Designed for Mutual Pleasure
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Almost every disappointment in marriage can be traced to an unmet expectation. The same is true about sex. John, Greg and Erin offer some hope to wives who are struggling to enjoy sex. Featuring Mrs. Debra Fileta, and Mr. Gary Thomas.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Erin Smolley. |
| 0:04.0 | We all need encouragement and marriage. |
| 0:06.5 | So if you want biblical guidance on your journey, check out our podcast, Crazy Little Thing |
| 0:11.1 | Called Marriage, which I host with my husband, Dr. Greg Smolley. |
| 0:15.3 | We chat with some great folks about how you can make your marriage stronger every day. |
| 0:20.1 | Listen at crazylittlething Called Marriage.com or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.3 | Physical intimacy is a wonderful gift for married couples, but a great sex life isn't achieved |
| 0:41.5 | overnight. |
| 0:42.5 | It takes time and energy and work and effort. |
| 0:45.5 | I'm John Fuller, along with Greg Smolley and his wife, Erin. |
| 0:48.5 | They lead our focus on the family marriage team. |
| 0:51.3 | Erin, you do a lot of counseling. |
| 0:53.0 | How often do you meet a young couple? |
| 0:55.7 | And they had high expectations that are not being met. |
| 0:58.8 | So they're talking to you because frankly, they're frustrated about their sex life. |
| 1:04.4 | It's common. |
| 1:05.8 | And actually the research says that over a third or 34% of Americans are dissatisfied. |
| 1:11.8 | And you think about adding the young couple component. |
| 1:15.2 | Often young couples are building careers, building families. |
| 1:19.9 | They have small kids. |
| 1:22.0 | And they've also had these expectations of what married sex is going to be like. |
| 1:27.8 | And so often they come in, when they're coming in, they're coming in to talk about something |
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