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Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast

Jeremy Lipkowitz

Unhooked is a podcast dedicated to helping people break free from porn addiction and other compulsive behaviors related to the internet, sex, and intimacy. Rooted in Buddhist wisdom, neuroscience, coaching, and mindfulness, the show explores practical strategies for lasting recovery and personal transformation. Each episode features leading experts, scientists, coaches, and individuals in recovery, sharing their insights, experiences, and expertise to guide listeners on their path to healing and

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65:13

How to Break Free From Porn & Sex Addiction | Ben...

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/10/05

Explore the Unhooked app: https://unhookedapp.co In this episode of Unhooked, I sit down with Ben Brown, host of The Shift podcast, to talk about his journey from years of compulsive sex, porn, validation-seeking, alcohol, and drugs into a life of recovery, purpose, and transformation. Ben shares what his life looked like before recovery, including the constant pursuit of women, escalating porn use, partying, and the feeling that he was becoming someone he thought he needed to be. We talk a...

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38:26

Why Quitting Porn Doesn’t Fix the Real Problem |...

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2026/09/28

🔵 Want to break free? Join Unhooked Academy now: https://www.unhookedacademy.com/ Explore the Unhooked app: https://unhookedapp.co What if stopping porn isn't actually the thing that creates lasting recovery? In this episode of Unhooked, I’m resharing a conversation I had on Sam’s Healing Podcast about porn addiction, recovery, and what it really takes to build lasting freedom. We talk about why porn itself is often not the underlying problem, but instead a way of escaping uncomfortable

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57:34

How to Heal After Infidelity: Honesty, Shame &...

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2026/09/21

🔵 Want to break free? Join Unhooked Academy now: https://www.unhookedacademy.com/ Explore the Unhooked app: https://unhookedapp.co What does it actually take to heal after infidelity, and why does defensiveness make rebuilding trust so difficult? In this episode of Unhooked, I sit down with Sam from Sam's Healing Podcast to talk about infidelity, addiction, and what real recovery looks like after betrayal. Sam shares his own journey after an affair that turned his life upside down. We

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23:56

Sobriety Isn’t Recovery: Mindfulness, Choice, and...

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/09/13

🔵 Want to break free? Join Unhooked Academy now: https://www.unhookedacademy.com/ Interested in the Unhooked App? Join the waitlist here: https://unhookedapp.co/ Jeremy Lipkowitz reshared his appearance on The Therapy Brothers podcast, where Brendan and Tyler Patrick interview him about how meditation and mindfulness can support recovery. Jeremy explains why mindfulness does not have to conflict with religious faith, and why it is better understood as a practical way to train attenti...

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64:30

How to Rebuild Trust After Betrayal and Porn...

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/09/07

🔵 Want to break free? Join Unhooked Academy now: https://www.unhookedacademy.com/ Jeremy Lipkowitz hosts Brannon and Tyler Patrick on Unhooked to discuss why sobriety and recovery are not the same thing. The brothers are licensed clinicians with about forty years of combined experience treating porn addiction and betrayal trauma, and they host The Therapy Brothers podcast. They explain why a heavy emphasis on sobriety is a prelude to relapse, why focusing on inputs beats chasing a streak,

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68:25

Why Most Men Are Still Boys: The Boy-to-Man Framework...

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/08/31

🔹 Want to break free? Join Unhooked Academy now: https://www.unhookedacademy.com/ Jeremy Lipkowitz hosts Alessandro on Unhooked to discuss his mission of helping men become husbands, fathers, and human beings they admire, inspired by what he lacked in role models and his marriage. Alessandro explains Dr. Arne Rubenstein’s boy-to-man framework, contrasting boy traits like self-centered power, emotional reactivity, blame, and wanting a “mother” with mature ideals such as service to the team,

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59:48

Mindfulness and Recovery: Insights from Jeremy...

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/08/24

🔹 Want to break free? Join Unhooked Academy now: https://www.unhookedacademy.com/ In this episode, Jeremy Lipkowitz—former genetics researcher, ordained Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, executive coach, and founder of Unhooked Academy—shares his personal journey from early exposure to pornography through daily use in college and into recovery. He discusses how porn’s accessibility, affordability, and anonymity fuel addiction, while underlying drivers often include boredom, loneliness,

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63:49

How Porn Rewires Your Brain (And What Buddhism Has to...

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/08/17

🔹 Want to break free? Join Unhooked Academy now: https://www.unhookedacademy.com/ Jeremy Lipkowitz joins Piers Cross on An Evolving Man to discuss how porn addiction is driven and worsened by craving, shame, and avoidance of unpleasant emotions like boredom, loneliness, anxiety, and lack of purpose. Jeremy shares his own history of early porn exposure, how Buddhism and Matthieu Ricard’s book Happiness helped him understand neuroplasticity (“neurons that fire together, wire together”) and

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88:25

Porn, Shame, and the Hungry Ghost: Jeremy Lipkowitz...

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/08/10

🔹 Want to break free? Join Unhooked Academy now: https://www.unhookedacademy.com/ This rebroadcast from Jonah Primo’s The Overexamined Life features Jeremy Lipkowitz (former Buddhist monk, meditation teacher, executive coach, and host of the Unhooked podcast) discussing pornography as a lens for addiction, shame, and compulsive behavior. They cover how widespread porn use is among men and increasingly women, early exposure in childhood, and how porn’s normalization alongside taboo can fuel

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47:32

From Homeless & Rock Bottom to 1,000 Days in a...

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/08/03

🔹 Want to break free? Join Unhooked Academy now: https://www.unhookedacademy.com/ Piers Cross on Trauma, Addiction, and Self-Compassion Most men walk around with stones in their shoes their whole lives. They don't know the stones are there. They just know something hurts, and they've learned to keep walking anyway. That's one of the most powerful things Piers Cross said in this conversation. And it captures something I see all the time in the men I work with — unprocessed trauma quietly

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85:53

Why "If I Just Had X, I'd Be Happy" Never Works (ft....

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/07/27

🔹 Want to break free? Join Unhooked Academy now: https://www.unhookedacademy.com/ This week's episode is a conversation I had on the Enter the Lionheart podcast with host Lawrence Dunling. Lawrence was kind enough to let us reshare it here on Unhooked. We get into my own unusual path: leaving a PhD program at Duke, training as a Buddhist monk in Myanmar, and eventually building my coaching practice in Thailand. From there we dig into the trap almost all of us fall into, the belief that

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13:59

Buddhist Wisdom: The 5 Daily Reflections That Can...

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/07/20

🔹 Want to break free? Join Unhooked Academy now: https://www.unhookedacademy.com/ This week, I'm bringing back one of my favorite episodes because its message is just as relevant today as when I first recorded it. In this episode, I share the Five Wise Daily Reflections from Buddhist teachings and explore how they can help you overcome addiction, let go of attachment, take ownership of your actions, and live with greater purpose. These simple reflections have profoundly shaped the way I

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57:35

Are You a Slave to Lust? | A Bunny Hugs Podcast...

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/07/13

🔹 Want to break free? Join Unhooked Academy now: https://www.unhookedacademy.com/ This episode is a rebroadcast of a conversation I had with Todd Rennebohm on the Bunny Hugs podcast. Todd runs a mental health show that isn't afraid to go into the territory most podcasts avoid, and this conversation went deep. We covered my personal story from the beginning. How it started innocent enough, looking at lingerie catalogs as a kid, and slowly escalated over years into a daily habit that was

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67:01

What Porn Addiction Really Does to Your Brain |...

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/07/06

🔹 Want to break free? Get my FREE 14-day slip reset here: https://unhookedacademy.com/reset This week, I'm resharing a conversation I had with Breanne Wilson on the Adventures in Adversity podcast because I think this message is more important than ever. We talk about my journey from porn addiction to recovery, how addiction rewires the brain, why shame keeps so many people trapped, and what it really takes to build a life of integrity, purpose, and freedom. We also explore mindfulness,

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32:33

How I Escaped Porn Addiction | Jeremy Lipkowitz...

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/06/29

🔹 Want to break free? Get my FREE 14-day slip reset here: https://unhookedacademy.com/reset Why do so many people struggle to quit porneven when they genuinely want to stop? In this interview with Tim Tedder on The Affair Recovery Room Podcast, I share my personal journey from years of porn addiction to finding lasting recovery, and the lessons I learned along the way. We talk about how porn rewires the brain, why novelty keeps people trapped in the cycle, how shame silently fuels add...

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17:00

Why Focusing Too Much on Recovery Is Keeping You Stuck

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/06/15

🔹 Want to break free? Be on the Unhooked Academy waitlist: https://www.unhookedacademy.com/ Have you been working harder and harder at recovery, only to feel like you're getting nowhere? In this episode, I share five reasons why focusing too much on recovery can actually keep you stuck. We explore the neuroscience behind why white-knuckling, obsessing over streaks, and making recovery your entire identity often backfires and what to do instead. True freedom doesn't come from fighting

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67:48

Why You Keep Doing Things That Hurt You, with Dr....

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/06/08

🔹 Want to break free? Be on the Unhooked Academy: https://form.typeform.com/to/I4WMlmdl What if addiction isn't actually about dopamine, genetics, or a lack of willpower? In this episode, I sit down with psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Hochman to explore a radically different way of understanding addiction and recovery. We discuss why people continue doing things they know are hurting them, why the traditional medical model often misses the bigger picture, and how addiction may be better und...

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63:00

Why Successful Men Fail at Home, with Coach Mitchell...

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/06/01

🔹 Want to break free? Be on the Unhooked Academy: https://form.typeform.com/to/I4WMlmdl Have you built success in your career but still feel disconnected at home? In this episode, I sit down with Mitchell Osmond, Host of The Dad Nation Podcast, to talk about one of the biggest challenges facing modern men: succeeding professionally while struggling in their relationships, emotional health, and family life. We explore why so many high-performing men feel competent at work but lost at ...

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9:22

The quote that changed EVERYTHING for me: Where...

Unhooked: Breaking Porn Addiction Podcast ·

2026/05/25

🔹 Want to break free? Be on the Unhooked Academy: https://form.typeform.com/to/I4WMlmdl This is a rebroadcast of one of the episodes that had a huge impact on me personally, something I wanted to bring back for newer listeners. In this episode, I share a simple quote that completely changed the way I think about recovery, happiness, and the habits we build in our minds. It became one of the foundations for breaking free from porn addiction and creating a more meaningful life. We talk about

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