From Divorce to Deliverance: Kelly Cole's Raw Story of Healing & Redemption
About this episode
Kelly Cole shares his journey of healing from sex addiction and the reconciliation with his wife after a six-year divorce.
Tanya Gioia sits down with Kelly Cole — publisher, entrepreneur, and 2x #1 best-selling author — for a raw continuation of his testimony. Kelly opens up about the three levels of the Christian walk (salvation, deliverance, healing), the 7-month season he locked himself away with only his Bible and God to break free from sex addiction rooted in childhood trauma, and the stunning revelation that he was subconsciously trying to save his mother through the women he pursued. He shares how surrendering fully to God led to reconciling and remarrying his wife Natasha after a 6-year divorce, what true accountability in marriage looks like, and why intimacy with God comes before intimacy with a spouse. The episode closes with a powerful prayer over listeners walking through addiction, singleness, or marriage struggles. Key Points: The 3 levels nobody explains: salvation → deliverance → healing Childhood trauma (molestation, addicted parents) as the root of his sex addiction The 7-month isolation process: cutting off triggers, people, social media; protecting "eye gates and ear gates" Difference between temptation (from the enemy) and testing (from God) Becoming "naked" before God as the…
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