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Podcast 095: RECOVERY 8—Practical Tips Toward Porn Recovery
Podcast 95: RECOVERY 8—The Hard Facts of the Porn Hurdle—Practical Tips toward Recovery Practical and pragmatic best practices to help individuals grasp how huge porn recovery is and what are the...
Podcast 094: Marriage FUSION 6 —The Difference of FAITH
FUSION 6: FUSION Finale—The Difference of FAITH Learn the importance of putting God first in your lives and how it will maximize your marriage. How is that best accomplished? What does...
Podcast 093: RECOVERY 7—Renewing Your Polluted Mind
Podcast 93: RECOVERY 7—Renewing your Polluted Mind—What, Where, When & How Can your thought-life be cleaned up? Get help renewing your polluted mind and regain the purity and innocence in your...
Podcast 092: RECOVERY 6 — Neurological Effects of Pornography Addiction
Podcast 92: RECOVERY—Your Brain on Porn—Understanding the Powerful Neurological Effects of Pornography Addiction What do hours online watching porn really do to your brain? How does addiction work? Why is porn...
Podcast 091: Marriage FUSION 5—Sexual Intimacy in Marriage
FUSION 5—Sexual Intimacy in Marriage Learn about growing the sexual intimacy in your marriage. We will help you discover what keeps you from loving and being loved freely and fully. Are...
Podcast 090: Family Missions—Serving Together
Podcast 90: Family Missions—The Power of Transformation through Serving Together Taking your kids to a foreign country? Are you serious? Could we really make a difference? What will it do for...
Podcast 089: Emotional Abuse in Marriage
Podcast 89: Crushing the Spirit—Understanding the Damaging Effects of Emotional Abuse in Marriage Cut downs. Criticism. Rude comments. Belittling. How do you face the negative cycles of emotional and verbal abuse...
Podcast 088: Marriage FUSION 4—The Drag of Friction
FUSION 4—The Drag of Friction Your mate is not the bull’s eye. But if you are newer to marital conflict, you are only in your beginning stages of learning the “blame...
Podcast 087: RECOVERY 5—Pornography’s Impact on the Spiritual Life
Podcast 87: RECOVERY 5—Pornography’s Impact on the Spiritual Life It’s hard to really measure the spiritual distance and deterioration of the soul through viewing and acting out with porn. We’ll help...
Podcast 086: RECOVERY 4—Sexual Addiction Triggers, Relapses & Facing Temptation
Podcast 86: RECOVERY 4—Sexual Addiction Triggers, Relapses & Facing Temptation You will need to master the art of “Thought Stopping” in your recovery efforts for sexual addiction. How do you stop...
Podcast 085: RECOVERY 3—Sexual Addiction Recovery Requires Community and Connection
Podcast 85: RECOVERY 3—Sexual Addiction Recovery is a Team Sport Too many people trying to break free from sexual addiction fail to value the place of community. They try to go...
Podcast 084: Marriage FUSION 3—The Acceleration of Connection
FUSION 3—The Acceleration of Connection The goal is to value each other’s perspective in order to find a deepening understanding. We’ll help couples understand the ways to better connect on every...
Podcast 083: RECOVERY 2—Overcoming Porn’s Stigma Within the Church
Podcast 83: RECOVERY 2—Overcoming Porn’s Stigma Within the Church Are we in denial of the extent that pornography is impacting the church? What are the implications of a person admitting they...
Podcast 082: Avoiding Marital Break-Up
Podcast 82: Avoiding Marital Break-Up—The 7 C’s of Relationship Recovery Your marriage may be on a slippery slope toward ending. We’ll seek to assist the reluctant partner who doesn’t want the...
Podcast 081: RECOVERY 1—The Scope and Impact of Pornography
Podcast 81: RECOVERY 1—The Porn Phenomenon—It’s Scope and Impact This is the first in our series on Pornography Recovery. We explore the breadth and depth of this growing cultural and societal...