#57 - On Porn and Sex Addictions (Part II)

In this short but urgent episode, I share why I’ve chosen to leave Big Tech services like Google (among others) in light of their complicity in human rights violations and global injustices. As Muslims - and as human beings - we have a moral obligation to act. I’ve moved to Pr ...

Introductory episode to the new podcast series, "Voices from Beyond the Rainbow".

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A Stoic Handbook reader wrote in about pornography addiction, and I do my best to give it the careful answer it deserves. It is a nuanced subject and I try not to flatten it.Part of what makes it hard is that it is a continuum addiction, with no clean line marking when it becomes ...  Show more

On this episode, I dive into my history of porn addiction. How did it all start? How and why did I decide to recover from this? I also dive into the cycle of addiction and how habits are formed. Then I talk about the strategies to break this seemingly unbreakable cycle. 

Explore the prevalence of porn use, reasons people watch porn and the hidden power of porn Review the consequences of porn Identify 10 action steps to quit problematic porn use Learn about handling and preventing relapses Identify strategies for healing as a couple Learn mo ...  Show more

On this episode, I talk about my rollercoaster of a journey with pornography and how I recovered from it. What constitutes an addiction?How do you overcome something that you seem to have no control over? What is happening in the brain that keeps you stuck in this loop? How ca ...