The Loving Leverage Podcast
by Valiant Living
Latest episode
Stop Waiting, Start Setting Boundaries
Stop Waiting, Start Setting Boundaries
About this podcast
Welcome to The Loving Leverage Podcast, presented by Valiant Living, where we help you love someone through addiction without losing yourself in the process.
If someone you love is struggling with addiction, you know how heavy that weight can be. You want to help, but nothing seems to work. This podcast is for you. Host Drew Powell (Recovery Advocate and Valiant Living alumnus) sits down with betrayal trauma experts, CSATs, therapists, betrayed partners, and alumni living in recovery, along with Valiant Living Founder and CEO Michael Dinneen, LCSW, CSAT-S, creator of the Loving Leverage™ framework.
Valiant Living has been restoring lives and families since 2017. Fully accredited by The Joint Commission, Valiant offers residential care, PHP, IOP, and detox services for men and their families, and has earned a national reputation as a premier treatment program for men ages 26 and older.
If you or someone you love is ready for help, call us at 720-669-1285 or visit valiantliving.com. We'd love to have a conversation with you.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 72 episodes
- Stop Waiting, Start Setting Boundaries · 45 min · Episode 73Send us Fan Mail Wait for rock bottom. Wait until he's ready. Wait until it gets bad enough. Families hear that advice constantly, and Mike Loverde says it quietly turns the…
- When Food Becomes the New Fix with Vanessa Scaringi and Kathryn Garland · 58 min · Episode 72Send us Fan Mail Food can look harmless next to porn, alcohol, or gambling. That is exactly why it so often becomes the quiet replacement after a man gets sober. We see it all…
- Jeanne Vattuone: Partner Sensitivity and the Trauma Nobody Named · 48 min · Episode 71Send us Fan Mail Discovery doesn't only hurt. For many partners it shakes their sense of reality, safety, and trust in their own judgment. And for years, the helping world told…
- Episode 70 · Love Without Rescuing with Ian and Roxcy Brown · 58 min · Episode 70Send us Fan Mail Love can look heroic while it quietly keeps the cycle alive. When someone we love is stuck in addiction, the instinct is to fix, cover, explain, and cushion the…
- Mondays with Michael: He Keeps Saying He's Fine. What Now? · 51 minSend us Fan Mail The hardest part of getting a man into treatment is rarely finding the right program. It's the moment a smart, successful, "I'm fine" kind of man starts…
- Jeff Hatch: What Secrets Cost a Man · 1 h 1 min · Episode 69Send us Fan Mail On paper, Jeff Hatch's early twenties looked like a highlight reel. All-American at Penn, third round pick by the New York Giants, a million dollar contract…
- Why Love Is Stronger Than Addiction with Michael Dinneen · 42 min · Episode 68Send us Fan Mail Love can sound soft until it starts telling the truth. That’s the heartbeat behind our rebrand to the Loving Leverage Podcast, and it’s why we believe boundaries…
- "Help! I Think My Loved One Is a Narcissist." (with Dr. Alexandra Repke) · 41 min · Episode 67Send us Fan Mail "My husband is a narcissist." It's one of the most common things families say when they call for help. But is it true narcissism, or something else entirely? In…
- Five Pillars Of Wellness for Addiction Recovery · 37 min · Episode 66Send us Fan Mail The most damaging myth about recovery is that it is mainly about stopping something. We believe it is about building something: a life where you can handle…
- The Future Complex Case Management (Part 1) · 1 h 0 min · Episode 65Send us Fan Mail Complex case management sounds like paperwork until you see what it really is: the difference between a client staying engaged or falling through the cracks. We…
- The Lord’s Prayer As A Daily Recovery Framework with Matt Smallbone · 54 min · Episode 64Send us Fan Mail Prayer can feel like a talent you either have or you don’t. If you’ve ever sat in a 12-step meeting, heard the Lord’s Prayer, and realized you’re just repeating…
- Recovery On Both Sides: A Mother & Daughter Story Of Healing · 1 h 3 min · Episode 63Send us Fan Mail A mother and daughter getting sober at the same time sounds inspiring, until you hear what it actually takes: naming the family patterns, setting real…
- When Faith Falls Apart: Rebuilding a Relationship with God After Addiction (with Father Chad E. Jarnigan) · 1 h 26 min · Episode 62Send us Fan Mail What happens when faith falls apart in ways sobriety alone cannot fix? In this episode, a former pastor who found himself disqualified and starting over sits…
- Special Episode: "Loving Leverage", A Live Virtual Clinical Roundtable · 60 min · Episode 61Send us Fan Mail Most people try to love addiction out of someone, and it quietly turns into enabling. We wanted a more honest approach, so we hosted a live roundtable called…
- Three Perspectives on Sex Addiction: The Addict, The Partner, and The Therapist · 1 h 5 min · Episode 60Send us Fan Mail The most dangerous part of process addiction often isn’t what people can see, it’s what shame does in the dark. We sit down as a host, a betrayed partner, and a…
- Healing from Betrayal: A husband and wife's honest conversation on codependency and rebuilding trust. · 60 min · Episode 59Send us Fan Mail Most recovery podcasts keep a safe distance between interviewer and subject. This episode doesn't. Our host, Drew Powell, sits down with his own wife, Jamie, to…
- Microbetting And The New Gambling Trap with Chris Anderson · 1 h 16 min · Episode 58Send us Fan Mail Your phone isn’t just a screen anymore, it can function like a casino that follows you everywhere. We bring back gambling addiction expert Chris Anderson for a…
- The Secret So Many Men Carry: Pornography, Shame, and the Fight for Real Intimacy (with Tyler Flowers) · 1 h 3 min · Episode 57Send us Fan Mail We share an unflinching look at pornography addiction as a counterfeit path to presence and how surrender, regulation, and community create real change. Tyler…
- Let's Talk About Sex! (with Dr. Stephanie Emde) · 1 h 30 min · Episode 56Send us Fan Mail What if the person who “has it all together” is carrying a secret that’s slowly dismantling their life? We sat down with Dr. Stephanie to unpack sex addiction…
- From Betrayal To Boundaries: A Partner’s Journey Through Sex Addiction, Disclosure, And Renewal · 1 h 9 min · Episode 55Send us Fan Mail Your gut knows before the facts arrive. That’s where this story begins: a widow and mom who rebuilt her life, fell in love, and then felt the quiet signal that…
