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The Uncomfortable Truth about Waiting until You’re Married for Sex

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 9, 2022 | Making Sex Feel Good

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...

PODCAST: The ABCs of Arousal and the Sexual Response Cycle

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 10, 2022 | Libido, Podcasts

Too many people don’t understand the sexual response cycle–so let’s spell it out and figure out why this lack of info has become so prevalent in evangelicalism! It’s time for a new podcast, and today’s podcast summarizes yesterday’s...

6: Do You Know the Stages of the Sexual Response Cycle?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 9, 2022 | Libido, Making Sex Feel Good

So…have you ever heard the term “sexual response cycle”? Basically what it means is that our bodies go through distinct stages during sexual arousal and response, leading up to orgasm and then resolving. And many of us don’t understand what...

The Podcast Where Emerson Eggerichs Ignores Marital Rape

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 20, 2022 | Podcasts

I’m all fired up about the fact that people still consider Emerson Eggerichs an authority on marriage and sex. As most of you know, every year in this week in January we revisit the problems with the book Love & Respect, in the hopes that more and more...

6 Reasons Your Mind and Body May Not Connect During Sex

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 6, 2021 | Sexual Intimacy

Sex would be so much easier if our bodies would just do what we want them to do, wouldn’t it? Or if our minds would just get “in the game” when it was time? Welcome to our Embodiment Series, where we’re talking about the mind-body connection....

PODCAST: Can My Vagina Have a Brain? Let’s Talk Mind-Body Connection!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 2, 2021 | Bare Marriage, Podcasts

Let’s jump in with our embodiment series on the blog–and the podcast! This month we’re going to be talking about embodiment, leading up to Christmas. Our bodies are important. Jesus took on human form to live among us. He resurrected bodily, as will...