Pure Victory Podcast

Welcome to episode #154!  Matt and Braden talk about the influence AI and virtual reality is having on the porn industry. Know your influencers The companies and individuals producing AI are exposing what they value. They value profit over people and are willing to entice consumers with false narratives of how to get satisfaction. Sexual pleasure is supposed to come in the form of intimate connect...

Welcome to episode #153!  Matt and Braden discuss why being complacent can keep us stuck in porn, and why it matters to take action and be intentional in getting free from porn! Complacency isn't a feeling Complacency creeps into our life when we stop engaging with God, when we move away from being in community and when we aren't intentional in our movement away from porn use. It can be revealed i...

Welcome to episode #152! This week, Matt and Braden talk about the impact that godly and ungodly vows have on our lives and on our journeys to living porn-free. Vows can be good or bad When we get married, we make a vow to commit to our spouse for life. On the flip side, we can make negative vows that keep us stuck outside of God's will for our lives. Vows will impact our lives, other people aroun...

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. If you are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free. Welcome to episode #151! This week, Matt and Braden chat with Jody Burkeen, the founder of "Man Up...

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. If you are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free. Welcome to episode #150! This week, Matt and Braden talks to the directors of Moral Revolution, Co...

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. If you are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free. Welcome to episode #149! This week, Matt and Braden continue in their two part series talking to D...

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. If you are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free. Welcome to episode #148! This week, Matt and Braden bring Dr. Doug Carpenter to you to share about...

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. If you are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free. Welcome to episode #147! This week, Matt and Braden talk about having sexual dreams, and what they...

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. If you are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free. Welcome to episode #146! This week, Matt and Braden share what it looks like to hear God's voice i...

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. If you are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free. Welcome to episode #145! This week, Matt and Braden talk about disappointment, and how learning to...

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. If you are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free. Welcome to episode #144! This week, Matt and Braden share what lacked in their own motivations whe...

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. If you are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free. Welcome to episode #143! This week, Matt and Braden discuss what intimacy after betrayal can look...

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. If you are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free. Welcome to episode #142! This week's episode is a practical guide for those who are trying to navi...

Welcome to episode #141! This week, Matt and Braden talk to the co-founder of Relay, Chandler Rogers, as he shares his story and shares how the Relay app can help you quit porn for good! You can also check out www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free! Chandler's story Chandler recognized after years of struggling with a porn addiction that it got in the way of so much...

Welcome to episode #140! This week, Matt and Braden ask the question, "What might you be doing to compromise freedom in your soul?" We are all weak If you were struggling to control your sexual behaviour and living right beside the Red Light District in Amsterdam, your proximity to sexual outlets would be a major hindrance in your freedom journey. The best thing you could do would be to move - or...

Welcome to episode #139! This week, Braden is the host and Matt is in the guest chair as they discuss a painful moment in Matt's life that taught him the importance of naming pain in order to experience healing and growth. Avoiding pain can be destructive When we avoid pain or sweep it under the rug, we are being impacted by that pain in destructive ways. It can affect our behaviour, lead us to ad...

Welcome to episode #138! This week, Matt and Braden talk about the unhealthy cycles of behaviour that exist in porn use, and they also chat about learning a healthier pattern or cycle that can help in breaking free from addiction. Know your buttons  Porn use is highly addictive because of the learned patterns of behaviour that run in the background of our lives that we are often unaware about. Par...

Welcome to episode #137! This week, Matt and Braden chat with Pure Freedom Journey member Will Brososky. Who do you look up to? Will had examples in his life of women who were solid in character and sought the Lord. Unfortunately, he didn't have the same quality of role models with men. This hole left Will unable to cope with sexual temptations in a healthy way. Because of Will's high view of wome...

Welcome to episode #136! This week, Matt and Braden take a look at what soul ties are, how they get created, and how to break their power over our lives. What are soul ties? Soul ties are usually created through sexual behaviour, but can also be present in relationships where the emotional connection is greater than normal. This is meant to be a positive to keep people drawn to each other on a sou...

Welcome to episode #135! This week, Matt and Braden continue to talk with Bruce and Toni Hebel about the power of forgiveness and that it is so much more than a process, but is actually a transaction. Its a transaction! When we think of forgiveness as being a process we may be inclined to think of it as a feelings based endeavour, in that when we feel like it then we are ready to forgive. But that...

Welcome to episode #134! This week, Matt and Braden talk to Bruce and Toni Hebel about the power of forgiveness and what it looks like to truly forgive from our hearts. Trials are learning opportunities Bruce and Toni has one of the worst stories of betrayal that their Focus on the Family counsellor had ever heard. They thought they had forgiven the main culprit in their story because they wrote i...

Welcome to episode #133! This week, Matt and Braden simplify things and talk about doing the exact opposite of what our impulses and desires are directing us towards (porn or masturbation). Respond vs React A reaction to our emotion or circumstances is very impulsive and usually no thought is given as to why we are doing or feeling something. When we are struggling with a porn addiction, we are ve...

Welcome to episode #132! This week, Matt and Braden chat with guest, Kristen Miele, about her new curriculum for parents called "Sex Ed Reclaimed." Purity Culture needs to be rectified In the past few decades, church leaders that wanted to teach about sex and porn had great intentions to save people from the harms of sexual sin. However, the messaging often contained undertones of shame and guilt...

Welcome to episode #131! This week, Matt and Braden chat with guest, Kristen Miele, about her new curriculum for parents called "Sex Ed Re-Claimed". Share this with your friends Who do you know that can benefit from this podcast and other episodes coming in the future? Share it with them so they can subscribe as well. Subscribe Subscribe on any podcast app to make sure you catch new episodes! Reso...

Welcome to episode #130! This week, Matt and Braden continue their two part discussion on deconstructing fantasies and why doing so is a key component in a healing journey away from porn and masturbation. Share this with your friends Who do you know that can benefit from this podcast and other episodes coming in the future? Share it with them so they can subscribe as well. Subscribe Subscribe on a...