Latest Episodes
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How to Separate From Our Inner Saboteurs, Part One (A Rutledge "Nutshell")
The first of Thom's brief, tutorial-style "nutshells" demonstrating principles and practices of Emotional Sobriety. This one teaches us how to recognize the critical or...
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Episode Six: Learning to Separate From Our Inner Saboteurs
A conversation between podcast producer Patrick Newman and Thom Rutledge about the beginning steps of working with INTRApersonal Change Process. Description of INTRApersonal Change...
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Episode Five: Grief & Celebration
Thom dives into his real-time experience of witnessing two dear friends (Allen being one of them) at radically different points in their lives. Emotional...
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Episode Four: Taking Things Personally (Part Two)
Further exploration into what is meant (and not meant) by not taking things personally, including examples of family of origin interactions that establish life-long...
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Episode Three: Taking Things Personally (Part One)
Allen, Thom, and producer Patrick Newman continue to define Emotional Sobriety for listeners. Today we discuss the value of not taking personally grievances big...
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Episode Two: Support in an Emotionally Sober Recovery
Tom and Cathy - two participants in our weekly Zoom meeting - join Thom and Allen to discuss how they have established (and continue...