Part 9: Monica & Jess love Love Addiction with Dr. Alex Katehakis

In Part 9: Monica & Jess love Love Addiction, M and J chat with author and the Clinical Director of Center for Healthy Sex in Los Angeles, Dr. Alex Katehakis. Dr. Alex talks about the tenants of unmanageability and addiction. Monica wonders if you can be a love addict who’s never fallen in love and Jess asks questions about post relationship nostalgia. Dr. Alex declares both Monica and Jess have some dissociative tendencies in relationships and adhere to fantasy as an outlet. Monica expresses her fears of being replaceable and Dr. Alex thinks Jess uses sex to mitigate anxiety. The three talk about childhood abandonment and how that has trickled into adulthood and she gives both Monica and Jess 90 day challenges to take into the world.

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Dr. Alex Katehakis: @alexkatehakis
Monica Padman: @mlpadman
Jess Rowland: @jessrowland31
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Created & Produced by: Dax Shepard, Monica Padman, & Rob Holysz
Hosted by: Monica Padman & Jess Rowland
Edited by: Monica Padman & Billy Klein