070 Hope for Partners, Wives, and Girlfriends with Hope Ray

Porn Free Radio

Matt Dobschuetz

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.9 • 672 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2016

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

It's been 2 years of Pornfree Radio and this is a show unlike any other. On this episode we focus on partners. We discuss disclosures, coming clean, check-ins, and the partners' experience.

Counselor Hope Ray sits joins Matt for an informative discussion that will help both motivated guys who want to quit looking at porn and the partners who love them.
In this episode:

What and when to tell your wife
The disclosure process
What staggered disclosure is and why it's damaging
F.A.S.T.T. Check-ins

Hope Ray returns Monday, June 6th to answer your questions about recovery and relationships. Email [email protected] to ask a question.

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0:00.0	Porn Free Radio, Episode 70. Well, I can't believe it. This past week, we just celebrated two years of porn free radio.
0:08.9	Episode one launched April 29th, 2014. And I'm so excited. I mean, it's been a great couple of years. It's changed my life.
0:17.9	I totally have gone in a different direction than when I started a couple years ago.
0:22.1	And it's all because of you and really your commitment to recovery and your commitment to
0:28.8	really digging in and taking action. That's been the thing that's been keeping us going.
0:35.1	And today's episode's going to be unlike any episode we've ever done
0:38.8	before. The reason why it's going to be focused specifically on partners. And partners are those
0:44.7	supportive people in our life, the wives, the girlfriends, spouses who are supporting our
0:51.7	recovery. We're going to talk specifically about their experience.
0:55.8	We're going to talk about what and when to tell them the process of disclosure,
1:01.5	and we're going to talk about what kind of resources are available for them.
1:05.7	So it's specifically aimed at partners.
1:08.7	And to get this right, I'm bringing on Hope Ray. This will be our first
1:13.0	therapist who comes on. And she works specifically with partners and complex partner trauma. And just
1:20.2	the whole connection of partners to those of us in recovery. So I can't wait to get started.
1:30.3	This is Hope for partners.
1:41.3	Welcome to Porn Free Radio. This is the podcast where motivated guys who want to quit looking at porn, get hope, and take action. Even if you feel lost right now or out of control, you can recover and live a meaningful life,
1:47.7	free from shame and full of love.
1:51.2	Now here's your host, coach and podcaster Matt Dobschutz.
1:58.4	All right, welcome back.
2:00.4	This is the podcast for motivated guys who want to live 100% porn free.
2:06.7	And I'm so excited to join me today. I get a ton of questions specifically about wives, what to tell your wife, how to deal with your wife, how to help your wife,
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