535-When Your Intimacy Isn't "Normal" -- There is Help & Hope

Delight Your Marriage

Belah Rose

Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Sexuality, Christianity

4.7 • 589 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Maybe intimacy in your marriage doesn't look the way you thought it would.

Maybe there are physical limitations. Health challenges. Pain. Insecurity. Lack of desire. Aging. Shame.

Or just a deep sadness that things don't feel the way they "should."

And maybe, quietly, you've wondered:
Is something wrong with me?
Is something wrong with us?
Are we just broken?

This episode is for the husband or wife who feels discouraged, different, or alone in this area of marriage.

Let this be an encouragement that intimacy is more than what we often make it out to be.

It is about unity. Tenderness. Connection. Loving your spouse well in the ways you are able.

If you feel unseen or forgotten by God in this area, this is a reminder that God sees you.

You are not forgotten.
You are not beyond hope.
And you are not strange or weird for wanting help in this area.

This may be a real suffering in your marriage—but suffering is not proof that God has abandoned you.

He can use even this tender, painful place to grow humility, love, compassion, and deeper unity.

God bless you!

Love,
The Delight Your Marriage Team

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PPPS - Here is a quote from a recent Coaching program graduate:
"The biggest marital struggle that I was feeling was a lack of connection within physical intimacy. There was also a lack of trust and feeling safe to genuinely be ourselves in different areas. It was hard to communicate without the other person taking offense, switching the subject or shifting the focus, etc. and it just made it hard to grow in a lot of areas...[Because of DYM], I've been able to truly shift my priorities to just focus on myself in the terms of how can I love my wife the way that God intended me to...[Intimacy has] been happening so much more than in the past, but more importantly, it's been meaningful, fulfilling, and it's being enjoyed without fear of strings being attached or tension from expectations..."

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0:00.0	Welcome to DYM Marriage Transformation Coaching.
0:04.0	Heard in 180 countries top 1% podcast worldwide.
0:08.0	And we are thrilled that we walk alongside marriages that have been suffering and struggling sometimes for decades.
0:15.0	And they come to our work and God changes everything.
0:18.0	Listen in because you're going to hear transformation stories that are going to give you hope that things can change for you or inspiring conversations with other
0:27.0	experts or teaching that's literally going to give you practical tools to make your marriage
0:32.9	better today. My name's Bella Rose. Here we are. Let's go. Heal intimacy biblically. Delight your
0:41.5	marriage. Hi there. My name is Bella and I'm really honored that you are joining me.
0:52.1	I don't know how long you have been around, DYM, but I am thrilled
0:57.3	that you're joining. What we talk about are general frameworks that work for the overarching,
1:08.6	statistically appropriate men and women.
1:12.8	But there are uniquenesses to every person and every couple and every dynamic.
1:17.7	And so we use general frameworks that work generally, but not always.
1:24.4	And maybe you have felt in the minority that you have not been able to engage in
1:29.7	intimacy like, quote, other people or normal people. And I just want to say, you are seen. And I'm
1:38.0	proud of you for pursuing this. You're being courageous. I remember for years I felt broken in intimacy. And you might feel broken
1:48.0	in intimacy and it's not something that can change. And I want to speak to you and I want to give you
1:53.5	advice and ideas and encouragement. That's my biggest prayer on this conversation is that you
1:59.7	would receive encouragement.
2:01.8	You're not alone.
2:03.2	You're not broken.
2:04.5	You're not weird.
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