Sr. Tina Alfieri is a consecrated Diocesan Hermit, living a life of solitude and service to God in north central Florida. Prior to her consecration, she worked for nearly twenty years as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for a large Community Mental Health Clinic in Florida. Her specialties include addictive disorders, family therapy, marriage repair […]
Pornography addiction is a guy thing Girls are not interested in visual porn All human beings are hardwired with sexual desire, so both sexes can struggle with porn as well. Like other addictions, these struggles know no boundaries between chromosomes. We are all hardwired with the 3 “F’s” – Fight -Flee – Fornicate to insure […]
I just finished reading a quick article online by Lauren Vinopal, titled, “Porn Makes Men Think Women Will Do Just About Anything”. The title caught my eye and as the Executive Director of Integrity Restored, it resonated with me. After hundreds of hours of conversations with both men and women who regularly consume pornography, with […]
I recently had the opportunity to attend the annual Catholic Psychotherapy Association Conference in Atlanta, GA, with Dr. Peter Kleponis and Fr. Sean Kilcawley. It was an incredible event with great speakers and topics and mental health professionals with their eyes on the science of psychology and their hearts on the mercy and healing power […]
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 […]
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% […]
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 […]
We all send our kids to school thinking they’ll be safe. They’ll be learning in a nurturing environment that brings out the best in these young minds. We are rightfully outraged and distraught when we learn that children’s safety is jeopardized through horrible events like school shootings. We want to do something, and we […]
Recently, we learned Pornhub wants to be the hottest destination for sex ed. Pornhub is a pornographic video sharing website and the largest pornography site on the Internet. Now, they want to be the largest provider of sex education. They have launched a free subsite called the Pornhub Sexual Health and Wellness Center and have […]
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