Get Your Marriage On! with Dan Purcell

Topics include navigating sex during pregnancy, disagreements on swinging, managing masturbation habits, and taking intimate photos. Host encourages open communication, seeks feedback, and teases upcoming program. Insights on maintaining marital intimacy and addressing personal struggles.

Dan Purcell, an expert in human sexuality and relationships, answers anonymous questions on dirty talk, flirting, dealing with medication side effects, self-soothing, using bondage in marriage, grief's impact on sexuality, and the role of masturbation in maintaining intimacy.

James Christensen, a sex initiation expert, joins the host to discuss the challenges of initiating sex in a relationship. They explore the fear of rejection and feeling not good enough, and the importance of honest communication and creating a sense of safety. Techniques are shared for calming anxiety and improving the sexual initiation climate.

Do you wish you could have more powerful, more pleasurable orgasms? Or to not need to cross your legs when you sneeze? Or jump on the trampoline like you used to before kids?   Studies show only about 30% of women have an orgasm from penetration. But perhaps that number could be higher if your pelvic floor (the muscles in and around your vagina) were in better condition. Research also shows that the stronger and healthier your pelvic floor muscles are, the more pleasure you’ll find from orgasms (the orgasm is the most powerful pelvic floor contraction possible!), and no pain from intercourse too! Our special guest Pauli Hannan is a Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist that specializes in helping women have a better life with a healthier pelvic floor.  She’s created No Kegel University, where she debunks the idea that you need to do more Kegel exercises or buy vaginal ben-wa balls to strengthen your pelvic floor. This episode is an abridged version of a live 90-minute workshop, and you can watch the full replay on our website. Although this content is directed towards women, men are invited to learn along. After all, men have pelvic floors that need strengthening too!  

Today I want to talk about embracing your eroticism. This is a beautiful part of being human; your eroticism is going to be unique to you just as your fingerprints are unique to you!  In this episode, we're going to address the following common questions: What is eroticism? Why is eroticism such an important part of a thriving marriage? Why are most people afraid of it?  How do you figure out what your eroticism is? How do you figure out what gets you going? How do you cultivate more of this goodness in your life? And, we also give you some fun "would you rather" questions you can use as a spring board to understand your own and your spouse's erotic interests.  --- Resources we mentioned in the episode: DIY Boudoir Date Night Box: We've teamed up with EveryLove Intimates to bring you this kit that brings the magic of a professional boudoir photoshoot right to the comfort of your home! Couples Retreat (only 3 spots left!) Picture this: sunny days, red rock landscapes, and outdoor adventures, coupled with a perfect balance of powerful instruction on sex and intimacy, personalized expert coaching, relaxed downtime (wink wink), in a supportive environment. So why not register today before someone else takes your spot? Come join us in March! Just Between Us app: This app is linked directly to your spouse and it encrypts everything so you never have to worry about your intimate photos or conversations accidentally going to someone unintended!

Sierra Beltran, an experienced photographer from Arizona, discusses the transformative power of boudoir photography for women, including overcoming self-doubt, embracing self-love, and enhancing intimacy in marriages. They also provide tips for DIY boudoir photography at home and address common objections and concerns about faith and nudity.

The podcast explores the complexities and anxieties surrounding sex in marriage, emphasizing the potential for deep connection and transcendence. It discusses reasons why sex in marriage can be difficult, including anxiety, mismatched desire levels, cultural challenges, and sexual dysfunction. The importance of open communication, therapy, and personal growth is emphasized. The speaker reflects on the importance and benefits of sex in marriage, offering advice to their younger self and highlighting its ability to strengthen a marriage.

Who in your relationship has more of a say in general, who in your relationship organizes themselves around the other more? Are there any unaddressed resentments that you deal with in your relationship right now, do some things feel just one sided in your marriage? Couples that thrive have a shared sense of power in the relationship power in this context is defined as note shared power shared influence.  One person can receive the influence from the other. The moment we start creating hierarchies in our relationship. Meaning one person is more important than the other, or the general order of things goes like, no, God husband, wife, for example. When we create these hierarchies in our relationship, we set ourselves up for power struggles and this often undermines sexual desire and intimacy in the marriage. I work with couples that want to grow their sexual relationship.  And that's one of the purposes of this podcast. The reality is you grow the sexual relationship by strengthening the marriage and upgrading the relationship dynamic. One way to quickly improve your sex life is by paying close attention to the power dynamics at play in a relationship. And some of them might be invisible to you or very covert. My guest today is Bonnie Young.  She's a licensed marriage and family therapist licensed in Utah in Washington state. She's also currently working on her PhD.  She's super smart, caring. And as you'll get to know, very experienced in this topic we're going to talk about today. She's also a mom of two, almost three children and runs a mental health clinic with almost a dozen therapists working for her in two states in her spare time.  --- Ready to level up your marriage this year? Check out our romantic and life-changing marriage retreat coming up this March!   --- For more fun, connection, and intimacy daily, download our free app: Intimately Us  

Romance Consultant shares tips for successful vacation sex and romantic getaways. Overcoming challenges, creating romantic experiences, setting expectations, and incorporating dream activities. Speaker recounts disappointing hotel experience but emphasizes making the best of it. A couple plans a dream vacation to Moab, Utah.

For a lot of couples, Christmastime is a really stressful time of the year. There's a lot of end of year projects for work and school; there's also gift shopping and preparations for guests and meals and Christmas cards and dinners and parties, and the list just keeps going on and on and on.  And if you have children, it just multiplies the complexity by every child that you have in your home.  But Christmastime can also be a very special, sexy time of year. Think about it. Think of all the romantic, Christmas-themed movies that we love. Think about the time you get a snuggle by a fire. Think about the fun that you can have with your spouse when the world kind of slows down for a little bit. It can become a very sexy time.  In fact, a friend pointed out to me that, in the United States at least, we have the highest birth rate at the end of August, early September. I didn't believe him. So I double checked it. And it's true! In the United States, we have the most births in late August, early September. Which means most people are being conceived around Christmas time.  And I want this to be a very sexy time for you too! So I'm going to offer you 12 sexy Christmastime tips in this episode!   Helpful links: Intimately Us Get Your Marriage On! Couples Retreat Tammy Hill's book, Replenish