Our guest today is Karin Barbito. She is the Special Projects Coordinator at Support After Abortion, an organization whose mission is to end the demand for abortion through healing people impacted by abortion.

In this episode, Karin shares her own abortion healing story, the connections between sexual brokenness and abortion, the hope of healing after abortion, specific stages of healing, and also how abortion impacts men.

To learn more about Karin and the resources provided by Support After Abortion, visit SupportAfterAbortion.com or call 844-289-4673.

Helpful Resources:

• Keys to Hope and Healing booklets
• Virtual Support Groups

Related Podcasts:

• Support After Abortion Podcast
• Freedom and Healing from Shame, Addiction, and Abuse

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In today’s episode, we unpack a list of 15 rules that emotionally detached men tend to live by, and why it’s important to know this. Here is a sampling of just the first 8 rules: 

1. I don’t know me, so I can’t know you.
2. I don’t go to deep places, so you shouldn’t go there either. 
3. Emotions scare me, so I won’t go there even if you ask. 
4. Fear hinders me; I don’t have a healthy outlet for expressing fear.
5. I get defensive and detach in order to make you stop talking or pursuing me.
6. The emotional chaos of a woman is overwhelming; I would get lost in there.
7. My wife has needs I can’t me, so I won’t try.
8. When I don’t know what to do, I’ll just try to fix something. 

Dive in with us on this journey to grow and mature emotionally as men so that we can have deep, thriving relationships.

More Resources:

• 40 Days of Training for Your Soul
• Grace-Based Recovery Online Study Group
• Find a Support Group

Related Podcasts:

• Why Men Struggle to Love
• How to Know Yourself to Grow and Mature
• Are You Open or Closed to Emotional Growth?

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Today’s guest is Ashley Jameson, the Associate Director of Women’s Groups at Pure Desire, and she has a powerful story and message related to racism and sexual brokenness. 

How much is one’s identity shaped by racism and/or sexual brokenness? What kinds of wounds and trauma from racism exist that then effect sexual brokenness? 

Ashley shares her story of how all these elements intersected in her life and how much more prevalent they are than we imagine. She also shares a message of hope and good news for those who want to heal – and anyone who wants to help break unhealthy generational patterns. 

To learn more about Ashley and her work, visit PureDesire.org.

More Resources:

• Be the Bridge by Latasha Morrison
• Unwanted by Jay Stringer

Related Podcasts:

• Sexual Abuse, Sexual Brokenness, and the Gospel
• How False Grace is Perpetuating Abuse in the Church
• Responding to #MeToo

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Our guest on today’s program is Kristin Cary, co-founder of Living Truth, a ministry dedicated to helping those struggling with sexual brokenness to experience healing and transformation. 

In this episode, we focus on the Immanuel Approach and how it can be used to help individuals find deeper healing and a more intimate connection with Christ. This approach uses prayer to invite Jesus into our broken places to experience more joy and peace – and to “turn on” the relational circuits in the brain that have been shut down by trauma. 

To learn more about Kristin and her ministry, visit Living-Truth.org.

Bonus Resources from Living Truth:

• Top 10 Tips to Rebuild Your Marriage After betrayal AND The Path to Freedom (ebooks)

More Resources:

• ImmanuelApproach.com
• Sexual Behavior Self-Assessment
• Men in the Battle
• Women in the Battle

Related Podcasts:

• Immanuel Approach with Dr. Karl Lehman (Part 1)
• Immanuel Approach with Dr. Karl Lehman (Part 2)
• Healing Your Brain

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You will be tempted. It is a fact of life. And some of those temptations will be sexual temptations. How can you respond to such temptations with confidence and wisdom? 

In today’s episode, Stephen and I are opening the so-called “sexual temptation management toolbox” to share very practical tips for resisting temptation. 

So, if you’re a man who wants to improve your ability to respond well to sexual temptation, listen in and take notes!

More Resources:

• Men.Bebroken.com
• Words Have Power
• Grace-Based Recovery Online Study Group

Related Podcasts & Media:

• Breaking Free with Russell Willingham
• Recovery Discovery: Resisting Temptation
• Understanding Failure in Recovery

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Today’s topic is “Understanding Male Sexuality.” Someone once said that male sexuality can be like handing a shotgun to a 12-year-old! So, how are men to manage this powerful, and sometimes unruly, aspect of their being? 

In this episode, Stephen and I will highlight the goodness of male sexuality, the power of male sexuality, and how we can manage our sexuality in a way that honors God and blesses others.

More Resources:

• Men.Bebroken.com
• 40 Days of Purity Online Course
• Sexual Integrity Webinar for Men

Related Podcasts:

• Men, Men, Men!
• What is Healthy Masculinity?
• What is a Sexually Healthy Man?

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Our guest today is Chris Kaspar, founder and CEO of Techless, a different kind of tech company that is helping people understand how powerful technology is and how to manage it in ways that are healthy and wise. 

In our conversation Chris shares some of the dangers he is seeing in the tech space, especially around smartphones, and some positive tips and insights for engaging technology and screens with confidence and balance. Technology does not have to rob your family of deep, vibrant relationships. 

To learn more about Techless and their amazing Wisephone, visit Techless.com. And if you’d like to get $40 off the purchase of a Wisephone, use promo code BeBroken40 when you checkout.

More Resources:

• Family.Bebroken.com
• CovenantEyes.com*
• Emotional Resilience online course

Related Podcasts:

• Keeping Kids Safe in a Digital World
• 6 Reasons Kids Search for Porn
• Screens Disciple, and What You Can Do About It

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Our guest today is Hilarie Barry, author of the book We Survived Infidelity: An Unexpected Life Lesson and founder of the support group Infidelity Care for Women. She is also a speaker who loves to share her story and help others heal from sexual betrayal. 

In today’s episode, Hilarie tells her story of discovering her husband’s secret affairs and the healing journey that followed. She shares the ups and downs, the fears and doubts, and ultimately the way that led to deep personal healing and even the restoration of her marriage. 

To learn more about Hilarie and her resources, visit HilarieBarry.com.

More Resources:

• WivesCare.Bebroken.com
• Infidelity Care for Women FB group
• 6 Stages of Recovery for Partners of Sex Addicts

Related Podcasts:

• Navigating the Revelation of an Affair
• Rebuilding Your Marriage After Sexual Betrayal
• Betrayal Healing Phases

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In today’s program, we explore how married couples can recover from infidelity and why exploring trauma issues is important to this healing process. 

To help us dive deep into this topic we have Ryan and Jessica McDaniel as our guests. Ryan and Jessica are both licensed professional counselors with over 10 years of experience in helping couples address infidelity and betrayal in redemptive and hopeful ways. 

If you have experienced infidelity in your marriage, or know someone who has, this episode will help you gain hope and ideas for a way forward. 

To learn more about Ryan and Jessica, visit McDanielCounseling.org.

More Resources:

• Try Softer by Aundi Kolber
• AffairRecovery.com
• WivesCare.Bebroken.com

Related Podcasts:

• Why Do We Cheat?
• Sex, God, and the Chaos of Betrayal
• Hope and Healing for Couples

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Today’s guest is Matt Wenger, the clinical director of Boulder Recovery in Boulder, Colorado. Matt has a heart for helping men overcome all kinds of unwanted sexual behaviors by addressing the whole man, including trauma from his past. 

In today’s episode, we talk about recovery as a means and environment for addressing all aspects of a man: his emotions, spirit, intellect, and body. True recovery is far more than just stopping negative behaviors; it is addressing the overall person to affect healthy personal growth and loving relationships. 

Matt shares common elements that often lead a man toward sexually compulsive behaviors and how to heal and discover a thriving life of freedom and joy. 

To learn more about Matt and their programs and resources, visit BoulderRecovery.com.

More Resources:

• Sexual Integrity Webinar for Men
• Men.Bebroken.com
• 40 Days of Purity Online Course

Related Podcasts:

• Why Men Struggle to Love
• Overcoming Shame and Embracing Your True Identity
• Recovery by the Power of God's Word

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