Wednesday, March 13th, 2024
After Addiction: (Re)Building Empathy
Erin Snow In my previous post to this site, we discussed the fact that most addicts lose at least part of their ability to feel and display empathy. The...
Tag Archives: Empathy
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2024Addicts and the Loss of Empathy
Erin Snow The ability to understand the feelings of another person is a remarkable quality that enables us to form deep connections and bond with others. We are literally... -
Tuesday, January 30th, 2024Developing Empathy for Your Betrayed Partner
Erin Snow In his book, Out of the Doghouse, my colleague Dr. Rob Weiss lists eight specific things that men who’ve engaged in sexual infidelity can do to help... -
Thursday, December 14th, 2023I Really Want to Change But My Empathy is Broken
I Really Want to Change But My Empathy is Broken In this episode of Overcoming Betrayal and Addiction, Dr. Rob and Tami answer a question from a listener who... -
Thursday, July 6th, 2023I’m in Recovery But I Still Have No Empathy
I’m in Recovery but I Still Have No Empathy In this episode of Overcoming Betrayal and Addiction, Dr. Rob and Tami answer a question from a man who is... -
Thursday, December 8th, 2022I’m Trying to Get Some Empathy
In this episode of Overcoming Betrayal and Addiction, Dr. Rob and Tami first address a wife whose sex addicted husband has trouble comforting her when she’s upset or showing... -
Wednesday, December 30th, 2020Should There Be Anonymity in Recovery?
In this episode of Overcoming Betrayal & Addiction, Dr. Rob and Tami discuss having empathy for the betrayed partner, creating healthy love boundaries, and why men seem to cheat... -
Thursday, August 27th, 2020Wounded Healers: People Will Never Forget How You Made Them Feel
By Tim Stein Meditation from Gifts of Recovery. I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you... -
Friday, May 22nd, 2020Consequences of Paired Substance/Sex Addiction, Part Two
By David Fawcett Like other addictions, paired substance/sex addiction creates consequences that are far beyond the imagination of users when they first experiment with these behaviors. People are initially...