Hello there, good listener. I am your host, Nick Stumbo, and you are listening to the

Pure Desire podcast, your biblically based and clinically informed approach to healing from

betrayal trauma and breaking free from all forms of compulsive sexual behavior. And whether

today is your first day in recovery or your 10,000th, we hope that this is a safe

place for you to hear conversations that you've maybe never been a part of before and that

this could be a tremendous support to your healing and recovery.

As we kick off a new year, we're doing a quick two-part series on how to start the year

off right.

And today is

episode 445. And joining me as co-host for this two-part series is the man, the myth, the legend, Mr. Rich

Rich, good to see you again. Good to be here again. Thank you. Yeah, I really enjoy some of these

series that we do that are kind of like coming back to the basics. It's a little bit of what are the things that we know are integral to recovery, but sometimes, you know, like we do in all areas of life, we can focus on the new, bright, shiny thing. Like, what about this? What about that? But at the roots, we've got to make sure we're using some of the foundational tools well. And that's what today is all about, was helping people think about their three circles tool. And in particular, that outer circle of recovery. Yeah, I think oftentimes when we learn about a tool from the beginning, it's like, oh, we did it, we kind of forget about it. So I think this is a great podcast that will just like, kind of go back to the basics like you said we've done some podcasts

early on about just basic group stuff so this is just a reminder if you haven't looked at your

three circles in a while probably a good thing to maybe take a look at it and then start editing it

you know make some changes yeah and if you're new to the podcast and that term three circles tools like what, what are they talking about? You're going to hear a lot more about it today. And it truly is a game plan to say, this is what my recovery can look like. And as we lean into those outer circle tools, that's where real transformation takes place. And I think we had the perfect guest for today's show. Josh

Andrew is one of our clinicians here at Pure Desire. And not only as he lived this himself and is

walking it out in his home and his marriage and with his kids, he gets to help many, many others in

recovery think through how do I craft a plan that will be more than just stopping a bad behavior,

but will be a new way of life,

which is something we talk about a lot.

So Josh knows firsthand the pain of feeling stuck in compulsive sexual behavior and the

freedom that's possible through healing.

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