Ascend for Women – High Noon

Reboot & Rewire

Reboot Your brain’s real craving isn’t for porn, but dopamine. Porn just happens to provide a lot of that. The over-stimulating nature of pornography overloads…

Triggers, a Second Look

Another way of looking at everything we talked about this week is taking a look at your triggers. Has this week helped you get a…

Self Sabotage

Of all the things we hope to leave you with, the most central is that you are divine. You are amazing, one in a trillion,…

Your Home Is Your Haven

Where do you most often act out? Is it at home? For many people, the thought of being home alone is a nerve-wracking thing. Just…

Your God

Your god is what you devote your energy to. Your god is what you go to in times of distress. Have you made porn or…

Triggers, A Second Look

Another way of looking at everything we talked about this week is taking a look at your triggers. Has this week helped you get a…

Intentional Day

We do sooo many things by habit. From the order we put our clothes on to what food we eat throughout the day. The same…

Pornification Of Society

Have you noticed how much sex there is around you? That’s part of why it can seem so impossible to break away from its influence.…

Putting It Into Action

Today’s a light lesson. Instead, spend time today setting up some of the different strategies we talked about yesterday. Like we said yesterday, none of…

The Good Stuff

Earlier we looked at yellow circle activities that cause you to act out. This is actually not the whole picture. There’s one more layer that…

Necessary Measures

Have you taken a hard look at what things in life cause you to move towards acting out? Today we’re going to do the work…

Not Negative

Unstoppable You

Yesterday you briefly allowed yourself the time and space to consider what it will be like when you are porn free. This is just the…

Self Reflection Week 2

Your Home Is Your Haven

Where do you most often act out? Is it at home? For many people, the thought of being home alone is a nerve-wracking thing. Just…

Unstoppable Love

Goals

Today we’ll talk about what goals you have for the duration of this course. Keep in mind what we talked about yesterday regarding mindset. What…

Power of Contributing

Self Reflection Week 1

You’ve made it through the first week — Bravo! This is a big deal. Maybe this is your first time trying something like this; going…

The Good Stuff

Earlier we looked at yellow circle activities that cause you to act out. This is actually not the whole picture. There’s one more layer that…

Pornification of Society

Have you noticed how much sex there is around you? That’s part of why it can seem so impossible to break away from its influence.…

Recreating Yourself II

Knowing where you came from and where you are is essential to figuring out where you need to go. Self-realization is ultimately about seeing yourself…

Unstoppable Love

Putting It Into Action

Today’s a light lesson. Instead, spend time today setting up some of the different strategies we talked about yesterday. Like we said yesterday, none of…

Your Rituals

Your ritual is a key part of your porn use and masturbation habit. Everyone has rituals for acting out, and this is one of the…

Unstoppable You

Yesterday you briefly allowed yourself the time and space to consider what it will be like when you are free from the shackles of porn…

Getting Real

85 With Abs

Self Reflection Week 10

Spectrum Of Addiction

How much is too much? That’s the question people often have in mind when it comes to their porn use. “Maybe I can regulate myself…

Your Story

We’ve covered some of the things that have influenced how you got to where you are. Now let’s go deeper. It’s important to know your…

Out of Control

Spouse & Parent

A huge part of most people’s life is becoming a spouse and parent. It’s the “Why” behind all the work we do here at High…

Self Reflection Week 3

Your Story

We’ve covered some of the things that have influenced how you got to where you are. Now let’s go deeper. It’s important to know your…

Urge Surfing

Throughout this program, we’ll go deep into why people develop compulsive, unwanted sexual habits. Before we do that, we want to equip you with tools…

Farewell

History of Porn

Today we’ll have a short history lesson. How the porn industry became what it is. The following are sources we used to create this video.…

Self Reflection Week 11

Self-Esteem

Focus on the things YOU can change – bad habits, relationships, perspective, etc. Daily affirmations: This can be you looking at yourself in the mirror…

Effects of Porn On the Brain

Put simply, porn’s effect on the brain can be broken down into two categories: Sexual Conditioning The first way porn conditions people sexually is by…

Swapping Rituals

Have you ever finished acting out and the first thought you have is, “What was I thinking!?” You feel the fog being lifted and experience…

Stages of Change

Self Reflection Week 4

Self Reflection Week 8

What Do You Want?

Yesterday we talked about getting committed. That’s important because this will be a rocky road. Change is hard. Anyone with a New Year’s resolution will…

Facilitating

Accountability Partner

Self Reflection Week 12

Become a Facilitator Become an Accountability Partner Join a weekly group call

Rules of the Game

Day one. This course isn’t difficult, but at times you’ll likely experience temptations to quit. You’ll have breakdowns in life. You may fall behind in…

	Richard & Mari Curry have been Blessed in married since December 2005 and have four children. They love working together as a team and are passionate about caring for others, especially in the realm of marriage development. After Mari received her Masters of Divinity from Cheongshim Theological Seminary, she and Richard served as co-pastors in Florida. Since then, they moved to New Jersey and over the years have happily served in a variety of ministry roles from music to education. All the while, working together to serve the Blessed Marriage Project and now High Noon Couples. They were a part of the founding team in 2013 and have been a part of it ever since. They currently serve as the directors of Highnoon Couples. They love the Energize! Retreats because they help realize True Parent’s desire for healthy couples and reminds us of Heavenly Parent’s love and hope for us all! Contact Mari at: mari@kr.highnoon.org
	Crescentia & Leighton DeGoede have been Blessed in married since October 2010, and have three children. Crescentia is currently serving as the District Pastor of district 3 and local pastor of the Clifton Family Church. Previously Crescentia was the Director of the National Blessing and Family Ministry of FFWPU for six years. Both Leighton and Crescentia currently serve as Matching Supporters. Prioritizing their marriage, while juggling children, work, and community service has been an exciting challenge. But they continue to find that the more they invest in their marriage, the more they have to give in all areas of their lives. They love giving other couples the opportunity to infuse their marriages with love deposits through marriage enrichment programs.
	Christoph & Lena Yasutake have been Blessed in marriage since April 2002 and have three teenagers. They are both equally passionate about marriage education and helping blessed couples create happy and healthy families. The Energize! Retreats are one of their favorite ways to share this passion. They served in the Young Couples ministry for six years and are frequent guest speakers at Blessing Workshops.
	Kate Pugnoli has served as the Community Liaison and is also responsible for generating our monthly newsletter. A former journalist, she has a Masters of Religious Education from the Unification Theological Seminary where she took focused her studies on counseling courses. She has also had experience facilitating small groups. The mother of two sons, now Blessed in marriage, she lives in Tucson, AZ with her husband Simon Herbert. She is committed to working with the Blessed Marriage Project in hopes that marriage enrichment will be available to communities across the country and particularly to bring the Energize! Couples Retreat to as many couples as possible.