SPECIAL EPISODE: Hope, Healing, and Freedom (New Book Release)

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

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, Nick Stumbo and Ashley Jameson sit down to share the heart behind their new book, Hope, Healing, and Freedom. Written from their own journeys through pornography addiction and betrayal trauma, this book offers a deeply personal yet practical roadmap toward lasting recovery. They discuss why telling their story together matters, the reasons pornography has become such a widespread issue—even in the church—and how common misconceptions continue to keep people stuck in silence. Nick and Ashley unpack key concepts like connection vs. sobriety, the impact of betrayal trauma, and why quitting porn requires more than just willpower. With insights from both biblical truth and brain science, they highlight the kind of support and understanding both strugglers and spouses truly need. Whether you're on the road to recovery or walking with someone who is, this conversation offers powerful encouragement, real hope, and a vision for true freedom.

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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
0:10.6	podcast, your biblically based and clinically informed approach to healing from betrayal and breaking
0:16.2	free from compulsive sexual behaviors. Today is a special bonus episode and I'll tell you why in just a
0:24.0	minute, but here joining me as co-host for this special bonus episode is Mrs. Ashley Jameson.
0:30.9	Ashley, welcome back to the podcast. Hi, I'm always happy to be here, especially for this fun bonus episode
0:37.1	and what we have
0:38.7	to talk about today.
0:39.5	Yes. Do you want to announce why this is a special bonus episode?
0:44.5	Yes. We are announcing the release of our newest book, Hope, Healing, and Freedom, and
0:52.9	we get to unpack that today and talk about why we wrote it, what you'll take away
0:58.7	if you pick it up and read it and who it's for.
1:02.0	And yeah, just all things about the book.
1:04.8	So we're very excited to be able to have that out into the public now.
1:08.4	Yes, we are excited.
1:09.7	It feels like there needs to be like balloons and
1:11.6	confetti that go off because this has been a project we've been working on, I think, close to a
1:17.2	year now, compiling our stories and thoughts and adding some content from some of our coworkers.
1:22.3	And I won't get into the podcast is going to talk about the book, but I know we're just grateful to have this message out in the world and that people can pick it up at the Pure Desire
1:32.4	store. So it's an exciting day for us as co-authors, which I think is also a new thing for
1:38.4	pure desire, that they've never had co-authors, a male and female that weren't married,
1:43.6	writing a book. And we'll also talk
1:46.0	about why we did that in just a little bit. So with that, let's just jump into it. A question
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