by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 28, 2024 | Podcasts, Preparing for Marriage
Is the honeymoon all about the guy FINALLY getting sex? Nope. But too often evangelicals talk like this–and it has grave consequences. Licensed counselor Jay Stringer sent me a video a few weeks ago that he was really concerned about. SBC Megachurch pastor Josh...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 18, 2024 | Making Sex Feel Good, Preparing for Marriage
Is sex really painful the first time? That’s one of the most common questions I get asked from engaged women waiting for the wedding night. How much is going to hurt? What should I expect? This month I’m going to look at some “myths” that we often have around sex....
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Growing up, we hear, over and over again: “Just wait for the wedding night! The wedding night will the most magical night of your life!” We get that message from our youth groups; from movies; from bridal magazines. The honeymoon is the pinnacle of your...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 16, 2021 | Podcasts, Uncategorized
It’s the last Bare Marriage podcast of 2021! And thank you for joining us this year! Today on the podcast we hear Rachel Perry’s story of vaginismus, and then I get cozy in my yellow chair where I work and just tell you how I see the Christmas story...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Vaginismus was a big part of the early story of my marriage. We were greeted on our wedding night by an inability to have intercourse because it hurt too much. I was expecting sex to hurt a little bit, but not like that. It caused so many hurt feelings on both sides....