Welcome to Start Younger, the podcast that helps boys, young men, and their father figures start healing and outgrowing porn younger.

Meet Your Hosts

• Drew Boa: Founder of Husband Material Ministries. Author of Outgrow Porn and Redeemed Sexuality. Drew believes that if porn is reaching boys earlier than ever, healing should reach them earlier than ever, too. Connect with Drew at drewboa.com
• Dr. Douglas Carpenter: Licensed clinical psychologist with nearly 30 years of experience specializing in addiction, childhood trauma, and male sexual development. Author of Secret Shame and Childhood Trauma and the Non-Alpha Male. Doug serves as the clinical advisor for Husband Material Ministries. Learn more at drdouglascarpenter.com
• Blake Brinkman: Clinical mental health counselor and former youth pastor who works directly with teenagers and families nationwide through Redefine Student Recovery. Author of Alliance Groups: Empowering Student Recovery. Learn more at redefinestudentrecovery.com

What We Cover in This Episode

• The "Why" Behind Starting Younger: Porn exposure is happening at increasingly early ages. We discuss why student recovery needs to be responsive rather than just preventative.
• Debunking the Myths: Why the ideas that teens are "too young, too immature, or too unwilling" to do the work of recovery are completely untrue.
• Porn is What Happened to You, Not Who You Are: A look at how early exposure impacts developing brains and why shifting from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset counteracts toxic shame.
• The Power of "Going First": Why adults and mentors must model vulnerability to create a safe environment for young men to open up.

Take Your Next Step

If you are ready to take this adventure with us, here is how you can engage with the show:

• Ask Us Anything: Check the link at the bottom to submit a question—completely anonymously—for us to answer on a future episode.
• Share the Journey: If you know a teen, young adult, or a safe adult guide who needs to hear this message, please share this podcast with them.
• Tune In Next Time: In our next episode, we will go first by sharing our own personal sexual stories to build a foundation of safety, honesty, and grace.

It’s time to outgrow porn at any age. Let’s do this!

TEENS: Are you open to professional help?

Email Blake Brinkman at redefinestudentrecovery@gmail.com

DADS: Is your son a teenager or young adult?

Check out our next father-son healing weekend at https://www.husbandmaterial.com/fathers

Ask us anything!