Journals of a Love Addict Podcast
Episodes
EP66: How ChatGPT Ended My Relationship with Lindsey Hall
03 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI is a heated topic, especially when it comes to using it as a replacement for therapy or relationship advice. But what would YOU do if you opened yo...
EP65: Nobody Likes This
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A recurring dream theme. A vicious comment about Liz Gilbert. And the reasons women keep their stories to themselves. This week Jodi unpacks the conne...
EP64: Align Your Mind with Britt Frank
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever felt like two parts of yourself are at battle with each other--one that knows something is bad for you and another that wants to do it a...
EP63: Women Who Work Too Much with Tamu Thomas
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Love addiction is a set of symptoms most often associated with romantic relationships. But these symptoms can also show up in our relationship with wo...
EP62: Three Stories
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In recovery, we examine the past and how it shaped us. We look at what we learned from our family of origin about life and relationships; plus the cul...
EP61: This Is Something
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In love addiction, we avoid our reality through fantasy and other behaviors that keep us stuck and feeling powerless. But even in recovery, reality be...
EP60: There's Just Something About Her
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why do women turn on each other? This important question was posed in a recent Substack article, which addressed what Jodi has been wondering for a lo...
EP59: Is This Really Love? with Leah Aguirre, LCSW
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emotional abuse is far too common and yet it can be difficult to recognize, because it's subtle at first and often covert. It can deplete a person's s...
EP58: Emotional Sobriety with Allen Berger, PhD
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm okay as long as you're okay with me": If our wellbeing is dependent upon another person, their opinion of us, or external validation, we are othe...
Bonus Episode: Thank You Pia Mellody
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special tribute episode to the work of Pia Mellody who passed away May 7th at the age of 82. Pia was a pioneer in the field of trauma and ad...
EP57: The Reality of Betrayal with Lindsay Haverslew, CSAT
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In love addiction, we may find ourselves feeling betrayed by a partner-- even if we don't know for sure that something is going on--while doubting our...
EP56: What I Deserve with Kelly Willis
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Music has the power to shape moods and moments; but do you ever wonder what shaped the music? Or what someone had to experience in order to bring one ...
EP55: Double Nickels
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be "good"? Unfortunately, for women, being seen as "good" often requires conforming and playing along vs standing up for one's va...
EP54: A Mind That Never Stops with Aly Dearborn, MFT
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emotional dysregulation, compulsive behavior and obsessive thoughts: if you've struggled with love addiction, all of this might sound very familiar......
EP53: And Now We Discern
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We live in a time of constant communication and short-form media, with unlimted data at our fingertips and an abundance of "experts" at the ready. Whi...
EP52: Unlovable with Charlene deGuzman (REPLAY)
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
(This episode is a replay) There are books and podcasts about love addiction, and people talk on social media about it--but there aren't many movies t...
EP51: Sketchy Psychics
24 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When an addictive relationship ends, we can find ourselves feeling wobbly, uncertain and very vulnerable. We might seek therapy, or the help of a supp...
EP50: A Recovery Story with Heidi Kingston, LCSW
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We often think of recovery as something we start, and then everything gets better. But everyone's path to recovery is unique, and truth is that once w...
EP49: Going Deeper with Heather Cronemiller
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fantasy plays a big part in the cycle of love addiction; and for many of us, using fantasy to escape discomfort starts early in life. This, acommpanie...
EP48: Pain Shopping
16 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In love addiction, we have an issue with reality. In other words, we tend to ignore the data that's often right in front of us, and might even seek 'd...
EP47: A Therapist's Story with Leah Hoffman
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It can be easy to assume that therapists have it together in life and relationships; but when it comes to attachment--and love addiction--no one is im...
EP46: Setting Boundaries That Stick with Jules Taylor Shore
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the hard parts of recovery--and life--is having difficult conversations, especially those that come with a chance of discord, being seen as the...
EP45: The Hard Parts
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's hard to be still sometimes, especially in a culture that constantly tells you to get moving, to achieve, to perform--plus being still often comes...
EP44: Most Codependable
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Love addiction comes with a set of symptoms leading to a pattern of dysfunctional relationships; whether we tend to be more anxious or more avoidant (...
EP43: LYLAS
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The term 'love addiction' is often referred to in the context of romantic relationships, but did you know that the symptoms can apply to platonic rela...
EP42: Talking About Blocking with Leah Aguirre, LCSW
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever needed to block someone? Maybe you ended a relationship and no longer wanted to see their social media activity, or maybe you found your...
EP41: The Three Whys with Nicole Lewis-Keeber
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You may have heard about the importance of your 'why'--that thing that motivates you and provides a sense of purpose in life and work. But what if tha...
EP40: That Therapist with Dr. Lara Dye
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you're a listener of the podcast, then you've heard Jodi talk about 'that therapist'--the one she worked with in 2016, who taught her about love ad...
EP39: Intimacy Intolerance with Kelly McDaniel
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is intimacy? If you Google the term you might find varying--yet similar--definitions...but what does it mean to YOU? In this episode, Kelly McDan...
EP38: Pretty Baby (A Mother Hunger Conversation)
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you seen the Hulu documentary, "Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields"? It paints a powerful portrait of Brooke's sexualization as a child actor, and bring...
EP37: A Case of Cathexis
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In love addiction we often feel like we're in love, but is it really love? And what is genuine love, anyway? In this episode, Jodi discusses the conce...
EP36: You Are Not Stuck with Becky Vollmer
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever feel like what you're doing in the world isn't aligned with who you are? Like maybe you're going through the motions of 'supposed to' inst...
EP35: When He's Married To Mom with Dr. Kenneth Adams
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When we're enmeshed with a parent we might feel responsible for taking care of them emotionally, and guilty if we don't do what they expect of us. And...
EP34: All About the Scapegoat with Mary Toolan
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you familiar with the concept of assigned family roles--roles assigned in childhood that are either falsely empowering or disempowering? Maybe you...
EP33: Dirty Secrets
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In love addiction recovery, we focus a lot on developmental trauma and what took place in our family of origin (because looking at our history is impo...
EP32: From Unlovable to Recovering with Charlene deGuzman
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are books and podcasts about love addiction, and people talk on social media about it--but there aren't many movies that address the topic... Th...
EP31: All About Boundaries with Jules Taylor Shore
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We hear a lot about "having boundaries" or "setting boundaries" or "respecting boundaries"....but what does any of this really mean? To answer this qu...
EP30: Like a Tornado of Sticks & Poo
06 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Love addiction gets messy. It's full of intensity, shame, and regression that leads us to behave regretfully--or as Jodi says, 'like a tornado of stic...
EP29: The Science of Stuck with Britt Frank
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to 'feel stuck'? And, what exactly IS a feeling, anyway? In this episode, Jodi talks with Britt Frank--therapist and author of "The ...
EP28: Third Degree Mother Hunger with Jennifer Acker
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you listen to the podcast you've likely heard Jodi talk about Mother Hunger and the role it plays in love addiciton. But there's an extreme form of...
EP27: All About Betrayal Trauma with Michelle Mays
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We might think we know the meaning of the term "betrayal", but what actually happens when we're truly betrayed by the person closest to us? In this ...
EP26: A Recovery Story with Kelly Henderson of Velvet's Edge
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We all have a story to tell, and when it comes to love addiction our stories are as unique as they are similar. It's as if love addiction comes with a...
EP25: An Interview with Buck Dodson of Gay Men's Life Lab
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Love addiction and codependence come with patterns of dysfunction, as we unconsciously try to resolve (and act-out) the past through our current relat...
EP24: Functional Adulting with Daniel Gowan
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There's lots of talk about adulting and being a 'mature adult', but what does all of that even mean? Are we adults because we have responsibilites, or...
EP23: The Power of What-if
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever looked back on a past relationship and wondered "What if: what if things had worked out differently, or I'd been more this/that, or the ...
EP22: Enoughing
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is 'enough'? If you've struggled with codepedence or love addiction, you might catch yourself feeling 'not enough'; or maybe you're driven to DO ...
EP21: Talking Therapy and Trauma with Tyndal Schreiner
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mental health is an important topic, and thanks to social media it's become a more widely discussed topic than in previous years. But while these plat...
EP20: An Interview with Guru Singh
18 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What does 'home' mean to you? Is it a sense of safety? Belonging? Connection? In this episode, Jodi talks with her teacher, Guru Singh, about their fi...
EP19: An Interview with Chris Marshall of Sans Bar
11 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sobriety is wonderful but, like lots of things in life, it's not always a pocketful of rainbows. And Chris Marshall, founder of Sans Bar in Austin--wi...
EP18: The Connection Between Trauma and How We Work with Nicole Lewis-Keeber
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you love your work? And, equally as important, does it love you back? This is a question that business therapist Nicole Lewis-Keeber asks readers i...
EP17: A Breakup Story (Part Two)
24 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes a breakup is The End, but sometimes we go back and try it again--especially when we're talking about love addiction and codependence. As Jer...
EP16: Mother Hunger with Kelly McDaniel (Part Three)
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the previous two episodes, author and therapist Kelly McDaniel has explained Mother Hunger, how it happens, and provided some well-known cases of M...
EP15: Mother Hunger with Kelly McDaniel (Part Two)
09 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nurturance, guidance and protection are three developmental needs for appropriate brain development in childhood; but what happens if any (or all) of ...
EP14: Mother Hunger with Kelly McDaniel (Part One)
02 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mothers are valuable: they're our first love and the source of everything we need to survive. But what happens when a mother doesn't get the support s...
EP13: Nothing Special
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why do we stay in co-addicted relationships, believing 'that one' person's validation is the key to our fulfillment? What drives us to pursue a fantas...
EP12: An Interview with Alex Katehakis
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is healthy sex? And intimate sex? And how about healthy sex in recovery? Jodi has so many questions for her guest, Alex Katehakis, healthy sexual...
EP11: Best Girlfriend Ever
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Love addiction is rooted in codependence; it comes with boundary issues, dependency issues and self-esteem issues, which leads us to look externally (...
EP10: An Interview with Daniel Gowan
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What's it like to grow up as The Hero of the family? Hint: It's not as awesome as it sounds. In this episode, Jodi talks with Rev. Daniel Gowan, LPC-S...
EP9: Just So
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you struggle with consistency? Does your desire to do All The Things --and do them perfectly-- get in the way of actually DOING anything at all? In...
EP8: An Interview with Sarah Bridge (Part Two)
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What do seduction, fantasy, obsession, self-medicating and withdrawal have in common? They're all parts of the cycle of love addiction. In this epis...
EP7: An Interview with Sarah Bridge (Part One)
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is codependence? Pia Mellody, author of the book "Facing Codependence", says it's a disease of immaturity caused by childhood relational trauma.....
EP6: A Prefab Fantasy
14 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fantasy is a big part of love addiction; it's what keeps us hooked in our co-addicted relationships as we try to make a partner into who we want them ...
EP5: Playing it Sexy
26 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When a relationship ends, Love Addicts can spend a lot of energy trying to put it back together. In this episode, Jodi discusses how playing the 'sexy...
EP4: The Thing Is
06 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lots of people have a Thing - something that needs to addressed in order to be the healthiest version of oneself; but sometimes that Thing is intertwi...
EP3: An Interview with Kelly McDaniel
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is love addiction? According to Kelly McDaniel, therapist and author of "Ready to Heal: Breaking Free of Addictive Relationships", the answer is ...
EP2: A Breakup Story
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Breakups are hard, but sometimes staying in the relationship is even harder. In this episode, my friend Brooke shares her experience with codependence...
Episode 1: An introduction
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Who is Jodi White and why is she always talking about love addiction? I promise to answer these questions in this first episode of Journals of a Love ...