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To the Teen Alone and Ashamed of Your Porn Use
Shame Has No Age Limit Shame affects kids, teens, and adults. I’ll…
Shame Has No Age Limit Shame affects kids, teens, and adults. I’ll never forget receiving a phone call from a distraught mother who found my website, and called to share the story of her 9-year-old…
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Can a Therapeutic Separation Help Our Marriage after Betrayal?
This post has been updated as of September 2020. As a Betrayal…
This post has been updated as of September 2020. As a Betrayal Trauma Recovery coach, I see up close the personal devastation experienced by women who have been in long-term relationships with men struggling with…
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Understanding the Teenage Brain: Different, Not Broken
When I was a teenager (back when dinosaurs roamed, according to my…
When I was a teenager (back when dinosaurs roamed, according to my children), adults seemed to think teenagers were temporarily broken. One famous comedian at the time had a bit about how all teenagers have…
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The Secret Sauce of Recovery
When I was a young boy, we did it every Saturday afternoon.…
When I was a young boy, we did it every Saturday afternoon. My brother and I piled into the back of the neighbor’s pickup truck with his two sons, and off we went. Driving down…
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4 Barriers to Accountability (And How to Overcome Them to Find Freedom)
Most of us know accountability is important, so why don’t we better…
Most of us know accountability is important, so why don’t we better utilize it? Here are four reasons: We don’t know who to trust or who can handle our stuff. You might feel it’s hard…
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5 Common Myths About Setting Boundaries
Here’s an everyday occurance in my office: A woman who is betrayed,…
Here’s an everyday occurance in my office: A woman who is betrayed, wounded, confused and traumatized, seeking to feel safe and stable within her own marriage, tried to set a boundary about porn in her…
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Reclaiming Your Family Trips from Technology
Updated May 2022 I’m the oldest of seven children, which means that…
Updated May 2022 I’m the oldest of seven children, which means that I don’t have a childhood memory that doesn’t include a van. I wasn’t even three years old and we were already a family…
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Summertime Tips: Managing Screen Time for Kids
Is There a Right Amount of Screen Time for Kids? Determining the…
Is There a Right Amount of Screen Time for Kids? Determining the right number of hours for a child to use a digital screen is tough. Parents often ask me, “What’s the right amount of…
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5 Fears That Keep Us from Talking to Kids about Porn
Why do we put off what we know we need to do,…
Why do we put off what we know we need to do, even when we know it is something very important? In my experience most parents know that modern day pornography is more dangerous than…
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Steam Reverses Decision to Remove Pornographic Games
The online gaming store Steam, owned by Valve, distributes thousands of video…
The online gaming store Steam, owned by Valve, distributes thousands of video games for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A combination of faster distribution to consumers, a versatile suite of tools for game development, and more…