Where is the line between “loving” someone and “trusting” them?
In this episode, Mark and Steve address a PBSE listener's heart-felt dilemma. After discovering her spouse's addiction to porn and...
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Mar 2, 20212 min read
Spiritual Safety and Sexual Intimacy: You Can Have Both!
In this episode, Mark and Steve address a questions submitted by a listener— "Can you discuss the dynamic of being the spouse of an...
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Feb 23, 20212 min read
Is it "OK" to "Offend" Your Partner?
In this episode, Mark and Steve address some very poignant questions submitted by a listener: "What do you do when the proof is in the...
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Feb 16, 20211 min read
Great! He’s in Recovery . . . but What is He Thinking?
In this episode, Mark and Steve address a recent question by a listener—a very honest, legitimate, excellent question— "Hi there, my...
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Feb 9, 20211 min read
Why Would the Man Who Loves Me, "Gaslight" Me?!
In this episode, Mark and Steve talk raw and open about an extremely destructive behavior that porn addicts engage in with their...
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Feb 2, 20211 min read
What Does it Take to Get "SERIOUS" about Real Change?
In this episode Mark and Steve speak openly about what it took for them to get to the rock bottom place where they were ready to start...
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Jan 26, 20211 min read
The Addict's Journey from Escape & Avoidance to Authenticity & Transparency
It has been said, "We are only as sick as our secrets." Another way of coming at this would be: "Living in secrecy keeps our addiction...
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Jan 19, 20211 min read
How to Navigate Mental Illness AND Addiction/Betrayal Trauma
Mental illness and addiction, as well as betrayal trauma, can be parallel struggles! And it can be very difficult to understand where one...
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Jan 12, 20211 min read
Should We Hide Sex Addiction and Betrayal Trauma From Our Kids?
It's hard enough navigating through porn/sex addiction and betrayal trauma as adults! But what happens when we're raising kids at the...
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Jan 5, 20211 min read
How to be Emotionally Healthy as an Individual and Couple in 2021
We're all SO glad 2020 is over! In fact, we should all receive a t-shirt that reads, "I Survived 2020!" And we're all hoping 2021 will be...
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Dec 29, 20201 min read
Ditch the “New Year’s Resolution" BS—it doesn’t work!
Can you believe it—it's a NEW YEAR! And it's that infamous time again--New Year's Resolutions! In this episode Mark and Steve get real...
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Dec 22, 20201 min read
Learning from Mark & Steve's "Recovery Ghosts of Christmas Past"
This episode is a kind of "Christmas gift" from Mark and Steve to their listeners. They talk raw and open about how too many Christmas...
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Dec 15, 20201 min read
Recovery, Healing & the Holidays—Part Three: Finding Serenity in the Midst of Family "Stuff"
During the holidays, "families" can be both an opportunity AND a challenge! Family interactions can support us on our paths of recovery...
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Dec 8, 20201 min read
Recovery, Healing & the Holidays—Par Two: "Self Care? Forget that! It's the Holidays, Bro!"
It's SO easy to "go off the self-care rails" during the Holidays! If we're not careful, we can tend to use as an excuse for laziness,...
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Dec 1, 20201 min read
Recovery, Healing & the Holidays—Part One: Preparing for and Managing Triggers
The holidays are a time for MAJOR EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS—good and bad. In fact the Holidays are intended and designed to elicit intense...
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Nov 24, 20201 min read
Where Relationship Expectations Collide with Individual Boundaries
It's very natural and legitimate to have certain expectations in our marriage relationship. And we NEED healthy boundaries in order to...
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Nov 17, 20201 min read
The "Unholy Triad" that can Decimate Your Marriage!
In their own addictions, recoveries and healing, and working with people all over the world, Mark and Steve have come to understand an...
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Nov 10, 20201 min read
What Does it Really mean to "Man–Up"?
With so many dominant influences from Hollywood, the mainstream media, pornography and the role models we were raised with, there's a LOT...
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Nov 3, 20201 min read
How We Get Stuck in our Pain . . . and How to Heal and Move Forward
In this episode, Mark and Steve come from a very heart-felt place in speaking to the women who may find themselves "stuck in the pain of...
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Oct 27, 20201 min read
Is there a Place for "Sexual Entitlement" in a Healthy Marriage Relationship?
Mark and Steve produced this episode in response to a PBSE listener's question— Hi Guys! Would it be possible to talk about entitlement...
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