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PODCAST: We Have a Newborn. He Wants an XBox. Plus More Reader Questions!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 10, 2019 | Parenting Small Children, Podcasts

Does sex have to die when life gets busy? We’re in the middle of a series this month talking about the different stages of sex in marriage, and we launched it last week with the “Figuring Things Out” stage. This week we’re moving on to the next...

Why (Older) Women Often Long for More Adventure in Bed

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 4, 2018 | Sex

The image of the older woman who is sexually confident and wants more adventure in bed is quite common in our culture. Think of the “cougar” stereotype, that older woman who is looking for a younger man to satisfy her. Recently, when I was flying back from...

Want Great Sex? Then You Have to Let Go of Control!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 10, 2017 | Libido, Sexual Intimacy

If you want great sex, then you simply have to let yourself be vulnerable. It’s the start of our second week of the Sizzling Summer Sex Series, and last week one of the big things I was addressing was how to find real passion. The answer? We need vulnerability....

Why Is There No Passion in Our Marriage? The Missing Ingredient!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 7, 2017 | Libido, Sex

Are you trying desperately to have a great sex life, but it only leaves you feeling even more distant? It’s Day 5 of our Sizzling Summer Sex Series! And today I want to talk about the Big Missing Ingredient that robs so much of us of sexual pleasure. I’ve...

What if You Were Never Meant to Settle for Safe?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 28, 2017 | Libido

How do you explain colour to a colour blind person? You can’t do it really well, can you? I have a “nephew” (he’s an adopted nephew, really) who always believed his favourite colour was red. Then he was tested for colour blindedness and it...

Enthusiastic Sex = Greater Intimacy

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 15, 2017 | Libido

When it comes to sex, do you focus on quantity, rather than quality? Or do you believe that enthusiastic sex matters? Every Wednesday for the last 9 years (oh, my goodness! That’s like 20% of my life!) I’ve been talking about marriage here at this blog....