413 - Anchored in Hope: A Conversation with Dr. Sheri Denham Keffer

Pure Desire Podcast

Pure Desire Ministries

Sexual Addiction Recovery, Religion & Spirituality, Celebrate Recovery, Sexuality, Porn Recovery, Porn Addiction Recovery, Health & Fitness, Aa, Education, Betrayal Trauma, Recovery, Biblical Recovery, Christian Recovery, Healing, Sa, Christianity, Self-improvement

4.6 • 682 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In this powerful and deeply compassionate episode, Dr. Sheri Denham Keffer joins us to explore the theme Anchored in Hope—a lifeline for those navigating the stormy waters of sexual betrayal, trauma, and addiction. With wisdom drawn from years of walking alongside individuals in pain, Dr. Sheri unpacks how rediscovering our true identity in Christ fosters self-awareness, ignites healing, and grounds us in a hope that endures—even when it feels out of reach. We dive into practical steps for reconnecting with hope during the darkest moments, how to support loved ones in their recovery without minimizing their experience, and what it looks like to break free from cycles of shame and brokenness. Dr. Sheri also shares stories of powerful transformation and trust restored through the choice to hope again. Whether you're on a healing journey yourself or supporting someone who is, this episode offers rich encouragement and insight—and a compelling reason to attend the upcoming Pure Desire Summit.

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0:00.0	Hello there, good listener. I am your host, Nick Stumbo, and you are listening to The Pure Desire
0:09.5	podcast, your biblically based and clinically informed approach to healing from betrayal and
0:15.0	breaking free from compulsive sexual behaviors. Today is episode 413, and here joining me as my co-host throughout this series that we're
0:24.5	calling the Summit speaker series. This is our first of four highlighting all of the speakers that
0:29.6	will be on the main sessions for the summit. Joining me as co-host for this series is Ashley Jamison.
0:35.8	Ashley, welcome back. Hello. I'm happy to be back here still again.
0:41.1	Yeah, it is exciting that we are starting to promote the summit because that means it's not too far away and that is such a highlight for us.
0:49.8	Yeah, we have a killer lineup, I think, of speakers. I'm, I might be more excited about this summit than I ever have been because as we bump shoulders with other people in the field and colleagues and network, we, we get to learn a little bit more of people's heart and their personality and their personal stories along with the work that they do.
1:11.9	And I think that's the case for, you know, our three main speakers this year that we
1:16.8	really know their heart behind things. And so I'm so excited for this year.
1:22.4	Yeah. Do we bump shoulders with other people or rub shoulders?
1:25.5	Rub shoulders.
1:26.9	Okay. I'm just kind of a little mixed metaphor there.
1:31.3	Right.
1:31.9	You know what you may.
1:32.8	Shoulders might be okay.
1:35.0	I'm the queen of mixed metaphors.
1:36.8	Probably in today's day and age it would be safer to, you know, bump someone's shoulder
1:40.1	than they, you know, they might not appreciate you rub their shoulder.
1:42.8	Like, okay, step back a little bit.
1:45.3	True.
1:46.0	Today, as you're mentioning, this is a speaker that gets recovery.
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