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Two sex addicts in long-term successful recovery are ALSO world-class Counselors who specialize in porn and sex addiction recovery. Drawing on 40 years of combined personal and professional experience, Mark and Steve get RAW and REAL about HOW to overcome addiction, heal betrayal trauma and save your marriage. If you're struggling with addiction—we get it. Recovery is hard. We've been there. We'll help you take the fight to your addiction like never before. If you're married to an addict—we KNOW what it's like to nearly destroy a marriage! We'll help you understand the world of your husband's addiction and begin healing your betrayal trauma, regardless of what he decides to do. You don't have to stay stuck. You don't have to keep suffering. We've made all the mistakes so you don't have to. Take back your life. Take back your marriage. Let's do this together! This is the PBSE podcast.

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The NECESSITY of Community in Recovery & Healing for Addicts and Betrayed Partners

MAR 30, 2026

The NECESSITY of Community in Recovery & Healing for Addicts and Betrayed Partners

In Episode 326, we highlight the critical truth that both addiction and betrayal trauma are fueled by isolation and secrecy, making community an essential part of the healing process. Addicts often withdraw due to shame and fear of judgment, while betrayed partners frequently feel alone, confused, and unable to share their reality with others. This shared isolation deepens pain on both sides and reinforces destructive cycles. However, when individuals step into a supportive recovery community...

40 MIN

Why Does My Heart Keep Moving Further Away . . . Even Though He’s Finally Trying?!

MAR 23, 2026

Why Does My Heart Keep Moving Further Away . . . Even Though He’s Finally Trying?!

Episode 325 centers on a betrayed partner who feels increasingly disconnected from her husband, even though he has recently begun making genuine recovery efforts. After ten years of repeated cycles of acting out, partial truth, gaslighting, and temporary repair, her nervous system has adapted to expect instability and harm. When full disclosure revealed that she had only known a fraction of the truth, it shattered her sense of reality and safety. As a result, her emotional distancing is not i...

43 MIN

Can I or We ever Heal from his Trickled Truths, Multiple D-Days and Ongoing Lies?!

MAR 16, 2026

Can I or We ever Heal from his Trickled Truths, Multiple D-Days and Ongoing Lies?!

Many betrayed partners face the heartbreaking experience of trickle truth—when pieces of the truth about sexual betrayal emerge slowly over time instead of all at once. In this episode (324), we respond to a partner who experienced an initial discovery day involving pornography and prostitution, supported her husband’s recovery efforts, and went through formal disclosure, only to later discover evidence that he had lied during that process. The result was another devastating discovery day tha...

43 MIN

Can Someone Who Lived a Secret Sexual Life for 40 Years Ever be Truly Sober?

MAR 10, 2026

Can Someone Who Lived a Secret Sexual Life for 40 Years Ever be Truly Sober?

In this episode (323), we address a heartbreaking submission from a betrayed partner who discovered that her husband of over forty years had been living a secret sexual life throughout their entire marriage. After decades of pornography use, strip clubs, and paid sexual encounters—hidden behind a carefully managed public image—she now finds herself asking the question many partners face after long-term betrayal: Can someone who has lived a double life for decades ever truly change? We begin b...

55 MIN

Relationship Healing Lives or Dies on "Consistent Transparency!"

MAR 3, 2026

Relationship Healing Lives or Dies on "Consistent Transparency!"

(PBSE Episode 322) In relationships impacted by pornography or sex addiction, the greatest damage often comes not only from the betrayal itself but from the pattern of secrecy and withheld truth that surrounds it. Many betrayed partners find themselves repeatedly uncovering the truth through investigation rather than receiving honesty freely from their partner. Even when couples pursue formal disclosure and verification processes, it is often impossible to know the past with absolute certaint...

45 MIN