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483 - Why White Knuckling Porn Recovery Fails

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482 - What We Can Learn From a Catholic Priest About Addiction

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481 - Misusing Scripture in Recovery w/ Tabitha Westbrook & Neil Schori

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480 - How To Improve Your Sex Life How To Improve Your Sex Life w/ Cliff & Joyce Penner

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479 - Communicating Desire to My Spouse w/ Jeff and Shaunti Feldhahn

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478 - Telling My Future Spouse My Story

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477 - Healthy Sexuality for Married Couples

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476 - Identifying The Pattern of Relapse

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475 - Establishing Strong Guardrails

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474 - Learning How To Break Through Denial

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473 - The Soul of Shame w/ Dr. Curt Thompson

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472 - Recovery Can’t Happen Alone | Summit Roundtable

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471 - Healing From The Betrayal Bind w/ Michelle Mays

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470 - Why Your View of Sex is Damaged w/ Sean McDowell

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469 - How Spiritual Disciplines Can Porn-Proof Your Life

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468 - Recognizing The Lies We Believe w/ Sam Jolman

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467 - What is Godly Sexuality? W/ Joshua Broome

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466 - Building Emotional Stability & Resilience

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465 - Developing Pain Tolerance w/ Matthew & Joanna Raabsmith

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464 - Building Trust For The Long Haul

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463 - Rebuilding the Physical Relationship After Betrayal

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462 - Developing Empathy For My Spouse w/ Carol Jurgensen Sheets

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461 - Walking Through Truth, Honesty, and Disclosure In Your Marriage w/ Dr. Janice Caudill

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460 - Navigating Triggers and Traumas After Year One w/ Jason and Shelley Martinkus

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459 - Redeeming the Post-Affair Divorce w/ Linda Macdonald

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458 - The Love Language That Matters Most w/ Dr. Gary Chapman

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457 - How to Guard Against Sexism and Abuse in Christian Communities w/ Dr. Andrew Bauman

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456 - When Hurting People Come To Church w/ Drs. Shaunti Feldhahn & James Sells

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455 - How Desires Can Discover Unhealed Wounds w/ Jay Stringer

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454 - The Persistent Message of Shame w/ Dr. Jake Porter

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453 - The Danger of Controlling Our Life by Controlling Other People

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452 - Not Taking Full Responsibility for Wounding Those We Love

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451 - Believing Sexual Addiction is Just About Sex

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450 - Pursuing Health with Less Passion Than We Pursued the Addiction

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449 - Handling Kids Toughest Questions w/ Laurie Krieg

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448 - Parenting Kids During Recovery w/ Rodney & Traci Wright

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447 - Talking To Kids About Sex: Boy Talk

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446 - Talking To Kids About Sex: Girl Talk

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445 - The Third Circle: A Hidden Key To Recovery

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444 - A Better Commitment To Change

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443 - Healing in Layers: The Gift of Recovery w/ Rodney & Traci Wright

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442 - From Shame To Belonging: The Gift of Recovery w/ Brian Wolf

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441 - Redemptive Resilience: The Gift of Recovery w/ Adam & Becky Bradley

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440 - Healing The Whole Family: The Gift of Recovery w/ Randy & Lesli Bixby

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439 - Impossible Redemption: The Gift of Recovery w/ Josh & Avonlea Roy

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438 - Women's Voices: Surrendered Sexuality w/ Juli Slattery

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437 - Women's Voices: Recognizing Abuse in Marriage w/ Tabitha Westbrook

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436 - Women’s Voices: Grace and Redemption Through The Women of Scripture w/ Teresa Whiting | Ep. 436

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435 - Women's Voices: Rebuilding Trust and Safety After Betrayal w/ Dr. Jill Manning

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434 - How Pastors Can Help Even if They're Not The Expert w/ Dr. Barbara Steffens

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433 - Creating a Culture of Grace in the Church w/ Ken Krueger

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432 - Why Pastors Don't Get Help With Their Addiction

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SPECIAL EPISODE: Hope, Healing, and Freedom (New Book Release)

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431 - Reducing Risk While Supporting Sex Addicts in Church

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430 - Integrating the 3 Most Critical Tools for a Betrayed Spouse ASAP

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429 - The 6 Things To Do After You Catch Your Spouse Watching Porn

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428 - The 3 Most Critical Tools in Your Recovery

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427 - 6 Steps To Take After You’ve Been Caught Watching Porn

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426 - The Ideal Group Member: Planning Recovery Beyond Year 1

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425 - The Ideal Group Member: Getting Help Beyond Group

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424 - The Ideal Group Member: The Ups and Downs of the Group Process

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423 - The Ideal Group Member: Starting Group Well

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422 - Developing a Spiritual Growth Plan

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421 - The Battlefield For The Mind

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420 - Foundations of Freedom: Establishing Sobriety

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419 - Surrendering to the Process

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418 - Understanding the Nature of Sexual Addiction w/ Sam Jolman

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417 - Breaking Through Denial

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416 - Anchored in Hope: A Conversation with Bob VanderMeer & Heather Kolb

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415 - Anchored in Hope: A Conversation with Jake Porter

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414 - Anchored in Hope: A Conversation with Adrian Hickmon

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413 - Anchored in Hope: A Conversation with Dr. Sheri Denham Keffer

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412 - Neurodivergence, Addiction, & Healing w/ Jenna Riemersma

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411 - Jay Stringer on Mental Health, Healing, & Transformation

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410 - Social Media, Porn, & Mental Health w/ Ben Bennett

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409 - The Church, Mental Health, & Healing w/ Dr. Carol Tanksley

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408 - Resurrecting Biblical Sexuality

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407 - Resurrecting a View of Sexual and Single

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406 - Resurrecting a Dead Marriage

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405 - Resurrection From a Life of Fear and Anxiety w/ Dr. Curt Thompson

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404 - Resurrecting Sexual Health in the Church w/ Andrew Rothrock

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403 - Helping Women Escape Exploitation

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402 - How Pornography Fuels a Culture of Abuse w/ NCOSE VP of Research, Lisa Thompson

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401 - What No One Tells You About The Sex Industry

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400 - Celebrating 400 Episodes w/ Listener Q&A

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399 - Reintegrating Sex After Betrayal

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398 - Rebuilding Marital Trust w/ Matthew & Joanna Raabsmith

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397 - The Deep Rooted Marriage w/ Dr. Dan Allender

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396 - Rupture & Repair: Strengthening the Parent-Child Bond w/ Dr. Jake Porter

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395 - Parenting In A Digital Age w/ Kristen Jenson

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394 - Educating Parents On Biblical Sexual Health

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393 - Training Parents For Conversations About Sex

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392 - She Deserves Better w/ Sheila Wray Gregoire

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391 - Looking Back & Looking Ahead

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390 - Navigating Relational Stress During The Holidays

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389 - Parents, Porn, and the Church w/ Sam Black (Part 8/8)

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388 - Rebuilding Trust Together w/ Dr. Barbara Steffens (Part 7/8)

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387 - How Pornography Use Impacts Marriage w/ Carol Juergensen Sheets (Part 6/8)

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386 - How The Porn Industry Secretly Preys on Women w/ Crystal Renaud Day (Part 5/8)

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385 - The Church MUST Address This w/ Sean McDowell (Part 4/8)