Overcoming Barriers to Sexual Intimacy Nancy Houston Ep 206

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🗓️ 14 May 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

*Earbud warning…may want to listen without innocent ears hearing as well. 😉

This episode is about having great SEX with your husband. Whether that gets you excited or brings up fear in you, please stay and listen to my chat with Nancy Houston. She is a licensed professional counselor and sex therapist who shares candidly about how to overcome barriers to intimacy in marriage.

We talk about how to work through sexual pasts, sex after having kids, the impact of porn and sexual addiction on marriage. And how getting healing from your past experiences can draw you closer to your husband.

There’s a big learning curve to all of this. And you know too many times we treat sex as something that should be automatic and if we love each other this should just work. And that’s just not true. I mean statistically 60 percent of couples are having some sort of sexual problem right this minute.

What we chat about:

Why the Christian community needs to open up more about sex and healthy intimacy
How sex drive changes for women after they’ve had kids
The importance of foreplay for women especially
God gave us sex as a way to bond us together with our husband
Statistically, 60 percent of couples are having some sort of sexual problems at any given minute
A woman’s largest sex organ is her brain
The need for healing when you’ve experienced sexual abuse
How Nancy processed and found healing from the sexual trauma she experienced
Porn vs sexual addiction and the need for therapy
God made us for intimacy
Letting go of the negative aspects you may have built up around the idea of sex
Raising our kids to have a healthy view of sexuality
1 Corinthians 7:3-5 and how it references sex in marriage
Having your hormones checked, exercise and eating healthy can help your body be prepared for sex
Having healthy conversations about sex with your husband (not during sex!)
Sex isn’t meant to be a performance, it’s meant to be a way for you and your husband to connect
Invite God into the sexual part of your marriage

Links Mentioned:

Nancy’s recommended books:

Celebration of Sex, by Doug Rosenau**
Sex Facts for the Family, by Clifford and Joyce Penner**
The Gift of Sex, by Clifford and Joyce Penner**
Coping with Erectile Dysfunction, by Michael Metz and Barry McCarthy**
Coping with Premature Ejaculation, by Michael Metz and Barry McCarthy**
Rekindling Desire, Barry and Emily McCarthy**
The Conquer Series for men struggling with sexual issues, a video series which can be purchased at Pure Desire Ministries
Pure Desire, by Dr. Ted Roberts**

**Amazon affiliate link

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, welcome back to the God Center Mom podcast.
0:07.8	I'm your host Heather McFadden.
0:09.8	This is the place where we remind you through mentorship, friendship and discipleship that
0:13.6	you don't mom alone.
0:15.8	In this episode, number 206, I'm chatting with Nancy Houston about overcoming barriers
0:21.2	to sexual intimacy.
0:25.1	And a lot of times we just, you know, we just hope these things look at better, but truthfully
0:29.2	Heather, we all need help.
0:31.7	And there is no shame.
0:33.2	There's no embarrassment in asking for help.
0:36.3	I have needed help to hell and recover.
0:39.4	I just try to keep people around me because we were never meant to do this life alone.
0:46.3	And the truth is, is that we are sexual creatures by God's design.
0:52.1	But this is an area where the enemy has really, I think, does triple time and trying to
0:59.9	kill, still and destroy.
1:03.0	Because sexuality is such an animate expression of who God is.
1:09.9	I believe our sexuality is at the core of who we are as God's creatures because it's
1:17.8	this very animate part of us and God is such an animate God.
1:22.8	We are his bride.
1:24.0	We are his beloved.
1:26.0	He pursues us.
1:28.0	He goes after us.
	...

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