This week on the Get Your Marriage On! podcast , we talked with Lair Torrent about his book the Practice of Love. Torrent is a licensed Marriage and Family...
Intimacy & Emotional Needs
Busting the Myth of Sexual Compatibility
I made the decision early in life that I was going to wait until I got married to have sex. This was not a popular belief in high school. Many of my friends...
Mindfulness in Sex
Setting the Scene Readers, I have a confession to make. As I sat down to write this post, I was the farthest thing from mindful. I needed to get this...
Intimacy: Intention, not Intervention
This week we got to talk with Dr. Dave Schramm on the Get Your Marriage On! Podcast. Dr. Schramm is a professor of Family Life in the Human Development and...
Uncompromising Intimacy
This week on our podcast we got to talk to Alexandra Stockwell about her upcoming book, titled Uncompromising Intimacy. Here, we are going to learn how to...
Condensed Intimacy Course: Part 2
Welcome back! This is part two of our condensed intimacy course. Last week, we introduced a framework of stage 1, two, and 3 sex. You can find part one...
“Overfunctioning” in Relationships
This week on our podcast, we had the wonderful opportunity to hear from Rhonda Farr, a marriage coach. Rhonda told her story about being an “overfunctioner”...
Sex and Intimacy Coaching: the What and the Why
To get good at something, everybody needs a coach. Olymipans have a coach. NFL teams have coaches. My son’s tennis team has a coach. It stands to reason...
Sexless Marriage: How to Break the Cycle
A sexless marriage is, for our purposes, a marriage where the lack of sex is distressing to either or both parties. A sexless marriage is often perpetuated...
The Art of Sexual Desire
Desire is "a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen" (quote taken from Google). Sexual desire is encompasses your...
Male Entitlement and How to Combat it
Male entitlement refers in general to the cultural phenomena where males feel entitled to women’s bodies, sex, or favors. This is a very widespread and...
How to Grow Sexually
Developing Sexuality How do we go about growing sexually? If one wanted to develop their spirituality, one may decide to read religious books, listen to...
Pornography in Christian Marriages
Pornography. You’ve heard jokes about it. You’ve been lectured about it. It’s this big scary thing that ruins relationships and desensitizes teens. But how...
Becoming One in Marriage
When you hear the word sexuality, what comes to mind? Is it a word you’re comfortable with? Unfortunately, many people feel ashamed of sexuality and their...
Building Deeper Intimacy
What is Intimacy? Intimacy is about a willingness to know and to be known. Some say intimacy could be spelled “into-me-see”--It’s about being seen as you...
Seeing Our Spouse For Who They Are
It takes great compassion and love to be willing to see your spouse for who they really are. It's easy to instead hide behind resentment or our own fantasy...
Sharing Your Load
Have you ever noticed that there’s something almost invisible and intangible that interferes with our ability to connect with our spouses sometimes?...
Mindfulness and Sex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKFa0CrLMuc Your full presence is one of the greatest gifts you can give another person. By being fully present, your mind...