PSR Podcast

My guest today is Carl Thomas. Carl is the founder of Live Free Ministries, which provides resources like the Live Free Community app for men who hunger for real freedom from unwanted sexual behaviors, and the Live Free Wives community for spouses who need a safe space to heal from betrayal. He is also the author of a new book entitled When Shame Gets Real: A New Way to Talk About Sex, Porn, and M...

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 dis...

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 brokenn...

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...

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...

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:  Taking Back Control of Your Life,  Healing from Your Past, Regaining Y...

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 for...

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 pai...

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...

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 weav...

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...

Originally Aired: July 6, 2021 Drew was a kid who loved Jesus and hated porn, but still couldn't stop his unwanted behavior. Are you a man who can identify with this vicious cycle? In this episode, our guest is Drew Boa, the founder of Husband Material, a ministry to help men outgrow porn by changing your brain, healing your heart, and saving your relationship. If you want to discover hope for...

Originally Aired: January 26, 2021 Sexual betrayal is a tidal wave of pain, confusion, and grief for a wife. It can feel like the very underpinnings of her life have been destroyed; kind of like an emotional earthquake. In this episode, Geremy Keeton introduces Aftershock, a powerful book he co-wrote with Joann Condie to help wives overcome the pain of their husband's secret sin and gain a pla...

Today my guest is John Fort, the Director of Training at Be Broken and also a family care specialist. John brings a background in education and addiction recovery that gives him a unique perspective on dealing with sensitive issues in today’s modern family. He is also an experienced parent who can understand firsthand the challenges and difficulties of raising kids in a sex-saturated culture. In o...

My guest today is Karla Downing, the founder of ChangeMyRelationship.com . She is a speaker, author, counselor, and Bible teacher. Karla grew up in a dysfunctional family and then found herself struggling with Christian codependency in her own difficult marriage. Through her personal struggles, she discovered biblical and practical principles, which she now teaches to others. Karla’s passion is to...

So many stories have come to the surface over recent decades about pastor after pastor who has been living a double life that has hidden all kinds of sexual brokenness and sin. Much pain has been left in the wake of these stories. In this episode, we read a blog post from Allison Fallon about her personal story of how this kind of betrayal played out in her own life. Then we spend time unpacking s...

There is one simple starting point for men who want to work on emotional development: practice sadness. This may be overly simple, even simplistic. But after engaging with hundreds of men for over 30 years, counselor Stephen Cervantes has discovered that most men hate dealing with sadness. They don’t know how to practice sadness. Most men think emotions are messy. They hate when women cry. They th...

My guest today is Linda MacDonald. She is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist with over 30 years of counseling experience. She has written numerous books and articles and spoken on a wide range of topics related to marriage restoration. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother who enjoys hiking and kayaking near her home in Gig Harbor, Washington. Our conversation today centers around her boo...

My guests today are Michael and Heather Norgren. They are the founders of Triggered.app . For much of his life, Michael struggled with an addiction that he couldn't seem to overcome. He tried counseling, pastoral support, recovery programs, bible studies, and conferences. In all of these environments, he learned the importance of vulnerability and reaching out for support when he was feeling t...

In 1999, I began my recovery from over 13 years of porn and sex addiction. One of the first books I read was Russell Willinghams’ foundational work, Breaking Free: Understanding Sexual Addiction and the Healing Power of Jesus . To this day I am reaping the benefits of this resource. In fact, the name of our ministry, Be Broken, is due in large part because of chapter 9 in Breaking Free, entitled “...

Can you relate to stress and anxiety in a constantly changing world? Do God’s promises of peace and joy still apply in the world today? How can you find real peace, grace, and Jesus in the midst of the chaos? My guests on today’s program are Steve and Jamie Wiechman, founders of Breathe Life Ministries. They got married in 1998 and have four children. They have traveled through many peaks and vall...

The world seems to always be ready to criticize and complain. What happens when those criticisms and complaints are directed at you? How well do you respond? In this episode, Stephen and Jonathan unpack how our responses to verbal barbs affect (and measure) our emotional growth journey. Discover the path of grace and love that sets your heart free from being offended and offers others the hope of...

Chris and Steph were high school sweethearts who were "following all the steps that the typical southern church would have spelled out." They got married in college and everything seemed to be fine, even great. But Chris began to have doubts that didn't align with his view of faith. This episode is a conversation about Chris and Steph's journey through peaks and valleys related to...

God calls his followers to live a life of sexual integrity (see 1 Thes. 4:1-8). Sometimes this is also stated in the phrase "sexual purity," which gets a lot of bad press -- even in the church. In this episode, our guest Jasper Hall, president of Pure Hope, helps us understand God's greater story of sex, how to reframe what it means to be "pure," and how we can better reflect t...

Our ministry has entered a partnership with TFC Global that will allow us to bring the Gateway to Freedom 3-day workshop for men back to the northeastern United States in Pennsylvania. In this episode, we sit down with Derek Thompson, the director of Gateway to Freedom Foundation, to talk about this partnership and why this workshop is so critical for men who want to break free from any unwanted s...