265. Great Sex Grows – Communicate Honestly and Honoringly
Female by Design
Francie Winslow
4.9 • 686 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Communication is the gateway to deeper intimacy — and for most of us, it's also where things get tricky.
In this episode, Francie gets real about one of the biggest growth edges in marriage: learning to talk about sex, desire, and vulnerability in a way that actually brings you closer instead of shutting things down.
She shares some of the most practical — and surprisingly tender — tools she and Wyatt have developed over 20 years of learning to communicate honestly and with honor. Some of these ideas you've probably never heard before, and at least one of them might just become a regular part of your marriage.
If you've ever felt like you can't find the words, or you're afraid of saying the wrong thing, or you've just been hoping he'd figure it out on his own — this episode is for you.
Your words have more power than you know. Let's use them well.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Female by Design podcast, an honest space for female flourishing. I'm Francie Winslow. |
| 0:10.6 | Together we'll explore sexuality and spirituality by God's design, healing our relationship with |
| 0:17.9 | pleasure, our bodies, and our identity as beloved image bearers. |
| 0:23.8 | So let's take a deep breath and step into God's invitation to live fully alive as women, mind, body, and spirit. |
| 0:34.7 | I'm so glad you're here. |
| 0:36.9 | Hey, everybody. Welcome back to Female By Design. This is Francie. I'm so glad you're here. Hey, everybody, welcome back to female by design. This is Francie. |
| 0:40.5 | I'm so glad you're here. You are heading towards the end of a series called Great Sex Grows. I hope |
| 0:46.6 | you've enjoyed it so far, realizing that great sex does not happen by accident, but it grows |
| 0:52.0 | through intentionality. And we're tackling the different areas |
| 0:55.2 | that revolve around practical things and mindset shifts and embodiment so that we can put all those |
| 1:01.3 | things together in order to actually grow and to see ourselves and our marriages flourish in our |
| 1:07.1 | sexual expression of love and care. So today I wanted to give a shout out to a course |
| 1:12.5 | that absolutely revolves around today's podcast topic, which is becoming confident in sexual |
| 1:17.6 | communication because great sex grows when we have confident and honest and honoring communication. |
| 1:24.4 | And so today's episode is going to be a real practical invitation into |
| 1:29.6 | considering is talking about sex hard, is talking about desire hard. Why is that? What's behind that? |
| 1:35.9 | And if this sparks a curiosity in you or like a, hey, yeah, I need to grow in this more. |
| 1:40.9 | I have a course under the growth courses on my website called Becoming Confident |
| 1:45.0 | with Sexual Communication. I'm just going to read to you the little blip about it. It says |
| 1:48.6 | ready to stop overthinking and start connecting. This masterclass is designed to help you find |
| 1:54.5 | your voice before, during, and after sex. From flirty foreplay to easy words in the moment to afterglow connection, |
| 2:03.4 | you'll learn how to express desire, bless your body and your hubbies too, and speak life into |
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