The Double Standards of Sexual Expectations in Marriage

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 16, 2023 | Sexual Intimacy

We need to deal with our double standards of sexual expectations in marriage. This month we’re looking at entitlement in marriage, and how the entitlement mentality can kill a marriage. One of the things we were talking about last week was that reasonable...

Safety and Intimacy: You’ll Never Have an Intimate Sex Life without Feeling Safe First

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 7, 2022 | Sexual Intimacy

Without safety and security, a sex life can never blossom. In fact, a marriage can never blossom! Safety and security are necessary for intimacy. This month we’re talking about our 4-step plan for recovery from sexual problems in your marriage. These steps are...

Here’s What Recovery from Sexual Problems Looks Like

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 4, 2022 | Sexual Intimacy

When you’ve built a pit for yourself and your sex life, it can seem impossible to climb out.  This month, our series is on how to dig yourself out of that pit. Last month we looked at how those pits can be built in the first place, and in our book The Great Sex...

What the Hookup Culture and Purity Culture Have in Common

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 18, 2022 | Sex, Theology of Marriage and Sex

What if both purity culture and the hookup culture are teaching people to treat sex with dissociation and disconnection? Sheila here! Today I’m proud to turn the blog over to Sam Jolman, a licensed counselor in Colorado who is passionate about promoting a...

Can Sex Feel Great But Leave You Empty?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 18, 2022 | Connecting, Making Sex Feel Good, Sex, Sexual Intimacy, Spiritual Intimacy

What if sex physically works well–but afterwards you just feel distant from one another? This month on the blog I’m going a “number of the day” series, and I meant to put this post up on Wednesday but the blog was all glitchy that day when we...