By Peter C. Kleponis, Ph.D., SATP, CSAT-C Growing up, Len experienced much emotional turmoil in his home. It seemed like his parents were constantly yelling at him or at each other. There was never any sense of peace in the house. Everyone always seemed angry. As a teen, Len discovered Internet porn, and it became […]
Integrity Restored is happy to announce that Dr. Peter Kleponis’s book Integrity Restored: Helping Catholic Families Win the Battle Against Pornography is now available in Spanish. The book takes an in-depth look at just how far the epidemic of pornography has spread. Pornography used to be considered “a men’s issue”, but now is increasingly sought […]
Suffering from PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) makes living in the present moment not only challenging but very often impossible. My brain and my body spend a great deal of time “living” in the past or perhaps re-living the past, is more accurate. Flashbacks and body memories in the form of chronic triggering pain pull me […]
By: Becky Roach, Guest Contributor You’ve probably heard about the “MOMO Challenge” that has recently resurfaced in the news and all over social media. Some claim that the challenge is merely a hoax, but other families report incidences of a creepy character, “MOMO”, suddenly appearing in children’s YouTube videos and on other popular social media […]
I’m angry, yes, I’m angry, disgusted and disappointed. YouTube is a huge presence online, for content, for laughs, for products and now, we learn, for pedophiles! This article explains that the comment section of YouTube has become a target for pedophiles. The article goes on to explain that companies such as AT&T, Disney, Hasbro Kellogg and […]
By Peter C. Kleponis, PhD, SATP, CSAT-C In a blog post I recently read on NoFapp.com, men posted stories about how building with Legos helped them overcome their addiction to pornography and masturbation: (https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/100-days-and-100-legos-later.12936/). This doesn’t surprise me. One of the keys to healthy recovery is to develop healthy hobbies. While I hate to make […]
Valentine’s Day is a wonderful time to share gifts, time, and experiences to show love in marriage, friendship, and kinship. Yet, we can see that our culture’s definition of love is not a healthy one. The versions of love we see on screen are usually bad caricatures of authentic love: we see one character either […]
Our friends at the National Center On Sex Exploitation (NCOSE) recently conducted a great webinar by Lisa Thompson called “The Truth About Sex Trafficking”. Check it out here if you are so inclined. A couple of the major points from the Federal Human Trafficking Report in 2017: Sex trafficking is 20x more prevalent than labor trafficking 56% […]
School mornings were about to get a great deal more stressful. A week after I committed to driving my daughter to and from school every day she excitedly informed me that she had gotten a place in not just one, but two ensemble choirs. My excitement was dulled when I realized this meant our drive […]
I saw this article entitled “Generation of child web addicts: Youngsters are becoming so obsessed with the internet they spend more time on YouTube than with friends as parents struggle to keep control of their online usage” and the included infographic today and frankly was not surprised, but boy, am I concerned. This article doesn’t speak of […]
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