Category: trauma

• 11 Self-Love Strategies to Transform Your Life (Video Presentation)

  Did you know that self-love can transform your life? It’s true. In my presentation last week through the Center for Healthy Sex, I shared 11 self-love strategies that are potentially life-changing for those who practice them. While my presentation has a recovery focus, I recommend it to everyone because it presents science-based strategies and specific…

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  March 13, 2019

  Addiction, Attachment, Connection, Inspiration, life after lust, Parenting, partners, pornography, Recovery, Sexual Addiction, Shame, trauma

  center for healthy sex, life after lust, self-connection, self-love

• Mastering Self-Compassion

  Skill to Master #14: Self-compassion How self-compassionate are you? I challenge you to make self-compassion a daily recovery practice. Click here for ideas on how to do this. Forest Benedict, LMFT, SATP

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  October 5, 2018

  life after lust, Recovery, Shame, trauma

• Paying Attention to Our Pain

  

  “Something is under the surface, can you feel it? You’ve sensed it many times, yet still don’t know what it is. You keep moving forward, keep staying busy, keep ignoring it, keep pretending everything’s fine. But it’s not. Something is unsettled inside but you’re too busy to feel it. It’s moments like this when addiction…

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  May 31, 2018

  Inspiration, life after lust, Recovery, trauma, Vlog

  life after lust, pain, quote, trauma