Faithful & True Podcast
The Men of Valor Program is now The Faithful & True Podcast hosted by Dr. Greg Miller, Director of the Men’s Journey Workshops at Faithful & True, and co-host, Randy Evert. Our podcast is dedicated to helping men who are struggling with pornography and sexual purity issues and their wives who are struggling with betrayal.
290: Attachment Theory
How do your earliest attachment patterns shape the way you experience trust, intimacy, and connection today?
In this episode, Dr. Mark Laaser explores how attachment theory shapes the way we connect, trust, and relate—especially in the context of sex addiction, betrayal trauma, and marriage recovery. Learn how early attachment patterns influence emotional intimacy, relational pain, and the healing process, and discover how secure connection can become a pathway toward deeper recovery and posttraumatic growth.
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289: Measuring Your Progress
How do you measure your progress in recovery?
In this episode of the Faithful & True Podcast, Dr. Mark Laaser and Randy Evert explore what real progress looks like in sex addiction recovery. Learn how fantasies, rituals, secrecy, and shame fuel the addiction cycle—and how truth-telling, accountability, and healthy daily rituals can interrupt it.
This powerful conversation offers practical insight for men facing sex addiction or porn addiction and for couples pursuing healing, marriage recovery, and lasting change.
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288: Separation for Marriage Recovery
Can separation actually help heal a marriage after sex addiction, porn addiction, or betrayal trauma?
In this episode of the Faithful & True Podcast, Dr. Greg Miller, Randy Evert, and Debbie Laaser explore the concept of redemptive separation—a powerful, intentional step that can create space for healing, restore emotional safety, and support true marriage recovery.
If your relationship feels stuck in cycles of conflict, pain, or disconnection, this conversation offers hope and clarity on how separation—when done well—can lead to posttraumatic growth and a stronger future together.
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287: The Power of Rituals
Do you know your ritual before acting out?
In Part 2 of this powerful conversation on powerlessness, Dr. Mark Laaser explores the role of rituals, fantasies, and unmet needs in the cycle of sex addiction and porn addiction. Learn how the space between temptation and action is shaped—and how identifying underlying emotional needs can lead to real healing.
This episode offers practical insight for those navigating betrayal trauma, marriage recovery, and the journey toward posttraumatic growth. Discover how bringing hidden struggles into the light and developing healthy ways to meet core needs can break the cy...
286: Powerless, Not Hopeless
What if your fantasies aren’t the problem—but a message pointing to deeper, unmet desires of the heart?
In this week's podcast, listen to Dr. Mark Laaser as he discusses understanding your story, examining early experiences, and how engaging your thoughts with curiosity can lead to healing—not shame. This conversation offers hope for those navigating betrayal trauma, marriage recovery, and the path toward posttraumatic growth.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in cycles of behavior or wondered why change feels so difficult, this episode invites you to pause, reflect, and take the next right st...
285: The Sex Addiction Cycle
How well do you know the sex addiction cycle?
In this powerful episode of the Faithful & True Podcast, Mark Laaser unpacks the sex addiction cycle, revealing how shame, coping, and core beliefs drive patterns of sex addiction and porn addiction.
Discover how preoccupation, ritual, and acting out behaviors are fueled by deeper wounds—and why breaking the cycle requires more than just stopping behavior. This conversation offers hope for both men struggling with addiction and partners healing from betrayal trauma, pointing toward lasting marriage recovery and pos...
284: Safety Before Full Disclosure
What should couples do before a full disclosure in sex addiction recovery? In this episode, we explore why safety must come first—especially in the early days of discovery after sex addiction or porn addiction.
When betrayal trauma is fresh, emotions are intense, conversations feel endless, and both partners can feel overwhelmed and unsure of what to do next. While full disclosure is an important step in marriage recovery, rushing into it without proper preparation can actually cause more harm than healing.
In this conversation, we talk about:
Why wai...283: Navigating the Early Days
After the discovery of sex addiction or pornography addiction, couples often face difficult questions from friends, family, and their community. How much should you share? What boundaries are healthy? And how do you protect your relationship while you are still healing from betrayal trauma?
In this episode of the Faithful & True Podcast, Greg Miller is joined by Clinical Director Jim and Rebecca Dekkers to discuss how couples can navigate relational requests during the early days of discovery. They explore practical ways to set healthy boundaries, communicate honestly without oversharing, and protect the recovery process while rebuilding trust.<...
282: Let's Get Curious with Special Guest Jay Stringer
Why are we drawn toward behaviors we don’t truly want?
In this powerful conversation, Dr. Greg Miller sits down with author and therapist Jay Stringer, known for his groundbreaking work on unwanted sexual behavior and sexual addiction. Together they explore one of the most important principles in recovery: curiosity.
Rather than simply trying to stop behaviors like porn addiction, compulsive sexual behavior, or sexual acting out, this conversation invites a deeper question:
“Why do I do what I do?”
Jay...
281: Running to Recovery
Running to Recovery: What Training for a Marathon Teaches Us About Healing
What does training for a marathon have to do with recovery?
More than you might think.
In this episode of the Faithful & True Podcast, Dr. Greg Miller and Jim Farm explore the powerful parallels between long-distance running and the journey of recovery. From starting where you are, to building strength over time, to leaning into community when you don’t feel motivated—recovery, like running, is not about perfection. It’s about commitment.
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280: Types of Sex Addiction
Did you know there are different levels of sexual addiction?
On this week’s podcast, Dr. Mark Laaser discusses the multiple levels of sexual addiction, what they are, and how important it is to understand your own level of acting out.
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279: Check It Out
What assumptions are running through your mind right now?
Are they actually true — or are they simply stories you’ve been telling yourself?
On this week’s podcast, Dr. Greg Miller is joined by co-founder Debbie Laaser for an insightful conversation about how to stop assuming and storytelling — and start slowing down long enough to examine the narrative playing in your head and where it really comes from.
Tune in as they unpack practical ways to challenge your assumptions and gain clarity about the stories shaping your thoughts, relationships, and decisions.
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278: Guarding Your Heart
How do you guard your heart in recovery, a singleness season or while dating?
In this week's podcast, listen to Faithful & True's Clinical Director Jim Farm and Dr. Greg Miller as they discuss what it looks like to being a good steward when it comes to your own heart.
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277: Shame, Guilt and Conviction
What are the names you use when you talk to yourself—and how do they shape your recovery?
How can you tell the difference between shame, guilt, and conviction, and why does it matter?
In this week’s Legacy Series podcast, Dr. Mark Laaser and Dr. Greg Miller explore how these three experiences show up in our lives—and how understanding the difference can support healing, growth, and lasting change.
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276: Healthy Sexuality Series | Personal Dimension Pt. 2
How do you view sexual identity?
How did your childhood impact your
sexual health?
On this week’s podcast, Dr. Mark Laaser
continues in the Healthy Sexuality Series with Personal Dimension Pt. 2.
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275: Healthy Sexuality Series | Personal Dimension Pt. 1
What is your talent, gift, purpose and calling?
On this week's Podcast, Dr Mark Laaser continues in the Healthy Sexuality Series where he discusses the personal dimension in the road to recovery.
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274: The Importance of Truth Telling in Recovery
How do we learn to tell the truth after years of lying?
As an addict, learning to tell the truth is comparable to learning a new language, and it is crucial in recovery. In today’s podcast, listen to Dr. Greg Miller and David Delmonico as they discuss the importance of truth telling in recovery and how to successfully implement it.
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273: Healthy Sexuality Series: Relational Dimension Pt. 2
How important is the relational dimension to healthy sexuality?
Today on the Faithful & True Podcast, Dr. Mark Laaser returns to continue his discussion on the Healthy Sexuality Series. In this episode, he wraps up the relational dimension.
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272: Healthy Sexuality Series: Relational Dimension
What does healthy sexuality look like?
What role does our relationships play in healthy sexuality?
This week on the Faithful & True podcast, listen to Dr. Mark Laaser as he dives in to the Healthy Sexuality series and discusses the relational dimension.
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271: Surrendering in Recovery
What does it mean to surrender in recovery?
How do you surrender in recovery?
Today on the podcast, Dr. Greg Miller is joined with Faithful & True’s Elizabeth Hardesty.
Listen as they discuss the importance of surrendering to the process of recovery and what that looks like.
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270: Connections
How important are connection in recovery?
What connections are you making in your healing journey?
Today on the podcast, listen to Dr. Greg Miller and Faithful & True's Director of Connections Daniel Martinez as they discuss connections and Daniel shares his story.
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269: Porn addiction and the Church
As a pastor, where do you go when you need help?
Do you believe the church is in an epidemic?
Porn addiction is not just in the home, it is in the church as well. Listen to Dr. Mark Laaser and special guest Dustin Daniels as he shares his story of failure to victory, and the importance of God's purity for the church.
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268: Understanding Your Family Systems
What type of family system did you grow up in? How did your family system or church system affect you?
Today on this episonde, listen to Dr. Greg Miller and Jim Farm as they discuss the importance of understanding the family system you grew up in, and how it affected your life and relationships.
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267: Hula Hoop Health
Are you familiar with the hoops exercise?
Today on The Faithful & True Podcast, Dr. Greg Miller is joined by co-founder Debbie Laaser.
Listen as they dig deeper into understanding and working from our own hoops.
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266: The 7 Principles of Recovery | Part 7| Anger and Stating Your Needs
What does it look like to be angry in a healthy way?
Today on The Faithful & True Podcast, listen to part 7 of our Legacy Series where Dr. Mark Laaser and Randy Evert continue the series on the 7 principles of recovery.
On this episode, Mark and Randy talk about how to get angry, state your needs in a healthy way.
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265: Brittany & Anthony's Story
What are your beliefs about marriage?
Today on The Faithful & True Podcast, Dr. Greg Miller is joined by Brittany and Anthony Gonzalez as they share their story from hurt to healing.
Listen as they share their experience from dating to marriage, and the wisdom, insights, and lessons learned from their journey.
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264: Sow & Grow
How important is it to sow seeds of giving?
Healing comes at a cost, be it mental, physical and also financial. How can you help?
On this episode of The Faithful & True Podcast, listen to Greg Miller and Anthony Gonzalez as they discuss the upcoming event "Sow & Grow" and why its essential to help others.
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263: Triggers in Recovery
We can’t avoid all triggers, and we can understand and learn from them.
How should we react when triggered?
Today on the Faithful & True Podcast, listen as Greg Miller and Debbie Laaser share how to learn and steward the inevitable triggers in life.
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262: The 7 Principles of Recovery | Part 6 | Experiencing Fellowship in Community
What does it look like to experience fellowship in recovery?
Today on the Faithful & True Podcast, listen to part 6 of our Legacy Series where Dr. Mark Laaser and Randy Evert continue the series on the 7 principles of recovery.
On this episode, Mark and Randy talk about the importance of experiencing fellowship in recovery and what that experience looks like.
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261: The 7 Principles of Recovery | Part 5 | Accepting Responsibility & Making Amends
What does it look like to take responsibility and make amends in recovery?
Today on the Faithful & True Podcast, listen to part 5 of our Legacy series where Dr. Mark Laaser and cohost Randy Evert continue the series on the 7 principles of recovery. On this episode, Mark and Randy talk about the importance of taking responsibility and making amends in your recovery journey.
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260: The 7 Principles of Recovery | Part 4 | Character & Accountability
What does it look like to grow in character and embrace accountability in recovery?
Today on the Faithful & True Podcast, Dr. Mark Laaser & Randy Evert continue their Legacy series on the 7 Principles of Recovery. On this episode, listen to part 4 where they discuss character and accountability in recovery.
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259: From Surviving to Thriving | Freedom From Victim Mentality
What's holding you back?
Today on the Faithful & True Podcast, Debbie Laaser & Dr. Greg Miller unpack victim mentality, a mindset that can often prevent us taking the next step in recovery.
Listen as they share how you can move away from being a victim and instead learn to thrive.
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258: The 7 Principles of Recovery | Part 3 | Acknowledging Your Strengths & Weaknesses
Do you know what your strengths & weaknesses are?
Today on the Faithful & True Podcast, listen to part 3 of our Legacy series where Dr. Mark Laaser and Randy Evert continue to unpack the 7 principles of recovery.
On this episode, Mark & Randy discuss the importance of taking a fearless moral inventory in recovery.
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257: Gamification in Recovery: Finding the Motivation to Win
What if the same motivators that draw us to and keep us playing video games could also motivate us to level up in our recovery?
Today on the Faithful & True Podcast, Dr. Greg Miller is joined by Anthony Gonzalez, PSAP. Listen as they share about gamification in recovery.
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- https://yukaichou.com/gamification-examples/octalysis-complete-gamification-framework/
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256: Navigating Dating Relationships In Recovery
So you're in recovery AND you're dating...how much should you share with a significant other about your recovery? What does it look like to share in an effective way?
Today on The Faithful & True Podcast, Dr. Greg Miller & Jim Farm, LMFT, CSAT share how you can navigate the complexities of dating while in recovery.
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255: Thriving As A Single Person In Recovery
What does it look like to be in recovery and be single?
Today on the Faithful & True Podcast, Dr. Greg Miller & Jim Farm, LMFT, CSAT begin a conversation about singleness and recovery. Listen as they share some of the similarities and differences between being in recovery as a single person and as a person in a committed relationship.
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254: Taking Ownership In Recovery
Taking ownership is an essential aspect of recovery, without it, it's simply not possible to move forward.
Today on the Faithful & True Podcast, listen as Dr. Greg Miller & Tammy Gustafson unpack what it looks like to take ownership and why it's so important.
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253: Back To The Basics | Foundational Principles of Sex Addiction
What are the foundational principles of sex addiction?
Today on The Faithful & True Podcast, listen to Dr. Greg Miller's conversation with Tammy Gustafson from The Betrayal Healing Conference 2025.
Greg shares some of the foundational principles of sex addiction and recovery.
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252: Slip & Relapses In Recovery
Slips and relapses in recovery are possible and they are not inevitable.
Today on The Faithful & True Podcast, Dr. Greg Miller & Debbie Laaser, LMFT return to discuss slips and relapses in recovery. They unpack why they believe lasting sobriety is possible.
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251: Introducing Workshop Aftercare Groups
So you just got home from attending a workshop at Faithful & True and now you're wondering...what's next?
Today on The Faithful & True Podcast, Jim Farm, LMFT, CSAT joins Dr. Greg Miller to share about a brand new experience we're offering called Workshop Aftercare Groups.
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