An Evolving Man Podcast
An Evolving Man Podcast explores leadership, emotional intelligence, trauma, healing and peak performance.
Hosted by Piers Cross, the show features conversations with leading psychologists, psychiatrists, executive coaches, authors, researchers and high-performance leaders, alongside solo episodes on leadership, resilience, relationships and personal transformation.
Drawing on the latest research in psychology, neuroscience, attachment, trauma and human performance, the podcast helps leaders develop greater self-awareness, emotional intelligence and the capacity to lead with clarity, compassion and courage.
Whether you are a CEO, founder, entrepreneur or aspiring leader, each episode offers practical insights to help you thrive professionally while creating a more meaningful and connected life.
An Evolving Man Podcast
Porn Addiction, Shame & Mindfulness | Jeremy Lipkowitz on Breaking Free from Destructive Habits | AEM #164
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In this episode of An Evolving Man Podcast, I speak with Jeremy Lipkowitz, executive coach, meditation teacher, leadership facilitator and founder of Unhooked Academy.
Jeremy works with high-achieving men who want to break free from destructive habits, porn addiction, compulsive sexual behaviour, shame and emotional avoidance. After overcoming addiction and depression in his early twenties through meditation, Jeremy left a doctoral programme at Duke University and spent time as a Buddhist monk in Asia.
In this conversation, we explore why porn addiction is so powerful, why shame keeps so many men stuck, and how mindfulness, Buddhist psychology, community and emotional intelligence can help us break free from compulsive patterns.
We discuss:
• Jeremy’s personal journey with porn addiction and depression
• How Buddhism and meditation changed his life
• Why craving is at the heart of addiction
• The three A’s of porn addiction: affordability, accessibility and anonymity
• Why porn is so difficult to stop when it is available on every phone
• How shame creates a cycle of secrecy and acting out
• The importance of men’s groups and safe community
• Healthy shame, moral dread and Buddhist ethics
• The attention economy and why our minds are being trained into distraction
• How mindfulness helps us reclaim the space between stimulus and response
• Practical ways to begin working with urges, emotions and addictive patterns
This is a powerful and honest conversation about one of the subjects many men struggle with but rarely talk about.
Jeremy’s work:
Unhooked Academy
unhookedacademy.com
Jeremy’s podcast:
https://unhooked.buzzsprout.com/
Piers Cross:
https://www.piers-cross.com/
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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems.
He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man.
He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1
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Piers Cross
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