Finding Traction: Recovery from Porn

Recently a politician covered over a lie he made about his heritage saying he never said he was Jewish - he only said he was Jew-ish. "Ish" is a word which means we are not quite something or the other. We can also be "ish" in our recovery in ways that sabotoge our desires to be free from porn. This podcast explores some of those ways.To contact Vern you can reach out to him at bandofbrothers.care@gmail.com.As he mentions regularly - he loves to connect with guys who are looking at making changes in their life around their problematic porn use!You can also check out the website for further recovery resources https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Are you a deer hunter? I'm not. But one of the guys I coach is and he shares some fascinating and fun parallels with things he learned in deer hunting which specifically apply to our journey away from porn. After all who wants to end up on someone's trophy wall?To contact Vern you can reach out to him at bandofbrothers.care@gmail.com.As he mentions regularly - he loves to connect with guys who are looking at making changes in their life around their problematic porn use!You can also check out the website for further recovery resources https://www.bandofbrothers.care

One of the absolutely central tools to move forward in your recovery is to combat discontentment through the practise of gratitude. This podcasts gives you some pratical handles for how to grow in your recovery gratitude.If you want to connect with Vern directly you can contact him at...email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more about him or the finding traction course go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Vern loves the new book that Mark Denison has written Recovery Rules because it gives simple one page reminders to help any porn struggler re-orient themselves on a daily basis. In this podcast Vern interviews Mark as they dive into some of these rules (at least the ones that Vern especially loves!)If you want to connect with Vern directly - you can contact him at...email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more about him or the finding traction course go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.careTo connect with Mark Denison you can find him at the following web locationhttps://www.theresstillhope.org/

Recovery is a lot more than simply not looking at porn. In fact there can be a sort of psuedo recovery which is really just a form of abstinence or "whiteknuckling it". In this podcast Vern explores the difference between true Recovery (or Serenity) and the type of recovery that leaves you simply trying to "hang on"!If you want to connect with Vern directly you can contact him at...email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more about him or the finding traction course go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Anybody who is in a relationship knows something about resentments. Resentments are especially dangerous because they give us permision or a sense of entitlement to go back to porn. In this podcast Vern explores how we can combat the sort of relational resentments that leave us vulnerable to returning to our life of porn.If you want to connect with Vern directly you can contact him at...email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more about him or the finding traction course go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care

No matter how far down the road you travel - the ditch is still the same distance away! This is a podcast about combatting the complacency or over-confidence that sets us up for failure in our continued journey toward a better life.If you want to connect with Vern directly you can contact him at...email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more about him or the finding traction course go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care

At it's core - many of our porn behaviors are an attempt to control everything around us - something which is unhelpful and ultimately fruitless. This is a podcast about recognizing our inner "control freak" and what to do about it.If you want to connect with Vern directly you can contact him at...email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more about him or the finding traction course go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Hard to believe but there are now over 100 episodes of Finding Traction! In this episode Vern talks about some of the episodes that have elicited the greatest reaction and response. This is a helpful episode if you are new in the podcast and want to try a few episodes to whet your appetite.If you want to connect with Vern directly - you can contact him at...email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more about him or the finding traction course go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Building on the stages of recovery from last podcast, Vern talks about specific markers or signposts for each of these three stages that can help us determine if we are progressing down the road toward a better life. Welcome aboard.If you want to connect with Vern directly - you can contact him at...email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more about him or the finding traction course go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care