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PODCAST: Are There “Pink Brains” and “Blue Brains”? A Review of the Neuroscience Christian Authors Like to Cite

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Sep 30, 2021 | Podcasts

Ever heard Christian resources tell you that the male sex drive is something that women can’t possibly understand? That men are visual in a way that women never will be? That sex matters to a man in a way that it doesn’t to a woman? It’s all over our...

What Does It Mean to “Prioritize Your Sex Life”?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 10, 2021 | Libido, Making Sex Feel Good

I see advice all the time in both Christian and secular realms telling married couples to “prioritize your sex life.” And you know what? I agree! That’s why I’ve written three books on sex. (including 31 Days to Great Sex; I don’t talk...

Communicating Your Perspective When Your Spouse Isn’t Interested in Sex

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 20, 2021 | Libido

What do you do if your spouse isn’t interested in sex? Often when I write about how to spice things up in the bedroom, or how to make sex more fun, the emails start to arrive: What do I do if my husband doesn’t want to have sex? What do I do if my wife...

Why Doesn’t My Husband Want to Make Love

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 19, 2021 | Libido

What do you do if your husband doesn’t want to make love? That’s such a lonely place to be in a marriage–but it’s far more common than we might normally think. When we were conducting the research for our book The Great Sex Rescue, we asked...

Which Comes First, Sex or Friendship? The Chicken and the Egg in Marriage

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 23, 2021 | Sexual Intimacy

Sex and friendship in marriage can be a lot like the chicken and the egg. Do you have sex to build friendship, or does building friendship lead to more sex. The answer? Yes. Yes to both. That’s what we found in our survey results for The Great Sex Rescue, as...

Why Believing All Men Are Sex Machines Leads to So Much Rejection among Women

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 15, 2021 | Libido

If we believe that men are insatiable sex machines who will want and need sex everyday, what happens when we marry and wives find their husbands are just human? This week, on our Bare Marriage podcast, we talked with Rachel Joy Welcher about her book Talking Back to...