The Life After Series Podcast

Brian is one of many individuals who has gone through the LifeAfterPornography online program. In this exclusive interview, Brian shares his story of struggle with quitting pornography and how the LifeAfterPornography program has helped. If you want to learn about helpful, real life ways from real life people on how to overcome unwanted pornography viewing, watch the entire video to learn more. #O...

This is part three of a three part series by the Life After Series on Race and Racism.

This is part two of a three part series by the Life After Series on Race and Racism.

This is part one of a three part series by the Life After Series on Race and Racism. 

If you want to learn about helpful ways to think about healthy sexuality, watch the entire video to learn more. I was being interviewed for a podcast and was asked: How would you define healthy sexuality? This seems basic. But honestly, I recognized I’m more comfortable defining problems than I am health. When it comes to healthy sexuality: What are the guiding principles? What are the models? Wha...

Understanding the role of emotions in our lives takes a lot of time. Today we’re going to talk about the emotion of love. This is the last emotion in this series and one of the most common reasons people are coming in for mental health counseling, because they’re not experiencing enough of this emotion in their lives. Let’s review some of the emotions associated with love. Some of those associated...

Understanding the role of emotions in our lives takes a lot of time. Today we’re going to talk about the emotion of fear. This emotion helps us survive and deal with threats. It plays an integral role in our lives. Just saying the word fear can invoke a lot of reactions for many of us. Sometimes I even enjoy the emotion of fear as long as it’s physically safe. Let’s review some of the emotions and...

We’re going to talk about the emotion of anger. This one is loaded with so many associations and judgments. This emotion can be a challenging one to navigate. Let’s review some of the emotions associated with anger: aggravation, agitation, annoyance, bitterness, exasperation, frustration (this is a term I often ban when doing therapy with clients), fury, wrath, rage, vengeful, hostility, and some...

We’re going to talk about the emotion of happiness and how to learn new ways to experience this positive emotion. I believe it’s important to understand and get comfortable with challenging emotions like shame and sadness. I also believe it’s just as important to understand pleasant emotions like happiness. The field of positive psychology shows how developing our strengths, values, and cultivatin...

What is sadness? There are so many emotions that go along with sadness, from grief to loneliness to despair to hopelessness. So if you’ve experienced any of those types of emotions and want to learn better ways to manage them and how they operate in your life, this is for you! I want to walk you through the emotion of sadness. This is an emotion that all of us can identify with. Sadness is a part...

What is shame? What does it feel like? What does it prompt us to do? Let’s talk about identifying shame and the events that trigger this powerful emotion. Let’s walk through a few different emotions so we can understand where they come from, how we experience them, what they compel us to do and what we can do with them. Before we do that, let’s talk about Dialectical Behavioral Therapy or DBT. Thi...

Health psychology examines the relationship between how well we manage stress, our immune system, and our recovery with medical illnesses like hypertension, cancer, or even things like HIV. This made me think about the role of stress during this COVID-19 crisis. I've been really careful with social distancing, washing my hands, staying indoors. Trying to protect myself from the actual virus. One t...

The purpose of this episode is to just offer some thoughts and strategies to manage stress through this difficult time, through this COVID-19 world-wide pandemic. This is a time when we can come together and show our best selves. And I’ve seen a lot of those experiences recently.  Here are seven ways you can manage stress during this uniquely stressful time. First, there is news coverage on t...

Urges. How do you feel when you hear that word? What is behind our urges? Urges can pop up in just about every aspect of our lives. Often when I wake up early in the morning, I have a strong urge to stay sleeping. Even if right on the other side of an urge, is an opportunity (in my case, playing basketball early in the morning). ☀️ Typically the urges we experience are preceded by some type of phy...

How does the role of language affect mental health and contribute to our struggles like unwanted pornography? Humans are unique. One of the largest distinctions is our use of language. No other species has the complexities of language like us. It is quite remarkable how we learn language. As we age, our language develops. Language acquisition almost occurs naturally. How does language develop? One...

What is psychological flexibility and inflexibility? How does it affect our mental health and dealing with struggles like anxiety, depression, OCD, and even viewing pornography? In this episode of the Life After Series Radio Podcast, Dr. Cameron Staley discusses psychological flexibility AND inflexibility. There are lots of ways to conceptualize mental health. One way ACT views mental health is th...

In this episode of the Life After Series Radio Podcast, we discuss the mission and purpose of the Life After Series podcast. We’ll discuss mental health, how to be kinder to ourselves, and other concerns we struggle with. In upcoming episodes, Dr. Cameron Staley will discuss different concerns we struggle with: anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and overcoming unwanted pornography. The firs...