Welcome to sex chat for Christian wives.

We're four marriage and sex bloggers discuss the naked truth.

What does God really want for the sexual intimacy in our marriage?

I'm Jay Parker of Hot Holy and Humorous.

I'm Chris Taylor from The Forgiven Wife.

I'm Gay Christmas of Calm, Healthy, Sexy.

I'm Bonnie Burns of Oyster Bed 7. Today, we'll be talking about the ways that stress can affect women's interest in and enjoyment of sex.

We'll be focusing on everyday sources of stress and the things that women can do to reduce the effects of stress

in their lives.

We do know that some sources of stress will require medical or professional assistance to

address, and those are beyond the scope of this podcast.

So for women in the 21st century, constant stress has become a part of everyday life.

It seems as if the demands on our time and energy are increasing and our resources for dealing with those demands are decreasing. It's no wonder

that many women feel tense and weary much of the time. And over time, that kind of chronic stress

affects women's physical, emotional, and spiritual health,

including their ability to enjoy sex and intimacy in their marriages.

So let's talk about why that happens and some things that busy, married women can do to address it.

First of all, let's look at how stress affects libido and enjoyment of sex for women. What are some of

the factors that we know contribute to that and make things so difficult for women?

I think one of the things that's so difficult is just switching off. I know that there's this

common idea that men are better at compartmentalizing, that they can, you know, sort of leave things behind and walk in the door and just kind of shift from one place to another.

I just think it's much harder for women.

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