: Website: http://www.stacisprout.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Stacisprout YouTube: Staci Sprout YouTube Channel Book: Naked in Public: A Memoir of Recovery from Sex Addiction & Other Temporary Insanities Ketogeek Links: Shop Energy Pods Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ketogeek-Chocolate-Energy-Organic-Vanilla/dp/B07B88S36J Ketogeek Ghee on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B29HM3D Ketogeek Merchandise, Ghee & Energy Pods: https://ketogeek.com/collections Ketogeek Newsletter: https://ketogeek.com/pages/sign-up Shop Energy Pods: https://ketogeek.com/collections/energy-pods Wholesale: https://ketogeek.com/pages/wholesale

We're excited to be talking with Staci Sprout- therapist and author of the memoir: Naked in Public.  Staci talks with us about the 4 phases of recovery for women and focuses on the gifts in stage 3 and 4.   You can learn more about Staci by visiting her website www.stacisprout.com  

We're excited to be talking with Staci Sprout- therapist and author of the memoir: Naked in Public.  Staci talks with us about the 4 phases of recovery for women and focuses on the gifts in stage 3 and 4.   You can learn more about Staci by visiting her website www.stacisprout.com  

In this week's episode of Full Potential, Now!, Ted talks sex addiction with author and sex addiction therapist Staci Sprout. Music by John Praw & Pat Reinholz. Visit http://fullpotentialnow.org.

Viewing Betrayal Through The Lens Of Domestic Abuse Welcome to Betrayal Trauma Recovery, this is Anne. Staci Sprout is a Licensed Psychotherapist, author and publisher. With 20 years of experience as a therapist and social worker in a variety of settings from community mental health in hospitals to private clinical practice. Staci is also a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, that is CSAT. Since 2006, she has dedicated her practice to helping individuals, groups, and couples in recovery from sex and relationship addictions. She conducts trainings on sexual ethics for professionals and is an experienced retreat and conference speaker sharing the story of her recovery from childhood trauma and multiple addictions. She lives near Seattle, Washington with her husband, who is also in recovery. Anne: Welcome, Staci. Staci: Thank you, Anne, glad to be here. How Domestic Violence Involves Various Types Of Abuse Anne:   Staci, you published a book in which you self-identify as a recovered female sex addict, among other addictions. Yet, in your memoir, you also share your experience of being betrayed by two different sex addicts you were in relationships with, one after another. Do you also identify as a betrayed partner? Staci: Yes, I do. I am a survivor of betrayal, absolutely. Although, the focus of my book was on educating people about sex addiction and what that can look like, and how it can connect to childhood trauma. There’s lots of overlap of other kinds of experiences, including as an older person meeting, and falling in love and being betrayed by two different men. There’s more in the book. But the emotional infidelity of one that I was engaged to, at the time, was terribly wounding for me. I didn’t understand what was wrong, really. We went to two different couple’s therapists to try to get help for what I now call emotional domestic violence through his infidelity. It was unclear if it was a physical infidelity. It was absolutely clear it was, at least, an emotional infidelity, but, at the time, I was too dependent on him to leave. I just couldn’t imagine life without him. How Does Domestic Abuse Relate To Trauma Eventually, he broke up with me, which was a great gift he gave me at that time. Then, I wrote also that another man’s sexual infidelity, which was incredibly painful. Thankfully, by that time, I was in a different place. I was able to be more independent on my own. I was able to end the relationship. Some couples choose to stay together, or they choose to reconcile, as long as both people can agree on the offense of the infidelity, the lies, and the other wounds caused by the betrayal. As long as the offender is willing to change the behavior and repair the damage they have caused. In my original relationship there was just no identification of the offense. I was just called too sensitive, or overreactive. Neither therapist could see it. If people can recognize it and want to repair, it’s not easy. I’m happy to report that in my work, as a therapist, helping couples reconcile successfully is one of the most wonderful and rewarding parts of the work I get to do. Anne: With your experience with those therapists who were not able to identify what was happening, did you feel betrayed by them, as well? Staci: At the time, I felt angry. I felt enraged, but because they were in an expert position and I was in a struggling couple, I didn’t know for sure. There was some gaslighting in there. I guess I can look back and say that they tried the best they could, but I think that healing from betrayal needs to be looked at from a domestic violence lens. That is what enables therapists to treat it effectively. Why Betrayal Is Domestic Abuse Now, looking back,

Staci Sprout, author of Naked in Public, therapist and speaker joins the show today to share her experience of over 24 years working with couples, individuals and groups on sex and love addiction. She discusses her current project, where she dedicates her time and expertise to train therapists on how to better work with females, and how to broach different perspectives and reasons for acting out. She and Rob also talk about cultural issues in dating, women using porn and ways people can find connection and love in a healthy and productive manner.   TAKEAWAYS: [2:40] Staci is a gender variant woman and doesn’t fit the typical bell curve profile of a female in recovery. There are certain qualities that have been typically more masculine in a traditional sense, such as identifying herself as an addict in her book Naked in Public. [4:41] Many women hate the term sex addict, and struggle with shame and oppression in society over their sexual identity in the first place. Others will identify with it almost as a badge of honor, which is more rare yet found in the younger generation. [6:31] The majority of female sex addicts tend to act in ways that are more in pursuit of unavailable partnerships, staying in abusive relationships, or other relationship and emotionally driven situations. [7:17] Staci wrote Naked in Public from the perspective of a female addict that we typically see in men. This includes behavior and a mindset leading to casual and unattached sex, typically with many partners. [12:17] The longing for love and connection is so powerful, and we can still be drawn into implicit longing and cravings if these needs are not met. A large part of Staci’s recovery is being able to do what she does consciously, and observe impulses and cravings without judgement or shame. [16:03] A woman that doesn't know how to date the right man isn’t broken, and shouldn’t give up on love. [17:23] One of the signs of mental dis-ease is when your emotions and intellect are out of balance, and you lose the ability to make a good intellectual choice. Having a supportive community that you can share with, is a human and healthy need. [21:44] Our culture is still waking up to the power of attachment, and open to learning new ways of picking partners and finding intimate and meaningful connections.   [25:44] As exposure to porn is getting younger, Staci cites a study where at least 1 in 3 women watch porn every week, and 1 in 10 every day. In an ever evolving technological world, therapists must find a way to factor in online addiction with the human needs in love and sex. [29:02] Rob and Staci discuss what dating is, and what it is not. Hands off, lights on! Enjoying coffee for an hour or two then parting ways is healthy, and part of the forgotten fun of courtship is taking your time to get to know someone.   [32:29] Distress tolerance is good for reclaiming the innocence of dating and vulnerability. Often times people move too quickly or give up on love entirely because of a past bad experience, having no clue how to date in the first place, or having no support to bounce ideas and fears off of.   RESOURCES Sex and Relationship Healing @RobWeissMSW Sex Addiction 101 Cruise Control: Understanding Sex Addiction in Gay Men Naked in Public Staci Sprout Sex and Relationship Healing Live Webinar Staci’s Support Group Marie Claire - How Porn Affects Women’s Lives   QUOTES: “We need to look at our language, and find a language that will help women feel seen, mirrored and valued.” “There’s just not enough female informed approaches, and then women I work with are always educating me.” “We can teach you how to love better, and find communities where you can get the love that you need without having the abuse accompany it.” “Sugar and sex are two of the things that kids have to reach to.” “Not all of us are the best picker. Sometimes we need help picking.” “One of the most important things is who someone lets close to them, both emotionally and physically.”  

Healing happens on purpose.  In this episode, Amy shares the year she became intentional about her recovery.  It is easy to float along in recovery, trying different things, dipping our toes into many options and moving on before we see results.  It is also easy to keep doing things out of habit but not really evalutating to see if the action is having the intented impact.  Learn how to be more intentional as well as more about our event in Seattle this summer. Learn more about Aaron Glade here. Learn more about Heidi Kinsella here. Learn more about Staci Sprout here. Register for Intentional Recovery in Washington here!

In the conclusion of an interview with Staci Sprout, Amy discusses shame, therapy, recovered memory and Staci shares her final message to women in recovery everywhere.  Links to Staci's book, website, and newsletter can be found at www.worthrecovery.com.  

In part two of three, Amy interviews Staci Sprout, author of Naked In Public, her memoir of her sex addiction and recovery.  Listen to Staci talk about the process of writing her book, her experience in recovery and her current work as a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist.

In part one of three, Amy interviews Staci Sprout, author of Naked In Public, her memoir of her sex addiction and recovery.  Listen to Staci talk about the process of writing her book, her experience in recovery and her current work as a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist.

Carol the Coach will be interviewing Staci Sprout who is a Recovering Sex Addict who wrote the book Naked in Public: A Memoir of Recovery From Sex Addiction and Other Temporary Insanities. This a riveting e-book starts at the beginning of trauma by talking about her sexual addiction and how she reenacted that trauma with sexual addiction. It is an inspiring memoir of how you can grow and heal from the sickness and take your life further than you ever thought it could go.

Carol the Coach will be interviewing expert Staci Sprout about traumatic experience and grief and transformation.  Post Traumatic Transformation is the sacred process of healing the negative effects of trauma held in one's mind, heart, body, and spirit. It involves learning to stop acting out the trauma story, and instead interpret its language directly to empower the natural grief process. In teaching about Post Traumatic Transformation, Staci weaves her own story with her perspective as a therapist to describe how the natural grief process gets put on hold by traumatic experiences, as our minds shift into survival mode to protect us from overwhelm. She explains how the support of therapy, 12-step fellowships, and other forms of healing can evoke a "thawing out" of traumatic grief, which can lead us back to addictions, or forward to deeper growth and transformation.  Two visual charts Staci will be referring to in this presentation can be found at her website www.stacisprout.com under the tab “Post Traumatic Transformation,” along with more resources on this topic.    Sexual Addiction is a disorder that requires strategies to assist you in maintaining recovery. This show is to help you access the books, the experts and the people who are managing recovery with The 12 Step Program and Patrick Carnes Recovery Task Model that reinforces the steps you need to take to manage your recovery and take your life through the journey so that you not only conquer the "Addict" but develop into the person you were meant to be! Carol the Coach is a Certified Sexual Addictions Therapist who is ready to take you on the journey and expose you to the experts who will guide you through the steps.