Podcast

Jim is joined by Allan Teixeira, founder of the not for profit Buyer Rehabilitation Project, www.buyerrehabilitaionproject.org to discuss his journey from the darkness of pornography and sex addiction to the joy of recovery and helping other men break free.

Tune in as we discuss:

• a fish doesn’t know he is wet and an addict doesn’t know how far down he’ll really go
• this addiction leads to ZERO motivation to be in a real relationship
• “I had to get fed up with being stuck in the same darkness before I could see any light”

In this 150^th episode with Father Allen Hoffa, he and Jim will reflect on what we’ve learned together.

This week we will discuss:

1. We need everyone’s help in engagement in this battle
2. We need to stop viewing this as a moral failing and start addressing this as a true addiction
3. We need to remind ourselves that it is the responsibility of a Christian to help those around us with their triggers and traumas

A special thanks to all who listen to these podcasts and share them!

Don’t miss the third in this series with Lynn Griesemer, author of Porn Free, How to Decrease the Demand for Pornography.

Family, though imperfect is meant to be holy and safe and porn damages that in every area of the familial relationships. How can we protect our families starting today?

Listen as we discuss ways to protect families:

1. Parents must be the first to educate and protect their children from pornography
2. Porn indoctrinates our kids to a “sterile” approach to intimacy instead of a real one
3. Your child is a gift and you need to leave your brokenness at the door and have frequent and open conversations to protect their purity

Join us for the second part of a series with Lynn Griesemer, author of Porn Free , How to Decrease the Demand for Pornography. We will discuss the impacts of pornography on our relationships with God, with family, with friends and with coworkers.

Tune in to hear how:

1. Porn wounds all relationships even our relationship with God
2. Porn damages our relationship with ourselves
3. Ask yourself – Has porn changed the way I look at others?

Lynn Griesemer, author of Porn Free , How to Decrease the Demand for Pornography, joins Jim on the podcast to discuss her approach to decreasing the demand for pornography in our own lives, our families, Church and society.

Listen As We Discuss How:

1. Porn won’t stop until we curb our appetite for it.
2. Porn has no place in a culture that values respect and integrity.
3. Everyone has porn story one way or the other.

Continuing with the “new year better you” theme, Jim outlines 5 specific areas of growth to help us in our recovery or just to lead a more flourishing life.

You’ll Learn:

1. We are made by God as Body – Mind – Spirit and we must take care of each area.

2. Our brains are only as good as what we fill them with.

3. The new year is a great time to reflect on which relationships need healing or renewal.

In this episode, Jim provides 5 practical tips to start the year with a ” new you” attitude and outlook. These simple, but by no means easy tips can guide us to better recovery and simply be a means to help us become the sons and daughters of a loving Father which God intends.

Takeaways:

1. Don’t expect someone else to save you

2. Foster a commitment to excellence

3. Choose happiness

Advent is a season of hope, and in this episode, Jim and Keith break open scripture to discuss St. Joseph, his faith, his likely fear and how he had hope anyway.

Takeaways:

1. Sometimes we just have to ” show up” even when we feel afraid or anxious

2. Faith can sustain us if we trust the Father in good times and bad

3. Look forward to starting anew this Advent and each day in Christ

In this episode Jim and Fr. Hoffa discuss the Pope’s recent comments on pornography to seminarians as well as the very misdirected and incorrect response from a German priest.

Takeaways:

1. The spiritual attacks from pornography are real

2. Celibate life is a gift to be cherished

3. No one is immune from the addictive nature and harms of pornography

In this episode, Jim outlines why planning, goals and virtue development are so important in recovery. You’ll learn why it’s important to realize it’s not just one thing but a change of mindset and focus on priorities and values that help you on the recovery journey.

Takaways:

1. Simple but not easy steps to building Integrity

2. We need to turn failures into learning moments

3. We need to shift our mindset from the default find the “easy” thing to finding the harder more benfical thing