Breaking Free: How a Mother of 7 Escaped a Sexually Abusive Marriage | Stacy Atherton | Ep. 167
Kindled Podcast | Truth and Grace, Boldly
Haley Williams
4.5 • 627 Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2021
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
WARNING: This episode is not for young ears OR those who may be triggered by stories of sexual abuse.
This is the story of one woman who escaped a sexually abusive marriage to a porn-addicted husband.
This episode outlines her story as well as highlights the devastating effects porn consumption has on an individual and, eventually, their family.
Stacy is a survivor, fighter and advocate for women and children who have endured abusive relationships. She speaks to many aspects of this conversation that most of us don't realize: appropriate physical touch, where abusers most often come from, how porn changes a person's brain and, if unchecked and unhindered, will enable them to objectify anyone and anything as an object of sexual pleasure.
She encourages the church to RISE UP and offers many good suggestions for ways to educate and protect your family and children.
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| 0:00.0 | I've rolled out uni because I want to live at home. |
| 0:02.5 | I've ruled out uni because I want to earn money. |
| 0:05.7 | I've ruled out uni because of my grades. |
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| 0:19.6 | Plus, you'll have the support of expert tutors. So rethink your |
| 0:23.6 | future with the degree you didn't think was possible share with you. |
| 0:56.0 | And Stacey is a mom of seven and a domestic and sexual abuse survivor. |
| 1:01.5 | I do want to let you know that the content of this episode is absolutely not safe for kids or any |
| 1:07.5 | young ears. And if you are triggered or a sexual abuse survivor yourself, you may |
| 1:15.3 | want to just skip this episode. It's so important to discuss, but I realize that based on people's |
| 1:22.8 | experiences, it may be more harmful for you personally to have to listen to an episode like this. |
| 1:28.0 | So obviously you use discernment with that. |
| 1:31.2 | But the reason I wanted to share Stacey's story was because what it reveals is just how dangerous porn really is to a marriage and to an individual's mental health and how the impacts that it has |
| 1:52.9 | on the individual and the family are far-reaching and devastating. I think that as we live in a |
| 1:59.6 | more and more highly and hyper-sexualized culture, |
| 2:03.7 | the reality of knowing porn exists, knowing that a lot of people watch porn on a regular |
| 2:08.4 | basis can perhaps cause people to start to maybe become desensitized and go, you know, |
| 2:14.5 | is it really that bad? What's the big deal if it's not harming anyone? |
| 2:30.3 | And Stacey's story is the why. The why I want you to hear of just why. It is absolutely devastating and critical that we prevent all of our loved ones from getting entangled in this snare and this |
| 2:37.5 | trap and especially protect our children from from its effects. So that's why I want to show |
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