Hey there, this is Bella Rose. Thank you so much for joining the Delight Your Marriage podcast.

So we are taking a break for the summer. We'll be back in August. But until then, I want to read you an excerpt for my book every week so that you get some encouragement in your marriage and in your sex life in marriage.

So again, my book is called Delight Your Husband. You can go to

delightyourmarriage.com to get all the resources, but especially my book, you can either purchase

it there or you can even check out the video course, which has a lot of great material as well.

So let's dive into this excerpt. It's called A Way Forward.

What is your marriage status quo? Does the status quo of your marriage feel less than enjoyable?

Does the marriage bed feel downright painful, emotionally, and or physically? I wrote this book because sex

is an amazing opportunity for growth and healing in a marriage. Your marriage bed can be wrought

with rejection, feelings of inadequacy, sadness, and even humiliation. I've experienced painful times. I remember putting myself out there

just to be shut down. I want you to know that you are not alone. The statistics are truly frightening.

Roughly 46% of recently married couples fail to reach their 25th wedding anniversary. The top five reasons of divorce vary

from survey to survey, but generally the first reason of divorce is finances and not far behind is

sex. Interestingly enough, a study found that increasing sexual intercourse from once a week,

or once a month to once a week,

would have the same mood boosting effects as adding $50,000 a year in income.

Why not kill two birds with one stone?

A lot can be attributed to the bedroom.

If you're not satisfied with how things are in your marriage, investing in your sexual relationship is a great place to start. So I'm going to skip down a little bit. I kind of

ask some questions and talk about if you're having some difficult challenges and how to work

through those. But the next part of the book says, it can change. I bet you

have a pretty good picture as to where you are now in your marriage. For those of you who are

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