How to Talk About Sex With Your Spouse (with Renzo and Monica Ortega)

Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)

Danielle Bean

Religion & Spirituality, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 810 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Girlfriends, Renzo and Monica Ortega, authors of the new book, Lovemaking: How to Talk About Sex with Your Spouse, join us for an enlightening discussion.

They share their personal struggles and insights on sex within Catholic marriages, emphasizing the importance of communication, respect, and intimacy. They offer practical advice and encouragement for couples navigating this often-taboo topic.

Takeaways:

* It can be uncomfortable to get started, but it’s important to talk about sex with your spouse

* As Catholics, we have a unique perspective on the gifts of sex and marriage

* Marriage preparation for young couples for marriage should include discussions about sex

* Our culture does not encourage aiuthentic intimacy, but it is a vital part of healthy relationships

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0:00.0	Girlfriends, episode number 466. How to Talk About Sex with Your Spouse with Renzo and Monica
0:05.7	Ortega.
0:13.5	Hello and welcome to girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm...
0:18.2	Hello and welcome to girlfriends. I'm... Hello and welcome to girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom and I'm on a mission to help you.
0:28.8	Know you're worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy in everyday living.
0:33.2	This week we are talking about this taboo topic. We're talking about how to talk about sex with your spouse.
0:39.4	An important conversation you probably need to be having it an ongoing way in your marriage.
0:43.5	But how do you do it?
0:44.8	Renzo and Monica Ortega are here to help.
0:47.2	Let's get started. Hey, girlfriend, how are you? Thank you so much for being here. So the last time we talked about sex here on the podcast, we had Sarah Bartel on, who was sharing about intimacy in your marriage and talking
1:12.7	about some really practical ways that we're called to discuss these things as grown-ups,
1:19.6	as faithful grown-ups in our marriages. And yet this is such a difficult topic for us to talk about.
1:25.9	It's hard for human beings to talk about,
1:28.0	and it's especially hard as Catholics to do it in a respectful way with dignity that is due to
1:35.3	this topic. And so that's why I really love our guests here today. Renzo and Monica Ortega are
1:41.7	authors of lovemaking, how to talk about sex with your spouse.
1:46.2	They share in a very respectful way, but in a very open, honest, encouraging, and welcoming way
1:52.2	about this topic, which can be really tricky for people.
1:55.3	When I was in Memphis for giving one of my retreats for Catholic women there, one of the women who was participating came up to me, and she told me that when I published
2:04.5	the podcast that was about sex with Sarah Bartel, she said she like stopped in her car and
2:11.0	pulled over on the side of the road to be able to listen to it properly.
2:14.3	She was that invested in that topic and not in just an inappropriate way,
	...

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