Overcoming Past Sexual Abuse

The Naked Marriage with Dave & Ashley Willis

XO Marriage

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Some of the deepest scars and biggest hurdles an individual (and a married couple) could ever face relate to the wounds of past sexual abuse. In this episode, we hear the harrowing and heroic story of sexual abuse survivor Alyssa Gordon and her supportive husband, Tyler. Dave and Ashley's interview with Tyler and Alyssa can help bring healing and hope to anyone who has been impacted by the trauma of past or current abuse. Faithful Counseling http://www.Getfaithful.com/nakedmarriage For more marriage building content go to: marriagetoday.com Check out our NEW book here - https://www.amazon.com/Naked-Marriage-Undressing-intimacy-lifelong-ebook/dp/B07HQYWFDY Donate a gift to MarriageToday at marriagetoday.com/give/ Follow us on Social: Facebook: @strongermarriages Instagram: @daveandashleywillis Twitter: @davewillis A podcast dedicated to undressing the truth about sex, intimacy and lifelong love. The concerns and questions most couples have in marriage often go unspoken, until now. Hosts Dave and Ashley Willis bring wisdom, vulnerability, and humor to even the toughest marriage topics. Together they have built a strong following, reaching millions of married couples through their blogs, books, and videos. They have four young sons and live near Dallas, TX. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to the Naked Marriage podcast. We are Dave and Ashley Willis and
0:07.2	on this podcast we address the truth about sex, intimacy and lifelong love. And we've
0:12.2	got an episode today that we've never really talked about before but that is so important
0:16.1	and I'm really excited for you all to tune into this.
0:18.5	Yeah, it's one of the most important and significant topics that I think we could address
0:24.1	and it's about overcoming past sexual abuse and marriage which tragically so many couples
0:29.5	are in that boat and it's something that's not talked about enough. And today we're
0:33.4	going to interview our good friends Tyler and Alyssa Gordon who really just become champions
0:39.7	in my mind in this issue and we'll talk more about what that looks like but Alyssa
0:43.8	experienced terrifically, tragically years of sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather
0:50.1	from her childhood through her teenage years. He is now in that man is now in prison
0:54.6	where he belongs and Tyler and Alyssa have not only worked through that but they've
0:59.9	really become a voice to give others hope who've experienced similar kinds of abuses in
1:04.7	their own past and how to deal with it in their marriage. And so if you or someone you love
1:09.5	have experienced abuse and frankly all of us have someone we love who've experienced
1:13.8	abuse, I think this interview is going to be a real encouragement to you. But first we
1:18.6	want to tell you about a very important resource to check this out.
1:25.6	Well Tyler and Alyssa welcome to the Nicki marriage podcast and the intro we told
1:29.5	the folks some of you your powerful story and I'm just so honored to call your friends
1:33.7	and thank you. Thank you for being willing to come and share here on the podcast.
1:37.8	Yeah, of course.
1:38.8	Well let's just jump right in. You know we're talking about past sexual abuse and you guys
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