211: Sexual Dry Spells: When Safety Kills Passion
Get Your Marriage On! with Dan Purcell · Dan Purcell
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Show Notes
The holidays are coming up, and this is often a stressful time for a lot of couples.
The stress and busyness can often lead couples to fall into dry spells in their sex life. And Emily and I are not immune to those dry spells either. So whether you're in a dry spell or looking to avoid one, this episode is for you! We're going to cover practical ways to keep your marriage and sex life going strong through all the seasons of life.
Resources:
You can find links to all these and more at our website: getyourmarriageon.com
Episode highlights:
4:37: Seeing the Patterns in Your Relationship
6:13: Calm the heck down
7:18: Notice emotions and how they present in your body
7:40: The measure of your marriage isn't how you handle yourself when things are going well, but when life is hard
9:00: Separate the act of sex from the meanings attached to it.
11:04: When we look to our spouse, as a reason behind the dry spell, it opens you up to a potential of self-deception
12:25: Routine kills passion
14:34: Need both love and desire
17:37: Offer good sex
19:07: Questions to ask yourself and thoughts to consider
21:55: "But my spouse doesn't want to change"