Do You STINK at Setting and Enforcing Healthy Boundaries?!
A PBSE listener recently sent us this comment and request—You speak of the importance of establishing boundaries. While we understand that each couple is unique can you address more specifically or g...
20 Jul 202129min
Letting Go of Control & Manipulation to WORK Your Own Recovery!
In this episode Mark and Steve openly address a PBSE listener's questions about what to do with an addict spouse in recovery who still tries to exert control and practice manipulation. - Why porn/s...
13 Jul 202123min
Navigating Summertime and Sex Addiction!
Summertime can be a HUGE trigger for porn addicts in recovery and for spouses healing from betrayal trauma! As individuals and as couples, HOW can you SUCCESSFULLY navigate the visual and emotional "m...
6 Jul 202120min
Let Go of "Emotional Wallowing" & Embrace "Vision & Meaning"
When we rely on "sheer motivation" to break out of porn addiction, this will easily plunge us into a pit where we become stuck in "emotional wallowing."' Then to escape the wallowing, we move back int...
29 Jun 202126min
Father's Day—Addiction & Trauma Trigger or Healing Event?
There are MANY "triggers" that can impact and even derail addiction recovery and healing from betrayal trauma. One trigger that can blindside us are significant, meaningful events like holidays, birth...
22 Jun 202127min
Why is Mindfulness & Connecting with Myself SO Hard?!
We constantly talk about how and why “mindfulness” and CONNECTING with your True, Authentic Self is SO critical to recovery and healthy living! Yet, when it comes to stepping back to be an “observer”...
15 Jun 202123min
Erectile Dysfunction and Your "Arousal Template"
A podcast listener asked about her husband's risky, bizarre, self-centered sexual behaviors; his Erectile Dysfunction; and how these are related to his porn/sex addiction. In this episode Mark and St...
8 Jun 202126min
I’m Engaged to a Porn Addict—What Should I Do?
In this episode, Mark and Steve respond to a listener who is engaged to a porn addict. She submitted a message through PBSEpodast.com describing her situation: she and her fiance have been together f...
1 Jun 202122min
