WALK IN PURITYWhat it is
Caroline Leaf is a clinical neuroscientist with 38 years of research behind her, and her core offering is the 5-Step Neurocycle — a repeatable process for catching, examining and reconstructing a thought pattern rather than trying to suppress it. For someone in sexual recovery the relevance is direct: intrusive imagery and the mental loop preceding a relapse are exactly what the method addresses, without requiring the framing to be about sex at all. The material comes in several forms: The Dr. Leaf Show podcast (500+ episodes, 50+ million downloads, a Silver Signal Award for Best Science Podcast, guests including Mel Robbins and Gabor Maté), the Neurocycle app on iOS and Android, her books, online courses and a twice-weekly newsletter. Podcast and newsletter are free; app, books and courses are paid. Worth noting that some of her stronger claims about mind-over-brain have drawn criticism from other researchers — take the practical method, hold the bigger claims loosely.
What it may help with
- I want to understand the science
- I'm struggling with porn or sexual sin
How to access it
Podcast, Neurocycle app (iOS and Android), books, online courses, twice-weekly newsletter Podcast and newsletter free; app and courses paid