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How Can I “Adequately” Explain to My Spouse WHY I Looked at Porn?
Here's a question from a PBSE listener— I am a recovering sex and porn addict working on my recovery and trying to reconcile with my...
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Nov 9, 20212 min read


My Husband Watches Female Professional Wrestling. Is That a Problem?
In this episode, Mark and Steve respond to a listener who asks a very important question about one of her spouse's favorite...
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Nov 2, 20212 min read


As an Addict, How Can You Move Past Your Defensiveness to Truly Connect With Your Spouse?
In this episode, Mark and Steve respond to a PBSE listener's sincere inquiry about HOW to move through his defensiveness in response to...
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Oct 26, 20211 min read


Has Your Addict Partner Truly "Forgotten" His Past Discretions OR is He "Gaslighting" You?
In this episode, Mark and Steve take on a PBSE listener's question about her husband's "claim of not being able to remember the details...
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Oct 19, 20212 min read


How Do I Overcome the Shame of My Past "Toxic Sex/Me-Centered" Behaviors?
In this episode Mark and Steve respond to a very heart-felt question by a PBSE listener— My wife and I recently listened to your episode...
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Oct 12, 20211 min read


Is My Partner Lying About His Porn Use? How Can I Know?
How do you know if your partner is telling you the truth about his porn use and other sexual behaviors? A PBSE listener recently...
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Oct 5, 20212 min read


How Can I Forgive a Man Who Has Spent Nearly Our Entire Marriage Lying?!
In this episode, Mark and Steve respond to a very heart-felt message and question from a PBSE listener: a spouse struggling to forgive...
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Sep 28, 20211 min read


How Do I Know if My Spouse is an Addict or Not?
In this episode, Mark and Steve address a common question submitted by a PBSE listener— I have listened to many episodes of your...
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Sep 21, 20212 min read


Unhealthy Relationships Can Help Fuel Porn Addiction—How Can You Move from Co-Dependency to Recovery
Growing up, a PBSE listener suffered from an abusive relationship with his father, which was a BIG factor in the development and ongoing...
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Sep 14, 20211 min read


When Your Partner is a Porn Addict, What Does “Healthy Connection” Look Like?
If your partner is a porn addict, is it even possible to have any level of "healthy connection"??? In this episode, Mark and Steve talk...
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Sep 7, 20211 min read


Does Recovery & Healing require we STOP Internet use, AVOID the Public and NEVER talk to Women?
When it comes to daily life and being subjected to a "sexualized culture," what are the "healthy boundaries" in sex/porn addiction...
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Aug 31, 20211 min read


Your Chosen Path of Sexual Experience—Healthy or Unhealthy? Connecting or Disconnecting?
In working with people all over the world, we often get questions from couples regarding what IS and what is NOT healthy and connecting...
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Aug 24, 20211 min read


You are Powerless to Control What He’s Thinking During Sex—or Any Other Time!
In this episode, Mark and Steve address a HUGE issue many partners struggle with. Here's how a PBSE listener expressed it— My question is...
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Aug 17, 20211 min read


Should I have Daily Sex with my Husband so He can Recover?
We know—this title is ridiculous!!! It's intended to be totally SARCASTIC! But it's in response to a lengthy, raw, heart-felt, super...
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Aug 10, 20211 min read


Feeling Stuck? Real Recovery & Healing REQUIRE a Trajectory!
When we're in porn addiction recovery; trying to heal from betrayal trauma; or yearning to mend our marriage—it's SO easy to get STUCK!...
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Aug 3, 20211 min read


After the Betrayal of Porn Addiction, Can We Ever Have “Healthy Sex”?
Since learning that my husband of 44 years has been addicted to porn our entire marriage, a floodgate of emotions continue to wash over...
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Jul 27, 20211 min read


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...
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Jul 20, 20211 min read


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...
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Jul 13, 20211 min read


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...
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Jul 6, 20211 min read


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...
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Jun 29, 20211 min read
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