Expectations in Marriage: 4 Things You Should Expect from Your Spouse

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 11, 2023 | Connecting

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 feeling entitled and having realistic expectations in marriage. I want to expand on that today. So often...

How NOT to Be an Entitled Husband or Entitled Wife

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 9, 2023 | Resolving Conflict

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 end. I don’t agree. Even if you didn’t have commitment, if the marriage was great, why would anyone leave?Sure, every...

PODCAST: 3 Ways to Talk about Libido Differences

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 27, 2022 | Podcasts, Research

We usually talk about libido differences in terms of high vs. low. Who has the higher libido? Who has the lower libido? And are these the best ways to talk about libido? In today’s podcast, we talk about two OTHER ways to conceptualize libido differences that we...

RESEARCH DEEP DIVE: Does Sex Start in the Kitchen, or Does it Die There?

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Oct 3, 2022 | Libido, Series

PODCAST: Is Sex a “Yes Space” for Men? And What Does that Do to Women’s Libido?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 2, 2022 | Podcasts

Have we made sex–and marriage–into a “Yes Space” for men? And if so, how does this affect libido? It’s been a while since Rebecca and I recorded a podcast where we just talked about what we wanted to talk about, rather than having...