145: The Addictive Part of Your Mind Isn’t Evil: How IFS Helps Heal Porn Addiction from the Inside Out with Conor McMillen

About this episode

The episode discusses how Internal Family Systems (IFS) can help individuals understand and heal from porn addiction with compassion.

It’s easy to believe the part of us that pulls us toward porn addiction is evil. We condemn it, suppress it, shame it, and try to control it. But often, that inner war only keeps the cycle of porn cravings, relapse, and self-hatred alive. In this episode, I sit down with Conor McMillen to discuss how IFS for porn addiction can help men understand the addictive part of the mind with more calm, curiosity, and compassion. IFS, or Internal Family Systems, teaches that the mind is made up of diffe...

People in this episode

Host: Jake Kastleman

Guest: Conor McMillen

Topics covered

• porn addiction
• IFS
• mental health
• self-compassion
• addictive behavior

Keywords

• porn addiction
• IFS
• Internal Family Systems
• mental health
• self-compassion
• addiction recovery
• cravings
• relapse

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