Ever heard about PIED? - it stands for Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction. In this episode Vern explores a not so fun topic through making fun of his anemic football team's playoff performance.


To contact Vern you can reach out to him at [email protected].

As he mentions regularly - he loves to connect with guys who are looking at making changes in their life around their problematic porn use!

You can also check out the website for further recovery resources

https://www.bandofbrothers.care

It is popular these day to write a "12 rules for Life" to try to replicate the success that Jordan Peterson had in his book (whatever you think of him). In this episode Vern shares a fun rule from Malcolm Gladwell's 12 rules and then gives his own shot at writing 12 rules for recovery.

To contact Vern you can reach out to him at [email protected].

As he mentions regularly - he loves to connect with guys who are looking at making changes in their life around their problematic porn use!

You can also check out the website for further recovery resources

https://www.bandofbrothers.care

As we head into 2024 Vern shares about a tool that has been helpful for him as he starts out a brand new year. It just so happens that this one leads Vern into making changes that are long overdue!

To contact Vern you can reach out to him at [email protected].

As he mentions regularly - he loves to connect with guys who are looking at making changes in their life around their problematic porn use!

You can also check out the website for further recovery resources

https://www.bandofbrothers.care

In golf, a Mulligan is a do-over where you pretend that you're last shot never happened! What are the ways that mulligan thinking gets in the way of us progressing toward health and wholeness in our recovery? This is an especially important podcast as we near the end of the year!

To contact Vern you can reach out to him at [email protected].

As he mentions regularly - he loves to connect with guys who are looking at making changes in their life around their problematic porn use!

You can also check out the website for further recovery resources

https://www.bandofbrothers.care

To quote Kevin Costner from the Postman - "is stuff getting better" for you in your recovery? In today's episode Vern explores a number of ways that we can determine if we are growing and moving forward in our recovery - or stalled out and stuck.

To connect with Vern you can email him at [email protected]

or check out the website for further resources https://www.bandofbrothers.care

It makes a huge difference whether you see your recovery as a project to complete or a process (or way of living). In this episode Vern outlines the difference and how this makes a major difference on the way we experience recovery hope for the long haul.

To contact Vern you can reach out to him at [email protected].

As he mentions regularly - he loves to connect with guys who are looking at making changes in their life around their problematic porn use!

You can also check out the website for further recovery resources

https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Recently a politician covered over a lie he made about his heritage saying he never said he was Jewish - he only said he was Jew-ish.

"Ish" is a word which means we are not quite something or the other. We can also be "ish" in our recovery in ways that sabotoge our desires to be free from porn. This podcast explores some of those ways.


To contact Vern you can reach out to him at [email protected].

As he mentions regularly - he loves to connect with guys who are looking at making changes in their life around their problematic porn use!

You can also check out the website for further recovery resources

https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Are you a deer hunter? I'm not. But one of the guys I coach is and he shares some fascinating and fun parallels with things he learned in deer hunting which specifically apply to our journey away from porn. After all who wants to end up on someone's trophy wall?

To contact Vern you can reach out to him at [email protected].

As he mentions regularly - he loves to connect with guys who are looking at making changes in their life around their problematic porn use!

You can also check out the website for further recovery resources

https://www.bandofbrothers.care

One of the absolutely central tools to move forward in your recovery is to combat discontentment through the practise of gratitude. This podcasts gives you some pratical handles for how to grow in your recovery gratitude.


If you want to connect with Vern directly you can contact him at...

email: [email protected]

If you want to check out more about him or the finding traction course go to the website:

https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Vern loves the new book that Mark Denison has written Recovery Rules because it gives simple one page reminders to help any porn struggler re-orient themselves on a daily basis. In this podcast Vern interviews Mark as they dive into some of these rules (at least the ones that Vern especially loves!)


If you want to connect with Vern directly - you can contact him at...

email: [email protected]

If you want to check out more about him or the finding traction course go to the website:

https://www.bandofbrothers.care

To connect with Mark Denison you can find him at the following web location

https://www.theresstillhope.org/