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Addiction can be challenging to wrap our head around. What is addiction? How did this happen? Why me? Robert Vander Meer is on the podcast today to discuss the image and behavior of a cyclone and how this metaphor is helpful in understanding how and why addiction shows up in our life. 

Matt Dobschuetz, host of Porn Free Radio and founder of Recovered Man, is back on the show today! 

Today, we talk about edging—non-relapse behaviors that follow our addictive patterns. We talk about what qualifies as edging, how to become more aware of any edging behaviors, the importance of check-ins with our community or group, and how to address these behaviors when we see them.

Helping the next generation is not only about teaching what NOT TO DO. It also includes teaching them what TO DO.
On today’s episode, we’re joined by Barb Winters, founder of HopefulMom.net and author of Sexpectations.
Barb talks us through her experience in helping her children break free of pornography addiction and equipping them with the tools they need for healthy relationships. Barb speaks from her personal experience: as a parent not knowing where to start and now an expert in the area of equipping parents to help their kids.

It’s here—a NEW group resource for single women!
What does it look like to live sexually healthy as a single woman?
Today, authors Heather Kolb and Ashley Jameson join us to talk through our new resource for single women, Authentically You.
They talk through who is the target audience, what makes Authentically You unique, the differences between this new resource and other resources we have for women, and much more!

“Separation” is usually a swear word for church folk.
This is understandable when it’s done wrong. But separation can actually be a healthy tool used for the restoration of a marriage.
Today, we’re joined by a Pure Desire Clinician, Eileen Fagan, who defines a healthy or “therapeutic” separation and the benefits it can give a struggling couple. We talk through natural hesitations or fears with marital separation, when NOT to separate, and the importance of professional help and support in marital separations.

When Christians are faced with the word “addiction,” there can be a significant reaction against something we don’t see clearly in Scripture. The word “addiction” doesn’t naturally seem to fit into our theological framework. 

Today, we’re joined by author and speaker, Ben Bennett, to give us a new framework for reconciling addiction and theology. We explore how Scripture speaks directly to addiction, how to integrate psychology and theology, and how the recovery and healing journey can enhance our faith in Jesus.