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Female by Design — 254 episodes

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259. Overcoming Body Insecurity: Healing Shame & Reclaiming Confidence in Your God-Given Body

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258. To Shave, Wax...or Nothing?

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257. The Healing Power of Oxytocin with Carly Bayless

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256. Help Your Husband Learn What Brings You Pleasure

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255. Making Sexual Communication More Comfortable

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254. Finding Safety, Presence & Pleasure: Unlocking the Female Heart, Mind, and Body

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253. Power of Play: Unlocking the Female Heart, Mind, and Body

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252. From Stuck to Sensual: Unlocking the Female Heart, Mind, and Body

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251. The Sex Talk You Never Got: What Formed Your View of Sex

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250. The Sex Talk You Never Got: 3 Things Every Woman Should Know

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249. From Duty to Delight: Denise's Story of Sexual Healing & Redemption in Marriage

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248. Living Well Through Body Changes & Perimenopause with Alisa Keeton

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247. God With Us in Our Bodies: A Christmas Replay

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246. The Best Gift I Gave My Husband

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245. Stressed Out, Touched Out

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244. I Didn't Know How to Be Sexy

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243. Finding Connection in the Middle of the Mess

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242. Beyond Rules: A Fresh Vision of Freedom for Sexual Wholeness

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241. Lies of Purity

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240. Lies of Submission

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239. Lies of Modesty

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238. Why I Struggled to Read Sex Books (and How I Healed)

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237. Back to the Garden of Pleasure

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236. A Fresh Chapter: Female by Design

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235. Intentional Intimacy: Looking Back, Moving Forward

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234. Intentional Intimacy: Kissing in the Kitchen

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233. Intentional Intimacy: From Sweat to Sex - How Moving Your Body Fuels Connection

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232. Intentional Intimacy: Why the Small Things Matter Most

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231. Intentional Intimacy: Words After Sex - Intimate Affirmation That Builds Connection

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230. Intentional Intimacy: Using Words During Sex to Say What You Feel and Want

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229. Intentional Intimacy: Using Our Words to Name Body Parts Without Shame

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228. Intentional Intimacy: Getting Out of Your Head and Into Your Body

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227. Intentional Intimacy: Sharing Sparks and Building Sexual Energy

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226. Intentional Intimacy: Body Awareness

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225. Intentional Intimacy: Moments of Margin

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224. Best Hotel Date Ever (After a Year Without One) - Intimacy in the Hard Winter Seasons

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223. Sexual Response Cycle 101: Understanding How God Designed Women for Desire, Arousal, and Joy

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222. Erogenous Zones: How God Wired Women for Full-Body Pleasure

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221. The G-Spot and God's Good Design: A Christian Woman's Guide to Pleasure

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220. The Clitoris & God's Design for Pleasure

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219. Celebrating the Female Body: Where Pleasure Meets Discipleship

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218. Sex, Female Pleasure and Healthy Communication with Dr. Corey Allen

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217. Embodying Trust: How to Care for Yourself as You Care for Others

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216. Puberty and Periods with Megan from Body Talk Basics

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215. Is This Normal? A No Shame Body Chat with an OBGYN

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214. Caring for Your Good Body - Functional Nutrition with Leslie Bumpas

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213. Closing the Pleasure Gap - Growing Skills to Enjoy More Pleasure

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212. It's About Time - Reviving Your Sexual Intimacy

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211. From Shame to Joy: Reclaiming the Gift of Pleasure in Your Story- UPDATE

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210. Three Essential Elements to Pleasure in Marriage

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209. Reclaiming Pleasure: A Journey of Healing

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208. Summer Lovin' Series: Week Ten, How Often Should I Be Having Sex

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207. Summer Lovin' Series: Week Nine, Sex Toys and Vibrators

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206. Summer Lovin' Series: Week Eight, Pleasure and Orgasm with Bonny Burns

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205. Summer Lovin' Series: Week Seven, Your Wonderful Female Body - Orgasm Part 1

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204. Summer Lovin' Series: Week Six, The Science of Sex

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203. Summer Lovin' Series: Week Five, High and Low Libidos

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202. Summer Lovin' Series: Week Four, Foreplay Husband Chat

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201. Summer Lovin' Series: Week Three, Foreplay

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200. Summer Lovin' Series: Week Two, Love and Sex with Nancy Houston

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199. Summer Lovin' Series: Week One, Stewarding Your Sexuality

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198. Bigger Than a "Sex Talk" - Tools to Help You Teach Your Kids about Sex

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197. Helping Your Kids Navigate Healthy Sexual Development with Kristen Miele

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196. Navigating Healthy Sexual Development & Self-Discovery with Your Kids

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195. Sexual Celebration with Alexa PenaVega (Most-Loved Episode Replay)

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194. Introducing: Strong Foundations for Married Sex

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193 From Purity Culture to the Goodness of Playful Intimacy

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192. Prioritizing Growth while Parenting Little Ones

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191. Reframe: Sexual Activity vs. Sexual Intimacy

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190. Defining Integration

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189. The Art of Calming Stress

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188.The Holiness of Hard

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187. Grieving Sexual Sin in the Church; Questions to Process

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186. Called to Pleasure: Rest, Arousal, Sensuality and Female Design

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185. Living with Tension in Mothering: Sacrifice or Rest

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184. Trading Fear for Freedom - Sex is God's Creation

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183. 5 Vital Needs We're Pursuing for More Growth

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182. When Things Aren't As They Should Be

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181. Best Gift I Gave My Husband This Year

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180. Intentional FUN in Marriage

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179. Discovering (and Owning) Your Feminine Beauty with Molly Rhodes

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178. 5 Things to Share with Your Daughter (or Single Friend)

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177. Help, I'm Too Exhausted for Sex!

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176. Reclaiming Novelty - Monogamy Doesn't Equal Monotony

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175. A Space to Encounter God, Our Keeper; Psalm 121 Meditation and Song

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174. Returning to Our First Love and Walking Through Suffering

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173. Hope After Pornography with Kristin Richardson

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172. Motherhood and Sex: Feeling Alive in Both

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171. God, Sex and the Next Generation

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170. Navigating Painful Intercourse & Vaginismus with Jess & Matt Seitz

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169. Overcoming Vaginismus & Painful Sex with Jess Seitz

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168. Margin Makes Room for Intimacy

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Reframe Conversation: Masturbation (#167)

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Sexual Desire & Your Wonderful Female Body (#166)

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Husband Chat: Loving Your Wife from Purity Culture to Pure Pleasure (#165)

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From Purity Culture to Pure Pleasure (#164)

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Freedom Chat: How You Talk about Your Body (#163)

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Mentorship with Joyce and Clifford Penner (#162)

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How a Flourishing Wife Can Call Forth Holy Masculinity (#161)

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Toxic War on Masculinity with Nancy Pearcey (#160)

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Foreplay: Husband Chat (#159)

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Foreplay: Reframe & Celebration (#158)

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Female Sexuality & Growth with Nancy Houston (#157)

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Finding Healing in Love & Sex with Nancy Houston (#156)

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Sex in Seasons of Suffering

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Finding Your Sexy as a Mom

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A Bigger Vision of Sex with Joshua Butler

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Uncovering Secrets of Great Sex with Shaunti Feldhahn

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Listening to Your Body for Physical, Emotional, Spiritual, and Sexual Health

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High & Low Libidos

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Betrayal & Sexual Addiction with Bonny Burns

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Spiritual Intimacy with Jodie Berndt

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Painful Intercourse and Vaginismus

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Episode 146 Sexual Confusion in Culture & Our Kids

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Episode 145 Stewarding Sexuality: Pursuing Generational Freedom

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Episode 144 Stewarding Sexuality: Faithfulness Leading to Fruitfulness

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Episode 143 Stewarding Sexuality: Healing From Lies and Wrong Thinking

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Stewarding Sexuality: Fresh & Transformational View

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Teaching Your Kids about Sex with Kristen Miele

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Sexual Celebration with Alexa PenaVega

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Before You Say "I Do" with Bethany Beal

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Pornography & Sexual Shame to Freedom with Joy Skarka

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Sex Toys & Vibrators

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Pleasure & Orgasm with Bonny Burns

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Your Good Body with Alisa Keeton

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Finding Breakthrough from Anxiety

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Blessing Your Body as a Christ Carrier- Replay

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Becoming Sexually Adventurous - Pt. 2 with Dr. Glenn and Phyllis Hill

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Transformational Keys to Emotional Connection - Pt. 1 with Dr. Glenn and Phyllis Hill

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Your Intimate Gift Guide

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Sex & Your Period

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Gratitude & Thanksgiving

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Growing Intimacy…Even When You Have Little Kids

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How Taking Hotel Dates Helps My Marriage Connection

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Building Strong Marriages that Weather Life's Storms with Gary Thomas

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Great Sex Grows…When I See My Superpowers as a Wife

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Great Sex Grows…As I Communicate Honestly and Honoringly

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Great Sex Grows…When I See Sex as Fun

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Great Sex Grows…When I Tune Into My Body

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Great Sex Grows…When I Shift My Mindset

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Great Sex Grows - Introduction

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How Often Should I Be Having Sex?

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Growing Intimacy through Body Blessing & Shame Healing

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Your Wonderful Female Body - Pelvic Floor Health with Dr. Tanya Rowenhorst, Pt 2

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Your Wonderful Female Body - Pelvic Floor Health with Dr. Tanya Rowenhorst, Pt 1

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Your Wonderful Female Body - Resolution and the Ripple Effect of Sex

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Your Wonderful Female Body - Orgasm Pt. 2

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Shifting Culture through Music in Your Home

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Your Wonderful Female Body - Orgasm Pt. 1

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Your Wonderful Female Body - Sexual Arousal

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Your Wonderful Female Body - Sexual Desire

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Your Wonderful Female Body - 4 Stages of Sexual Response

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Episode 107: Your Wonderful Female Body - Erogenous Zones

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Episode 106: Your Wonderful Female Body - G-spot

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Episode 105: Your Wonderful Female Body - Clitoris

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Episode 104: Invitation to Discover Your Wonderful Female Body

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Episode 103: Healing and Growing through Sex Therapy with Tish Hedger

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Episode 102: How a Flourishing Wife Can Call Forth Holy Masculinity

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Episode 101: Making Space for Margin and Rest

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Episode 100: Healing Journeys, Fruitfulness and Celebrating 100 Episodes

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Episode 99: Body Talks with Kids. Celebrating the Body, Celebrating God.

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Episode 98: Body Talks with Kids. Big Picture Vision, Small Phrases to Create Impact.

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Episode 97: Body Talks with Kids. Connecting to the Meaning of YOUR Body.

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Episode 96: Body Talks with Kids. Clarity, Confidence and the Critical Need to Shift the Conversation.

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Episode 95: Pleasure Series Pt. 4 Sensual Massage: How Intimate Touch Could Be a Place of Breakthrough In your Marriage

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Episode 94: Pleasure Series Pt. 3: Your Orgasm Questions with Dr. Jennifer Degler

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Episode 93: Pleasure Series Pt. 2: Female Anatomy, Orgasm 101 and Guiding Your Husband to Your Pleasure with with Dr. Jennifer Degler

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Episode 92: Pleasure Series Pt. 1: Reclaiming Your Orgasmic Potential

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Episode 91: Replay of Episode 15- What Sex Tells Us about God

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Episode 90: What Our Period Reveals

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Episode 89: Sex as Stress Reliever

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Episode 88: Sex Mentors - Why We Need Them and How to Find Them

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Episode 87: Battle for Your Beauty: Purity Culture, Body Blessing and Loving without Shame

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Episode 86: Fantasy in Marriage- Is It Ok, and if so, How?

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Episode 85: Re-framing Novelty- How Monogamy Doesn't Equal Monotony

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Episode 84: Invitation to Jumpstart Your Marriage

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Episode 83: Wife Coaching: Finding the Hero in Your Husband w/ Juli Slattery

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Episode 82: Growing Your Marriage on Purpose- How to Build Future Intimacy by Remembering

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Episode 81: Power of Early Morning Sex

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Episode 80: Gratitude Shifting That Shifts Your Attitude

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Episode 79: Becoming a Sensual Wife

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Episode 78: Deeper with God in Any Season

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Episode 77: Sex is a Gift- An Interview w/ Gary Thomas

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Episode 76: Growing Your Sexual Desires Part 4- Body

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Episode 75: Growing Your Sexual Desires Part 3- Beliefs

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Episode 74: Growing Your Sexual Desires Part 2- Brains

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Episode 73: Growing Your Sexual Desires Part 1- Barriers

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Episode 72: How and Why I Practice Silent Prayer

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Episode 71: Interview with Heather MacFadyen- Marriage Connection and Talking to Kids about Their Bodies

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Episode 70: Sex as a Healing Grace

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Episode 69: Hope for Heaven in Your Home Even When It's Hard

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Episode 68: Come away with Me for the Summer

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Episode 67: Replay~Rethinking Sex: Recovering a Biblical Lens

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Episode 66: Good News of Why Your Husband Can Never Satisfy You: Wholehearted Wife Series Pt. 4

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Episode 65: Envy, Significance, Costly Beauty of a Quiet Heart: Wholehearted Wife Series Pt. 3

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Episode 64: Submission, Prayer, Power of a Wife's Inner Life: Wholehearted Wife Series Pt. 2

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Episode 63: Suffering, Trials, Unmovable Hope: Wholehearted Wife Series Pt. 1

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Episode 62: Using Words before, during and after Sex- Power of Words Series Pt. 4

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Episode 61: When Talking about Sex Is Hard- Power of Words Series Pt. 3

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Episode 60: What Does Your Spouse Need to Hear from You- Power of Words Series Pt. 2

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Episode 59: How Our Words Can Heal- Power of Words Series Pt. 1

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Episode 58: The Ripple Effect of Sex: And Why Sex Matters, Especially When You Don't Feel Like It (Replay)

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Episode 57: Yes to Deepened Intimacy with Jesus

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Episode 56: The Power of Initiating Sex with Your Husband

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Episode 55: How to Switch Gears from Tired Mom to Ready Wife

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Episode 54: Growing Your Pleasure in Married Sex

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Episode 53: How to Plan Marriage Getaways

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Episode 52: The Holiness of Growing Your Sex Life and Healing From Shame

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Episode 50: The Power of Our Gaze

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Episode 49: What's Working: Power Shower: Family Scripture: Weekly Focus

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Episode 48: Keys to Our Most Fruitful Habit- Date Night Every Night

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Episode 47: The Power of Choosing Connection: Your Powerful Testimonies in 2020

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Episode 46: Looking Back to Look Ahead: Making This Year the Best One Yet

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Episode 45: Blessing Your Body as a Christ Carrier

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Episode 44: Body Blessing and Shame Healing

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Episode 43: Celebrating Gender: Goodness of Male and Female

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Episode 42: Truth vs Lies about Our Bodies

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Episode 41: What Our Longing in Our Bodies Reveal

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Episode 40: Hosting the Presence of God in Your Home

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Episode 39: Q&A: How I Manage My Energy As a Wife and Mom

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Episode 38: How I Pray for My Sex Life

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Episode 37: Hope Breaking Through

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Episode 31: Q & A Episode: Birth Control, Family Planning

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Episode 30: Godly Sex is...A Re-seeing of God's Gift

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Episode 29: Dating During COVID and Great Date Tips

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Episode 28: Porn Proofing Your Home and the Hearts of Your Children

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Episode 27: Moving Forward with God When You Have No Margin

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Episode 26: Trusting God When Hard Times Hit Your Home

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Episode 25: A Look Inside Our Homeschool Experience - Holy Spirit School

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Episode 24: The Supernatural Power of a Family with Wyatt Winslow

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Episode 23: When God Shows Up at IHOP with Wyatt Winslow

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Episode 22: Declarations, Super Powers and Eyes to See with Wyatt Winslow

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Episode 21: The God Who Comes Looking For Us with Wyatt Winslow

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Episode 20: The Father Heart of God with Wyatt Winslow

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Episode 19: Enjoying Our Children with Wyatt Winslow

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Episode 18: Family Blessing: Seeing What God is Doing In Your Home

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Episode 17: Heaven in your Living Room: The Power of Family Worship

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Episode 16: Prophets of Peace

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Episode 15: What Sex Tells Us About God

240

Episode 14: Having the Mind of Christ in Times of Uncertainty

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Episode 13: Sex Is a Signpost

242

Episode 12: Freedom From Fear

243

Episode 11: The Multiplying Power of Your Marriage

244

Episode 10: Five Transformational Habits for Your Marriage to Be a Multiplying Force for Good

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Episode 9: Five Tips to See Growth in Your Marriage

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Episode 8: The Emotional Gift of Sex: Reintegrating of Sex View

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Episode 7: Why I Love My Husband's Sex Drive

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Episode 6: To the Mom Who Is Too Tired for Sex

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Episode 5: Sex in the Hard Seasons : Building Habits that Help You Sustain Connection

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Episode 4: The Ripple Effect of Sex: And Why Sex Matters, Especially When You Don't Feel Like It

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Episode 3: Rethinking Sex: Recovering a Biblical Lens

252

Episode 2: The Science of Sex

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Episode 1: Inner Healing, Sri Lankan Honeymoon & Sex for a Year

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Introductory Episode