Every Manโ€™s Battle Podcast

Beyond Guardrails: Healing Desire and Using Tech for Connection, Not Escape


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๐Ÿ“ป ๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฃโ€™๐™จ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š ๐™‹๐™ค๐™™๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ โ€“ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐“๐„๐’ (Short)In Part 3 of their โ€œUsing Tech Safely in Recoveryโ€ series, licensed counselors JJ West and Doug Barnes move beyond filters and guardrails to the heart beneath your screen habits. They explain why the real battle is about desire, story, and community, not just discipline, and how authentic brotherhood helps heal the wounds that drive you to your phone or laptop in the first place.Youโ€™ll learn:Why technology is a tool, not the enemy, and how misusing it reveals deeper longings for comfort, connection, and validation.How to build a brotherhood that uses phones and apps for checkโ€‘ins, SOS calls, and support, rather than for hiding and fantasy.What it means to consecrate your devicesโ€”offering them to God as tools for healing, discipleship, and connectionโ€”and to do the story work needed so your tech habits align with the man God is calling you to be.๐ŸŽŸ Use code ๐„๐Œ๐๐๐Ž๐ƒ to save $100 when you register for the Every Manโ€™s Battle Intensive, and ask about Sustained Victory and online groups that help you live with integrity in a digital world.๐Ÿ“ง ๐๐Ž๐๐”๐’ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐„๐๐“ ๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐“๐„๐๐„๐‘ ๐๐”๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’Want extra content to encourage your integrity, delivered via email each month? ๐Ÿ‘‰ Email [email protected] with โ€œBonus Contentโ€ in the subject line to receive exclusive Every Manโ€™s Battle Podcast resources.To send your questions, feedback, or topic ideas for upcoming QA episodes:๐Ÿ‘‰ Email [email protected] with โ€œPodcast Questionโ€ in the subject line.โ˜Ž๏ธ Need a counselor, group, or structured plan to help you do the deeper heart work?๐Ÿ‘‰ Call 800โ€‘NEWโ€‘LIFE or visit NewLife.com for faithโ€‘based sexual integrity counseling, workshops, and recovery groups.๐ŸŽŸ ๐’๐๐„๐‚๐ˆ๐€๐‹ ๐Ž๐…๐…๐„๐‘ โ€“ ๐„๐•๐„๐‘๐˜ ๐Œ๐€๐โ€™๐’ ๐๐€๐“๐“๐‹๐„ ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐๐’๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐Ž๐๐†๐Ž๐ˆ๐๐† ๐†๐‘๐Ž๐”๐๐’If this series has exposed how deeply your tech use is tied to unhealed desire and isolation, the Every Manโ€™s Battle Intensive is a strategic next step. This 3โ€‘day workshop is a safe, shameโ€‘free zone where licensed Christian counselors help you:Bring hidden struggles into the light.Understand the root causes of compulsive behavior.Connect with men facing similar battles.Build a path toward lasting integrity in a techโ€‘saturated world.After the intensive, New Lifeโ€™s Sustained Victory and other Every Manโ€™s Battle groups provide weekly, online community so you donโ€™t have to walk this out alone. These groups combine professional guidance with peer support to address the psychological and spiritual dimensions of healing in community.๐Ÿ’ต Worried about cost? Scholarships are available so finances donโ€™t have to stand between you and the help you need. When you call 800โ€‘NEWโ€‘LIFE, ask about assistance for Every Manโ€™s Battle and related groups.Use code ๐„๐Œ๐๐๐Ž๐ƒ when you register to save $100 on your Every Manโ€™s Battle tuition.๐ŸŽง Discover more ways to listen watch:๐Ÿ‘‰ Every Manโ€™s Battle Podcast hub: https://newlife.com/podcasts/every-mans-battle/๐Ÿ‘‰ New Life LIVE other New Life podcasts: https://newlife.com/podcasts/#EveryMansBattle #SexualIntegrity #TechnologyAndRecovery #DesireNotJustDiscipline #ConsecratedDevices #NewLifeMinistries
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