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Send us Fan Mail We often go to our pastors for marital advice and answers to tough questions. But what about the questions you can't ask them? In preparation for my Sex Questions You Can't Ask Your Pastor tomorrow at 9:00 PM Eastern Time. If you want to sign up, just follow the link to buy your ticket, which comes with a FREE copy of my book 31 Days to Great Sex, and a FREE copy of Spic...

Send us Fan Mail We have been talking about the concept of mental load and the emotional burden of taking care of kids and the household. And when your wife is feeling overburdened bu all the things she needs to track, it's hard for her to get invested in the bedroom. It's so important, then, for husbands to get invested in the household, but is asking her to make a list really going to...

Send us Fan Mail I've been talking on the blog about the mental load of housework and how it often falls on the wives, even when they are the one who works outside the house. I have also been saying that men can step up more because being a man doesn't make them less capable. Curiously, that sentiment has earned me the title of man-basher from some of my male commenters. So Let's ta...

Send us Fan Mail Let's talk about minimum community standards and how they can be used to reduce your mental load and get you and your spouse on the same page in terms of housework! Support the show Join Sheila at Bare Marriage.com ! Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue   She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Study Guide   The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex  and The Good...

Send us Fan Mail This month we are doing our series on emotional labour. In keeping with that trend, today's podcast is all about how much of a mental load it is to be solely in charge of housework, and how to find a healthier balance with your spouse. Support the show Join Sheila at Bare Marriage.com ! Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue   She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and...

Send us Fan Mail What are the differences between men and women, and how important are they actually? Have we been focusing on the wrong thing? Support the show Join Sheila at Bare Marriage.com ! Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue   She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Study Guide   The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex  and The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex And she has...

Send us Fan Mail So much of the teachings out there for young women is that when they are dating, they must be the gatekeeper and stop physical interactions from reaching their boyfriend's 'point of no return.' Let's talk about how this mentality often ends up holding women back from enjoying sex once they are married. Honeymoon Course Support the show Join Sheila at Bare Marri...

Send us Fan Mail Today we talk about about how to handle being cooped up in the house spending all day every day with your spouse. It's not just something to get through, but something you can even grow to love!  Support the show Join Sheila at Bare Marriage.com ! Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue   She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Study Guide   The Good Girl's G...

Send us Fan Mail We have found the the message that "women NEED to have sex regularly or else their husbands will stray" Is very harmful to their enjoyment of sex. But we also found that they often don't get that message from their husbands. Their are a lot of great husbands out their whose wives are still struggling because they have heard this message at church or in books or from...

Send us Fan Mail We need to talk about what actually constitutes rape and consent in marriage, and where obligation sex fits into the conversation Podcast Extras on the Blog Marital Rape 1 Corinthians 7:3-5: What do the verses really mean? Do Not Deprive: What if it’s actually women who are being deprived? Why We Need a New Definition of Sex Have we made sex into an entitlement? Why submission doe...

Send us Fan Mail Today, Rebecca and I review sheet music and talk about how a book that gives overly explicit sex advice can become just plain creepy. Honeymoon Course Support the show Join Sheila at Bare Marriage.com ! Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue   She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Study Guide   The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex  and The Good Guy's Guide t...

Send us Fan Mail I read out some quotes and anecdotes from Tim LaHaye's book,  The Act of Marriage , to my Rebecca to get her reaction. Support the show Join Sheila at Bare Marriage.com ! Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue   She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Study Guide   The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex  and The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex And she has an...

Send us Fan Mail COVID-19 is everywhere in the news right now, and people are scared. But while everyone is talking about the novel coronavirus and our response to it, I want to discuss the similartities between COVID-19 and porn use, particularly in terms of what we should do about it. Podcast Extras Why Every Man's Battle Fails Wives Are not to Blame Support the show Join Sheila at Bare Mar...

Send us Fan Mail It's time to rethink 'every man's battle' and talk about what lust really is, and how to really combat it. Podcast Extras The Church View of Lust Disrespects Women Are Men Visual? Masturbation in Marriage When She’s Always Left Hanging Women Deserve Orgasm, too Why Women’s Fireworks Matter Support the show Join Sheila at Bare Marriage.com ! Check out her books:...

Send us Fan Mail We live in a rapidly changing world where information is available at the touch of a button, yet the Sunday church service has stayed pretty consistent. Is it time to shake things up? Podcast Extras Being Lonely in a Group of People 10 Ways to Break Into A New Church and Find Friends What Happened at Willow Creek? 10 Signs You’re in a Legalistic Church When Women Start Saying No t...

Send us Fan Mail Community is an important part of our life, but what do you do when you have trouble finding it? Or when you've found it, but can't join it? Or when you feel you have a little too much of it, and people are giving you unsolicited advice? All that and more on today's episode! Podcast Extras Making Community at Church Podcast: Getting Your Life Together Canadian Pedia...

Send us Fan Mail My reader questions are coming in faster than I can write posts on them, so for today's podcast I am going to answer a bunch of my readers questions about marriage, sex, and everything else! Podcast Extras Can You Divorce for Abuse? Why I’m Anti-Divorce but Pro Remarriage Is the Husband the Tie-Breaker? Are Husbands Supposed to "Get Their Wives Ready for Jesus?" Sup...

Send us Fan Mail There are a lot of unhelpful or harmful teachings about sex out there, so let's talk about how to discern the good from the bad. Also on this episode, Rebecca and I will talk about how to navigate your wife's hormonal cycles when it comes to the bedroom! Spicy Dares Podcast Extras Support the show Join Sheila at Bare Marriage.com ! Check out her books: The Great Sex Resc...

Send us Fan Mail The idea of having sex after giving birth is daunting, especially after complications. And if we move too fast, we risk making recovery even harder. So let's talk about not just how to start having sex again, but how to get back to enjoying it! Podcast Extras Support the show Join Sheila at Bare Marriage.com ! Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue   She Deserves Better Th...

Send us Fan Mail Valentine's Day is coming up, so let's talk about what it means to be a sexual being, how the world can sometimes take our sexuality away from us, and how we can reclaim it! Podcast Extras Sexy Dares Why I didn't Rebel Support the show Join Sheila at Bare Marriage.com ! Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue   She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Stu...

Send us Fan Mail When I surveyed women for one of my books, I asked them to name three things about their body. Most of them really struggled to come up with one, but they had a whole of things they DIDN'T like. So let's talk about how to not just accept our bodies, but to LIKE them. Because after all, they're the ones God gave us! Podcast Extras Support the show Join Sheila at Bare...

Send us Fan Mail Let's talk about a big issue we hear about a lot: Sexless marriages. Whether a wife is withholding sex because of her husband's behaviour, because she doesn't enjoy it, or just because she finds it gross, let's figure out why she cut things off, what a healthy sex life should look like, and how to get there! Podcast Extras Support the show Join Sheila at Bare M...

Send us Fan Mail Something’s wrong in your marriage. So what do you do about it? This month I’m running my iron sharpens iron series, about how marriage is supposed to make you better people. But it can’t do that if we don’t speak up when things are wrong! So today on the podcast I’m continuing my discussion about how to confront your spouse if something’s bugging you Podcast Extras 9 Thoughts Tha...

Send us Fan Mail It's one year this week since I ran my huge Love & Respect series . I've written about how Love & Respect treats sex horribly and harms marriages off and on throughout this last year, since the original week-long series ran. And now, on this one year anniversary, I've been tying up some loose ends, including dropping my 5500 word open letter to Focus on the...