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08/06/2018

Balancing Mismatched Sex Drives- Part 4

continued… When He Wants More There’s also a wide variety of issues that could be draining a woman of her sexual energy, which ironically aren’t that different than the list for men — pornography and masturbation, depression, stress, and other emotional roller-coaster rides due to work or family, or health and weight issues robbing her of […]

07/30/2018

Balancing Mismatched Sex Drives- Part 3

continued… …When She Wants More Ray’s words also confirm that there are often emotional issues that dampen a husband’s sexual passion. He e-mails: “Sure, I want a passionate sexual connection with my wife just as badly as the next guy, but it takes more than a little physical stimulation to make up for the hurt that […]

07/23/2018

Balancing Mismatched Sex Drives- Part 2

continued… When She Wants More There are many reasons why a man may be struggling with low libido in the marriage bed, particularly: The use of pornography Anxiety about work Excessive masturbation Health issues Depression Weight issues Any of these can create a hole in a man’s sexual bucket, draining him of most of […]

07/16/2018

Balancing Mismatched Sex Drives- Part 1

Remembering that each person’s sexuality is as unique as their fingerprint, let’s consider for a moment the wide variety of complexities involved in a person’s sexuality. First, there’s the family we grew up in and what our parents taught us (or failed to teach us) about sex. Then there’s what our siblings and peers taught […]

12/22/2017

Getting Past The Past- Part 2

continued… I recently spoke to a group of young college women, some married, some single. During a breakout session, we conducted an anonymous question-and-answer time where students submitted index cards with whatever question they’d like to ask. After almost twenty years of speaking on the topic of healthy sexuality, nothing really surprises me much anymore, […]

12/18/2017

Getting Past The Past- Part 1

One particular day we came across a wedding party while walking on the beach in Australia. The bridesmaids had their dress hems lifted high and were making an elaborate design in the sand with their bare feet by walking around in a huge spiral. The following day I walked past the same area and looked […]

12/15/2017

Getting Over A Spouse’s Past- Part 2

…continued Want to know how to make that kind of healing choice? Greg and I came into our marriage with a similar dynamic. He walked into my world a twenty-six-year-old virgin. As for me, between the ages of fifteen and twenty, I’d had more partners than any woman cares to admit. I’d forewarned Greg about “what […]

12/11/2017

Getting Over A Spouse’s Past- Part 1

Recently we were traveling down a two-lane highway when we approached a blockade stretching from one side to the other. An entire section of the road had collapsed, presumably under the weight of rising floodwaters, and there was no getting over it or going around it. The only option was to back up and find […]

10/13/2017

Thoughts vs. Actions

Expecting a human being to never think sexual thoughts is like expecting monkeys to never think about bananas or expecting birds not to think about flying. Sorry, but it’s never going to happen. The sooner we accept the fact that the human brain is a sexual brain, the better we’ll be able to control (rather […]