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EPISODE · Jul 3, 2026 · 39 MIN

15 Real Couples Shared What Their Marriage Needs--Emotional Connection

from My Delight with Sarah Bartel · host Nathan Bartel

Recently, Sarah invited her marriage ministry followers to reply to a simple question:"What Does Your Marriage Need Right Now"?She offered to take their marriage prayer intentions before Jesus in Adoration.Over 59 women and men answered.There was a common thread running through most of them. In today's episode, Sarah shares fifteen responses from Catholic wives and husbands. This privileged glimpse into the heart of real Catholic marriages illustrates what Our Lady says at the Wedding at Cana in John 2:3:"They have no more wine." Reading through these 15 replies, Sarah reflects on what they teach us about the need for intimacy, communication, joy, friendship, and that so-necessary superglue for marriage:emotional intimacy.Do you any of these stories resonate with what you are feeling right now?In this episode:✅ 15 honest responses from Catholic wives and husbands✅ Recurring themes✅ An example of emotional abuse, and a Catholic response✅ Why many marriages don't need more work. Enough with the heaviness! What they need is more FUN!✅ Resource ideas if you want to improve emotional intimacy in your own marriageMentioned in this episode:🌴 canafeast.com/abundantlive The 4 week experience your marriage needs this summer! 📖 Don't Plant Your Seeds Among Thorns: A Catholic's Guide to Recognizing and Healing from Domestic Abuse A book for Catholic wives suffering emotional abuse❤️‍🩹  hopesgarden.comOnline community for hurting wives and husbands✨ youaremadenew.comCatholic coaching with De Yarrison for wives who have suffered emotional abuse 🔥 Free Guide to 9 Skills for Body, Mind, and Spirit for Improving Intimacy for Catholic Wives https://canafeast.com/MyDelight-9-Skills🤔 What is Allowed for Catholics in the Bedroom? Find out in the 19-page "What's Allowed List" ($10)https://canafeast.com/mydelight-whatsallowed Support the show"Is This Perimenopause?" Aug 24-18, join 5 Catholic women's health experts to learn about intimacy, nutrition, hormone health care (inc. HRT questions), and exercise as your body changes according to God's good design.🔥 Find out more here: https://healthandhormones.org/perimenopause-toolkitWant to learn 10 Truths for Good Sex for Catholic Wives? Free "10 Truths" download.https://canafeast.com/10truthsFree Enhancing Marital Intimacy Guide for Catholic Women: 9 Skills for Body, Mind, and Spirit (for married and engaged women)Do you want to know what is allowed for Catholics in the bedroom? The "What's Allowed List" answers 20+ questions about what is licit and illicit. ($10)Model-free lingerie! Get 10% off with my affiliate link for Mentionables.

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