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Porn Addiction and Emotional Numbness: How Disconnection from Your Body Keeps You Stuck
Discover how porn addiction creates emotional numbness—and how reconnecting with your body restores feeling, empathy, purpose, and long-term recovery.

Jake Kastleman
29 min read


Male Sexual Abuse, Shame, and Porn Addiction: A Recovery Roadmap with Dr. Doug Carpenter
Discover how childhood sexual trauma shapes masculinity, shame, and porn addiction—and learn a real recovery roadmap from Dr. Doug Carpenter and Jake Kastleman.

Jake Kastleman
41 min read


Mindfulness Over Willpower: Ending Porn Addiction Through Self-Awareness and Compassion — A Buddhist Approach to Healing Addiction and Shame
Discover how mindfulness—not willpower—can help you end porn addiction, release shame, and live with greater self-awareness, compassion, and freedom.

Jake Kastleman
50 min read


Mastering Your Emotions to Recover from Porn, Bond with Your Wife, and Defuse Relational Conflict
Learn how emotional intelligence can help you recover from porn, master your emotions, and transform marriage conflict into deeper love and connection.

Jake Kastleman
29 min read


Raising Kids with Fearless Sexuality: Teaching Sexual Wholeness Without Shame in a Porn-Filled World (with Taylor Chambers)
Learn how fearless, shame-free sexuality helps you and your kids build true integrity and freedom in a porn-filled world. With Jake Kastleman & Taylor Chambers.

Jake Kastleman
60 min read


Men’s Guide to Stopping Porn Urges: Mindfulness, Parts Work, and the RAIL Method
Struggling with porn cravings? Discover how to stop porn urges with the RAIL Method—a step-by-step framework using mindfulness, parts work, and masculine leadership to transform cravings into strength and freedom.

Jake Kastleman
34 min read


Why High-Achieving Men Get Addicted to Porn | How Emotional Intensity Drives Cravings—and How to Harness Your Perfectionistic Mind for Lasting Recovery
Discover why high-achieving men are more vulnerable to porn addiction, how emotional intensity fuels cravings, and practical strategies to turn perfectionism into lasting recovery.

Jake Kastleman
35 min read


What Your Sexual Fantasies Are Really Trying to Tell You | The Surprising Way to Heal Porn Addiction (with Drew Boa)
Discover what your sexual fantasies really mean—and how facing them with courage and compassion helps you outgrow porn addiction. With Drew Boa.

Jake Kastleman
47 min read


Why Positive Thinking Isn’t Enough to Beat Porn Addiction—And What Works Instead
Positive thinking won’t help you overcome porn addiction—in fact, it often makes recovery harder. Discover the psychology, neuroscience, and spiritual truth behind why toxic positivity backfires and the proven mindset shift that actually leads to lasting freedom.

Jake Kastleman
25 min read


How Negative Thinking Fuels Porn Addiction—Shame, the Brain and the Habit Loop
Discover how negative thinking drives porn addiction, rewires your brain, and keeps you stuck—and the first step to break free for good.

Jake Kastleman
17 min read


What Most Recovery Programs Miss | The Inner War That Keeps You Addicted to Porn—And How to End It
Most recovery programs miss the real problem: the inner war. Discover how to end porn addiction by healing your mind—not fighting yourself.

Jake Kastleman
33 min read


The Porn Trap: Why Pain, Not Pleasure, Keeps You Addicted
Porn addiction isn’t about pleasure—it’s about pain. Discover how to overcome porn by healing emotional wounds and building real connection that lasts.

Jake Kastleman
60 min read


My Real Rock Bottom—Years After I Got Sober | And How Obsession with Perfection Nearly Ruined My Recovery
Years after quitting porn, I hit true rock bottom—driven by perfectionism, shame, and control. Here’s how real healing finally began.

Jake Kastleman
43 min read


Self-Inflicted Sexual Trauma of Porn Addiction and Masturbation | Learning to Love Yourself Again So You Can Have a Healthy Sexual Relationship with Your Wife
You feel broken—ashamed of your body, afraid in the bedroom. But porn doesn’t get the final word. Learn how to overcome porn addiction and rebuild intimacy.

Jake Kastleman
24 min read


Why She’s Pissed Off & Turned Off—and How to Fix It | This Masculine Blueprint Is Helping Men End Porn Addiction and Save Their Marriages
She’s pissed off. She’s turned off. You’re lost and escaping into porn. Discover how GS Youngblood’s Masculine Blueprint can help you lead, connect, and heal.

Jake Kastleman
41 min read


The Subtle Lies That Keep You Relapsing | Exposing the Mental Traps and False Beliefs That Sabotage Porn Addiction Recovery
What if your relapses are the result of hidden mental traps running the show? In this episode, Jake uncovers the two core parts of your psyche that drive addiction: the inner critic and the escapist. Drawing on IFS therapy, somatic tools, and spiritual insight, you’ll learn how to respond to cravings with presence—not shame—and finally break the cycle.

Jake Kastleman
38 min read


Prevent Porn Cravings & Relapse Through Emotional Awareness Techniques | Simple Methods to Slow the Mind & Connect with Others
Learn to prevent porn cravings and relapse by practicing awareness of difficult emotions.

Jake Kastleman
44 min read
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