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Author in the News: Joshua Shea Conducts Series of Podcasts on Porn Addiction

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Joshua Shea, coauthor of He's a Porn Addiction...Now What? recently posted a couple of podcasts on porn addiction. Click on the link to listen to them. From Betrayal to Breakthrough The Drunkalogues

Author in the News: Joshua Shea to Present a TEDx Talk This Weekend

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  Joshus Shea, author of two books on porn addiction, will be giving a TEDx talk this weekend. Want the details? Sunday December 6th 2020 Pre-Event action starts at 5pm. Main Presentation starts at 6pm. The event, like so many now, is virtual, but you will need to buy tickets. You can do that HERE . Joshua's books are available wherever good books are sold. For options, check out:      Porn and the Pandemic: How Three Months in 2020 Changed Everything                     He' s a Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions For more posts on Joshua and his books, click HERE .

Authors in the News: Tony Overbay and Joshua Shea are on the Virtual Couch

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   Tony Overbay and Joshua Shea, authors of the popular He's a Porn Addict...Now What? , teamed up, for the 200th podcast of the Virtual Couch, with Joshua, as host, interviewing Tony. It is a great interview!! Check out the Virtual Couch podcast HERE ! Or listen to audio only HERE . And take a look at their great book! Details HERE . From review by Mental Health @ Hom e: The authors aren’t here to judge partner or addict; their goal is to help both find healing, and as such, I believe it makes an important contribution to the field. From review by Goodreads : With He’s a Porn Addict…Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions, you’ll get pertinent answers from both sides of the equation. Tony Overbay is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has worked with thousands of couples dealing with pornography addiction. Also host of the popular The Virtual Couch podcast, Tony tackles your questions from the expert side of things. Joshua Shea, a

MSI Press Author in the News: Joshua Shea Interviewed by Justin Brooks on "High, Nice to Meet You"

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  Joshua Shea, author of  He's a Porn Addict...Now What?  (with Tony Overbay) and  Porn and the Pandemic  was interviewed by Justin Brooks on the High, Nice to Meet You  podcast. Click  HERE  to listen to Jsohua's interview: "Porn Addiction and Vaudeville with Joshua Shea."  For more posts about Joshua and his books, click  HERE .

MSI Press Author in the News: Joshua Shea Interviewed on "Before You Kill Yourself" Podcast

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Joshua Shea, author of He's a Porn Addict...Now What?  (with Tony Overbay) and Porn and the Pandemic was interviewed by the Before You Kill Yourself podcast. Click HERE   to listen to Jsohua's interview: "Porn Addiction, Betrayal Trauma, and Embracing Your Origin Story."  For more posts about Joshua and his books, click HERE .

Happy Father's Day to Our Super Author Dads

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  CB and the late Carl Leaver, MSI Press authors Meet our author-dads who have written absolutely splendid books for fathers (and others) about all sorts of topics! (Some are no longer with us, but their works in life and in literature live on.) And, yes, of course, we continue to sell their books. Wally Amidon (deceased) The Musings of a South Carolina Yankee Read MSI blog posts about Wally . TL Brink How to Argue with an Atheist Read more posts about TL Brink  HERE . Dave Brown (co-author) One Simple Text.. KOPS-FETRHLING.INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD LEGACY. AWARD: INSPIRATION/MOTIVATION HOLLYWOOD BOOK FESTIVAL FINALIST Read MSI Press blog posts about Dave  HERE . Dr. Frederic Craigie Weekly Soul AMERICAN BOOKFEST BEST BOOK AWARD FINALIST; INSPIRATION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD GOLD: MIND, BODY, SPIRIT READER VIEWS LITERARY AWARDS SILVER: MIND/BODY/SPIRIT READER VIEWS LITERARY AWARDS SILVER: RELIGION KOPS-FETHERLING INTERNATIONAL BOOKS AWARDS HONORABLE MENTIONN: INSPIRATION/MOTIVATION Read M

Daily Excerpt: Porn and the Pandemic (Shea) - Thus Began the Age of Covid-19

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  Excerpt from Porn and the Pandemic  by Joshua Shea My introduction to the world of journalism came as a high school senior in August 1993 when I was hired in the sports department of the Sun Journal in Lewiston, Maine.  With the exception of short breaks here and there, I have exclusively made my living as either a journalist or editor since then. I was never the journalist who dreamed of being dropped into a war zone or into the thick of a presidential race. I saw no reason to go to Fenway Park to cover a Boston Red Sox game. It seemed just as easy to watch the game on television and get the same quotes every other writer did in the post-game news conference. And while armed stand-offs may be exciting to read about or watch in a two-minute news clip, I’ve been to them in real life. It’s mostly sitting behind your car waiting for something exciting to happen. Spoiler: It never does. I found my niche in research. I went to my share of five-alarm fires, and there certainly is a morbid

Excerpt from He's a Porn Addict...Now What? (Overbay & Shea): My First Question: How Do I Know If He's Actually an Addict?

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My First Questions How do I know if he’s actually an addict? Tony, the mental health professional When a client comes into my office to talk about her partner who she thinks is an addict, she’ll usually begin to list all the reasons she’s sure he’s addicted to pornography. Then she’ll ask me the question, “How do I really know?” At this point, I recognize she’s doubting herself and questioning her intuition. This usually happens for one of two reasons: either she thinks she’s not qualified to make that diagnosis or, most commonly, she doesn’t want it to be true. I’ll hear the client’s entire monologue about her partner’s behavior, a behavior that led her to my office in the first place, only to hear her say, “But I’m probably wrong.” What she’s really thinking is ‘Please tell me I’m wrong.’ Chances are, she’s not wrong, but there is help, and there is hope. There are countless definitions of addiction, each with its own little nuances, but for the work I do, I l

Excerpt from He's a Porn Addict...Now What? (Overbay and Shea): Introduction

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  Introduction This book is a unique collaboration between a mental health professional, Tony Overbay, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Joshua Shea, a former journalist who spent more than two decades struggling with pornography addiction. Usually, the expert sitting in the chair and the person on the couch getting the help don’t work together on a project outside of the therapist’s office, but we think this is a natural match. (And for those wondering, Josh was never Tony’s client—they met on a podcast.) Tony spends dozens of hours every week working with couples who are at various stages of the therapy process. Many of these couples have struggled with pornography issues. Although you’re probably feeling alone in the world right now, you are not. Tony has dealt with women, men and couples who are going through exactly what you are experiencing. Josh was a pillar of his community when his world came crashing down. A magazine publisher and city councilor, his life cha