Out of the Swamp
Words cannot adequately describe my emotions when I realized I needed to work on sex. Some of these emotions were due to my newfound awareness …
Getting Started
Just Breathe
One of the Bible verses that speaks so deeply to my heart is Psalm 46:10: “Be still, and know that I am God.” Many …
At the Heart of Change
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of …
Your Emotional Need
My Facebook feed recently had a meme that said, “Physical intimacy isn’t and can never be an effective substitute for emotional intimacy.” A woman made …
Have You Waited Too Long?
A little over a month ago, I planted a couple tomato plants. Our tomato cages got lost in our move last year, so I …
Does the Way You Avoid Sex Add to the Emotional Disconnection?
Is your avoidance of sex interfering with non-sexual connection as well?
The De-Cluttered Marriage Bed
As the marriage bed becomes cleansed, it can become easier to experience the blessings God has poured into your marriage.
Inundated by His Hurt
When we gaze at a lake on a sunny day or at a lazy slow river, it’s easy to forget the overwhelming power that …
When What Hurts Is What Heals
The moment it hit me how much I’d hurt my husband by my years of resisting sex in our marriage, I made a commitment …
Lost—and Found
When you’re lost, sometimes it takes a scenic route to get you home. Being lost in your marriage doesn’t mean you won’t find your way.
Tear Down the Wall
Note: In this post, I will be discussing emotional safety and healing.. If you are being emotionally abused, or if you fear for your physical safety because of physical …
When the Wall Becomes a Prison . . . Forgive
Note: In this post, I will be discussing emotional safety, healing, and forgiveness. If you are being emotionally abused, or if you fear for your …
The Wall: Keeping Myself Emotionally Safe
Do you feel emotionally safe with your husband? Have you built a wall right in the middle of the marriage bed in order to protect your heart? Me, too. In this post I share about why I built that wall. Other posts in the series will look at how protective walls can become a prison, how to tear down the wall enough to begin to develop emotional safety, and how the wall can affect your husband’s sense of emotional safety with you.
Are You Sexually Alive?
In one of my earliest posts here, I wrote this: I began to read about the great joy that comes with a good sex …
Guess What Your Guy Needs
I don’t take responsibility for meeting all of Big Guy’s needs, because some things are for him to seek from God, not from me …