17 years and one month after starting the ASI podcast I start episode one of the series finale. An epilogue for the ASI podcast ..read more

Unpacking some history of the ASI podcast. 15 years of unpacking stubborn unwanted behavior. explaining some themes hopefully answering some questions like... What’s it like working to understanding the mystery and meaning of motivation? Do I consider myself a kind of a SA pioneer? What if any credibility of Russ Shaw The host in this body of work ..read more

S07E14 A Conversation with Keith Giles, Craig Weir form My Pilgrimage and yours truly Russ Shaw. Keith Giles is a licensed and ordained pastor who left the pulpit over 10 years ago to start a house church that gave away 100% of the offering to the poor in the community. He is the author of Jesus Untangled: Crucifying Our Politics To Pledge Allegiance To The Lamb and also Jesus Unbound: Liberating the Word of God from the Bible, both of which were published by Quoir Publishing. Keith is also the co-host of the Heretic Happy Hour Podcast and blogs regularly at www.KeithGiles.com. Craig Weir join ..read more

Was inspired by this quote and another quote I talk about in the episode. Feeling like I am in full ADHD mode but it’s good because I am able to be me and not let my perfectionism try and polish everything up just so... If you Love anyone or anything there will be suffering. Because what you love is worth suffering for. - Richard Rohr Constructive Intentional contribution ..read more

Freedom and the rise of nervous excitement around change. Stand for something or fall for anything? Love that line, I used to hold fast to that line. Still do to a degree. The question is how does one define freedom ..read more

Russ is joined by both Seth Taylor and David Taylor author and co-author of feels like redemption and the creative minds and hearts behind My Pilgrimage. We talk about the energy of purpose, giving forward as well as the definition of perfect and the difference between it and perfectionism ..read more

S07E09 If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you keep getting what you’ve always got. Most of us have heard that line before. But what about when it comes to our closely held belief structures? Where does the fear come from? Today I am humbled and honored to have Andrew and David Taylor on the Podcast. David is the identical twin brother of Seth Taylor who co-wrote the book Feels Like Redemption and who started the My Pilgrimage.com and Facebook group which I highly recommend. And Andrew Taylor is David‘s son! David and Andrew talk about launching the new My Pilgrimage podcast soon ..read more

I wrote some surveys which have been on the website for a few years. My motivation in doing? So I could ask listeners nine questions that they probably have never been asked before from the perspective of someone who shared in the struggle of sexually compulsive behavior from my perspective on the other side. For the last few months people haven’t filled out the surveys completely. I get it. I go through one of the surveys and answer all the questions on this episode myself. As well as try to explain why the survey page exists ..read more

In this episode ASI is lacing up our boots and install the backplate, cuirass but before gorget or bevor, and way before putting on the pauldrons. Headed out symbols forward and on display because this time we exploring the layers of sexual attraction, desire, identity and the ways we learn to trust others and ourselves ..read more

Seth Taylor stops by the show and we talk about what it must be like to be quarantined during a pandemic. What of the quick escape? Pornography has been likened to a pandemic but is it? And what of this word discipline, discipleship and what it means to achieve sexual self control? We also discussed the launching of the my pilgrimage apart from triple X church and the upcoming podcast ..read more