435 - Women's Voices: Rebuilding Trust and Safety After Betrayal w/ Dr. Jill Manning

Pure Desire Podcast

Pure Desire Ministries

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

4.8 • 750 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this compelling episode, we sit down with Dr. Jill Manning, a leading expert in betrayal trauma whose groundbreaking research has brought critical awareness to the emotional toll of pornography use within intimate relationships. She shares her journey into this deeply personal and often misunderstood field, shedding light on the unique dynamics of betrayal trauma and its profound impact on partners and marriages. We’ll discuss valuable insights into the most important findings from her work, common misconceptions that hinder healing, and the often-overlooked emotional responses betrayed partners experience. We explore therapeutic separation, cycles of distrust, and practical steps for fostering healing—both individually and as a couple. Whether you're a clinician, spiritual leader, or someone walking the path of recovery, this episode offers both clarity and compassion. Join us for a powerful conversation that aims to restore hope, support deeper understanding, and encourage lasting healing after betrayal.

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0:00.0	Hello, hello there, good listener. I am your host, Nick Stumbo, and you are listening to The Pure Desire podcast.
0:11.3	Your bivocally based and clinically informed approach to healing from betrayal and breaking free from compulsive sexual behaviors.
0:18.8	Today is episode 435 and here joining me as my co-host for this
0:23.5	series is Ashley Jameson. Ashley, good to see you again. Great to be here. Always happy to co-host.
0:31.2	Yes, and I think this series in particular is going to be a highlight and so appropriate to have
0:36.5	you on because here in this month,
0:38.4	we really wanted to focus on women's voices and elevating women's voices in recovery and
0:44.4	the healing sphere. And I know we have lots of women guests on and we've had you and Heather
0:48.3	and other women as co-hosts of the podcast, but this still seems to be in many ways an area that we think of
0:56.1	or that maybe our society and the church at large think of as a men's issue and we need
1:02.0	to help the men and it's a men's area.
1:04.3	And we still, I think in some ways, are seeing a gap in the resources and voices that
1:08.7	are there for women.
1:09.8	And that's why we focused on it for this
1:12.0	month. And today was a real highlight to have someone we've looked up to and respected for a long
1:16.8	time, but never gotten to hear from. And that is Dr. Jill Manning. And so Ashley, tell us a little bit
1:22.3	about what listeners can expect from today's conversation. There's very few people that I sit and listen to where I want to take notes, and I'm just
1:32.5	going to let the listeners know to get their notepad out because I actually had so many
1:37.5	notes I jotted down from listening to her.
1:39.8	She's just full of information, sharing research results and her own experiences working as a therapist.
1:50.0	Her little acronyms and her one-liners are gold.
1:54.0	I think they're mantras that we can repeat over ourselves if we find that one sticks with us.
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