The Living Truth Podcast - Freedom From Unwanted Sexual Behavior, Hope & Healing For the Betrayed

What if lasting recovery is about far more than learning how to stop?

In this episode, Michael talks with brothers and therapists Tyler and Brandon—The Therapy Brothers—about what happens when men move beyond simply managing unwanted sexual behavior and begin recovering their true identity.

They explore why so many men lose themselves through shame, trauma, people-pleasing, fear, and the need for validation—and why becoming the “nice guy” isn’t necessarily the same thing as becoming a safe, trustworthy man.

The conversation dives into authentic masculinity, rebuilding trust after betrayal, facing the pain we’ve spent years trying to escape, and a powerful definition of integrity.

Tyler and Brandon also unpack why recovery isn’t merely a destination called sobriety. It’s an ongoing process of discovering who God created you to be, confronting the false beliefs that have shaped your life, and learning to live with courage, honesty, purpose, and strength.

 

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The Living Truth Podcast; Conversations that shed light on the deeper issues that unlock healing from porn addiction, sex addiction, and sexual betrayal.

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In part two of our conversation on betrayal trauma anger, Dr. Crystal Hollenbeck walks us through her seven-phase CALM model, developed from years of working with betrayed partners.

 

In this episode we cover:

• The crisis phase, where anger feels uncontrollable and out of character
• The awareness and leveling phases, where shame surfaces and self-care becomes essential
• The management and intuition phases, where deeper healing work and self-trust rebuild
• The normalization and grief phases, where anger settles into its place inside a larger story
• How the story of Job frames post-traumatic growth as evidence of restoration, not just endurance

 

Dr. Crystal Hollenbeck is a psychotherapist specializing in relationships, sex therapy, and trauma recovery, and the author of Betrayal Trauma Anger: You're Not Crazy, You're Angry, and You Should Be.

 

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The Living Truth Podcast: Conversations that shed light on the deeper issues that unlock healing from porn addiction, sex addiction, and sexual betrayal.

 

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Dr. Crystal Hollenbeck & Kristin discuss anger after sexual betrayal -- what it actually is, why it shows up the way it does, and what both partners can do with it.

 

In this episode we cover:

• A clear definition of betrayal trauma anger and why it is immediate and ongoing, not a one-time reaction
• Survey findings on self-blame, anger at God, and the physical toll unprocessed anger takes on the body
• How Ephesians 4:26 -- 'be angry and do not sin' -- reframes anger as something to process, not eliminate
• Concrete ways a betrayer can sit with a partner's anger instead of reacting to it
• The difference between reactive abuse and abuse, and why that distinction matters
• Why suppressing anger is just as harmful as exploding with it

 

Crystal is a psychotherapist specializing in relationships, sex therapy, and trauma recovery, and the author of Betrayal Trauma Anger: You're Not Crazy, You're Angry, and You Should Be.

 

Learn more about our programs: Living-truthLiving Truth, Women in the Battle, Men in the Battle | sex addiction

 

The Living Truth Podcast: Conversations that shed light on the deeper issues that unlock healing from porn addiction, sex addiction, and sexual betrayal.

 

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We often assume our children don't notice what's happening in our marriage during a season of betrayal. Most of the time, they already know more than we think.

In this episode with Elia Marcum, certified coach who specializes in walking families through supporting their children and teens through family rupture without placing adult burdens on them.

We cover:

• What kids and teens actually pick up on, even when we think we've hidden it well
• Age-appropriate language for young children, middle years, and teenagers
• Why some kids quietly become "the easy one" — and what that survival pattern costs them
• How to open the door for a child to share what they're carrying, without forcing disclosure
• What real repair sounds like once a child's trust has been broken

Healing in a family doesn't stop at the marriage. It reaches every relationship in the home — and it can begin again at any age.

 

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The Living Truth Podcast: Conversations that shed light on the deeper issues that unlock healing from porn addiction, sex addiction, and sexual betrayal.

 

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We are inundated with negative, objectifying messaging about our bodies in the church and by our culture. As a result, most of us live disconnected from our bodies. When we struggle with pornography, sex addiction, or experience sexual betrayal , many of us experience even more disconnection from our physical bodies and maybe even a load of shame about this vital part of who we are.

 

Dr. Dave Janvier is a licensed therapist, certified sex therapist, and spiritual director who works at the intersection of faith, neuroscience, psychology, and spiritual formation. What he brings to this episode may reframe almost everything you have been taught about your body, desire, and what God actually intended sexuality to be.

 

Kristin and Dr. Dave explore:

• What it means to be embodied — and why most of us, men and women both, are profoundly disconnected from our bodies
• How the church's legacy of body-shame and flesh-as-sinful thinking has deepened the very wounds it was trying to prevent
• The healing power of the ancient Hebraic understanding of a unified, integrated self
• Why sex addiction is, at its root, an intimacy disorder — and why acting out doesn't mean someone is too into their body; it means they're not embodied enough
• How betrayal trauma fragments the nervous system in specific, predictable ways — and what integration actually requires
• What scripture reveals about what God's design for sexuality and why sexuality and spirituality cannot be separated
• A live grounding practice you can use today, in your body, right now

Your body is not the enemy. It never was. And the path back to wholeness is more integrated, spiritual, and grounded in hope than you may have been told.

 

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The Living Truth Podcast: Conversations that shed light on the deeper issues that unlock healing from porn addiction, sex addiction, and sexual betrayal.

#LivingTruthPodcast #ChristianRecovery #FaithAndHealing #AddictionRecovery #MenInTheBattle #WomenInTheBattle #LivingTruth

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Connect with Dr. Dave Janvier :https://www.siimdasoulcare.com/

https://siimdasoulcarecourses.thinkific.com/

https://drdavejanvier.substack.com/