Porn Recovery, the Challenge of Honesty, and "Women Are Different," with Stu Gray

We talk with Stu Gray of the Stupendous Marriage Show, cohosted with his wife Lisa, about what he learned about himself and marriage while recovering from porn, what honesty can do for marital intimacy, and how women are different—in life and in the bedroom. Take a listen!

Resources

• Stupendous Marriage Podcast
• Stu Gray's Links
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John M. Gottman, Ph.D. and Nan Silver
• Men Are Like Waffles—Women Are Like Spaghetti: Understanding and Delighting in Your Differences by Bill and Pam Ferrell
• Sex Begins in the Kitchen: Creating Intimacy to Make Your Marriage Sizzle by Dr. Kevin Leman
• Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? by Gary Thomas
• The DNA of Relationships by Gary Smalley
• If Only He Knew: A Valuable Guide to Knowing, Understanding, and Loving Your Wife by Gary Smalley
• "But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort" (NIV). 1 Corinthians 14:3, all Bible Gateway translations
• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
• Dopamine: What It Is, Function & Symptoms (clevelandclinic.org)
• "The human heart is a perpetual idol factory" (originally, hominis ingenium perpetuam, ut ita loquar, esse idolorum fabricam). Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin, 1.11.8.
• Why I Sometimes Don't Care about the Orgasm - Hot, Holy & Humorous
• My Favorite Feeling During Sex (And It's Not Orgasm) - Hot, Holy & Humorous
• Episode 49: The Orgasm Gap
• Episode 67: Making Sex Pleasurable for Your Wife, with Gary Thomas

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