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Mind Hacks for Quitting Porn

by Stephen McConnell

The porn trap can seem all-consuming, but it doesn't have to be that way. You can create the life that you want. You simply need to learn how to better manage your mind to deal with your sexual desire, rather than letting impulses run your life. Other tips and tricks may bring short-term success, but strengthening your skills at managing your mind improves your life permanently. Stephen McConnell is a Christian and a certified life coach dedicated to helping men and women lead their best lives. For more free help, visit gratefullifecoaching.com

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Episodes

  1. Nudity

    For a lot of men, the unexpected sight of nudity is more than they can handle. They get awkward, they stare, their minds start to wander. And for many, they find themselves seeking out porn just hours or even minutes later. But what if it didn't have to be this way? In this episode I want to…

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  2. Hooked On A Feeling

    So often as men we are socialized to think that emotions don’t really matter. It’s just a feeling. It doesn’t matter. But how often do we find ourselves hooked on a feeling? In this episode, we discuss the fact that our emotions are surprisingly the very key to why we got stuck in porn in the…

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  3. Discovering Disappointment

    Are you disappointed in your attempts to quit porn? You aren't alone. But what if all the disappointment you've experienced is actually more key than you ever realized to your success? Let's flip it around and find out how these temporary lows are actually something you want.

  4. The Question of Masturbation

    Are you someone who would like to quit porn, but you feel like going completely without orgasm is too tall of an order? This episode provides ideas to consider so that you can find a path forward to quit porn with or without masturbation.

  5. Scarcity

    Why does it seem like we can never get enough? Like the need for sex is incredibly hard to satisfy. This idea is what we call "scarcity thinking" that drives us to seek out porn, even when we don't want it. We talk about the antidote in today's episode.

  6. Love vs Lust

    People over the ages have tried to describe the concepts of love and lust in countless ways. But when we're trying to quit porn, what are the most useful ways to define these concepts? Let's move from someone who passively experiences these emotions into the driver's seat of our lives.

  7. Blindness with Our Eyes Wide Open

    Can we find the courage to more fully examine the cost of porn in our lives, including things that we didn’t realize that we were missing out on? Being aware of these hidden benefits of quitting porn increases our motivation to quit.

  8. Sexual Drive

    Is intense sexual drive overwhelming your desire to quit porn? Do you feel at the effect of it, and long to be in the driver's seat? In this episode, we take a look at the science of sexual drive. We consider what that reveals about our path to quitting.

  9. Pain

    Pain can be a boon or bane, it all depends on how you manage your brain. Pain can seem to span physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual dimensions. This episode focuses on what we can practically learn from it.

  10. Stress

    Stress is the ultimate evil, right? The cause of all our problems... or so we've been told. But where did that narrative actually come from? Was it science, or pseudoscience? What if the secret to a more full, happy life isn't the successful avoidance of stress, but rather, the cultivation of the...

  11. Breaking the Rules

    We have a lot of rules in our society. Rules around sex. Rules around porn. Often, other people created the rules and we just kind of went along with it. So how do we know when it's okay to change the rules? And whether it's safe to do so? Let's talk about rules that are meant to serve you rather...

  12. Honesty

    You may have heard that honesty is crucial for recovery. This episode clarifies how and why. Pessimism often masquerades as honesty, but it's not nearly as helpful as some would like to believe. I explain why. Also, hear examples of what a good and bad porn confession sounds like.

  13. Facing Failure

    Have you lost count of how many times you've failed to quit porn? Are you noticing a common thread of failure in your life? It's human nature to fear that we'll never escape. That these failures somehow define us. But letting go of these failures may be easier than you think.

  14. All or Nothing Thinking

    Too often, we chase perfection thinking that our lives will be complete, fulfilled, and have a purpose when we finally arrive. But, to the surprise of those who seek it, overly striving for perfection usually leads to none of those things. To be human is to be imperfect. Welcoming that reality...

  15. The Battle in Your Head: The Lower and Higher Brain

    Do you ever feel like you are at war with yourself? We often say that we want to quit porn but we have this recurring desire to look at more, and it's like we can't make up our mind. What's going on with that? Is there something wrong with us? This episode explains why we experience this internal...

  16. The Price of Transformation

    This first bi-weekly episode contains a brief backstory on your host, Stephen McConnell, and then dives right into ideas that can change your life. Many of us long for transformation of our behavior, but how does that begin? How do we let go of guilt and shame? Why are we even looking at porn...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The porn trap can seem all-consuming, but it doesn't have to be that way.

You can create the life that you want. You simply need to learn how to better manage your mind to deal with your sexual desire, rather than letting impulses run your life.

Other tips and tricks may bring short-term success, but strengthening your skills at managing your mind improves your life permanently.

Stephen McConnell is a Christian and a certified life coach dedicated to helping men and women lead their best lives.

For more free help, visit gratefullifecoaching.com

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Stephen McConnell

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The porn trap can seem all-consuming, but it doesn't have to be that way. You can create the life that you want. You simply need to learn how to better manage your mind to deal with your sexual desire, rather than letting impulses run your life. Other tips and tricks may bring short-term success,...

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