April 9, 2025 • 17 mins
In this episode of Corn Talk LIVE, sacred energy coach Eric Zuzack (aka Powerful Eric) opens up about the hidden habit that silently drains energy, motivation, and purpose from countless men—what he calls the “secret struggle.” Speaking directly to those battling in silence, Eric shares his personal story, the deep emotional toll of the habit, and how to begin escaping it. This live session offers a blend of raw vulnerability, practical wisdom, and actionable steps for reclaiming control and channeling sacred energy into goals and dreams. Key Topics Discussed:
This episode of Corn Talk LIVE is a reminder that the secret struggle doesn’t define you—it’s just the beginning of your comeback. You’re not alone. You’re not broken. You’re powerful. Your best days are ahead.
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- Naming the Struggle: The power of calling out the habit (aka “corn”) and why secrecy keeps men stuck.
- Eric’s Personal Journey: From daily dependence on the habit to his breakthrough “mirror moment.”
- Why We Stay Stuck: The roles of shame, stress, and false beliefs—and how to break them.
- Practical Steps for Change: Awareness, accountability, and action strategies that truly work.
- Sacred Energy Redirection: How to repurpose sexual energy into purpose, creation, and growth.
- “You might be a great dad or a spiritual man—but still feel like a fraud inside. That’s the secret struggle.” – Eric Zuzack
- “If you’re stuck, it’s not because you’re broken. It’s because you haven’t learned how to channel that energy yet.” – Eric Zuzack
- “That energy is sacred. Use it.” – Eric Zuzack
- Free Book: Get your copy of Eric’s book on overcoming the habit by clicking the link in his bio or visiting PowerfulEric.com
- Urge Purge Mastery: SAVE 40% with coupon code "PODCAST" on Eric’s online course
- Coaching Inquiries: Call (314) 717-0377
- 30-Day Money Back Guarantee on all coaching programs
- Video Testimonials: Available at PowerfulEric.com
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This episode of Corn Talk LIVE is a reminder that the secret struggle doesn’t define you—it’s just the beginning of your comeback. You’re not alone. You’re not broken. You’re powerful. Your best days are ahead.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/porn-talk--2930866/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm Peedifoo, I'm Peteriful, I'm a big dude, I'm Kindness.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
This is porn Talk Live. Here's your host, Eric Zuzak.
Hey everyone, welcome to coorn Talk Live. Wink wink. You'll
figure it out whether you're joining me live on social
media or listening later on the podcast. I want to
thank you for being here. This is a safe place
(00:32):
for men who are ready to reclaim their power and
break free from the secret struggle that no one wants
to talk about. I am Eric Zuzak. I am a
sacred energy and urge control coach, and I help men
(00:53):
quit the habit, that secret habit that's rusting in your
browser history and silent durraining their energy, confidence and purpose
and help them to channel it into their goals and dreams.
Today's episode is called Escaping the Secret Struggle. Let's get
(01:17):
into it before we dive, and make sure to follow
me and click the link in my bio or show
notes to get a free copy of my book that
helps with this topic, that helps you overcome this addiction.
So let's be real. Most guys don't even talk about
this habit, you know, the one I call I call
(01:40):
it corn. Here because many platforms don't like when we
say the real word. But you know what I what
I mean, corn is everywhere, It's accessible, private, and it
gives that instant dopamine hit. But what most guys don't
(02:00):
realize is how much it's costing them, not just in time,
but energy, clarity, motivation, even their relationships. And thank you
all that have joined me. Live here. So the struggle here,
(02:22):
the struggle is real, but it's hidden. And you might
be a you might be a great dad, a great employee,
maybe even a spiritual man, but still feel like a fraud.
Still feel like a fraud. That's the secret struggle. You
know what I'm talking about, That that fraud, feeling a phony.
(02:46):
Like people would say, oh, you, he's such a nice person,
and then you think, well, boy, you wouldn't say that
if you saw what I viewed last night. But I
know it because I lived it and I talked to
him in every day. We're in the same place. Some
of them have been stuck for decades like I was.
(03:08):
But the moment they name the struggle, that's when the
healing starts. If you're if you're here live, let me
know in the chat. Have you ever felt that struggle,
and you can you can just drop that, you know.
(03:28):
If you're not here listening on the podcast, you can
drop me a line at Eric at powerfuleric dot com,
or you can do that now too if you like.
But anyway, hey, if you're just joining me, follow follow
me and grab your free my free book using the
link in the bio or the show notes. But I
(03:51):
want to share something very personal with you. There was
a time when I couldn't go a day without this,
or even a couple hours. I had the best intentions.
I was married, I had a good life, love was
my family. But I just kept slipping, and I kept
(04:13):
it a secret, and that secret wore me down spiritually, emotionally, physically, yes, physically.
There was a night where I hit bottom. I looked
in the mirror and thought, is this who I really am?
(04:34):
Is this what I've become? And that was a turning point.
I didn't get perfect overnight, but I got honest, and
that honesty started to unlock everything. The shame began to lift,
and that's when the healing really started. If you're listening
to this and you've had that moment, maybe this is
(05:00):
your mere moment, and if it is, let this be
the day you start climbing out. What keeps you stuck?
So why do we stay stuck? There's three big reasons.
The biggest one of all shame. I can talk about
(05:23):
this for several podcasts. Shame alcohol and drugs doesn't. Yeah,
people aren't happy about that. But this particular addiction that
lives in your browser history has a tremendous amount of
shame with it. Have you experienced that shame? The habit.
(05:43):
The habit thrives in secrecy. The more we hide it,
the more power it has. Next one is stress. Most
guys don't have an emotional outlet. They turn to the
habit because it's easy and it gives them that release,
(06:06):
But it's a short term fix for a long term wound.
The next thing is false beliefs, Believing things like I'll
never beat this or I'm just wired this way. That's
not true. Have you heard of neuroplasticity? Can't say the
(06:29):
word neuroplasticity is real. Your brain can change, your spirit
can grow, but it starts with a belief. If you're stuck,
it's not because you're broken, it's because you haven't learned
(06:50):
how to channel that passionate energy. Yet how to escape.
Let me give you some practical tips for escaping the
secret struggle that lives in your browser history. Awareness. Just
(07:13):
start tracking your triggers, know your patterns. You may feel like, well,
I just do it when I want to. Well, it
may seem that way that your subconscious mind is saying, hey,
why don't you act out right now, I'm feeling really
stressed out. Let's just get online and knock one out
(07:34):
real quick. It's it may seem like it's just this
quote unquote fun thing that feels good that you want
to do. But if you're to the point where it's
an addiction, it's much deeper than you might seem. So
you have to track what triggers you and it could
(07:55):
be anything. Really stress being a big one. To track
your triggers. What sets you off next is accountability. Get
around others who are on this journey. You don't need
to do this alone. Don't do this alone. You really
(08:16):
can't do this alone. If you get to the point
of being addicted to this, then doing it on your
own is virtually impossible. I haven't met anyone that it
was addicted that we're able to overcome it on their own.
Are there people. Sure, I'm sure there's some enigmas out there,
but for the most part, you need somebody. You need
(08:37):
to find a therapist, a maybe a spiritual leader. Maybe
maybe it's a parent, Maybe maybe it's a school counselor
maybe it's a coach like myself. But find find someone.
Find a coach, a group, a mentor someone who understands.
(08:59):
I went to traditional route and none of these people.
Traditional route meaning getting a therapist, going to twelve step meetings,
and taking some type of antidepressing. I did all those things,
and I actually got worse. Believe it or not, but
I I couldn't find somebody that was actually struggling with
(09:21):
what I was doing. I did in the twelve step meetings,
but as far as therapist, no, But anyway, I digress.
The next one is action. Replace the habit channel that
passionate energy. Work out. And I say this to my
clients when we start working together. I said, if you're
(09:43):
not willing to work out your physical body, meaning like
go for a jog, go lift weights, do yoga, least,
go for a walk, do something like. If you're not
willing to do that, then we don't need to bother
doing our sessions because that is the no umber one
way you can channel that energy. So if you're not
(10:04):
willing to work out, then I don't know what to
tell you. You have to move your body in a
healthy way, so work out or do something to build
a business, serve someone, help someone. That energy is sacred,
(10:25):
use it. I call myself now well for social media
I do. I normally call myself a X and porn
addiction recovery coach, but here I say I am a
urge control and sacred energy coach because that energy is sacred,
like it's not. It's not supposed to be just shot
(10:46):
all over the place. But don't wait for perfection. Just
commit to progress one day, one urge, one decision at
a time, and if you're serious about making that shift,
follow me. Click the link of the bio or in
the show notes to get your free copy of my book.
(11:09):
It's a guide that really helps you take you to
the next step. And also you can reach out to me.
You can send me an email at Eric at Powerfuleric
dot come. If this hit home for you today, I
want to I want to invite you to take the
next step. You don't have to do this alone. Reach out,
(11:30):
find support and start building a new path. And if
you're looking for deeper support, check out the resources looked
linked in the show notes or bio or depending on
where you're at or where you're turning in from, or
just go to my website Powerfuleric dot com. I've got
a lot of stuff, free stuff under resources. And if
you're listening to this on the podcast, don't forget to
(11:52):
leave a review and share it with someone who needs
to hear this, because trust me, there are millions of
men and women that are struggling with this. I know
I have men literally reach out to me from around
the globe, from countries that I have never heard of.
(12:13):
So follow me. If this message is resonates with you,
and don't forget. You can get your free copy of
my book by clicking the link in the bower show notes.
So I beat that horse to death. So I want
to open this up to people that have questions. I
(12:36):
stop feeling bad about watching Corn when I was fifteen.
Get over it, dude. I wish I could. I wish
I could. I carried a tremendous amount of guilt and
shame about it. Like there are some guys that can
(12:56):
drink alcohol and be totally fine. And there's other guys
that drink drinking alcohol and they're like they can't stop,
and that was me, Like I could not stop once
I started. I would edge. Do you know what edging is? Edging?
You know, you get yourself dressed right to the brink
of you know here on live on on uh social media.
(13:23):
Have to choose my words carefully otherwise they block me.
So but anyway, I would edge. So that's awesome that
if you can stop feeling bad about it, because that
just feeds it. Talking through the biz here. So thank
you for your comment, and I'm glad you were able
to get over it. But for a lot of us,
(13:46):
it's not that easy. If it were that easy, then
we could just stop. But here's what happens. Here's the
the addiction cycle in a very simple, simplified form. We
have trigger thought action, trigger thought action. So you're on
social media, you see some beautiful woman, that's your trigger.
(14:09):
Your thought is, oh wow, she is beautiful. I'm just
gonna go click open a new tab here and take
care of things. And your action is taking care of things.
And so that uncomfortableness that you felt you took care
of briefly but then you have that uncomfortableness come again
(14:34):
because of what you just did. You feel guilt and
shame about it. Fortunately for my friend, you're the BIZ
does not feel that and is not get stuck in
that cycle. But that's the cycle trigger thought action. But
here's the quote unquote secret between the trigger trigger thought action. There,
(14:58):
between those three things, there is some space. And if
you can get yourself, like when you're online and you
see that jiggly video, you see that jiggly video, you
have an opportunity where you can make change your mind.
You can say, you know what, stop, stop, cancel, I
(15:23):
release this spot and you take a different action. You
take a different action. And I teach guys to wear
a rubber band so they will. This is this is
psychology one on one here. So you're triggered by something
like WHOA, I wasn't expecting to see that. I'm triggered
(15:44):
by that. You snap, snap yourself back to reality, say stop, cancel,
and do something else. So you remember here you are
not alone, you are not broken. See that's why I
(16:05):
do what I do for a living as a sacred
energy and urge control coach. I went to all these
different programs and they had you say that you are
a power less you are powerless over whatever the addiction was.
That did not work for me, and it was not
working for most of the guys in these programs. So
I went off on my own, became found tools that
(16:27):
actually work, that actually work, and I started to call
myself powerful instead of instead of pitiful, beautiful, powerless.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
I'm pitiful, I'm pitiful, I'm addicted, I'm cordless.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
So instead of that, I just on one day, I
was creating a login for an addiction recovery program and
I thought, I'm gonna put my log in is powerful, Eric,
and you are powerful too, and the best days are
ahead of you. Thanks for listening. If you're struggling with
(17:13):
porn or sex addiction, reach out to Eric at powerfuleric
dot com.
I'm Peedifoo, I'm Peteriful, I'm a big dude, I'm Kindness.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
This is porn Talk Live. Here's your host, Eric Zuzak.
Hey everyone, welcome to coorn Talk Live. Wink wink. You'll
figure it out whether you're joining me live on social
media or listening later on the podcast. I want to
thank you for being here. This is a safe place
(00:32):
for men who are ready to reclaim their power and
break free from the secret struggle that no one wants
to talk about. I am Eric Zuzak. I am a
sacred energy and urge control coach, and I help men
(00:53):
quit the habit, that secret habit that's rusting in your
browser history and silent durraining their energy, confidence and purpose
and help them to channel it into their goals and dreams.
Today's episode is called Escaping the Secret Struggle. Let's get
(01:17):
into it before we dive, and make sure to follow
me and click the link in my bio or show
notes to get a free copy of my book that
helps with this topic, that helps you overcome this addiction.
So let's be real. Most guys don't even talk about
this habit, you know, the one I call I call
(01:40):
it corn. Here because many platforms don't like when we
say the real word. But you know what I what
I mean, corn is everywhere, It's accessible, private, and it
gives that instant dopamine hit. But what most guys don't
(02:00):
realize is how much it's costing them, not just in time,
but energy, clarity, motivation, even their relationships. And thank you
all that have joined me. Live here. So the struggle here,
(02:22):
the struggle is real, but it's hidden. And you might
be a you might be a great dad, a great employee,
maybe even a spiritual man, but still feel like a fraud.
Still feel like a fraud. That's the secret struggle. You
know what I'm talking about, That that fraud, feeling a phony.
(02:46):
Like people would say, oh, you, he's such a nice person,
and then you think, well, boy, you wouldn't say that
if you saw what I viewed last night. But I
know it because I lived it and I talked to
him in every day. We're in the same place. Some
of them have been stuck for decades like I was.
(03:08):
But the moment they name the struggle, that's when the
healing starts. If you're if you're here live, let me
know in the chat. Have you ever felt that struggle,
and you can you can just drop that, you know.
(03:28):
If you're not here listening on the podcast, you can
drop me a line at Eric at powerfuleric dot com,
or you can do that now too if you like.
But anyway, hey, if you're just joining me, follow follow
me and grab your free my free book using the
link in the bio or the show notes. But I
(03:51):
want to share something very personal with you. There was
a time when I couldn't go a day without this,
or even a couple hours. I had the best intentions.
I was married, I had a good life, love was
my family. But I just kept slipping, and I kept
(04:13):
it a secret, and that secret wore me down spiritually, emotionally, physically, yes, physically.
There was a night where I hit bottom. I looked
in the mirror and thought, is this who I really am?
(04:34):
Is this what I've become? And that was a turning point.
I didn't get perfect overnight, but I got honest, and
that honesty started to unlock everything. The shame began to lift,
and that's when the healing really started. If you're listening
to this and you've had that moment, maybe this is
(05:00):
your mere moment, and if it is, let this be
the day you start climbing out. What keeps you stuck?
So why do we stay stuck? There's three big reasons.
The biggest one of all shame. I can talk about
(05:23):
this for several podcasts. Shame alcohol and drugs doesn't. Yeah,
people aren't happy about that. But this particular addiction that
lives in your browser history has a tremendous amount of
shame with it. Have you experienced that shame? The habit.
(05:43):
The habit thrives in secrecy. The more we hide it,
the more power it has. Next one is stress. Most
guys don't have an emotional outlet. They turn to the
habit because it's easy and it gives them that release,
(06:06):
But it's a short term fix for a long term wound.
The next thing is false beliefs, Believing things like I'll
never beat this or I'm just wired this way. That's
not true. Have you heard of neuroplasticity? Can't say the
(06:29):
word neuroplasticity is real. Your brain can change, your spirit
can grow, but it starts with a belief. If you're stuck,
it's not because you're broken, it's because you haven't learned
(06:50):
how to channel that passionate energy. Yet how to escape.
Let me give you some practical tips for escaping the
secret struggle that lives in your browser history. Awareness. Just
(07:13):
start tracking your triggers, know your patterns. You may feel like, well,
I just do it when I want to. Well, it
may seem that way that your subconscious mind is saying, hey,
why don't you act out right now, I'm feeling really
stressed out. Let's just get online and knock one out
(07:34):
real quick. It's it may seem like it's just this
quote unquote fun thing that feels good that you want
to do. But if you're to the point where it's
an addiction, it's much deeper than you might seem. So
you have to track what triggers you and it could
(07:55):
be anything. Really stress being a big one. To track
your triggers. What sets you off next is accountability. Get
around others who are on this journey. You don't need
to do this alone. Don't do this alone. You really
(08:16):
can't do this alone. If you get to the point
of being addicted to this, then doing it on your
own is virtually impossible. I haven't met anyone that it
was addicted that we're able to overcome it on their own.
Are there people. Sure, I'm sure there's some enigmas out there,
but for the most part, you need somebody. You need
(08:37):
to find a therapist, a maybe a spiritual leader. Maybe
maybe it's a parent, Maybe maybe it's a school counselor
maybe it's a coach like myself. But find find someone.
Find a coach, a group, a mentor someone who understands.
(08:59):
I went to traditional route and none of these people.
Traditional route meaning getting a therapist, going to twelve step meetings,
and taking some type of antidepressing. I did all those things,
and I actually got worse. Believe it or not, but
I I couldn't find somebody that was actually struggling with
(09:21):
what I was doing. I did in the twelve step meetings,
but as far as therapist, no, But anyway, I digress.
The next one is action. Replace the habit channel that
passionate energy. Work out. And I say this to my
clients when we start working together. I said, if you're
(09:43):
not willing to work out your physical body, meaning like
go for a jog, go lift weights, do yoga, least,
go for a walk, do something like. If you're not
willing to do that, then we don't need to bother
doing our sessions because that is the no umber one
way you can channel that energy. So if you're not
(10:04):
willing to work out, then I don't know what to
tell you. You have to move your body in a
healthy way, so work out or do something to build
a business, serve someone, help someone. That energy is sacred,
(10:25):
use it. I call myself now well for social media
I do. I normally call myself a X and porn
addiction recovery coach, but here I say I am a
urge control and sacred energy coach because that energy is sacred,
like it's not. It's not supposed to be just shot
(10:46):
all over the place. But don't wait for perfection. Just
commit to progress one day, one urge, one decision at
a time, and if you're serious about making that shift,
follow me. Click the link of the bio or in
the show notes to get your free copy of my book.
(11:09):
It's a guide that really helps you take you to
the next step. And also you can reach out to me.
You can send me an email at Eric at Powerfuleric
dot come. If this hit home for you today, I
want to I want to invite you to take the
next step. You don't have to do this alone. Reach out,
(11:30):
find support and start building a new path. And if
you're looking for deeper support, check out the resources looked
linked in the show notes or bio or depending on
where you're at or where you're turning in from, or
just go to my website Powerfuleric dot com. I've got
a lot of stuff, free stuff under resources. And if
you're listening to this on the podcast, don't forget to
(11:52):
leave a review and share it with someone who needs
to hear this, because trust me, there are millions of
men and women that are struggling with this. I know
I have men literally reach out to me from around
the globe, from countries that I have never heard of.
(12:13):
So follow me. If this message is resonates with you,
and don't forget. You can get your free copy of
my book by clicking the link in the bower show notes.
So I beat that horse to death. So I want
to open this up to people that have questions. I
(12:36):
stop feeling bad about watching Corn when I was fifteen.
Get over it, dude. I wish I could. I wish
I could. I carried a tremendous amount of guilt and
shame about it. Like there are some guys that can
(12:56):
drink alcohol and be totally fine. And there's other guys
that drink drinking alcohol and they're like they can't stop,
and that was me, Like I could not stop once
I started. I would edge. Do you know what edging is? Edging?
You know, you get yourself dressed right to the brink
of you know here on live on on uh social media.
(13:23):
Have to choose my words carefully otherwise they block me.
So but anyway, I would edge. So that's awesome that
if you can stop feeling bad about it, because that
just feeds it. Talking through the biz here. So thank
you for your comment, and I'm glad you were able
to get over it. But for a lot of us,
(13:46):
it's not that easy. If it were that easy, then
we could just stop. But here's what happens. Here's the
the addiction cycle in a very simple, simplified form. We
have trigger thought action, trigger thought action. So you're on
social media, you see some beautiful woman, that's your trigger.
(14:09):
Your thought is, oh wow, she is beautiful. I'm just
gonna go click open a new tab here and take
care of things. And your action is taking care of things.
And so that uncomfortableness that you felt you took care
of briefly but then you have that uncomfortableness come again
(14:34):
because of what you just did. You feel guilt and
shame about it. Fortunately for my friend, you're the BIZ
does not feel that and is not get stuck in
that cycle. But that's the cycle trigger thought action. But
here's the quote unquote secret between the trigger trigger thought action. There,
(14:58):
between those three things, there is some space. And if
you can get yourself, like when you're online and you
see that jiggly video, you see that jiggly video, you
have an opportunity where you can make change your mind.
You can say, you know what, stop, stop, cancel, I
(15:23):
release this spot and you take a different action. You
take a different action. And I teach guys to wear
a rubber band so they will. This is this is
psychology one on one here. So you're triggered by something
like WHOA, I wasn't expecting to see that. I'm triggered
(15:44):
by that. You snap, snap yourself back to reality, say stop, cancel,
and do something else. So you remember here you are
not alone, you are not broken. See that's why I
(16:05):
do what I do for a living as a sacred
energy and urge control coach. I went to all these
different programs and they had you say that you are
a power less you are powerless over whatever the addiction was.
That did not work for me, and it was not
working for most of the guys in these programs. So
I went off on my own, became found tools that
(16:27):
actually work, that actually work, and I started to call
myself powerful instead of instead of pitiful, beautiful, powerless.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
I'm pitiful, I'm pitiful, I'm addicted, I'm cordless.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
So instead of that, I just on one day, I
was creating a login for an addiction recovery program and
I thought, I'm gonna put my log in is powerful, Eric,
and you are powerful too, and the best days are
ahead of you. Thanks for listening. If you're struggling with
(17:13):
porn or sex addiction, reach out to Eric at powerfuleric
dot com.
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