Is Sex a Need or Want? #694

Sexy Marriage Radio

Dr Corey and Pam Allan

Sexuality, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Christianity

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🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Today we dive into two listener emails and explore the complexities of intimacy and communication in marriage.

We discuss the balance between the pressures of wants in preferences when it comes to sex and then on sexual performance, and the importance of understanding each partner's background and expectations.

Our conversation emphasizes the need for self-validation and the idea that learning and growing together can enhance intimacy.

Takeaways

Marriage is sacred and should be treated with commitment.
Direct communication can lead to freedom in relationships.
Understanding different backgrounds can help navigate intimacy issues.
Performance pressure can hinder sexual satisfaction.
Self-validation is crucial for personal confidence in intimacy.
Learning together can enhance the relationship dynamic.
Intimacy is about exploration, not just performance.
It's important to hold onto goals lightly in relationships.

On the Xtended Version ...

Is sex really a need? Or is it more like a want?

What's your thought? Listen to the XTD to hear our.

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0:00.0	So over the years I've had different times where I've phrased a conversation with the idea of,
0:10.2	you know, we have a thinking part of us and we have a feeling part of us and the goal of
0:14.9	growing up or differentiating if you go psycho babble is being controlled by neither.
0:21.6	Game. Right, by bringing both in into play. either. Okay.
0:23.0	By bringing both in into play.
0:25.0	And so here's another phrase I just came across in an email that I got this past week.
0:29.0	It says some people are ruled by their beliefs.
0:31.0	They will torture themselves for the sake of an idea.
0:35.0	Others are ruled by their emotions.
0:36.9	They will change their mind a thousand times in search of what feels good.
0:41.0	A healthy mind acknowledges both, but is ruled by neither.
0:46.0	I think that's a good way to kind of continue the conversation about how there's the variety of different ways we come about trying to just thrive.
0:57.0	Yeah.
0:58.0	And not even recognize sometimes I am getting in my own way all the time.
1:01.0	Actually, maybe all the time I'm getting in my own way all the time. Actually, maybe all the time I'm getting in my own way all the time.
1:04.8	Well, welcome to the show. I'm Dr. Corrie Allen alongside my wife Pam.
1:08.8	We're having honest straightforward conversations in a mobile studio today.
1:14.0	Yes.
1:15.0	Yes.
1:16.0	We are in big transitions with our family.
1:19.0	So if you're on YouTube or not usually, you want to check it out because there is a video of the shows and you get different backgrounds this whole time now.
1:29.6	You never know what you're going to get. Exactly. Well we're trying to have straightforward
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