Our Soul Ties Series: Do You Form Soul Ties By Having Sex with Somebody?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 13, 2019 | Sexual Intimacy, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Does having sex with somebody mean that you have a soul tie with them–a spiritual bond that is hard to break? This month at To Love, Honor and Vacuum we’re doing our Wednesday series on soul ties and emotional bonds, because it’s a topic that seems...

Our Soul Ties Series: What Are Soul Ties? And Do We Need to Break Soul Ties?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 6, 2019 | Sexual Intimacy, Theology of Marriage and Sex

I often get asked if soul ties exist, and, if so, how do you break soul ties? It’s a common enough query that brings people to the blog that I thought it would be worth exploring some of what we mean by “soul tie” for our November series, and talk...

A True Life Story of Healing after Sexual Shame: Beauty from Ashes

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 5, 2018 | Sex

One of the things the #metoo and #churchtoo movements have highlighted is the burden of sexual shame. Sometimes that burden comes through no fault of our own–we were targeted, and we were victims. Other times shame comes because we made mistakes. But even those...

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...

Reader Question: My Husband Doesn’t Think our Sex Life is Good Enough

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 9, 2017 | Emotional Connection, Sexual Intimacy

What do you do when your husband thinks you have a bad sex life? Every Monday I like to put up a Reader Question and take a stab at answering it. Here’s a really messy one from a woman whose husband has decided to withhold sex since their sex life was so bad:...

Wifey Wednesday: How Do You Raise Kids without Your Hangups?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 13, 2017 | Parenting Teenagers

If you have hangups or shame about sex, how do you make sure you don’t pass those on to your children? It’s Wednesday, the day that we always talk marriage! And one of the big messages of this blog is that it is possible to embrace sex and marriage the way...

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