264. Breaking the Cycle of Repetitive Thoughts
Overcome Pornography for Good
Sara Brewer
4.9 • 729 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Are you tired of feeling stuck in the same thought loops that seem to run on repeat, no matter what you do? Many of the thoughts that cause distress or lead you back to old habits aren’t actually problems that need solving. In this episode, I revisit a powerful concept that can completely change how you relate to your mind and help you stop letting repetitive thoughts dictate your behavior.
I explain why thoughts often keep showing up simply because they’ve been practiced for years, not because they are true or important. This episode will help you break the cycle of repetitive thinking, reduce self-judgment, and approach your thoughts in a way that supports real change, both in quitting pornography and in everyday life.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Overcome Pornography for Good Podcast, episode 264. |
| 0:06.5 | Welcome to the Overcome Pornography for Good podcast where we take a research-based, trauma-informed, and results-focused approach to quitting porn. |
| 0:17.3 | This approach has been revolutionary and changed thousands and thousands of lives. |
| 0:22.8 | I'm your host, Sarah Brewer. |
| 0:26.5 | Hey everyone, welcome to Overcome Pornography for Good. |
| 0:30.0 | In today's episode, I'm revisiting a topic that I believe will offer you so many insights, |
| 0:34.7 | some amazing takeaways, no matter where you are in your journey. I hope you find |
| 0:39.7 | it as impactful as when it first aired. It's always an amazing thing to revisit some of these |
| 0:44.9 | topics that we need to hear multiple times. Or if you haven't heard it before, I'm excited for you to |
| 0:50.0 | hear this. So welcome and let's dive in. So you are not your thoughts. I recently heard a story |
| 0:57.9 | and I loved it and I just has stuck with me and I've been thinking about it so much. This woman was |
| 1:02.9 | talking about going to a meditation retreat. It was like a 10 day silent retreat. |
| 1:09.6 | Someday I'm going to do that, but that sounds pretty daunting to me, 10 days of a silent |
| 1:13.6 | meditation retreat. |
| 1:14.5 | And what she noticed is that she kept thinking the same things over and over and over again. |
| 1:22.6 | And so, right, the point of meditation isn't necessarily to stop all thinking, but it's to notice |
| 1:29.6 | when you're thinking and learn the discipline to bring it back to what you want to focus on, |
| 1:38.6 | observe the thoughts without really diving into them, right? |
| 1:41.9 | So she noticed how her brain kept going to, |
| 1:45.6 | what am I going to wear tomorrow? |
| 1:47.0 | What am I going to wear tomorrow? |
| 1:48.7 | What am I going to wear tomorrow? |
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