In this episode of "Sex Addictions and Porn Afflictions," Craig Perra, certified professional coach and Founder of the "Mindful Habit to End Compulsive Behavior," interviews his friend and fellow life coach Adrian, a former addict and client of his.

He and Adrian candidly talk about the pain of addiction and how it attacks people -- how what at first seemed like a hobby, became a full blown addiction. Adrian dives into dealing with his parents' divorce and the loneliness that ensued; for him porn became a source of numbing the pain.

Adrian also shares his powerful story of becoming a life coach, appearing on the BBC, lecturing in Italy, etc . . .

In this episode of "Sex Addictions and Porn Afflictions," Craig Perra, certified professional coach and Founder of the "Mindful Habit to End Compulsive Behavior," tells you how to tackle your triggers with his process "Wrong Thought, Right."

When you're on the brink of losing everything due to battling your addictions, the key lies in changing your thought process - hacking your habit cycle to create space between your biologically hard-wired triggers, decades of programming around your thoughts, and action. This will enhance your ability to exercise choice.

In the question and answer section of the podcast Craig helps a sex addict realize how his core human need of significance was breached when a prostitute rejected his advances. And how to get that need met in a healthy way.

Craig goes in detail about how to hack your habit cycle using 5 steps in order to get the most of out of your life and to stop letting your triggers get the best of you.

In this episode of "Sex Addictions and Porn Afflictions," Craig Perra, certified professional coach and Founder of the "Mindful Habit to End Compulsive Behavior," shares the gut wrenching story of his battle with sex, porn, and drug addiction. Craig argues that in order to control your life, you must first shift and control your mindset. After a failed suicide attempt using bath salts, Craig's wife stayed with him to help prevent further suicide attempts. He candidly recalls checking himself into therapy and dealing with his inner demons while maintaining a positive attitude filled with humor and passion for life moving forward.

Many of my clients know of my love of spoken word. Every so often a client sends me a poem and I get inspired to record it. This spoken word poem about the impact of porn on someone's life comes from a wonderful man in Iraq.

I've had the incredible pleasure of working with men on 6 continents in 24+ countries and I've learned that despite our external differences we all have so much more in common.

We are all looking for love and connection. We all want to be proud of ourselves and live up to and to exceed our potential.

I hope you enjoy the poem. I'd love your feedback so if you like it or if you've written something that you're proud of make sure to send it my way.

I love it when Men’s Mag’s discuss the issue of pornography from a masculine perspective. We don’t have to get into the is it good, is it bad, the moral debate, free speech, censorship - what we can do is look in the mirror and ask ourselves is porn enhancing our lives, our masculinity, our relationships . . or not . . . is it brining more love into our lives . . . or less . . .

GQ, a popular men’s magazine recently tackled this issue. In this video I’m going to share with you GQ’s 10 reasons to stop watching porn.

Here's the article - http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2013/11/10-reasons-why-you-should-quit-watching-porn.html

For so many of us, pornography has hijacked our sexuality. We’re watching things that are completely inconsistent with the men that we want to be, right?

Sometimes pornography has rendered us incapable of connecting with another human being. We’ve got porn brain. We’ve lost that ability to be intimate and to connect with another human, and pornography has completely disconnected us from ourselves and from self-pleasure.

So, in this short podcast I want to talk about masturbating without pornography. Crazy concept, right? And teach you how to masturbate mindfully.

There is really only one cure for your condition. I firmly believe this is it.

Three adult film actresses have accused porn’s golden boy – James Deen – of sexual assault and rape. This is significant because of the status Deen held in the porn industry and in mainstream media. He’s been called the “darling” of an industry that is now turning on him.

Ex-Adult Actress Jessie Rogers talked about her sexual assault at the hands of a veteran male performer -

He just slapped me … and I fell and my ears were ringing because he slapped me so hard. He starting banging my head on the floor, and my face started bleeding … he kept beating me basically … he choked me out twice to the point of passing out … making me look at myself with blood all over my face … he spit on his hand and put the spit all over my face … and continued to fuck me like that … he put my head inside of his toilet … every time I tried to come up for air he would not allow me to come up for air … I thought I was going to die.“

In this episode we talk to a brave young woman impacted by porn and she shares her journey to healing and the impact that it had on her.

Craig and Michelle talk about the techniques that moved them forward individually and together the fastest. The cure for a crappy life is action and in this podcast they provide you with a framework for taking more of it.

And here's the link to us on Katie Couric - thanks for your love and support - http://youtu.be/NNEd45hReWA