Keith Rose holds a Master of Divinity degree and BA in Sacred Music. Keith worked with the Covenant Eyes Member Care Team for 15 years. He has also served as a Bible teacher, pastoral assistant, and music director at his local church. He's now the editor of the Covenant Eyes blog and the author of Allied: Fighting Porn With Accountability, Faith, and Friends. He lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina with his wife Ruby and daughter Winslow. Contact Keith with blog inquiries.
Psychologists love to research willpower and self-control. And with good reason—it takes extraordinary effort and discipline to make your way in the world. Most people can benefit personally from figuring out how it works. The…
We all know someone with apparently inexhaustible willpower. You know, the marathon runner. The friend from college who finished two degrees while working full-time. The co-worker who stares tirelessly at a screen all day, reading…
Have you ever felt like you have a split personality? You have the best intentions to get up early, work out, eat salad, and read good books. But when it comes right down to it,…
The process model sees self-control as a process—no surprise here. This really means that there’s a cycle we go through when we face temptation. First, we see something we want. Next, we think about how…
What is worth more to you: looking at porn or not looking at porn? Think about your decisions like an accountant would. When you face the choice to look at porn or not look at…
In our last article, we looked at what kinds of plans succeed or fail to accomplish your goals. This article explores the interaction between you and your plans—”cybernetic control.” Cybernetic control sounds like something from…
What makes a goal work? How do you identify a good plan to accomplish that goal? What makes a bad plan? These are the questions that psychologists tackled when they developed “goal systems theory.” “Goal…
Why is it so difficult to resist temptation? Why do goals and resolutions to quit seem to diminish over time? At Covenant Eyes, we care about the willpower to overcoming porn. The field of research…
It’s that time of year again. The time you get to start over fresh. A time when a lot of us make resolutions as to what we will or won’t do in the next chapter…
