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Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
Break free from pornography and rebuild the trust in your relationship. Hosted by licensed marriage therapist Sam Tielemans, Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction is your go-to podcast for overcoming porn addiction, restoring emotional and sexual intimacy, and healing after betrayal trauma in your marriage. Each episode offers practical tools, relationship advice, and real stories of men and couples navigating the path of porn recovery and restoring your marriage. Whether you’re just…
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- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
212: She’s Flooded. He's Trying. Nothing Is Working. Here’s What to Do Next.
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and building a plan to overcome pornography use? Click here to book a free call with Sam to get help to…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
211: The Carrot or the Stick - How to Bring Her Wall Down Without Pressure
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and building a plan to overcome pornography use? Click here to book a free call with Sam to get help to…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
210: A Simple Tool Anyone Can Use to Reduce Urges: Interview with Jeremy Lipkowitz
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and building a plan to overcome pornography use? Click here to book a free call with Sam to get help to…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
209: You Feel Pressure to "Do Better" But You Don't Have a Plan – Steal Mine
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and building a plan to overcome pornography use? Click here to book a free call with Sam to get help to…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
208: "If He Relapses Again, I'm Done." (How to Protect Your Marriage the Right Way)
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and building a plan to overcome pornography use? Click here to book a free call with Sam to get help to…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
207: The One Conversation That Rebuilds Security After Betrayal After Pornography Use
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and building a plan to overcome pornography use? Click here to book a free call with Sam to get help to…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
206: How To Stop Self-Sabotage So You Can Quit Pornography and Repair Your Relationship
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and building a plan to overcome pornography use? Click here to book a free call with Sam to get help to…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
205: Can She Really Know If He’s Not Struggling With Porn Anymore? Look For This.
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and building a plan to overcome pornography use? Click here to book a free call with Sam to get help to…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
204: He Quit Porn — But the Marriage Still Feels Broken (here's what to do)
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and building a plan to overcome pornography use? Click here to book a free clarity call with Sam –…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
203: Live Session: The Best Tools to Help You Resolve Triggers and End the Arguments
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and building a plan to overcome pornography use? Click here to book a free clarity call with Sam –…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
202: The Only Plan You Need to Quit Pornography By the End of 2025
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and building a plan to overcome pornography use? Click here to book a free clarity call with Sam –…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
201: "Why Did You Do It?" How to Navigate the Hardest Question After Pornography Use
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and building a plan to overcome pornography use? Click here to book a free clarity call with Sam –…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
200: The Real Reason You Keep Struggling with Porn — And Why More Rules Won’t Help
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and building a plan to overcome pornography use? Click here to book a free clarity call with Sam –…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
199: You Don’t Need to Do Everything to Quit Pornography — Just This One Thing
Have questions you want me to address on future podcast episodes? Email me here: sam@healingcouples.org Get access to my trust building workshop: Rebuild Trust…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
198: If You Want Your Urges for Pornography to Go Away, Do This
Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and building a plan to overcome pornography use? Click here to book a free clarity call with Sam –…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
197: You’re Not Codependent — You’re Craving Connection (Here’s the Difference)
Is it really codependency… or are you just craving safety after betrayal? In this episode, Sam Tielemans, licensed marriage therapist and host of the Couples…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
196: Summertime: Visual Temptation Is Everywhere — Here’s How He Can Stay Grounded and Help Her Feel Safe
Summertime can be one of the hardest seasons for men working to overcome porn addiction, stay sexually grounded, and rebuild trust in their marriage. With more…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
195: Why Stress Triggers Porn Addiction — And How to Break the Pattern
Why Stress Triggers Porn Addiction — And How to Break the Pattern If you struggle with porn addiction and find yourself relapsing whenever life gets stressful…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
194: A Simple Way to Make Big Progress—In Solving Problems & Building Skills (pt. 3)
Welcome back! This is part three of a three-part series to help you make real progress on your healing journey. In the first episode, we talked about five key…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
193: 5 Relationship Skills You Need to Repair the Damage and Find Closure (pt. 2)
In today’s episode, we’re diving into five essential skills that will help you and your partner heal and grow after being impacted by pornography use. If…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
192: 5 Core Skills You Need to Overcome Pornography For Good (pt. 1)
Struggling with porn use isn't about who you are—it's about the approach you've been using. Fighting urges after they appear is too late. The key is learning…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
191: When His Sexual Desire Goes Down as He Becomes Free From Pornography (and tools to rebuild your sexual relationship)
Today we're talking about something couples rarely discuss: when a husband's interest in sex drops after he stops using porn. For wives, this can feel very…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
190: My Simple 3 Step Framework to Resolving Triggers and Ending Relapse Cycles For Good
In this episode, I'll show you my easy three-step plan to help you stop watching porn for good. Many people think they just need to try harder to resist urges…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
189: We Rewired John's Subconscious Mind to No Longer Desire Porn (in 44 minutes)
I'm excited to share something special with you today - a real-life deep dive session with John where we uncover the root cause of his pornography struggle and…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
188: Jacob Success Story – From Daily Struggles to Not Thinking About or Battle Urges at All Anymore
Jacob used to struggled daily with pornography and fantasy, but now he's completely free and feels good about himself again. In the episode, we talk about the…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
187: How to Overcome Pornography Use When You're Overwhelmed and Don't Have a Lot of Time
Feel like you're fighting an impossible battle - trying to overcome pornography while juggling an already overwhelming life? After thousands of therapy…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
186: Will Sad and Painful Days in Our Marriage Get Better? Yes, If You Follow This Blueprint
When pornography appears in a relationship, it hurts both people deeply. For wives, the pain and betrayal can feel like being trapped in an endless storm -…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
185: She Thinks If She Was Enough, He Wouldn’t Have Watched Pornography (you need to hear this)
Not Being "Enough": Healing After Sexual Betrayal When a wife discovers her husband's porn use or infidelity, one thought cuts deeper than all others: "I…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
184: Rob's Success Story: How He Went From Almost Divorced to No More Triggers and Urges
Have you ever felt trapped in a cycle that seemed impossible to break? For Rob, porn became more than just a habit – it was an escape hatch from feelings of…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
183: Fundamental Steps to Repairing Your Marriage After Discovering Pornography Use
When Pornography Breaks Your Marriage: First Steps to Healing Finding out about a porn addiction feels like your world has shattered. One moment everything…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
182: Is Porn Addiction Just Part of Who I Am? Do This and It Won’t Be
Breaking the "Try Harder" Trap: A New Approach to Quitting Porn Maybe you've said to yourself, "This time will be different." You delete the apps, block the…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
181: When Repair Conversations Fail: He Gets Defensive, Sounds Robotic, and is Unemotional
When Healing Conversations Go Wrong – When pornography damages a relationship, couples need to talk about the pain to heal. But these conversations often hit a…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
180 Success Story: Tyler's New Approach to Ending His Porn Use In Just A Few Months Without Anxiety and Self-Punishment
A Story of Freedom: From 20-Year Struggle to Success Meet Tyler, a man who fought pornography addiction for over two decades. Like many, he worried this…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
179: Critical Advice For Men Who Aren't Free From Porn For 90 Days Yet
The 90-Day Freedom Trap: A Critical Warning If you've been trying to quit pornography but can't stay free for more than 90 days, there's a crucial mistake you…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
178: 3 Safety Indicators When It’s Hard For Her to Believe He’s Telling the Truth
Trust Once Broken: How She Can Know He's Really Changed? When pornography breaks trust in a relationship, it creates a painful pattern. He promises he's done…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
177: 5 Mistakes to Avoid if You Want to Quit Pornography in 2025
Think about what pornography takes from your life - it's like a heavy fog that clouds everything. It steals your focus, drains your confidence, fills you with…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
176: Why Quitting Pornography Has Felt Hard (and 3 practical strategies that make it much easier)
Imagine being stuck in a cycle that seems impossible to break: trying to quit pornography, doing well for a while, slipping up, hurting your partner, and…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
175: When He Doesn’t Talk About His Urges, She Thinks He’s Just Hiding Them
Picture a relationship caught in a painful cycle: He struggles with pornography, she puts up walls to protect herself. Things get better for a while when he…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
Mini Episode 3: A Proven Strategy to Rebuilding Trust After Pornography Use
Rebuilding trust after pornography use damages it can feel impossible. Many couples struggle to know where to start when their relationship feels broken…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
174: Don’t Suppress Urges, Here’s How You Can Use Them to Overcome Pornography Use
Have you ever felt trapped by urges that seem impossible to control? Many people struggling with pornography feel like these moments are scary and…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
Mini Episode 2: Understanding Emotions Can Shortcut the Healing Process
One of the most important steps in this process for husbands and wives is to better understand their emotions. Many people ignore or suppress them, but this…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
173: Improving Sexual Intimacy When There's Been Damage By Pornography Use
Sexual intimacy is one of the biggest things that is damaged when their wife discovers her husband pornography use. It can be scary for her to be intimate…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
Mini Episode 1: If You Struggle With Repeated Setbacks, Do This
Welcome to today's first mini episode! I'm testing something new and am going to do a podcast that's less than 5 minutes long that gives you a specific tool to…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
172: When He Starts Making Progress, She Gets Scared He’ll Fall Back
Sometimes when a husband is making good progress personally and in the relationship, his wife has fears and doubts: “How can I know that he’s telling the…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
171: One Step 100 Times vs 100 Steps – The Few Skills That Matter For Progress on Self and Marriage
In this episode, I reflect on a powerful moment from a couples counseling session where a wife expressed feeling overwhelmed by the journey ahead. I shared a…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
170: 3 Step Framework to Solve Problems in Your Marriage and Overcome Pornography
A lot of couples feel stagnant on this journey and don’t make the progress that they hope and it’s slow and discouraging. And what I’ve come to recognize as…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
169: Rebuilding Trust After Pornography Use (Assumed vs Acquired Trust)
When a relationship is damaged by pornography use and dishonesty, many couples wonder if it's possible to actually fully rebuild trust again. There are often…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
168: The Best Tool to End Fights Faster And Find Closure in Conversations
Are you and your spouse tired of arguing about the same thing over and over again? Are you feeling stuck not knowing how to find closure and repair the damage…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
167: Managing Urges and Triggers vs Being Free From Them
When a man struggles with porn pornography use, it can cause a lot discouragement and fear for both him and his wife. So many women live in constant anxiety…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
166: Success Story: Mike Finds Freedom after 30 Years of Struggling to Quit Porn
Mike struggle with pornography for 30 long years. The feelings of hopelessness and anxiety debilitated him at times because no matter what he did to quit, it…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
165: Why He Turned To Porn or Someone Else and Not His Wife - Explained
When pornography use is discovered in a relationship, it obviously has such a huge impact on a wife. Understandably, she takes it very personal. It makes her…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
164: Live Call: Overcoming Inadequacy, Shame, and Procrastination
Have you ever struggled with feelings of an adequacy or not being accepted? And has that been a trigger for you in the past that has led you down the path…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
163: How to Soften The Pain of Betrayal Due to Pornography Use
I once worked with a woman who was completely overwhelmed because her husband continued to struggle with pornography use. She was at her wits end. She felt…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
162: The Blueprint For When A Husband Can’t Break The Cycle of Pornography Use Every Few Weeks Or Months
It's very discouraging for both a husband and wife when a man gets stuck in the cycle of falling back into pornography. Use every few weeks or months. In this…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
161: 3 Relationship Pillars to Help Create Connection and Security
When pornography use is discovered in a relationship it undermines the very foundation and security. It often creates suspicion, fear, uncertainty, and a total…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
160: What If He Secretly Returns to Pornography? How She Can Know, And 5 Ways He Can Rebuild Security
One of the biggest fears that women have in this process is that her husband will return to pornography since she won't know about it. She’ll bring down her…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
159: Struggling to Quit Porn For Good? You're Likely Using the Wrong Tools (do this instead)
Have you ever wondered why you haven't been able to quit pornography permanently? Do you feel like you know the tools but just aren't using them in the moment…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
158: Success Story: How Kevin Eliminated Pornography Use As A Coping Mechanism
Many couples fear that it's not possible to eliminate pornography use from their lives. Men struggle for decades with urges and temptation without the right…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
157: Build Security Back Into Your Marriage With This Easy, Effective Approach
Many couples struggle with feelings of uncertainty and insecurity in their marriage. Years of deception and lying erodes the foundation of trust, and a lack of…
- Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction
156: Is It Possible to Quit Porn and NEVER Return Again? (…yes, here’s how)
Many men and women wonder if quitting porn is actually possible to do or if it's something that just needs to be managed for the rest of their life. The good…