Is a Sex Hiatus a Good Idea?
If you’re trying to heal the sexual intimacy in your marriage, a brief hiatus from sex might be a step forward. If you’re just trying to avoid sex, though, a break can be harmful.
Learning to Dance with Desire
If you’re trying to heal the sexual intimacy in your marriage, a brief hiatus from sex might be a step forward. If you’re just trying to avoid sex, though, a break can be harmful.
When it comes to sexual intimacy, do you prefer to stay on the sidelines of your growth, willing to let God make some changes but not interested in doing much of the work yourself? If you want healing, you need to do your part and get yourself to the healing waters.
For so long, I figured I would work on my issues with sex someday—when the kids were grown, when I had less stress at …
Discouragement on the journey to improve sexual intimacy is normal. Most of us hit stumbling blocks, wonder if our efforts will ever pay off, experience frustration as things don’t work or seem harder, and struggle with a husband’s reaction (or lack of reaction) to our work. For each area of discouragement you experience on your journey, see if there a new way to understand it so it can become a source of encouragement instead.
A wife who uses her strong will for her husband and her marriage is a blessing.
September 5, 2010, was a significant day in our marriage. It was the day my eyes were opened to the hurt my husband was experiencing …
Before I made the decision to work on sex in our marriage, God had been working on my heart. I’ve moved! While you can peruse …
As you work on sexual intimacy, you may see find that you grow in other areas as well.
If you’re in a hurting marriage without intimacy, begin where you are. Work on one thing you see in front of you. Reach out for intimacy.
My family moved a couple months ago. Although I am sad to be losing the lilacs up at the top of my page (unless my …
One barrier many of us encounter in sexual intimacy is our inability to trust our husbands. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand …
The Bible tells us to forgive–but sometimes it isn’t so easy to do. I’ve moved! While you can peruse the archives here, I am …
You can grow in your marriage even during times of stress.
For many years, I felt alone in my marriage. When I needed support, emotional or otherwise, I never knew if my husband would be there …
Do you feel powerless to make changes in your marriage? Think again about who is with you.