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Episode 35. Unified: Overcoming Pornography Together

Episode 35. Unified: Overcoming Pornography Together

"It is necessary that the heroic becomes daily and that the daily becomes heroic."

~ Saint Zélie Martin

In this fallen world, there are particular evils that require the grace of God and the support of loved ones to overcome. Pornography certainly falls into this category. In the second half of the conversation about pornography, Pat & Kenna discuss the consequences that brokenness and addiction had for their marriage. They also recall key moments that led them to reconciliation and deeper intimacy.

Loving relationships, especially marriages, are the ones most affected by pornography and sin of any kind. And it's also true that loving relationships and marriages are one of the most powerful agents of healing on the path to recovery and wholeness. How can we restore a sense of unity and connection when hope seems lost in a relationship? How do we even begin to build trust when there has been so much betrayal? Join Pat & Kenna for this forthright conversation, and get ready to move toward authenticity and communion!

Show Notes

Two of the Good Pictures, Bad Pictures books to have healthy conversations with children about pornography

Hold Me Tight, a terrific book to help couples connect on a deeper level from the developer of Emotionally Focused Therapy

Challenge By Choice

Uniting with a loved one against a common threat

  • Consider a relationship that is facing a particular problem or sinful habit

  • Pay attention to the ways that you might be identifying your loved one as the “problem” or villain

  • How can you remove the “problem” from your loved one and identify the evil or sin itself as the problem?

  • How can you unite again the true problem WITH your loved one?