Top 8 Marriage Issues in 2019: #2 | Ep. 382
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Dr. Kim and Christina talk about the 2nd biggest issue in marriages this year which is: sexual differences, specifically how to deal with libido differences or loss.
We are happy to be a safe place where you can learn about sex, find yourself relating with other couples in the stories we share, and most importantly - work hard to have great sex in marriage and enjoy this gift God has given us.
In this episode Dr. Kim and Christina share about how to deal with sexual differences in marriage.
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES
- "When you're not married Satan tries to keep you in the bed, when you are married Satan tries to keep you out of the bed." - Christina Dodson
- "Don't start conversations with your spouse about differences in desire and libido when you are frustrated." - Dr. Kim Kimberling
- "Because of our culture we all drag sexual baggage into marriage." - Dr. Kim Kimberling
- "One of the coolest things about sex in marriage is how it continues to evolve and grow as you learn more about each other." - Dr. Kim Kimberling
- "You have to be intentional about discussing problems in your sex life, you can't ignore these issues when they come up." - Dr. Kim Kimberling
- "There's so much more to sex than just the physical act." - Christina Dodson
- "Your spouse needs to know that they are more important that your sexual relationship." - Dr. Kim Kimberling
- "Sex is an important part of a marriage but it's not THE most important part of a marriage." Dr. Kim Kimberling
- "Sex alone isn't enough to hold a marriage together." - Dr. Kim Kimberling
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This has been a fun and interesting series to do as we dissect the top eight marriage issues in 2019. |
| 0:09.7 | These eight issues are the top eight issues that Dr. Kim has seen this year with marriages. |
| 0:14.7 | In this episode, we are talking about the second biggest issue in marriages this year, |
| 0:18.0 | which is sexual differences and specifically how to deal with |
| 0:21.0 | libido differences or loss. Sex is quite arguably our most popular topic here at Austin Marriage, |
| 0:26.9 | which tells us that you guys like hearing about it, which is good. We are happy to be a safe |
| 0:31.7 | place where you can learn about sex, find yourself relating with other couples in the stories |
| 0:35.5 | that we share, and most importantly, work hard to have great sex in marriage and enjoy this gift that God has given us. In this |
| 0:42.2 | episode, Dr. Kim and I talk about how to deal with sexual differences in marriage. We pray |
| 0:46.5 | you find this episode helpful. Welcome to the Awesome Marriage Podcast, a place for honest |
| 0:52.4 | conversations about marriage and practical advice on how to have a God-honoring awesome marriage. |
| 0:58.1 | I am your podcast producer and co-host Christina Dodson. On the show will be your host, Dr. Kim Kimberling. |
| 1:04.0 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 40 years. His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship. |
| 1:16.4 | Dr. Kim, when we say sexual differences, what do we mean by that? Well, I think, you know, |
| 1:21.9 | it can go a lot of ways if somebody just talks about it. You know, you can talk about |
| 1:26.1 | female, you can talk about all that kind of stuff. When I see a couple sitting in the counseling room, it usually goes to frequency, |
| 1:32.7 | it usually goes to desire those kind of things. They're not saying, yeah, your body's different, |
| 1:37.4 | and I'm not sure what to do with it. I mean, you're talking about, yeah, okay, our desires are |
| 1:42.5 | different, our frequency is different, And how do we get on the same |
| 1:44.8 | page? And most of the time, couples, because we don't talk about sex enough, I think as couples, |
| 1:50.2 | it causes conflict. And it causes hurt feelings and people who are rejected. And then then once you get |
| 1:55.3 | into that, then you've got a whole range of emotions going that started maybe could have |
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