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The Virtual Couch

Kurt Francom Exec. Director of LeadingSaints.org on Being a Leader, Not a Calling, Using the Word "Addiction" and his Liberating Saints Virtual Pornography Recovery Summit

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

5643 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Kurt Francom, Executive Director of LeadingSaints.org (http://leadingsaints.org), started the non-profit nine years ago hoping to simply provide a few additional tools to help members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to become better lay-leaders in their church assignments (callings).  Now, over the past nine years of existence, Leading Saints has connected Latter-day Saints to leadership principles through podcast episodes, written articles, and virtual conferences reaching individuals around the globe. Kurt shares the inspiration that led him to start LeadingSaints.org (http://leadingsaints.org), some of the challenges that he's faced along the way. Kurt, more comfortable in the interviewer role having hosted, and produced over 330 podcast episodes himself at the time of this recording, then shifts roles and asks Tony Overbay questions about addiction, specifically relating to pornography, as a preview of Kurt's latest global training, Liberating Saints, an online conference designed to help Latter-day Saints, and non Latter-day Saints alike, support and lead those who struggle with pornography. You can learn more about LeadingSaints and the Liberating Saints Virtual Summit by visiting http://leadingsaints.org (http://leadingsaints.org) Tony's previous appearance on LeadingSaints.org (http://leadingsaints.org), "The Bishop's Strongest Tools to Help Addicts, An Interview with Tony Overbay" can be heard here https://leadingsaints.org/the-bishops-strongest-tools-to-help-addicts-an-interview-with-tony-overbay/ (https://leadingsaints.org/the-bishops-strongest-tools-to-help-addicts-an-interview-with-tony-overbay/) Visit http://tonyoverbay.com (http://tonyoverbay.com) and sign up to learn more about Tony's upcoming book: He's a Porn Addict, Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions. And you can find out more about Tony's pornography recovery program The Path Back by visiting http://pathbackrecovery.com (http://pathbackrecovery.com) The Virtual Couch is sponsored by http://Betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://Betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) Betterhelp.com is the world's leading provider of online therapy. Their mission is to make professional counseling accessible, affordable, and convenient, so anyone who struggles with life's challenges can get help, anytime, anywhere. Head to http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) for 10% off your first month of services.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch, I talk with my virtual best friend, Kurt Frankum.

0:05.1

Kurt is the executive director and chairman of the board of leading saints.org.

0:08.5

And Kurt is coming on to talk about his Liberating Saints virtual pornography summit,

0:12.7

which is an online conference that will help anyone who leads or those who struggle with pornography,

0:18.6

helping restore hope to others when all hope seems lost.

0:21.4

Find out that and more coming up on today's episode of The Virtual Couch.

0:33.9

Okay, more email feedback before we get to the show.

0:37.4

And this one is so good.

0:38.5

This one is my favorite.

0:40.0

I know we're not supposed to have favorites.

0:41.1

Each and every email is very important to me, just like all of my kids.

0:43.8

But you're going to like this one a lot.

0:45.4

It says Tony, and I did get permission from the author of this email.

0:49.2

Tony, therapy is like a bathroom in the middle of a long run.

0:52.1

They already have me right there. I've got plenty of stories about bathrooms in the middle of a long run.

0:55.9

But the person goes on to say, just wait to let you know you're making a difference in my life.

1:00.5

My wife first introduced me to your podcast a year or so during a rough period of time for both of us.

1:05.1

Discussing your episodes is broken the ice for so much needed conversations between us,

1:09.0

which I'm so grateful for.

1:10.1

I really am. Back to the

1:11.4

email. That alone has been amazing. I'm using BetterHelp, thanks to you. I live in a small town.

1:16.1

Let me just say, that would be BetterHelp.com slash virtual couch. Please, please go there.

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