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In this episode, we interview Amanda and Katie, the founders of The Victory Collective. Together they have started a platform to share their story and normalize the struggle of pornography among girls and women. They are powerfully reaching a younger generation by giving them a voice and platform where they can be seen and loved amid a struggle that binds so many girls in isolation, guilt, and shame. 

We got a chance to dive into their stories of struggle, confusion, shame, and victory. Today through The Victory Collective, their goal is to be a voice to the voiceless and remove the shame that so many have from struggling with pornography, masturbation, and sexual brokenness. They share what it was like to struggle with porn while at Christian schools, how it affected their relationships, and how confessing to someone safe changed their perspective of the fight. 

Listen now to their powerful testimony and then support them in their brave endeavors as they point others to hope and restoration.

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https://www.instagram.com/the_victory_collective/
https://www.thevictorycollective.net/


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https://restored2more.com/courses/

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Our favorite one-liners:

“Trust is not a gift to be given, but  is a responsibility to be earned.”
“Healthy people make healthy relationships.”
“What’s happening in the present is normally rooted in the past.”
“Admitting our brokenness to our spouse is the first step in moving towards intimacy.”

Today we had the incredible opportunity to interview Debra Fileta, a licensed professional counselor, author, relational expert, and national speaker. She is the author of True Love Dates, Choosing Marriage, Love in Every Season, Are You Really Ok? and Married Sex.

In this episode, Debra shares with us how her passion for couples came out of her brokenness and how God has used her story to lead couples to discover true and lasting intimacy.

She explains that our sexual brokenness is commonly rooted in our past, and instead of putting on a bandaid or increasing our frequency of sex, we need to heal the root issues. If we can learn to be a healthy spouse, we can begin to experience healthy, life-giving sexual intimacy. She explains how sex is so much more than a physical connection but that it is physiological, emotional, spiritual, and recreational. 

She asks a simple yet profound question,” what is your sexual template?” We all have one, and it defines how we view sex, but most of us have never examined if it is grounded in truth or lies. We must learn how to see through the fallacies of sex that culture has created and understand the beautiful experience that God made sex to be. She shares a powerful message and explains how we can begin to experience the incredible gift of Married Sex.

More Resources:
https://debrafileta.com/
https://www.instagram.com/DebraFileta/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-and-relationships-with-debra-fileta/id1417804351


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https://restored2more.com/courses/
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What is a trigger? What can I do when I am triggered? How can I support my spouse when they are triggered?

Today we discuss triggers and how healthily handling them can lead to restoration. At the beginning of our healing process, triggers overwhelmed us and sent us spiraling and fighting, leaving us confused and disconnected. We found that we can react four different ways to triggers: suppress them, medicate them, unhealthily let them lead us or healthily process them in a way that leads to growth. 

In this episode, we get raw and real again as we share stories and personal examples of how we miserably failed at times and eventually how we learned to support one another through being triggered. We hope that as you listen, you identify what you can do to healthily process a trigger and help your spouse as they go through triggers as well.

Thanks for listening! We hope this episode brings perspective, and hope right where you are!

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How can we proactively prepare our kids for an over-sexualized culture? How can we protect them from the damaging effects of pornography? What should we do if we discover our child is watching pornography? How early should we talk about sex, and how do we bring up the topic of pornography with our kids?

Today we have the privilege to share our interview with Kristen Jenson, who answers these questions and shares her wisdom on these topics! Kristen is the founder of Defend Young Minds and the #1 best-selling author of the Good Pictures Bad Pictures series. She is empowering resilient, screen-smart kids who know how to reject pornography through her many endeavors.

This episode discusses practical tools for preparing our children for what they will face in today’s culture and how to respond if they have already been exposed to pornography.  

Listen now and click the links below to get all the tools that Defend Young Minds have created!

More Resources:
https://www.defendyoungminds.com/
https://www.defendyoungminds.com/brain-defense


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https://restored2more.com/courses/
https://www.instagram.com/restored2more/
https://restored2more.com/

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If fear is not displaced by grace, it will ultimately ruin our lives. Before anything else, grace is relational, meaning we have to experience grace to understand it. 

Today we get an in-depth look at the meaning and power of grace. What does it mean, and how have misguided teachings distorted and diluted its message? Ed Khouri has been in the field of addiction and recovery for over 40 years. He has authored numerous books and today equips leaders on these topics in over 90 nations. In 2015 he felt God nudging him to understand grace on a deeper level, and today he shares with us his life-changing discoveries. Grace changes everything. It determines if we live in fear and make choices that hurt us and others or live relationally healthy lives with God, our spouse, and others. Once we can understand and, more importantly, experience grace, it allows us to become a face of grace. Learn more by listening now and then, purchasing his newest book, Becoming a Face of Grace.

More Resources:
https://www.equippinghearts.com/our-team
https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Face-Grace-Navigating-Relationship/dp/1947360906


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https://restored2more.com/courses/
https://www.instagram.com/restored2more/
https://restored2more.com/

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 Today we interview Dr. Glenn and Phyllis Hill,  the Founders of Connection Codes. Glenn is a clinical sexologist and family therapist, and both Glenn and Phyllis are connection code coaches who help couples, families, individuals, churches, and businesses build deeper connections. Today we discuss how to live authentic lives and communicate our emotions in a way that creates a connection with those around us. Unfortunately, Charity and I would fight almost every time we talked about our feelings at the beginning of recovery. Through Connections Codes, they share how instead of avoiding these hard conversations, we can learn how to understand emotion and use our feelings as a way to foster a deeper connection!

Glenn and Phyllis also share some incredible tools, including a core emotion wheel, a free webinar, and an online e-course through Connection Codes that have helped thousands of people build deeper connections.

More Resources:
https://www.connectioncodes.co/
https://www.instagram.com/connectioncodes/


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https://restored2more.com/courses/
https://www.instagram.com/restored2more/
https://restored2more.com/

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Out of the Dust is the name of this incredible married duo, as well as the headline of their story. Today Chris and Steph Teague share their story of downfall, divorce, and miraculous remarriage. After two years of having a Christian, ministry-filled marriage,  Chris told Steph that he didn’t believe in God and didn’t want to be married. After getting divorced and not talking for eight months, God brought them back together in a way that can only be described as a miracle. Listen now for the behind-the-scenes look at what happened and how God used their season of brokenness to create a beautiful story of restoration. 

Using music as their platform, they continue to tour and take steps of faith, creating life-changing music spreading the message of hope to a world desperately in need.


More Resources:
https://outofthedustmusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/outofthedustmusic/


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https://restored2more.com/courses/
https://www.instagram.com/restored2more/
https://restored2more.com/

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As an LMFT, Geoff specializes in helping couples heal and rebuild trust from the impact of betrayal, including addiction, abuse, affairs, and abandonment. He shares stories of hope, demonstrating how couples can connect and thrive after healing from the pain and how to find each other again after recovery. We also discuss the process of rebuilding trust and safety and having proper expectations for the journey of restoration.

More Resources:
https://www.geoffsteurer.com/
https://www.geoffsteurer.com/podcast

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https://restored2more.com/courses/
https://www.instagram.com/restored2more/
https://restored2more.com/

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"Are the courses you offer going to help my marriage?"
" What are we going to learn?"
"With it being on Zoom, how can we build community?"

Before any of us sign up for an 8-week course, there are questions we want answers to. Instead of hearing from us, we interviewed three couples who have gone through the course and are willing to answer these questions and more. These three different couples get raw and vulnerable while sharing what they learned, how their marriage benefitted, and how best to take advantage of courses. Listen now and share it with anyone you think needs some encouragement to take the next steps.

 Our Resources:
https://restored2more.com/courses/
https://www.instagram.com/restored2more/
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It all started with Dr.Jennifer Degler having questions about her own sexual experience. She wanted answers to questions like, “what happened to my libido after getting married?” and “how can I have a sexually gratifying  and exciting marriage?” Today we learn that when a wife chooses to understand her body, she can cultivate sexual desire and create a newfound excitement about sex. 

For us, we get personal as Charity leads with a real scenario of her losing all sexual desire upon learning about my sexual betrayal. She asks how women can begin to heal and create safety in sex after being broken and how they can build a sense of sexual drive. We also get the privilege to ask about what a husband can do to help our wives overcome triggers during sex and how our main goal above all else is safety. 

Thank you, Dr. Degler, for an empowering, thought-provoking, and applicable interview!

More Resources:
https://www.jenniferdegler.com/
https://www.jenniferdegler.com/service/cwives/

  Our Resources:
https://restored2more.com/courses/
https://www.instagram.com/restored2more/
https://restored2more.com/

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