

Finding Traction: Recovery from Porn
Vern Tompke
For those who are looking to gain traction and momentum as they move away from the destructive effects of porn and porn behaviors and pursue the life and relationships they dream of.
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Jan 23, 2023 • 20min
Ep. 81 - Positive and Negative Reminders
One of the most important tools that gave me momentum towards a recovery tipping point is a powerful device called positive and negative reminders. Check it out - it's hardcore (for the hardcore - and the seriously committed)If you want to connect with Vern directly (and you know he loves to connect with guys!) you can email him at email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more porn recovery resources or learn more about the 52 Week Video course Finding Traction go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Jan 16, 2023 • 23min
Ep. 80 - Help - My Smart Phone is making me Dumb
It is no surpise that most people look at porn on their smart phones (or is it a dumb phone!) In this episode Vern gives specific advice for how he has turned his IPhone into an ally not an enemy. If you want to connect with Vern directly (and you know he loves to connect with guys!) you can email him at email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more porn recovery resources or learn more about the 52 Week Video course Finding Traction go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Jan 1, 2023 • 21min
Ep. 79 - Happy New Year - Looking Ahead to 2023
I'm not a big New Year's resolution guy but it can be helpful at the begining of a new season (like the start of a new year) to look ahead. Let this episode provide you the motivation to move forward intentionally rather than just continuing to stumble in the dark.If you want to connect with Vern directly (and you know he loves to connect with guys!) you can email him at email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more porn recovery resources or learn more about the 52 Week Video course Finding Traction go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Dec 28, 2022 • 31min
Ep. 78 - Off Ramps (with John Fort)
You may have heard of the porn superhighway - in other getting on the freeway of porn and wondering how to get off. This this episode Vern is joined by his friend John Fort (from Be Broken Ministries) as they discuss porn offramps.If you want to connect with Vern directly (and you know he loves to connect with guys!) you can email him at email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more porn recovery resources or learn more about the 52 Week Video course Finding Traction go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Dec 20, 2022 • 19min
Ep. 77 - How to Have a Porn Free Holiday
Holidays can be tough because they throw us off our normal routine and give us all sorts of unplanned and free time. In this episode Vern talks about how to set yourself up for sucess for any coming holiday - in any given year!If you want to connect with Vern directly (and you know he loves to connect with guys!) you can email him at email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more porn recovery resources or learn more about the 52 Week Video course Finding Traction go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Nov 24, 2022 • 24min
Ep. 76 - Random Recovery Rolos
Rolos are those great individual caramel filled candies you may have tried. In this episode Vern talks about 3 different insights around recovery - a soccer coach that inspired him, an idea he calls "calculated freedom" and a challenging view on the "selfishness" of porn.If you want to connect with Vern directly (and you know he loves to connect with guys!) you can email him at email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more porn recovery resources or learn more about the 52 Week Video course Finding Traction go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Nov 14, 2022 • 22min
Ep. 75 - Win Lose vs Win Learn
In the previous episode - Vern (and Jeff) talked about some of the connections between the martial art of Jujitsu and porn recovery. In this podcast Vern continues to pull on what a difference Win/Loss vs Win/Learn has to do with how we deal and learn from our setbacks.If you want to connect with Vern directly (and you know he loves to connect with guys!) you can email him at email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more porn recovery resources or learn more about the 52 Week Video course Finding Traction go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Nov 3, 2022 • 29min
Ep. 74 - Fight Club
Vern's friend and pastor Jeff is somebody who is heavily involved in the martial art of Jujitsu. In this episode Vern talks with Jeff about how some of the insights he learned from this martial art can be applied to porn recoveryIf you want to connect with Vern directly (and you know he loves to connect with guys!) you can email him at email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more porn recovery resources or learn more about the 52 Week Video course Finding Traction go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Oct 19, 2022 • 27min
Ep. 73 - Stopwatch Recovery
Do you notice how you often cycle through the same behaviours over and over without thinking about them? In this episode Vern takes the idea of an addiction cycle and applies it to the metaphor of a ticking stop watch. Getting a better idea of how this cycle works for you can lead to being more effective in early intervention - before it's too late (and you don't want to stop!)If you want to connect with Vern directly (and you know he loves to connect with guys!) you can email him at email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more porn recovery resources or learn more about the 52 Week Video course Finding Traction go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care

Sep 20, 2022 • 23min
Ep. 72 - A Truce with Porn?
Many of us get discouraged along the way without our efforts to eliminate porn from our lives. One of the temptations we will face in this discouragement is to make a truce with porn - perhaps I can limit it or create safe acceptable boundaries to continue using it. In this episode Vern shows why this is not only self defeating but a dangerous line of thinking...If you want to connect with Vern directly (and you know he loves to connect with guys!) you can email him at email: bandofbrothers.care@gmail.comIf you want to check out more porn recovery resources or learn more about the 52 Week Video course Finding Traction go to the website:https://www.bandofbrothers.care