During the holidays, "families" can be both an opportunity AND a challenge! Family interactions can support us on our paths of recovery...

It's SO easy to "go off the self-care rails" during the Holidays! If we're not careful, we can tend to use as an excuse for laziness,...

The holidays are a time for MAJOR EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS—good and bad. In fact the Holidays are intended and designed to elicit intense...

It's very natural and legitimate to have certain expectations in our marriage relationship. And we NEED healthy boundaries in order to...

In their own addictions, recoveries and healing, and working with people all over the world, Mark and Steve have come to understand an...

With so many dominant influences from Hollywood, the mainstream media, pornography and the role models we were raised with, there's a LOT...

In this episode, Mark and Steve come from a very heart-felt place in speaking to the women who may find themselves "stuck in the pain of...

Mark and Steve produced this episode in response to a PBSE listener's question— Hi Guys! Would it be possible to talk about entitlement...

This episode starts with Mark and Steve getting super raw about how lying was a big part of their addiction years and early recovery. - ...

Mark and Steve get personal and talk about how, for much of their lives, they lived in "victim mode" and ran around spouting off cliches...

In this episode, Mark and Steve talk raw and real about their personal "God journeys"—how God operated in their lives BEFORE recovery and...

When things have been going well for awhile in addiction recovery and betrayal trauma healing, there can be a temptation to relax the...

We live in a culture that can easily tend to make physical/sexual attraction the "be all, end all," in marriage relationships. In this...

Our most DIFFICULT conversations can also be the most CONNECTING! In this episode, Mark and Steve get raw and real about WHY we avoid...

Porn addiction, Betrayal Trauma and other challenges can plunge us hopelessly into a seemingly perpetual pattern of Negative Relationship...

It's natural to avoid pain--that protection mechanism is built directly into the human brain. BUT, "pain avoidance" often creates and...

In this episode, Mark and Steve address the questions and concerns of one of the PBSE podcast listeners. As the spouse of an addict in...

What happens when there is a "Pornography Addiction Relapse"? The Fallout of Relapse— For the Addict: Hopelessness, shame, resignation,...

- Learn how to “let go” of Your Spouse’s Healing. - Instead of focusing on what she is or is not doing—put all your energy into YOUR...

Addiction and Betrayal Trauma can easily plunge us into the "Victim Trap"! In this dark place, it is nearly impossible to progress on our...