Restored 2 More

What is a trigger? What can I do when I am triggered? How can I support my spouse when they are triggered? Today we discuss triggers and how healthily handling them can lead to restoration. At the beginning of our healing process, triggers overwhelmed us and sent us spiraling and fighting, leaving us confused and disconnected. We found that we can react four different ways to triggers: suppress th...

How can we proactively prepare our kids for an over-sexualized culture? How can we protect them from the damaging effects of pornography? What should we do if we discover our child is watching pornography? How early should we talk about sex, and how do we bring up the topic of pornography with our kids? Today we have the privilege to share our interview with Kristen Jenson, who answers these quest...

If fear is not displaced by grace, it will ultimately ruin our lives. Before anything else, grace is relational, meaning we have to experience grace to understand it.  Today we get an in-depth look at the meaning and power of grace. What does it mean, and how have misguided teachings distorted and diluted its message? Ed Khouri has been in the field of addiction and recovery for over 40 years. He...

 Today we interview Dr. Glenn and Phyllis Hill,  the Founders of Connection Codes. Glenn is a clinical sexologist and family therapist, and both Glenn and Phyllis are connection code coaches who help couples, families, individuals, churches, and businesses build deeper connections. Today we discuss how to live authentic lives and communicate our emotions in a way that creates a connection with tho...

Out of the Dust is the name of this incredible married duo, as well as the headline of their story. Today Chris and Steph Teague share their story of downfall, divorce, and miraculous remarriage. After two years of having a Christian, ministry-filled marriage,  Chris told Steph that he didn’t believe in God and didn’t want to be married. After getting divorced and not talking for eight months, God...

As an LMFT, Geoff specializes in helping couples heal and rebuild trust from the impact of betrayal, including addiction, abuse, affairs, and abandonment. He shares stories of hope, demonstrating how couples can connect and thrive after healing from the pain and how to find each other again after recovery. We also discuss the process of rebuilding trust and safety and having proper expectations fo...

"Are the courses you offer going to help my marriage?" " What are we going to learn?" "With it being on Zoom, how can we build community?" Before any of us sign up for an 8-week course, there are questions we want answers to. Instead of hearing from us, we interviewed three couples who have gone through the course and are willing to answer these questions and more. Th...

It all started with Dr. Jennifer Degler having questions about her own sexual experience. She wanted answers to questions like, “what happened to my libido after getting married?” and “how can I have a sexually gratifying  and exciting marriage?” Today we learn that when a wife chooses to understand her body, she can cultivate sexual desire and create a newfound excitement about sex.  For us, we g...

How do we celebrate the holidays when we are broken-hearted? What can we do to prepare for times with family that might be triggering? We share our thoughts in a short episode and give an update that we will be taking December off to rest with family and focus our work on the curriculums being launched next year! Our Resources: https://www.instagram.com/restored2more/ https://restored2more.com/ ht...

Our favorite quotes from this episode: ”Restoration can’t grow in the soil of deception.” “I needed a safe place in the church to talk about my sexuality.” “You can’t get right with each other until you both get right with God.” Today Josh and Jaelyn share their incredible story of restoration. Josh describes what it was like to struggle with his sexuality at a young age while having know where sa...

We have to learn vulnerability and connect emotionally, spiritually, and physically to experience true intimacy with our spouse. Today, Jorge and Danisa Suarez, sex therapists, marriage counselors, TV and radio hosts, authors, and speakers join us to talk about creating a thriving, flourishing marriage. We ask about practical ways to begin the journey towards emotional and sexual connection, how t...

Today Cory from Sexy Marriage Radio shares how  God cares more about character development and maturity than our happiness. He elaborates on how great marriages are built when the good times stop rolling and the euphoria wears off. We asked about how to build sexual intimacy when the conversation is so uncomfortable? Cory responds by sharing how it's less about trying to fix a situation or tr...

The "purity" narrative, also called the traditional church narrative, gave a very limited view of sexuality. Many were impacted negatively as they grew into adulthood and entered marriage, bringing guilt over past decisions, shame from past abuse, or fear of enjoying the gift of intimacy in its intended context. Today, we talk with Lori about reframing the Purity narrative and understand...

Is there a safe place in the church to be confused about our sexuality? If we admit to a struggle with same-sex attraction, how will our fellow Christians view us? These are the questions Zach and Kate had while growing up in the church. In this episode, Zach and Kate share how we, the body of Christ, can learn to come alongside our brothers and sisters instead of making them feel shunned and unwe...

Louis leads conversations with young adults on contentious issues of sexuality with the goal of presenting the gospel. He has found that the biggest roadblock keeping young people from seeing Jesus and being open to the gospel is the understanding of sexuality. Unfortunately, many find the Bible and Christianity rigid, judgmental, and unloving towards others with a different sexual orientation.  L...

We need to eliminate this idea of “the sex talk” and instead normalize healthy sexual conversation in our family to raise our kids with a Biblical understanding of sexuality. Today Cole and Caitlin Zick, directors of Moral Revolution, share how we can change the atmosphere, renew our thinking and restore what God intends sexuality to be. We talk about practical ways parents can start becoming educ...

All of us face different kinds of crises. In this episode, Caleb and Stefanie Rouse share that it can be tough to trust God during painful circumstances and remind us that it is always worth it. They share how the Bible came alive for them as their relationship with Jesus deepened and how they built spiritual intimacy into their relationship for it to thrive! More Resources: https://www.stefaniero...

Unfortunately, many of us are set up to fail regarding sex in marriage. Noah shares how the purity culture led him to believe that if he saved himself sexually, sex in marriage would be utterly satisfying, effortlessly enjoyable, and fulfilling. When it wasn’t, he turned to God in frustration and begged to be given what he thought he deserved. Noah shares how his relationship with God transformed...

What does it take to become a sexy couple?! Unfortunately,  so many of us have a neutral or negative perspective when it comes to sex. We can quickly settle for mediocre sexual intimacy and never learn how to enjoy God’s gift fully. In this episode, Dan Purcell shares how we can start the conversation with our spouse about what they enjoy, appreciate and desire, and past hurt or brokenness. More R...

John and Karen share a vulnerable, heart-wrenching story of betrayal from pornography, affairs, and escapism. Their transparency allows us to enter into their pain and brokenness as they re-live the sorrow and confusion they faced in their most challenging season. Yet through it all, God was faithful. This story of redemption is another example of God's ability to revive and reconcile two peo...

How can we build a deeper friendship with our spouse? Trey and Lea share how people don’t fall out of love; they fall out of friendship. They explain how a couple can build spiritual intimacy and connection to continue being soulmates, not roommates. We also learn how to keep the flirting alive and keep the connection strong long after saying, “I do.“ More Resources: https://strongermarriageworksh...

Dr. Jake Porter has the rare quality of being clinical and theologically trained. We have an incredible discussion about how couples can rebuild trust and connection and start having intimacy after betrayal. His practice, Daring Ventures, is world-renowned and sought after for its ability to offer hope and healing through the intensives and materials they produce. More Resources: https://www.youtu...

In this episode, Clinton and Charity share exciting insider information on what’s next for Restored 2 More Inc. Everything from re-branding the website, new offerings, vision, and mission and how you can be a part of it all! More Resources: https://restored2more.com/ https://restored2more.com/groups/ https://www.instagram.com/restored2more/ https://restored2more.com/donate/ Thanks for listening! W...

In this episode,  Francie Winslow shares incredible insight about sex, marriage, educating our children, and the mission of God! She describes how God creates our bodies and sexuality for good purposes, enjoyment, and an instrument of oneness with God and our spouse.  We discuss how to heal from harmful perspectives we may have developed and how we can experience God's design and plan for sex...

Getting to a place where we accept this part of our marriage story is so hard, and yet as soon as we do, the healing begins. Ashley and Asher share how multiple areas of sexual brokenness negatively impacted their relationship and how their story didn’t end there. Today they tell the story of how God has taken their brokenness, redeemed it, and now uses it to relate to others and empower them duri...