Episode 150: Ask a Coach: The Reality of Learning New Skills
Does learning to process your urge to view porn feel so overwhelming that everything else in your life falls by the wayside? Why do all the other things that matter to you feel gargantuan when processing urges?
This is the question Coach Tina is addressing on this week’s Ask a Coach episode. Household chores, showing up to work, and friendships suddenly seem like enormous tasks, and this question asker is wondering what they can do when processing their urge to view porn feels unsustainable.
Tune in this week to hear how to balance the skill of processing urges with the other goals you’ve set for yourself. Coach Tina is offering what could be happening if learning to process your urges feels overwhelming, and how to take care of yourself so it doesn’t feel like everything is slipping out of your grasp.
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Episode 149: Ask a Coach: 5 Areas of Self-Care to Focus On
Jessica Farmer is back on the show to answer this week’s Ask a Coach question!
The question goes, “Do you have any tips on not getting fed up or burnt out from all the urge processing?” If you also feel completely tired and overwhelmed, or find yourself falling into resistance rather than allowing your urges to view porn, listen in to hear Jessica’s answers.
Hear why the practice of processing the urge to view porn might be resulting in extreme tiredness and overwhelm, how self-care makes processing urges easier, and Jessica’s insights on five areas of self-care you must prioritize in your day-to-day.
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Episode 148: Ask a Coach: All Emotions Have a Shelf Life
Do you feel more antsy in your physical body as you view less porn? Maybe you can’t stop bouncing your legs or find yourself constantly fidgeting, and maybe it’s leading to a strong urge to view porn so you can stop feeling so antsy.
This is the challenge posed by this week’s Ask a Coach question asker, and Jessica Farmer is on the show to offer her insights.
Join Jessica on this episode to hear her top tips for processing uncomfortable emotions, how all emotions have a shelf life, and the power of letting any emotion be present until it eventually dissipates.
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Episode 147: Ask a Coach: Rewriting Your Stories
Coach Kat is on the show to answer this week’s Ask a Coach question!
The question goes, “I feel like I’m in a bit of a rut. I got carried away with studying during post-grad, and I’m either slipping up or studying 24/7. How can I get back on track with processing urges?”
Join Kat on this episode to hear why you have to examine the stories you’re currently telling yourself, her suggestions for beginning to rewrite your stories, and her top tips for going on a treasure hunt for new thoughts that serve you on your journey of quitting porn.
The Podcast Roadmap is a guide to the key podcast episodes to listen to if you’re brand new to the show! It’s got 12 of the most important episodes to check out while we’re on a season break, and you can get this list in your inbox for free by clicking here!
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Episode 146: Ask a Coach: Thinking New Thoughts You Don’t Believe Yet
This week’s Ask a Coach question comes from someone who requested feedback on an intentional model. They put this model together to begin thinking new thoughts about their path to freedom from porn but have yet to fully believe in it.
Directing your thoughts on purpose is a key piece of healing from your pornography habit, but thinking about things we don't yet believe to be true can be extremely tricky. This person feels like they’re deceiving themselves with their model, and that’s why Coach Tina is on the show to share her thoughts on this question.
Listen in this week to hear the model that was submitted for this question, understand why the question asker feels more trapped than free in the process of thinking new thoughts about their porn habit, and Coach Tina’s answers.
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Episode 145: Ask a Coach: Your Compelling Reason
Coach Tina is on the podcast this week to answer your Ask a Coach question. This is a feature inside Overcome Pornography for Good where you can submit questions for coaching and get a personalized response from a coach on our team.
We have worksheets inside the program that our members can request feedback on. This week's question comes from someone who had a question in the commitment milestone worksheet about finding their compelling reason for wanting to quit porn. This person isn't convinced that their compelling reason is strong enough, and Tina is offering her thoughts.
Tune in today to hear why finding your compelling reason for quitting porn is essential, what happens when you use unhelpful emotions to drive your actions, and how to find your own compelling reason for why you might want to quit porn for good.
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Episode 144: Ask a Coach: Shame vs Guilt
Overcome Pornography for Good coach Jessica Farmer is here to answer this week’s Ask a Coach question!
Here's the question on which she's offering her thoughts today: “I watched porn after being clean for six months. I feel a bit disappointed and shameful on one hand, but also feel guilty for not feeling guilty enough. Do you have any thoughts on what it looks like for me to come back from this?”
Join Jessica on this episode as she walks you through how to investigate what “feeling guilty enough” means to you, why it’s always worth challenging your brain on anything it offers, especially if it’s unhelpful, and the difference between the emotions of shame and guilt.
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Episode 143: Ask a Coach: The Fear of Missing Out
Our Overcome Pornography for Good coach, Kat, is on the show this week to answer today’s Ask a Coach question!
The question she’s addressing is, “I realized that a part of me doesn’t want to let go of this habit yet, like there’s FOMO if I remove this habit from my life. How can I get my brain to stop fearing the idea of my new identity?”
Join Kat on this episode to hear why this is a completely normal reaction to have, and a simple exercise you can try when you catch yourself in fear of missing out or resisting the idea of who you’re becoming as you overcome pornography.
The Podcast Roadmap is a guide to the key podcast episodes to listen to if you’re brand new to the show! It’s got 12 of the most important episodes to check out while we’re on a season break, and you can get this list in your inbox for free by clicking here!
If you’re ready to do this work and start practicing unconditional commitment...
Episode 142: Ask a Coach: The Shame of Slipping Up
We are currently on a podcast season break and regular podcasting will resume January 1st 2024! While we’re on a hiatus, we are still going to be bringing you brand new content every single week by sharing an Ask a Coach Q&A from me or one of our coaches inside Overcome Pornography for Good.
The first question from Ask a Coach I’ll be answering on this week’s episode is all about processing the shame that comes from feeling like you’ve made progress and checked all the boxes, and yet, you’ve still slipped up and viewed porn.
Listen in today to hear my answer to the question of slipping up and processing the shame that comes from feeling like you’ve failed. I’m showing you why slipping up doesn’t mean you’re not progressing, and the importance of not discounting the work you’re doing, even if it isn’t manifesting right away.
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Episode 141: Season Break & Suffering vs Pain
Over 141 episodes of the podcast, we’ve covered tons of helpful topics for helping you quit viewing pornography. So we’re taking a short break, which is the perfect time for you to put into practice everything you’ve learned over the years. In this episode, the topic we’re covering is one of the things I want you to keep in mind during this season break: suffering versus pain.
It’s great to understand in your head conceptually what it takes to heal, but when you’re doing the work and implementing it in your life, everything starts to change. I’m bringing you this concept of suffering versus pain in the hopes that you can take your understanding of this concept to the next level.
Tune in this week to discover the difference between suffering and pain. I’m showing you where your suffering is really coming from, why suffering is not worse than pain, and what you can do to stop your suffering. We’re taking a three-month break from...
