#368: Aging Bodies Can Still Enjoy Sexuality. Are You Giving Up Too Soon?
Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex
Authentic Intimacy®
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
There's ED (erectile dysfunction), PE (premature ejaculation), and PS — premature surrender. According to our guest, many Boomer couples are giving up on sex way too soon.
In this episode, Juli welcomes back Dr. Doug Rosenau for a conversation to help you confront challenges to your sex life as you grow older. You'll hear how you and your spouse can encourage one another not to give up on sexual intimacy, gain a new perspective on grieving your losses, and expand your definition of sexuality beyond just intercourse. Is there ever a time to give up on sex? Grab your Java and listen in to find out.
Guest: Dr. Doug Rosenau
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome to Job with Julie. I'm Julie Slattery, and this listener's support of podcast is an outreach of authentic intimacy, a ministry dedicated to reclaiming God's design for sexuality. |
| 0:13.4 | Well, Dr. Doug Rose now is back with me again. Doug is a sex therapist. He's the founder of the Institute for Sexual Holness, and he's really one of my favorite experts on sexuality. |
| 0:24.5 | I really enjoy talking with him about how we can help men and women understand why sexual pleasure and intimacy are so central to God's design. |
| 0:34.2 | When we talk about sexual pleasure and intimacy, usually we don't have an older couple in mind. |
| 0:39.7 | We tend to think about people in their 20s or 30s and the perfect bodies that we see through |
| 0:44.8 | Hollywood or even through pornography portrays. |
| 0:48.7 | But God's design for sexuality is not just for young people. |
| 0:52.6 | It's within the covenant of marriage all throughout marriage, which means it's important to talk about what sexuality looks like as our body's age and as sexual functioning is even affected by that. |
| 1:04.6 | That's what we're going to talk about today with Dr. Doug. You're going to hear us talk about how you and your spouse can encourage each other not to |
| 1:11.1 | give up on sexual activity. You'll gain a new perspective on grieving physical losses and adjusting |
| 1:17.7 | to a new normal. And we'll discuss the question, is there a time in marriage where you just have to let |
| 1:23.7 | intercourse go? And how do we broaden our definition of lovemaking beyond just intercourse? |
| 1:29.9 | We'll link to Dr. Doug Rose Now's books, as well as some AI resources that we have for you, |
| 1:35.7 | like a video Q&A from Linda Dillo answering the question, what is sex life after 60? |
| 1:42.1 | And some previous job with Julie episodes on this topic episode number 210 |
| 1:46.8 | enjoying intimacy in your golden years with Walt and Barb Laramore and number 22 intimacy |
| 1:52.7 | sex and aging with Linda Dillo and Dr. Gary Chapman you can look for all of those links at |
| 1:58.6 | our show notes or at authentic inficInvacy.com. |
| 2:01.8 | Now let's head to the coffee shop. |
| 2:06.3 | Let's just put it out there. |
| 2:07.9 | Do older people have sex? |
| 2:09.4 | And is it still important? |
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