Every month on the blog, I like to focus on a particular topic.
It doesn’t mean that every post in that month has to do with that topic, but often I have more to say on something than just one post will allow, and so I dedicate a month to go more in-depth.
In August, we’ve been talking about periods! But I’ve also tackled emotional labor, MBTI personalities, birth control, submission in marriage, and so much more.
I know some of you have joined the blog only relatively recently, and so you may not have had time to delve into some of the series that I’ve done in the past. Since there’s an extra Monday in August, I thought I’d post my most recent series, so that you all can peruse and catch up if there’s a topic you’ve missed. And the other posts in each series should be listed at the bottom of these posts, too.
Have fun!
Podcast: It’s Okay to Trust Your Emotions!
If the heart is wicked and deceitful above all things, then aren't emotions bad and not to be trusted? So often in evangelical circles we've been...
Expectations in Marriage: 4 Things You Should Expect from Your Spouse
Is it wrong to have expectations in marriage? We've been talking about entitlement in marriage, and on Monday I wrote about the difference between...
How NOT to Be an Entitled Husband or Entitled Wife
What is it that actually kills a marriage? In the Christian world, “lack of commitment” is often named as the culprit that brings a marriage to an...
Why Is a Christian Book Trying to Coerce Wives into Sending Nude Photos?
Christian leaders should not be trying to convince women to send nude photos. This doesn't seem like it should even have to be said, but earlier...
PODCAST: The Strike at Putney, and What Would Happen if Women Just Stopped?
It's a new year of podcasts--and Lucy Maud Montgomery joins us for the first one! In her book The Making of Biblical Womanhood, Beth Allison Barr...
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How One Couple in the Arctic Got Over Nagging
Sheila here! Today I'm turning the blog over to Joanna, my awesome co-author with The Great Sex Rescue, and our resident statistician and super...
The DIRECT COMMUNICATION Series: What if Nagging Isn’t the Problem (or the Solution)?
We often hear that nagging is one of the worst things a woman can do in a marriage. It makes her husband feel infantilized, undermined, talked down...
Untangling Faith, Deconstruction, and My Story
Deconstruction, as a term, has become really complicated to understand. Rebecca and I talked about it in a recent podcast, and it's one of those...
How To Have an Annual Family General Meeting
Want to help your kids feel cared for, listened to, included? And want to help them understand more what goes into running the family? Welcome to...
PODCAST Post: Direct Communication 101–with Your Spouse and Your Kids!
So what's up with direct communication? Why is it so hard? And how can we do it better? This week on the podcast we're summarizing our whole direct...
5 Reasons Christian Men Have Difficulty with Direct Communication in Marriage
Our gendered teachings in the church can make it difficult for men to communicate directly with their wives, too. We're in the middle of our direct...
3 Reasons Christian Teaching to Women Makes Direct Communication Sound Like a Sin
Do gendered teachings in the church make direct communication harder? We're in the middle of our series on direct communication--why direct...
The DIRECT COMMUNICATION SERIES: Direct Communication Isn’t Mean–But It May Feel Like It
When you start asking for things directly, it can feel like you're being really mean. But what if the opposite is true? What if speaking directly is...
Our Soul Ties Series: Do You Have Unhealthy Emotional Bonds with Your Kids?
Are you becoming codependent with your children? Do you have unhealthy emotional bonds with your parents? This month we've been talking about the...
Are You Inadvertently Raising Your Sons to Have Problems with Lust?
Every time, without fail, when I try to talk about men's struggles with lust the conversation turns to how women, and especially teenage girls,...
Hit My 50th Before 50! Plus Something Super Rare…
I've been writing some pretty heavy pieces lately, and I wanted to give you all a bit of an update and a newsier side of the blog. Those who are...
What Women Need to Know about Erections
To tell you the truth, I don't know a whole lot about erections. Mostly because I've never had one. But I get a LOT of questions about them. And I'm...
Our Soul Ties Series: How Do You Heal a Broken Heart?
Can you get over a broken heart? Can you heal from the hurt of past relationships? This month on Wednesdays we're talking about the idea of "soul...
9 Tips for Sexually Frustrated Wives
What do you do when you're feeling sexually frustrated in your marriage? A lot of advice for sexual frustration tends to be for singles, because sex...
Reader Question: Do I Have to Have Sex or Do Sexual Things if Sex Grosses Me Out?
What do you do if sex is very distasteful, and you'd rather not be sexual in your marriage at all? Last Friday I wrote a post about how withholding...
Is It Okay to Withhold Sex in Marriage? Let’s Rethink Sexless Marriages
Is withholding sex in marriage okay? If you're not a sexual person, or if you don't think your spouse deserves sex, is it okay to cut them off from...
PODCAST EXTRAS: The 9 Signs of Grooming Behavior for Sexual Abuse
I'm afraid that most of us don't know the signs of grooming behavior when it comes to sexual abuse. I know I didn't! But sexual abuse, especially in...
Our Soul Ties Series: Do You Form Soul Ties By Having Sex with Somebody?
Does having sex with somebody mean that you have a soul tie with them--a spiritual bond that is hard to break? This month at Bare Marriage we're...
What to Do When You’re Dreading Your Birthday
Sometimes life is just hard. And it's often birthdays and holidays that mark the passage of time, and remind us when life isn't going as planned. I...
Does the Way We Talk about Women’s Libidos Make Women Have No Libido?
Personally, I think women's libidos is largely in our heads. As in, what we think about libido determines our libido. So what is it that we're told...
Are there any other topics you’d like me to cover? Let me know in the comments!
Great round up! I’m looking forward to reading these. 🙂
Since you asked what we would like to see in a series:
Getting your marriage back on track after it has been derailed by (fill in the blank, and maybe this changes depending on what derailed it)
The emotional and perspective issues for newlyweds. Sorry if this is hard to describe, but I think a lot of newlyweds, especially younger ones, start marriage with ideas like:
the wedding is a big party
your first loyalty is still to your family of origin
this is just a more permanent version of a dating relationship where God allows us to have sex
it’s okay to disagree in public or in front of the kids
if your friends and family have always given you good advice, you should continue to turn to them for advice (even if it has the effect of putting marital decisions up to a popular vote)
I would love something about how and when to give marriage advice to friends. When is it appropriate to mention if you feel like something is off and how to bring that up.
Oh, that’s a great idea for a series! About how to support marriages in your circle/community, and support people when something is really off. Maybe for December when we’re talking about family? I’ll put that in the docket!