Addiction Through the Lens of The Penny Model

What if addiction isn’t the problem — but an unhealthy solution to carrying too much for too long?

In this webinar, Stefan Charidge explores addiction not as pathology or weakness, but as a coping strategy rooted in emotional misalignment, unmet needs and the accumulated inner weight of “the pennies.”

Using The Penny Model and the four core emotions, we will explore how addiction can develop in relation to formative experiences, trauma, limiting beliefs and internal judgements — and how behaviour itself can become a signpost towards understanding what is happening underneath.

We will explore:

• What The Penny Model can reveal about addiction, fatigue and depression

• How small, repeated boundary breaks can accumulate over time