Porn Addiction, Shame & Mindfulness | Jeremy Lipkowitz on Breaking Free from Destructive Habits | AEM #164

In this episode of An Evolving Man Podcast, I speak with Jeremy Lipkowitz, executive coach, meditation teacher, leadership facilitator and founder of Unhooked Academy.Jeremy works with high-achieving men who want to break free from destructive habits, porn addiction, compulsive sexual behaviour, shame and emotional avoidance. After overcoming addiction and depression in his early twenties through meditation, Jeremy left a doctoral programme at Duke University and spent time as a Buddhist monk in Asia.In this conversation, we explore why porn addiction is so powerful, why shame keeps so many men stuck, and how mindfulness, Buddhist psychology, community and emotional intelligence can help us break free from compulsive patterns.We discuss:• Jeremy’s personal journey with porn addiction and depression• How Buddhism and meditation changed his life• Why craving is at the heart of addiction• The three A’s of porn addiction: affordability, accessibility and anonymity• Why porn is so difficult to stop when it is available on every phone• How shame creates a cycle of secrecy and acting out• The importance of men’s groups and safe community• Healthy shame, moral dread and Buddhist ethics• The attention economy and why our minds are being trained into distraction• How mindfulness helps us reclaim the space between stimulus and response• Practical ways to begin working with urges, emotions and addictive patternsThis is a powerful and honest conversation about one of the subjects many men struggle with but rarely talk about.Jeremy’s work:Unhooked Academyunhookedacademy.comJeremy’s podcast: https://unhooked.buzzsprout.com/ Piers Cross:https://www.piers-cross.com/#AnEvolvingManPodcast #PornAddiction #Mindfulness #MensWork #Buddhism #AddictionRecovery #EmotionalIntelligence #JeremyLipkowitz---Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community Many blessings, Piers Cross http://piers-cross.com/