by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 4, 2024 | Faith
My son Christopher died 28 years ago today. That’s such a strange phrase to say–“My son Christopher died.” I remember practising saying it when he was in the ICU, preparing myself for what may come. The words didn’t seem to go together,...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 7, 2023 | Podcasts
Can church actually cause religious trauma? Today on the podcast I’m talking with Dr. Laura Anderson, an expert in the complex trauma that we often find in religious circles. You can’t necessarily point to one particularly bad thing; but it’s all of...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 11, 2023 | Abuse
Sheila here! October is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month, and last week I saw an amazing post by Emily at Thriving Forward, who was a guest on the Bare Marriage podcast a while ago talking about growing up under Gothard, and being part of the lawsuit against him. One...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 10, 2023 | Libido
Obligation sex can wreak havoc on us. For last month we’ve been doing a deep dive into obligation sex, looking at the main problems with obligation sex, how it affects women’s bodies, why you don’t need to consent to being used, and more. But as we’re nearing the end...
by Camden Morgante | Sep 5, 2023 | Parenting Teens
Welcome to a new season on the Bare Marriage blog! We’re about to begin a new series, starting tomorrow, on obligation sex–how to understand it and get over it. But before we do that, I received this great article by Dr. Camden Morgante (known as Dr....
