

Bare Marriage
Sheila Gregoire
Tired of Christian pat answers about marriage? The podcast that goes in-depth into marriage, parenting, and even sex--to see how we can live the passionate life we were meant for. Paired with Bare Marriage--the blog!
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Mar 18, 2021 • 40min
Episode 92: All about Orgasms!
Send us a textLet's discuss orgasms this week, shall we?! We're thrilled to announce our new Patreon! Links to things mentioned: The Great Sex RescueThe Orgasm CourseThe Honeymoon CourseThe Orgasm SeriesᐧTo Support Us: Join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month to support our workFor tax deductible donations in the U.S., support Good Fruit Faith Initiative through the Bosko FoundationAnd check out our Merch, or any of our courses!Support the showJoin Sheila at Bare Marriage.com!Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Study Guide The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex and The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex And she has an Orgasm Course and a Libido course too!Check out all her courses, FREE resources, social media, books, and so much more at Sheila's LinkTree.

Mar 11, 2021 • 59min
Episode 91: The Thalidomide Test: What Makes a Marriage Book Good?
Send us a textAnother week where we're discussing sex and marriage here on the Bare Marriage Podcast! Links to things mentioned: The Great Sex Rescue — it's doing wonderfully and selling wonderfully! Thank you so much--and help us out by leaving a review on Amazon or Goodreads once you've read it!Our survey methodologyBooks that we liked--How We Love by the Yerkovichs; Boundaries and Boundaries in Marriage by Henry Cloud and John Townsend10 Ways to Know if Your Church is ToxicOur Open Letter to Focus on the Family about Love & RespectThe story of ThalidomideTo Support Us: Join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month to support our workFor tax deductible donations in the U.S., support Good Fruit Faith Initiative through the Bosko FoundationAnd check out our Merch, or any of our courses!Support the showJoin Sheila at Bare Marriage.com!Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Study Guide The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex and The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex And she has an Orgasm Course and a Libido course too!Check out all her courses, FREE resources, social media, books, and so much more at Sheila's LinkTree.

Mar 4, 2021 • 60min
Episode 90: The book launches, Becca breaks down... and should you kiss before marriage?
Send us a textWe planned to do a bit of a victory lap, and it did start out that way. We’re just really raw with you about how demoralizing it is to see people just love our book and say what an amazing impact it’s had on them– and then have the powers-that-be still not care about hurting women.Links to things mentioned:The Great Sex RescueOur survey methodsDr. Camden Morgante: And check out her "which purity culture myth affected you" quiz!Our Podcast from last week discussing how children are not sexualOur Honeymoon Prep Course (where we help people prepare for sex on the honeymoon--and how not to rush intercourse!) Our correspondence with Focus on the Family around Love & Respect and abuseTo Support Us: Join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month to support our workFor tax deductible donations in the U.S., support Good Fruit Faith Initiative through the Bosko FoundationAnd check out our Merch, or any of our courses!Support the showJoin Sheila at Bare Marriage.com!Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Study Guide The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex and The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex And she has an Orgasm Course and a Libido course too!Check out all her courses, FREE resources, social media, books, and so much more at Sheila's LinkTree.

Feb 25, 2021 • 49min
Episode 89: Can we please not be weird about sex?
Send us a textSometimes the way we talk about sex is just plain, well, icky and weird.We go back to basics and ask for a healthy way to talk about sex that isn’t weird!Links to the things mentioned:The Great Sex RescueAndrew BaumanTo Support Us: Join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month to support our workFor tax deductible donations in the U.S., support Good Fruit Faith Initiative through the Bosko FoundationAnd check out our Merch, or any of our courses!Support the showJoin Sheila at Bare Marriage.com!Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Study Guide The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex and The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex And she has an Orgasm Course and a Libido course too!Check out all her courses, FREE resources, social media, books, and so much more at Sheila's LinkTree.

Feb 18, 2021 • 54min
Episode 88: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies and Sex
Send us a textWhat happens when women are told: “If your husband is typical, he has a need you don’t have?”, as Love & Respect put it. If you hear that your whole life that women need affection while men need sex, and women don’t actually need that much. Well, should it be a surprise if we grow up believing that sex is not for us?Links to things mentioned: The Great Sex RescueRabbi Shlomo Slatkin's Imago Marriage Counseling. You can schedule a free consultation now--or check out his retreats. My viral Twitter threadLast week's post: How The Act of Marriage impacted meOur libido seriesTo Support Us: Join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month to support our workFor tax deductible donations in the U.S., support Good Fruit Faith Initiative through the Bosko FoundationAnd check out our Merch, or any of our courses!Support the showJoin Sheila at Bare Marriage.com!Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Study Guide The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex and The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex And she has an Orgasm Course and a Libido course too!Check out all her courses, FREE resources, social media, books, and so much more at Sheila's LinkTree.

Feb 11, 2021 • 57min
Episode 87: Duty Sex isn't Sexy
Send us a textThis week were talking all about duty sex and consent! Thank you to our guests that joined us, it's so encouraging to hear other voices out there with a heart to share this hopeful message of what healthy sex looks like in marriage.Links to things mentioned: Andrew Bauman: his book The Sexually Healthy ManBenjamin Young's Twitter ThreadBenjamin Young's ministry Guard the GiftThe Great Sex RescueOur Previous Podcast on Marital Rape and ConsentTo Support Us: Join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month to support our workFor tax deductible donations in the U.S., support Good Fruit Faith Initiative through the Bosko FoundationAnd check out our Merch, or any of our courses!Support the showJoin Sheila at Bare Marriage.com!Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Study Guide The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex and The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex And she has an Orgasm Course and a Libido course too!Check out all her courses, FREE resources, social media, books, and so much more at Sheila's LinkTree.

Feb 4, 2021 • 59min
Episode 86: You are NOT methadone for your husband's porn use!
Send us a textThis week Sheila and Rebecca are digging deep into just how bad some of the advice out there is for Christians dealing with porn use in their marriage. We need to talk about this better, everyone!Thank you to Michael John Cusick for stopping by to help give us an even better look at what healing and recovery can look like for the many people struggling with pornography.Links to things mentioned:Our Porn series in April (read the first; the rest are linked from there) Our Porn Habits Podcast: How most porn use predates the marriage (my response to Focus on the Family telling women that men watch porn because their wives don't have sex enough) Michael John Cusick Website, Podcast, and book: Surfing for God, about discovering the divine desire beneath the sexual struggleRestoring the SoulRestoring the Soul podcastAndrew Bauman, author of The Sexually Healthy ManThe Great Sex RescueTo Support Us: Join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month to support our workFor tax deductible donations in the U.S., support Good Fruit Faith Initiative through the Bosko FoundationAnd check out our Merch, or any of our courses!Support the showJoin Sheila at Bare Marriage.com!Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Study Guide The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex and The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex And she has an Orgasm Course and a Libido course too!Check out all her courses, FREE resources, social media, books, and so much more at Sheila's LinkTree.

Jan 28, 2021 • 57min
Start Your Engines Ep. 15: What if Lust ISN'T Every Man's Battle?
Send us a textAnd we're back with a new 'Start Your Engines' episode! The whole team is practically here today, as Sheila, Keith, Joanna, AND Rebecca all join in to discuss this all too common teaching that 'ALL men will struggle with lust!'Links to things mentioned:The Great Sex RescueTwitter thread we readBlog posts:Noticing is Not Lusting12 Things Churches Can Do to Help Men Overcome LustWhy Bouncing Your Eyes Doesn't Honor WomenKeith's epic post on lustTo Support Us: Join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month to support our workFor tax deductible donations in the U.S., support Good Fruit Faith Initiative through the Bosko FoundationAnd check out our Merch, or any of our courses!Support the showJoin Sheila at Bare Marriage.com!Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Study Guide The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex and The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex And she has an Orgasm Course and a Libido course too!Check out all her courses, FREE resources, social media, books, and so much more at Sheila's LinkTree.

Jan 21, 2021 • 50min
Episode 84: On Sexual Boundaries and Rape Culture in the Church ft. Ruth Everhart
Send us a textJoining us on the podcast this week is Ruth Everhart, author of the book 'The #MeToo Reckoning'. We hope you find today's podcast a helpful step in the larger conversation in how we need to handle and address sexual assault situations in the church.Links to things mentioned: Last spring we had a number of posts and podcasts on the problem with the gatekeeping message--namely that it can hinder arousal. Some of them are: Arousal: The missing piece podcast; And the let's bring back making out post.Why Unconditional Respect isn't a thing: Our podcast where we looked at the survey question that was used to justify the claim that men choose respect while women choose love. 9 Signs of Grooming Behaviour you need to understandRuth Everhart's post on The #MeToo Reckoning Ruth Everhart's book The #MeToo ReckoningFollow Sheila on Instagram: @sheilagregoireThe Great Sex RescueTo Support Us: Join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month to support our workFor tax deductible donations in the U.S., support Good Fruit Faith Initiative through the Bosko FoundationAnd check out our Merch, or any of our courses!Support the showJoin Sheila at Bare Marriage.com!Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Study Guide The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex and The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex And she has an Orgasm Course and a Libido course too!Check out all her courses, FREE resources, social media, books, and so much more at Sheila's LinkTree.

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Jan 14, 2021 • 53min
Episode 83: Talking Back to Purity Culture ft. guest Rachel Joy Welcher
Send us a textThis week we are joined by author Rachel Joy Welcher, as we discuss all things purity culture - and where it went wrong! We so appreciate Rachel joining us and giving her insight!Links to things mentioned:Follow Sheila on Instagram: @sheilagregoire The Great Sex RescueRachel's book: Talking Back to Purity CultureRachel's TwitterWhy arousal can be difficult for women if they don't understand the sexual progressionMore information on women and pornRebecca's book: Why I Didn't RebelTo Support Us: Join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month to support our workFor tax deductible donations in the U.S., support Good Fruit Faith Initiative through the Bosko FoundationAnd check out our Merch, or any of our courses!Support the showJoin Sheila at Bare Marriage.com!Check out her books: The Great Sex Rescue She Deserves Better The Marriage You Want and the Study Guide The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex and The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex And she has an Orgasm Course and a Libido course too!Check out all her courses, FREE resources, social media, books, and so much more at Sheila's LinkTree.


