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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 craving as suffering, and why recovery requires more than willpower. They explore why modern porn is uniquely addictive through affordability, accessibility, anonymity, and infinite novelty, and why taking distance from porn reveals impacts on clarity, confidence, and integrity. The conversation emphasizes mindfulness as awareness across the “six sense doors,” community and men’s groups to dissolve isolation and shame, skillful moral shame/dread (hiri and ottappa), and how the attention economy and tech design mimic slot machines to capture attention.
00:00 Shame And Escape
01:18 Rebroadcast And Themes
02:40 Meet Jeremy Lipkowitz
03:54 Porn Habit Origins
06:41 Buddhism Changes Everything
08:46 Neuroplasticity And Craving
12:29 Beyond Meditation Recovery
14:17 Porn Culture And Taboo
16:57 Smartphone Porn Explosion
21:04 Why Porn Hooks Us
24:50 Reclaiming Healthy Sexuality
26:49 Triggers And Emotional Avoidance
29:33 Feeling Emotions In The Body
31:56 Slow Down The Urge
32:59 Mindful Smoking Insight
33:48 Mindfulness In Recovery
35:21 Shame And Community
39:40 Porn Shame Stigma
42:39 Healthy Moral Shame
47:42 Four Truths Reflection
49:31 Attention Economy Trap
55:24 Reclaiming Your Attention
57:31 What Mindfulness Means
59:28 Six Sense Doors Practice
01:01:22 Closing And Resources
