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Women Addicted to Porn: What You Need to Know to Break Free
“I’m a girl, I struggle with this daily, I fail daily,” said…
“I’m a girl, I struggle with this daily, I fail daily,” said Pauli. “I was hooked and feared being found out and rejected as the freak I felt I was,” shares Jennifer. Raechel told us,…
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5 Key Questions About Sexual Wholeness With Dr. Carol Peters-Tanskley
Why Is Sexuality About More Than Behavior? Dr. Carol says that in…
Why Is Sexuality About More Than Behavior? Dr. Carol says that in the church, often the biggest difference from the world is in external behaviors. But we fail to understand that sex is about more…
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Porn and Your Three-in-One Brain
Brains are complicated. But some neuroscientists use “Triune Brain Theory” as a…
Brains are complicated. But some neuroscientists use “Triune Brain Theory” as a simple way of understanding the brain’s complexities. I call the three parts, the Gut Brain, the Heart Brain, and the Head Brain. The…
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5 Tips to Break Free From Porn Addiction
The steps to break a porn addiction aren’t complicated, but can be…
The steps to break a porn addiction aren’t complicated, but can be difficult. Let’s find out why, and what you can do about it. According to the latest research compiled by Dr. John Foubert, “94%…
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I’m finally quitting porn, so why do I feel worse?
Amy’s first exposure to internet pornography was accidental. At just 12 years…
Amy’s first exposure to internet pornography was accidental. At just 12 years old, she was at first shocked and disgusted but also felt a thrill—a strange rush accompanied by a sense of shame, which told…
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Porn Star to Pastor: Joshua Broome’s Incredible Message of Hope
1. Childhood Wounds Shape Your Life The things we experience in childhood…
1. Childhood Wounds Shape Your Life The things we experience in childhood play a powerful role in shaping our decisions as adults. Joshua shared what happened to him: “I grew up without a father. [He]…
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Understanding the Shame Cycle
Shame plays a very important role in the ongoing use of pornography.…
Shame plays a very important role in the ongoing use of pornography. In his book Unwanted, Jay Stringer found that for each unit of shame they felt, men were 300x more likely and women were…
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Sexual Purity: What Scripture Teaches About God’s Plan for Sex
Since the ’60s, our culture has gone through a sexual revolution. This…
Since the ’60s, our culture has gone through a sexual revolution. This era overturned ideas of sexual morality, poked fun at the prudishness of previous generations, and offered a compelling alternative to traditional ideas about…
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Mind, Body, Spirit: A Holistic Approach to Recovery
“What are you made of?” It sounds like a rhetorical question, something…
“What are you made of?” It sounds like a rhetorical question, something from a motivational speech. And in the context of overcoming porn, “What are you made of?” could be taken as a challenge—a test…
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The Relationship Between Porn and Depression: Is It Real?
Have you ever felt strangely sad and gloomy for days, like the…
Have you ever felt strangely sad and gloomy for days, like the world is suddenly colorless and oppressive? Have you ever felt a certain heaviness like there’s an elephant sitting on your chest? Have you…