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100th Podcast Episode! Let’s Talk What Makes Sex Dehumanizing

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 14, 2021 | Podcasts

It’s our 100th episode of the Bare Marriage Podcast, and we’re a day late! I think this is the first time the podcast has ever been late. Figures, eh? We had some technical difficulties with the sound for half the podcast and we had to refilm. But...

Marriage Reader Questions: Lightning Round Edition

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 22, 2019 | Marriage

We’re back in Canada! We had a wonderful time in England spending time sight seeing and also doing some genealogy research, but we’re also really glad to be back. But in the meantime, while I’m adjusting to the jet lag, I have SUCH a...

Intimacy Before Marriage: It’s More Than Just Sex!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 30, 2018 | Preparing for Marriage

I’ve written at length on the blog about why we should wait until marriage for sex, and why God made sex just for marriage.But sometimes I fear that in all of our talk about saving sex for marriage we forget that the biggest sexual temptation isn’t always...

Wifey Wednesday: 5 Tips to Putting Your Sexual Baggage Behind You

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 7, 2018 | Sex

How do you leave the guilt of your sexual past behind you? Can you escape the baggage from past lovers and move forward in freedom? Today we’re looking at how to deal with misperceptions about sex. And let’s face it–a lot of those misperceptions come...

Top 10 Misperceptions about Sex Teenagers Have

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 6, 2018 | Sex

People believe some really wacky things about sex! Let’s talk about misperceptions people have about sex, and then next week–for Valentine’s Day–we’ll spend a whole week talking about how to make sex awesome! So last week, on Facebook and...

What If We’re Teaching Purity All Wrong?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 29, 2017 | Parenting Teenagers, Preparing for Marriage

What if the way that we’re teaching purity is really hurting kids? I’m just back from my walking tour of Ireland with my husband, and it was AMAZING! I’m hoping to do a post soon with some of our pictures and tell you about how neat (and relatively...