Beyond the Facade with Choose Recovery Services
Beyond the Facade is a podcast about authenticity and the struggle to be real with ourselves and with others. Each week host Luke Gordon (cofounder of Choose Recovery Services and certified addiction recovery and betrayal trauma coach) and his guests will explore the concepts of integrity and authenticity and how each is essential in building meaningful relationships. Listen in as we explore our own vulnerabilities in order to seek genuine connection to ourselves and to those around us. Join us as we go Beyond the Facade.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 70
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
9: Embracing Failure As a Learning Experience
What can the Seattle Seahawks’ dramatic 2015 Super Bowl loss teach us about our relationship with failure? In this week’s episode, Luke illustrates how professional athletes learn from their mistakes…
8: The Art of Empathy - How to Truly Connect
Do you ever feel like your efforts at empathy fall short? Listen in as Luke defines what empathy actually is. Instead of trying to fix someone’s painful emotions, you’ll learn how to be truly present…
7: Rebuilding Trust With Children After Betrayal - With Morgan Ellsworth
Betrayal affects your partnership in countless ways, but have you thought about the profound impact on your kids? This powerful episode brings that often overlooked perspective to light through guest…
6: Separation: A Pathway to Healing With Amie Woolsey
It can feel soul-crushing if your partner asks for a separation, but what if it’s actually an opportunity in disguise? This week Luke welcomes Amie Woolsey on the podcast. Amie is a certified betraya…
5: Love With Boundaries - the Ideal Relationship Approach
Have you ever wondered if your parenting approach is actually helping or harming your child’s development? This week Luke outlines four parenting styles and the impact they can have. Learn the worst …
4: Why Am I So Intolerant of Pain?
What is the relationship between pleasure and pain? This week Luke discusses this fascinating correlation specifically in the context of addiction and compulsive behavior.
Learn more about how these…
3: The Power of Oxytocin and Real Connection
Have you ever wondered why we as humans want to connect with others? In this episode Luke explores the topic of connection and belonging and the role that oxytocin plays in forming and strengthening …
2: Why Am I So Scared to Be Honest?
Why is honesty so hard sometimes? In this episode Luke breaks down the four responses to danger and highlights how trauma and attachment issues can lead to freezing and fawning behaviors which in tur…
1: Embracing Vulnerability
Beyond the Facade is a podcast about authenticity and the struggle to be real with ourselves and with others. Each week host Luke Gordon (cofounder of Choose Recovery Services and certified addiction…
Beyond the Facade Trailer
Welcome to Beyond the Facade! Join Luke Gordon each week as he and his guests discuss vulnerability, authenticity, integrity, and connection.
New episodes will be released in May 2024. Subscribe now…