Pure Desire Podcast

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263 - Myth Busters: Self-Care Is Selfish Jul 19, 2022

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Whether it’s been caught or taught, many of us believe self-care is selfish. We can so easily see and encourage it in others, but when it comes to our own self-care, we dismiss it as too “self-focused.” Why do we believe this? Does this belief cause damage? How can we change this underlying belief? Today, we are joined by Traci Wright (Pure Desire Clinician and author) to explore the myth “self-care is selfish” and discuss how to improve our personal self-care.

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262 - Understanding Our Unwanted Behaviors w/ Jay Stringer Jul 12, 2022

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We all have some form of unwanted behavior in our life. Whether it's pornography, affairs, fantasy, or any other form of sexual brokenness, understanding where these behaviors come from is essential! If we want to break free from our unwanted behaviors, we must understand them. If we truly want to understand our unwanted behaviors, we must be curious. This requires honesty, courage, and hard work. On today's episode, Jay Stringer, author of Unwanted and featured speaker at this year's Pure Desire Summit, joins us to help us get to the root of our unwanted behaviors and gives us direction on what it means to understand them. He also gives us a sneak peek into what he'll be sharing at the Summit.

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2022 Pure Desire Summit (Event)

Unwanted (Jay's book)

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Heart of Man (Film)

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261 - FAQ #13 Jul 05, 2022

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On today’s new FAQ episode, we cover a lot. This is what these episodes are for: giving answers to tough questions. Today’s topics include emotional anorexia, white-knuckling, sexual content in video games, getting triggered at the gym, same-sex attraction, and more!

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Recovery Action Plan (Struggling Spouse)

Recovery Action Plan (Betrayed Spouse)

One-Sided Healing: Addicted (Podcast Episode)

One-Sided Healing: Betrayed (Podcast Episode)

FASTER Scale (Tool)

Honestly Speaking (Blog)

Honesty vs. Disclosure (Podcast)

Fear Of Sex During Recovery (Podcast Episode)

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260 - The Pure Desire Podcast Turns 5! Jun 29, 2022

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Today, our podcast turns 5! We’re so thankful for you (the listeners/viewers) for tuning in each week and encouraging us to keep pushing the conversation forward. On today's livestream recording, we're: reading some reviews of the show, talking through why we started and will continue to do the podcast, covering some Pure Desire history and the podcast, discussing where we are headed in the next year, and announcing exciting and upcoming developments at Pure Desire

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260 - Teaser Jun 28, 2022

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We have a special invitation for you to join us live THIS AFTERNOON to celebrate 5 years of the podcast!

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259 - Starting Pure Desire Groups At Your Church Jun 21, 2022

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When is the best time to start groups in my church? What should be my first steps? What if I don’t have buy-in from my pastor/leader? Do we need groups for men and women? These are the questions all of us ask when starting Pure Desire groups in our church. These and many other questions can leave us directionless and with little hope on starting groups. On today’s episode, we give direction on all of it. We talk through timing of groups, getting support from leaders, promotion, and introductory meetings. Starting Pure Desire groups at your church doesn’t need to be an uphill battle. Today’s conversation will help you get Pure Desire groups up and running.

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Group Leader Training (video course)

Sexual Integrity 101 (video course)

Fight The New Drug's Brain, Heart, World (film series)

Safe (Nick's book)

Seven Pillars of Freedom (men's recovery resource)

Betrayal & Beyond (women's betrayal resource)

Unraveled (women's recovery resource)

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258 - Faith, Sexuality, & Gender w/ Preston Sprinkle Jun 14, 2022

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Is it possible to hold a biblical sexual ethic and love those who don’t hold to it? Our guest, Dr. Preston Sprinkle, works to answer this question in his work as the president of The Center For Faith, Sexuality, & Gender. Preston is the host of the Theology In The Raw podcast and is a New York Times Best-Selling author of books like People To Be Loved, Embodied, and Living In A Gray World. Preston joins us today to talk through the tension we experience between the Bible’s teaching on sexuality and our efforts to love those in the LGBTQ community.

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Theology In The Raw (Preston's podcast)

People To Be Loved (Preston's book)

Living In A Gray World (Preston's book)

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257 - 7 Tips As You Begin Healing From Betrayal Jun 07, 2022

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Many of us who experience betrayal trauma are thrown into it. We didn’t cause it. We didn’t choose it. But here we are: suffering. The thought of pursuing our own healing when we experience betrayal seems unfair. Ultimately, it is. But we have the choice to step into healing for ourselves—to restore what has been broken and damaged. On today’s episode, we explore 7 tips or encouragements as we enter the journey of healing from betrayal. Heather Kolb, our Content Manager, joins us and shares from her experience and expertise.

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Betrayal & Beyond (Women's Betrayal Resource)

Hope For Men (Men's Betrayal Resource)

Sexual Integrity 101 (Video Course)

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Recovery Action Plan–Spouses (Tool)

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256 - 7 Tips As You Begin Recovery From Addiction May 31, 2022

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The journey of recovery from unwanted sexual behavior is not an intuitive one. There are many aspects we never knew to consider when working to create sexual health in our lives. When we do enter the recovery journey, there can be many ups and downs. That's why, on today's episode, we talk through 7 tips for those on the front end of their recovery from addiction journey. These are 7 tips we wish we knew as we started our journeys.

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Full Episode Video (YouTube)

Pure Desire Online Groups

Seven Pillars Of Freedom (Men's Recovery Resource)

Unraveled: Managing Love, Sex, and Relationships (Women's Recovery Resource)

Sexual Integrity 101 video course

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255 - Restoring Our Vows w/ Brandon & Tonia Clark May 24, 2022

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Like many marriages, Brandon and Tonia Clark experienced the damage of a pornography addiction. Through Brandon's addiction, they experienced crisis in their marriage and didn't know how to address the problem. Today, Brandon and Tonia join us to tell the story of how they restored their marriage and their vows and how they're using their story to help others do the same.