In this episode, Simon and Madeleine team up again to discuss whether it would be OK for a young man to use his girlfriend as the stimulus for an act of masturbation. On the surface, this may seem like a more loving way to deal with strong sexual passions. However, Simon and Madeleine share that masturbation is an intrinsically disordered sexual act and that using the person you are dating is actually more harmful to you and them than using someone else. If this comes as a surprise, take a listen and see why we believe this to be true!

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In this episode, Simon interviews his good friend, Angel Bueno, as they discuss living the Christian life in today's world as a married person. 

Link to the One Soul podcast: https://anchor.fm/onesoulpodcast

Have you ever felt like you and your spouse are just 'missing' each other? No matter how hard you try, every expression of love seems to miss the mark. They don't seem to appreciate it or worse, reject it.

In this episode, Charbel Raish, husband and father of 8, shares the key he discovered seven years into marriage with Christine that transformed their relationship.

In this episode, Simon and Tomasz discuss a topic that is vulnerable and raw - cheating in a relationship. Cheating, to his sorrow, was part of Tomasz’s story. If you have ever wondered how to handle cheating in a relationship, this will provide some hard-hitting, yet necessary advice.

In this episode, Simon and Madeleine take a slightly different angle than you - and they - are used to. They discuss what makes us male and female, from a purely scientific lens. This podcast will lay some important groundwork for sexual identity, and discussions around transgenderism to come.

Christopher West who discovered, translated, and published a long-lost treasure from John Paul II's archives, gets fired up to give some of the most enlightening insights into God is Beauty we have ever heard. As students of his for almost fifteen years, this was unlike anything we had even heard! This is truly a beautiful episode!

Simon and Maddie team up to discuss the 'marriage prep mindset' for engaged couples. 

Simon interviews Hudson Byblow who has been on a painful journey with his sexuality and who now shares his story to be a light to others. 

Catholic singles know to hang out at church in order to find a future spouse. But what happens when the singleness drags on into their late twenties, thirties or even forties? They are too old for the youth group, and too old for the seniors Bingo group. They often feel like misfits in the Church who can't connect, because everyone their age is married with children.

In this podcast, Simon offers some words of encouragement and support that will make them feel right at home being active in their church community!

Simon interviews George Manassa on Reclaiming Masculinity. George offers some practical ways for boys to begin the journey to manhood and to mark the right of passage for boys to become men.