How Quitting Porn Can Improve Your Mental and Physical Health

As the owner of a personal training company, Look Like You Lift, Braydon helps people strength train and get mentally and physically healthy, which sometimes means helping them address their addiction to pornography and begin to heal. Braydon shares his own personal story of being exposed to pornography at a young age and how it affected him throughout his adolescence, including how it affected his relationships and how he saw others. In this episode, Braydon discusses the importance of being open about your struggle with porn in order to combat shame, why he discusses the benefits of quitting porn with clients, and the conversations he's been able to start by wearing Fight the New Drug shirts to the gym.

• Braydon can often be seen sporting our tees at the gym and starting up conversations about the harmful effects of pornography
• Shares both the research with his clients and his own personal story of becoming exposed to porn at age 10 and how it affected him throughout his adolescence, including how it affected his relationships and how he saw others.
• The importance of being open because shame is only going to prohibit healing
• How much brighter life is now free from porn

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