Every Manโ€™s Battle Podcast

Using Ancient Paths, Core Tools, and Key Books to Fuel Your Recovery


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These Summer messages are re-broadcasts from our most popular, relevant, and helpful messages that are worth listening to again to stay focused and strong over the Summer as you continue fighting Every Manโ€™s Battle.๐Ÿ“ป START YOUR WEEK WITH HOPE ON ๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฃโ€™๐™จ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š ๐™‹๐™ค๐™™๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉLicensed counselors JJ West and Doug Barnes kick off Season 3 with a powerful conversation on what really works in sexual integrity recoveryโ€”ancient paths, clear boundaries, daily structure, brotherhood, and the โ€œgift of getting caught.โ€โ€‹In this episode, they:Unpack Jeremiah 6:16 and why recovery is a path, not a quick fix.Share real-life tools that still shape their own integrity walk years into recovery.Highlight books and concepts that helped them move from secrecy and shame into freedom and community.โ€‹โ˜Ž๏ธ ๐„๐๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐ƒ๐„ ๐“๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐‚๐’ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐‚๐”๐’๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐:โ€œRecovery isnโ€™t a sprint; itโ€™s a marathon on an ancient path.โ€ JJ and Doug explain why there is no magic formulaโ€”and why asking for the โ€œgood wayโ€ and walking in it is the only way to find rest for your soul.โ€œWhat keeps me on the path?โ€ Doug shares five core practices: integrity and secondary boundaries, understanding triggers, living a battle-plan routine, proactive checkโ€‘in calls, and letting trusted brothers really know and love him.โ€œWhy canโ€™t I fix myself by myself?โ€ JJ talks about the โ€œgift of getting caught,โ€ the renewal of the mind, and how both heart and brain need healing in sexual addiction recovery.โ€œWhat do my porn patterns say about my story?โ€ They discuss how the specific content a man is drawn to can point to wounds of the heart and legitimate needs heโ€™s been trying to meet in illegitimate ways.โ€œWhat if my dadโ€”or spiritual leadersโ€”failed me?โ€ JJ shares how โ€œbad kingsโ€ can still drive men toward their good Heavenly Father, and how God can reโ€‘father the parts of a manโ€™s heart that were never nurtured.๐Ÿ“ง ๐๐Ž๐๐”๐’ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐„๐๐“ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐’๐”๐๐’๐‚๐‘๐ˆ๐๐„๐‘๐’Want extra tools and followโ€‘up content for Season 3?๐Ÿ‘‰ [email protected] โ€œBonus Contentโ€ in the subject line to receive exclusive Every Manโ€™s Battle Podcast resources.โ€‹๐ŸŽŸ ๐’๐๐„๐‚๐ˆ๐€๐‹ ๐Ž๐…๐…๐„๐‘ โ€“ ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Š๐’๐‡๐Ž๐ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐‚๐Ž๐”๐๐“Never been to the Every Manโ€™s Battle Intensive? Use code ๐„๐Œ๐๐๐Ž๐ƒ to save on your registration and experience a 3โ€‘day, inโ€‘person, shameโ€‘free deep dive into sexual integrity and brotherhood.โ€‹๐Ÿ“š FEATURED RESOURCES MENTIONED BOOKS:(Consider linking these in the show notes/store as available.)๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฃโ€™๐™จ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š (3โ€‘Day Workshop) โ€“ Tools, teaching, and brotherhood for men ready to break free from pornography, affairs, and sexual acting out.โ€‹ https://newlife.com/workshops/every-mans-battle/๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‡๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐˜ผ๐™™๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ โ€“ Sharon Hershโ€™s book that unpacks why you canโ€™t fix your broken self with your broken self, and why โ€œgetting caughtโ€ can be a gift that leads to freedom. https://www.amazon.com/Last-Addiction-Recovery-Lasting-Freedom/dp/0877882037๐™’๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™˜๐™ฎ โ€“ Dr. William Struthers explains the brain chemistry of pornography and how God renews the mind in recovery. https://store.newlife.com/purchase/wired-for-intimacy๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ โ€“ Jason Martinkus on rebuilding trust with radical honesty and practical amends after betrayal. https://store.newlife.com/purchase/worthy-of-her-trust๐™๐™ฃ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ โ€“ Jay Stringer shows how your unwanted sexual behavior can actually map the story of your wounds and point you toward healing. https://www.amazon.com/Unwanted-Sexual-Brokenness-Reveals-Heal ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™ž๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™จ โ€“ Nate Larkin on why David was restored and Samson wasnโ€™tโ€”and how brotherhood makes the difference. https://store.newlife.com/purchase/samson-and-the-pirate-monksing/dp/1631466720๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™’๐™š ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š โ€“ Milan Kay Yerkovich reveal how attachment styles shape intimacy and sexual acting out (featured more deeply at the Intimacy in Marriage workshop).โ€‹https://store.newlife.com/purchase/how-we-love-expanded-edition๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™’๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ญ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก ๐˜ผ๐™™๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ โ€“ Mark Laaserโ€™s clinical and pastoral guide to understanding sexual addiction. https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Wounds-Sexual-Addiction-Laaser/dp/0310256577
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