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Why You Can't Stop Porn Without Dealing With What's Underneath

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2598436/fan_mail/new] You've been fighting porn for years. Maybe decades. Accountability software, men's groups, therapy, streaks that fell apart. You're starting to wonder if something's fundamentally broken in you. Here's what nobody's told you: porn isn't the problem. It's what's on the surface. The real work is underneath. In this episode, I walk you through the four-part framework I use with every man I coach: Pain, Pressure, Pattern, and Path. You'll hear the story of a man who carried a wound for 26 years and what finally changed when he stopped fighting the symptom and started tending the root. If you're tired of white-knuckling your way through another failed streak, listen to this. **Take the Pressure Assessor:** https://rscky.com/pressure-lp **Learn more:** https://rscky.com

Why Are Celebrities Like Terry Crews and Billie Eilish Quitting Porn?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2598436/fan_mail/new] You've probably heard that quitting porn is a "Christian morality thing." But what if Terry Crews, Billie Eilish, Steve-O, and Pamela Anderson—people who don't all share a religious worldview—are all saying porn wrecked their relationships, escalated into something they didn't recognize, and left them more isolated than ever? In this episode, Michael and Nick unpack three things celebrities keep naming: porn turns people into objects, it escalates endlessly, and it cuts you off from real connection. If you thought you were alone in this, you're not. And if you've been trying to white-knuckle your way out, there's a deeper issue underneath. **Take the Pressure Assessor:** https://rscky.com/pressure-lp **Learn more:** https://rscky.com

Why Do I Keep Relapsing With Porn Even When I Say I'm Sorry?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2598436/fan_mail/new] You've said you're sorry. You've prayed. You've promised yourself you won't go back. And then you did. Again. If you keep relapsing even when you mean it when you say you're sorry, the problem isn't that you didn't try hard enough. The problem is that what you think repentance is might not actually be repentance at all. Michael and Nick walk through the difference between regret and remorse, rationalization and reliance—and what true repentance actually looks like for Christian men trying to quit porn. You'll learn why behavior change without relational repair is just another form of isolation, and why connection, not perfection, is the path forward. Take the Pressure Assessor - https://rscky.com/pressure-lp  Learn more - https://rscky.com

Porn Is a Trust Problem, Not a Lust Problem — What Sin Really Is (Part 1)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2598436/fan_mail/new] Most Christian men have been handed a definition of sin that sounds like this: sin is the bad things you do. A list. A rulebook. A scoreboard.  So the whole Christian life becomes a losing game of whack-a-mole — swinging at the behavior that popped up this week while something deeper keeps generating the next one.  In this episode, Michael and Nick unpack a definition of sin most men have never heard: sin is living in a state of reactive mistrust. Not a behavior problem. A trust problem. A soul quietly convinced that God isn't safe, isn't good, isn't enough.  Porn isn't the sin under the sin. Mistrust is. Porn is the fruit, not the root.  This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Part 2 unpacks what it looks like to walk forward in trust.   Take the free Pressure Assessor™ — rscky.com/pressure Book a free discovery call — rscky.com

The Mindset Shift That Gets Men Free From Porn for Good

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2598436/fan_mail/new] Most men trying to quit porn don't have a willpower problem. They have it backwards.  In this episode, Michael shares the story of Rob — a lifelong Christian, serving in ministry, hiding a porn addiction for 10 years. Not because he didn't try hard enough. Because he was trying to earn something that had already been given to him.  This is the mindset shift that most men miss. And it's the one that actually makes recovery possible.  In this episode:  * Why willpower-based recovery keeps failing you * The thing Rob got backwards — and how it kept him stuck for a decade * Peter walking on water and the 3 positions every man finds himself in on the recovery journey * What porn is actually promising you (and why your soul knows the difference) * The moment Rob's shoulders finally dropped — and what that means for you * Perfection vs. participation: the trick question that changes everything If you've been white-knuckling this for years and going nowhere, this episode is for you.   Ready to stop carrying this alone? Book a free call at rscky.com/get-started