405 - Resurrection From a Life of Fear and Anxiety

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

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, we sit down with Dr. Curt Thompson to explore the complex relationship between anxiety, trauma, and the stories we tell ourselves. We discuss how feelings of anxiety and aloneness are intertwined, how trauma affects the brain, and the powerful role of secure relationships and community in healing. Dr. Thompson also shares practical steps for understanding and moving through anxiety, breaking free from isolation, and reconnecting with others and with God. Plus, we dive into the impact of spiritual practices like prayer and Scripture meditation in calming the mind and grounding us in peace. Don’t miss this enlightening conversation!

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0:00.0	Hello, hello, good listener, and welcome back to the Pure Desire podcast.
0:10.1	I'm your host, Nick Stumbo, and this is your biblically based and clinically informed approach to healing from betrayal and breaking free from compulsive sexual behavior.
0:20.7	Today is episode 405, and I am joined throughout this series by my co-host, Mr. John Beggeman.
0:28.1	John, welcome back to the podcast.
0:30.8	Lonely, I am so lonely.
0:35.2	I have nobody to call my own. Oh my. Anyways, just to say, we had a great conversation with Dr.
0:46.2	Yes, for starters, though, you know, I gave you a hard time. And for our listeners, this is going to be
0:50.6	confusing because it's like two more episodes down the road in the order of recording them. But you sang a song and weren't sure who even sang it. So I'm going to put
0:57.9	you on the spot again. Like, what is that song? Who's it by? No idea. Couldn't tell you. Just came to
1:03.8	mine. Like, do you know the song from somewhere or? Is it Acon? Oh, okay, there it is. It's Acon. Acon sings that song.
1:12.9	Mr. Lonely.
1:13.9	I think it's called Mr. Lonely.
1:15.2	I feel like I should know who you guys are talking about.
1:17.0	By Acon.
1:17.6	I don't even know who Aikon is.
1:19.0	Do you mean Aikorn?
1:20.1	Aikon.
1:21.0	Yeah, he's a hip hop artist.
1:22.6	I continue to show my lack of musical knowledge from the last 20 years. And me too. Well, yes, you've got us
1:29.6	into the topic. This is part two in our series on the resurrection. And what we're trying to do in
1:35.2	this series is bring new life to conversations that very often have been parts of our, maybe our
1:43.2	negative history, places of death, of destruction,
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