PSR Podcast

In this episode, our guest is Mary Ann Otley. She has a powerful story of sexual abuse, addiction, and the healing power of Jesus. Her abuse planted seeds of lies about her identity that she carried for decades. But she also eventually experienced the radical grace and love of God. 

If you or someone you love has faced the pain of abuse or addiction, Mary Ann’s story and insights will help you discover hope, joy, and the faithful, generous, gentle love of Jesus Christ. You don’t have to live in shame, guilt, and despair. No matter how broken you feel, you can be made whole. 

Learn more about Mary Ann and her ministry at LoveTriumphs.com. 

More Resources:

• Women.Bebroken.com
• Fearless Series

Related Podcasts:

• Help and Hope for Women to Heal from Sexual Abuse
• Responding to #MeToo
• What Lies Have You Believed

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Today’s guest is Matt Cline, the Director of Restored Ministries in Edmonton, Alberta. He is a speaker and coach who considers it an honor to tackle the epidemic of pornography and help individuals and marriages be restored from the destruction caused by sexual sin and shame. 

In this episode, Matt shares some of his story and key principles and insights that are proven to lead people from brokenness to wholeness. Our conversation addresses taking a serious view of sin, combating shame, understanding your true identity, and reclaiming a godly perspective on the body.

Learn more about Matt and his ministry’s resources at RestoredMinistries.ca.

More Resources:

• Help for Men: Men.Bebroken.com
• Help for Women: Women.Bebroken.com
• Help for Families: Family.Bebroken.com

Related Podcasts & Media:

• Recovery Discovery: Identity
• Recovery Discovery: No More Shame
• How Identity Shapes Everything

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In today’s episode, we talk about pain. We know this isn’t a topic most of us like to talk about, but all of us will face pain of various kinds throughout life; physical, emotional, psychological, relational, spiritual. 

What if one day your life changed fundamentally because of pain? How well would you respond? What does pain reveal about our emotional health and maturity? 

Join us as we explore how to respond to pain with endurance and learn to “suffer well.” There can still be hope and even joy and gratitude in the midst of great pain. 

Resources for Wives: WivesCare.Bebroken.com

Resources for Men: Men.Bebroken.com

Resources for Families: Family.Bebroken.com

Related Podcasts & Media:

• Carrying a Heavy Burden
• Managing Disappointment
• Good Pain vs. Bad Pain

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In this episode, Stephen and I unpack what we are calling the 3 Levels of Sobriety, especially focusing on the third level. These categories are broken down into 1) real people, 2) media, and 3) thoughts. If that doesn’t quite make sense to you, that’s exactly why you need to listen to this episode.

If you are a man who wants to grow in integrity by digging deep into what goes on between your ears, listen closely because true sobriety goes beyond just eliminating unhealthy behaviors. You must work on your thoughts and this episode will help you with practical ideas for thought sobriety.

A resource that will help you retrain your mind toward a life of sexual integrity is our 40 Days of Purity online course. Learn more and enroll at 40days.PureLifeAcademy.org.

More Resources:

• Grace-Based Recovery by Jonathan Daugherty
• Unwanted by Jay Stringer
• Gateway to Freedom 3-day workshop for men

Related Podcasts:

• Addicted Thinking vs. Healthy Thinking
• Replacing Escaping and Hiding with Healthy Thoughts & Behaviors
• Guy Thoughts on Emotional Awareness and Maturity

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Our guest today is Sathiya Sam. He is the creator of DeepClean, a systematic process for overcoming pornography, and the author of a new book entitled The Last Relapse: Realize Your Potential, Reclaim Intimacy, and Resolve the Root Issues of Porn Addiction. 

In this episode, we unpack the 4 key sections of the book, which are: 

1. Taking Back Control of Your Life, 
2. Healing from Your Past,
3. Regaining Your Confidence, 
4. And Becoming a New Man.

There is good news in this episode: Freedom from porn is possible! I am confident that this conversation will give you hope and practical ideas for next steps toward greater integrity. 

To learn more about Sathiya and his resources, visit UltimateRecoveryGuide.com.

Get the book: The Last Relapse

More Resources for Men: Men.Bebroken.com

Related Podcasts:

• Helping Men Overcome Porn and Get Emotionally Fit
• When and Why Do Men Escape to Porn?
• Outgrowing the Porn Pacifier

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Our guest today is Dr. Danny Huerta, vice president of Parenting and Youth at Focus on the Family. He oversees Focus’ initiatives that equip mothers and fathers with biblical principles and counsel for raising healthy, resilient children.

One of those initiatives is the 7 Traits of Effective Parenting. In this episode, Danny unpacks these 7 traits, including adaptability, boundaries, grace and forgiveness, and gratitude. If you are a parent who wants to improve how you interact with and guide your children through the joys and challenges of growing up, this episode can help.

Learn more about Danny and the 7 Traits of Effective Parenting at FocusontheFamily.com/7traits. 

More Resources:

• FocusontheFamily.com/parenting
• PluggedIn.com
• Family.Bebroken.com
• Honest Talk by John Fort

Related Podcasts:

• Help, My 11-Year-Old is Looking at Porn!
• Fighting Fears of Talking to Your Kids About Sex
• A Hopeful Mom Shares How to Have Difficult Conversations

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Our guests today are Jorge and Danisa Suarez. They are marriage counselors and sex therapists providing therapy together and individually to couples as they overcome infidelity, sexual addiction, a lack of intimacy, betrayal trauma, and intimacy disorders.

In this episode, Jorge and Danisa share about their ministry to couples around the world struggling with all sorts of sexual brokenness and pain. They bring incredible nuggets of wisdom and truth that have helped hundreds of couples experience healing and discover the hope and beauty of full restoration.

Whether you are married or not, this episode will help you understand key elements and principles that will help couples rebuild a marriage affected by sexual betrayal.

Learn more about Jorge and Danisa and their ministry resources for couples at CCICounseling.com.

More Resources

• Divine Sex: Live Your Best Experience Now by Danisa & Jorge Suarez
• Rebuilding Trust After Betrayal
• Bebroken.com

Related Podcasts

• Healthy Sexuality After Betrayal
• How to Help Your Spouse Heal from Your Affair
• Helping Husbands and Wives Go All In

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My guest today is Ted Shimer, author of The Freedom Fight, a research-based discipleship curriculum that equips men and women to break free from pornography so they can run their race and reach their God-given potential in Christ.

In this episode, Tim shares his 30+ year history of discipling college students and how he got involved in specifically helping young adults address struggles with porn and how to break free. He also shares 6 main roots to porn addiction, some key principles that lead to long-term freedom from porn, and why addressing porn is a huge opportunity for the church to help Christians know what it means to live out their true identity in Christ. Ted’s heart is not just that men and women get free from porn, but that they outgrow the perceived need for it.

Learn more about Ted and The Freedom Fight at TheFreedomFight.org.

More Resources

• Men.Bebroken.com
• Women.Bebroken.com
• 40 Days of Purity for Men
• 40 Days of Purity for Women

Related Podcasts

• Breaking Free with Russell Willingham
• The Power of Community
• Helping Men Overcome Porn and Get Emotionally Fit

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In today’s episode, counselor Stephen Cervantes shares with us one man’s ups and downs of his journey of recovery – especially the ups and downs of faith. How does faith fit into recovery? What if Christianity doesn’t “cure” your addiction? Is it okay to wrestle with faith questions on a recovery journey? 

We will peel back the layers of these questions and more to help you discover how faith weaves into recovery in a way that is hopeful, meaningful and life-changing. When you persist with curiosity on your recovery journey, breakthroughs happen!

To help you understand the key principles it takes to break free from addictive patterns, check out the First 7 Days for Men at 7Days.Bebroken.com or the First 7 Days for Women at 7DaysWomen.Bebroken.com.

More Resources:

• 40 Days of Training for Your Soul
• Resurrection and Recovery
• Is Recovery Worth the Cost?
• Grace-Based Recovery

Related Podcasts:

• Why Jesus?
• Breaking Free for Good

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In today’s episode, we talk about beliefs and how they affect the way you live and interact with others. We especially focus on beliefs about emotions. Do these beliefs move you toward or away from deeper connections with others?

To help you understand the “lens” through which some see the world we will highlight several comments from different men’s lives.

Listen in to gain insights into yourself about what you believe and the effect this has on how well you connect with family, friends, and neighbors.

More Resources for Emotional Growth:

• 40 Days to Oneness by Stephen Cervantes
• Untangling Emotions by Groves and Smith
• Training for your Soul devotional

Blog Posts:

• The Next Step: Growing
• The Good News About Depression

Related Podcasts:

• Essential Truths to Heal and Mature Your Broken Emotional System
• About Your Emotional Connecting Skills
• A 7-Day Challenge for Emotional Growth