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A List of All the Bare Marriage Series
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,...

Is It Okay to Give Up on Your Dreams?
Have you ever had dreams that didn't come true? We're right at the cusp of fall, when people are making plans for the year ahead, and looking back over the year that has past. We want to do it better this year. We want to be more organized. We want to finally make...

The “How NOT to Flirt with Your Wife” Podcast
It's the last Thursday of the month, so it's time for our Start Your Engines podcast, directed towards men (and their wives, of course!) And today we're talking all about flirting. So first, listen in!Listen to the Podcast HereBrowse all the Different PodcastsListen...

10 Things to Know about Old Testament Laws and Periods
As Christians, a lot of the cultural ideas that we get about our periods derive from Old Testament laws that called periods "unclean." We're finishing up our series on periods today! And I thought I'd end with something that came up repeatedly in the comments over the...

How to Make Period Sex Less Messy–and More Enticing
Are you somebody who would actually love to have period sex? I've been writing about periods all month, and last week we looked at period sex, mostly from the perspective that a woman should not feel obligated to give sexual favors then if she doesn't want to. But...

The PERIOD Series: Why Bare Marriage Loves Diva Cups!
We love Diva cups. They're awesome, and they can change your life. We're at the end of our period series this week. We've talked about the shame that we often feel as teens about our periods; how to help guys understand periods; when to call the doctor; sex and your...

Parents: Let’s Not Add Creepy Sexual Messages to Your Daughter’s First Period
Your daughter's first period is not the time to warn her about being sexually promiscuous. Let me repeat that: Just because your daughter can get pregnant now does not mean that you should launch into a talk about not fooling around with boys on the day that she gets...

The PODCAST Post: What if Giving Sexual Favors, well, Hurts?
What if you find oral sex or manual sex difficult because it causes muscle spasms? We talk about all kinds of weird stuff in our podcasts, and this one came up in some discussions earlier in the week on sex during your period. So we thought it was worth tackling!...

Coaching a Young Girl Through Her First Period at an Airport Bathroom
Is your daughter prepared for her first period? And what happens when her first period takes her by surprise? I'm going to invite Joanna, my co-author of our upcoming The Great Sex Rescue, to share a story of talking through bathroom stalls to a young girl in tears....

Audio Books, FREE Video Studies, and More!
The summer's winding down, and some of us are starting to plan for the fall! I know some of my American friends have children already in school (which is so weird to this Canadian, where we never start until after Labour Day!), but I have a few fun things to share...