Hey friend, welcome to Java with Julie.

I'm Julie Slattery and this podcast is a listener-supported outreach of authentic intimacy,

a ministry dedicated to reclaiming God's design for sexuality.

Well, one of my favorite parts of doing ministry with you here at Authentic Immacy is doing live Q&As.

I love answering the questions that you

send in. And here's why. First of all, nothing that I teach or write is going to be useful if we can't

put some practical handles on it and apply it to real life situations. And your real life questions

help me do just that. Plus, when you're brave enough to ask questions, you help people put language to the things that we wrestle with,

but other people may not know how to put language to their own questions.

So you help us do that.

And last, but not least, you get to see how God's word is living, active, and relevant to your struggles,

even very personal struggles within marriage and sexuality.

Well, in today's conversation, we're going to tackle some of the questions that you've sent in,

like, does having common interest with your spouse actually lead to greater intimacy?

And what do you do when your husband can't stop looking at porn?

And we'll address that lie that God created sex for men and not for women.

Now, helping me answer these questions today is Linda Dillo, the co-founder of authentic intimacy,

and the co-author of the book that I wrote with her passion pursuit and surprised by the healer,

and my friend, Yvette Marr.

We'll mention a few resources in our conversation today,

but we'll also drop links to a couple of blogs that you may want to follow up within our show notes,

like the three-part series I wrote on how to prioritize intimacy in your marriage

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