Bare Marriage

By Sheila Gregoire

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Tired of Christian pat answers about marriage? The podcast that goes in-depth into marriage, parenting, and even sex--to see how we can live the passionate life we were meant for. Paired with To Love, Honor and Vacuum--the blog!

Episode Date
Episode 234: Pastors’ Wives Spill the Tea on Church Life—and the search for authenticity and friendship
Apr 25, 2024
Episode 233: The Backlash from Those Defending Purity Culture feat. Zachary Wagner
Apr 18, 2024
Episode 232: When Submission "Cults" Groom for Abuse: One Woman's Story
Apr 11, 2024
Episode 231: Are We Saying that Wives Don't Have to Have Sex?
Apr 04, 2024
Episode 230: Why Evangelical Honeymoons Go So Badly feat. Jay Stringer
Mar 28, 2024
Episode 229: A Victim-Centered Approach to Forgiveness After Trauma
Mar 21, 2024
Episode 228: How Our Stories Influence Our Marriage Choices feat. Natalie Hoffman
Mar 14, 2024
Episode 227: Are We Creating a Strawman out of Complementarianism? We Respond to Critics
Mar 07, 2024
Episode 226: What We've Learned 3 Years After Great Sex Rescue
Feb 29, 2024
Episode 225: Do You Even Want This Kind of Marriage?
Feb 22, 2024
Episode 224: Lies Women Believe Part 2: Is God a Monster?
Feb 15, 2024
Episode 223: The Problems with Lies Women Believe by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
Feb 08, 2024
Episode 222: How Sex Is Like Chef Boyardee–and Other New Research Findings!
Feb 01, 2024
Episode 221: Let Men Be Dads! Why Do So Many Evangelical Resources Portray Men as Pathetic Dads?
Jan 25, 2024
Episode 220: Why is Emerson Eggerichs Afraid of Women Talking? A Deep Dive into Love & Respect
Jan 18, 2024
Episode 219: Let Men be Men - Because We Believe Men are Great!
Jan 11, 2024
Episode 218: Let’s Pivot to Healthy Churches feat. Scot McKnight & Laura Barringer
Dec 14, 2023
Episode 217: When Religion Hurts You feat. Laura Anderson
Dec 07, 2023
Episode 216: Perceived Autonomy vs. Actual Autonomy: It’s Okay to Say No to Controlling Church Spaces
Nov 30, 2023
Episode 215: A Jesus-Centered Faith vs. Nationalism feat. Andrew Whitehead
Nov 22, 2023
Episode 214: What if Momma Ain’t Happy? Why It’s Okay to Sweat the Small Stuff
Nov 16, 2023
Episode 213: Stained Glass Ceilings: How the church does gender ft. Lisa Swartz
Nov 09, 2023
Episode 212: Do Women Really Initiate 70% of Divorces for Frivolous Reasons?
Nov 02, 2023
Episode 211: Bullied for Leaving an Abusive Husband ft. Naghmeh Panahi
Oct 26, 2023
Episode 210: The Enneagram and Marriage ft. Christa Hardin
Oct 19, 2023
Episode 209: Why Don't Evangelical Sex Teachers Know What They Don't Know?
Oct 12, 2023
Episode 208: What Happens When a Pastor Sets Out to Prove Complementarianism? ft. Terran Williams
Oct 05, 2023
Episode 207: The Ultimate Anti 'Obligation Sex' Episode
Sep 28, 2023
Episode 206: A Deep Dive into 'For Women Only' by Shaunti Feldhahn ft. Meghan Tschanz + Devi Abraham
Sep 21, 2023
Episode 205: Do Complementarian Men Make the Best Husbands? A response to Nancy Pearcey
Sep 14, 2023
Episode 204: Untangling Toxic Teachings on Suffering ft. Rebecca Davis
Sep 07, 2023
Episode 203: Parenting without Yelling: Discipline & Kindness Can Go Together! ft. Wendy Snyder
Aug 31, 2023
Episode 202: The Barbie Movie, South Korean Women, and the Evangelical Church
Aug 24, 2023
Episode 201: What Does a Biblical Marriage Look Like?
Aug 17, 2023
Episode 200 Special! - Our "Brio Magazine Deep Dive" PJ Party!
Jul 13, 2023
Episode 199: Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice, and Marriage Advice!
Jul 06, 2023
Episode 198: The 4 Ways Complementarian Marriages Can Go Wrong (Keith Takes on the Danvers Statement)
Jun 29, 2023
Episode 197: How The Power of a Praying Wife Can Go Horribly Wrong
Jun 22, 2023
Episode 196: New Research on the Effects of Obligation Sex! (It's Bad...)
Jun 15, 2023
Episode 195: How To Support Your Wife in an Equal Relationship feat. Todd Korpi
Jun 08, 2023
Episode 194: Male-Centric Sex vs. the Female Sexual Response Cycle
Jun 01, 2023
Episode 193: Tell Her Story: The Forgotten Women of the Bible with Nijay Gupta
May 25, 2023
Episode 192: How 'Every Young Man's Battle' Makes Everything Worse ft. Andrew Bauman & Zachary Wagner
May 18, 2023
Episode 191: Finding a Healthy Church with Beth Allison Barr
May 11, 2023
Episode 190: 'Pink' and 'Blue' Faith -- Plus we take a submission quiz! ft. Aimee Byrd
May 04, 2023
Episode 189: Non-Toxic Masculinity ft. Zachary Wagner
Apr 27, 2023
Episode 188: What We're Fighting For: A Glimpse 20 Years Down the Road
Apr 20, 2023
Episode 187: 'Nice Guy' Syndrome & Drawing Boundaries: What Girls Need to Know
Apr 13, 2023
Episode 186: Shame, DARVO & Spiritual Bypassing - Let's get to the bottom of it! ft. Jasmine Holmes
Apr 06, 2023
Episode 185: Trauma, EMDR, and 'Himpathy' ft. Jenna Mountain
Mar 30, 2023
Episode 184: Why do WOMEN also push the Modesty Messages? plus Why Churches Need to Recognize Date Rape
Mar 23, 2023
Episode 183: What Modesty Messages Did to Us
Mar 16, 2023
Episode 182: 'Do Girls Talk Too Much?' Another claim that was made up
Mar 09, 2023
Episode 181: How Does Dating Affect Teens? Let's look at the data!
Mar 02, 2023
Episode 180: Exodus Cry: What We Need to Know about Sex Trafficking
Feb 23, 2023
Episode 179: Why Did a Church Put a Marital Rape Victim under Church Discipline?
Feb 16, 2023
Episode 178: Fixing Conversations Together! ft. Ngina Otiende & Philip Payne
Feb 09, 2023
Episode 177: The Bible vs. Biblical Womanhood ft Philip Payne
Feb 02, 2023
Episode 176: Bring Back 'Vanilla' Sex!
Jan 26, 2023
Episode 175: How Emerson Eggerichs Misuses Scripture in Love & Respect ft. Nijay Gupta
Jan 19, 2023
Episode 174: Why You CAN Trust Your Emotions ft. Becky Castle Miller
Jan 12, 2023
Episode 173: The Strike at Putney: What Would Happen if Women Just Stopped?
Jan 05, 2023
Episode 172: We Are Not Spiritually Homeless Anymore! A Personal Christmas Update
Dec 22, 2022
Episode 171: Identifying Spiritual Abuse and Trauma ft Dr. Foluso and Johnna Harris
Dec 15, 2022
Episode 170: Does God Hate Divorce? plus The Women Carved in Ebony
Dec 08, 2022
Episode 169: Learned Helplessness & Sex ft. Sam Tielemens
Dec 01, 2022
Episode 168: The Myth of the Magical Penis
Nov 17, 2022
Episode 167: 'Unwanted' - Discovering our Route to Sexual Healing ft. Jay Stringer
Nov 10, 2022
Episode 166: A Deep Dive into Ephesians 5 - Why Hierarchy in Marriage Doesn't Work
Nov 03, 2022
Episode 165: The 3 Types of Libido
Oct 27, 2022
Episode 164: Scary Body Language & Telling on Yourself
Oct 20, 2022
Episode 163: Let's Talk Ogling and Dressing for Attention - Research Deep Dive Episode!
Oct 13, 2022
Episode 162: Why We Need a New Standard for Healthy Teaching Today
Oct 06, 2022
Episode 161: Should Pastors be Expected to Give Sex Advice?
Sep 29, 2022
Episode 160: How Marriage Advice can be Misdiagnosed
Sep 22, 2022
Episode 159: How Christian Marriage Books Set Me Up For Failure ft. Natalie Hoffman
Sep 15, 2022
Episode 158: Pastors Plagiarizing: An Example Using Josh Howerton--with Scot McKnight's commentary
Sep 08, 2022
Episode 157: Celebrities for Jesus -- Who should we follow? ft Katelyn Beaty
Sep 01, 2022
Episode 156: How The Authors We Critiqued Responded to The Great Sex Rescue
Aug 25, 2022
Episode 155: The Rise of Lonely Men - Plus How to be Inspiring!
Aug 18, 2022
Episode 154: Katharine Bushnell: Another Hero you NEED to know ft. Kristen Kobes Du Mez + Julie Coleman
Aug 11, 2022
Episode 153: Josephine Butler: The Hero You Never knew
Aug 04, 2022
Do You Know What Your Wife Has Been Taught About Sex? (Rerun Summer Episode)
Jul 28, 2022
Duty Sex isn't Sexy! (Rerun Summer Episode)
Jul 21, 2022
Can We Stop Talking About Girls Being Stumbling Blocks and Causing Men to Lust? (Rerun Summer Episode)
Jul 14, 2022
Unconditional Respect is NOT a Thing! (Rerun Summer Episode)
Jul 07, 2022
Episode 152: What is Killing Women's Libido?
Jun 30, 2022
Episode 151: Why John Piper Should Stop Speaking on Marriage -- and turning the other cheek!
Jun 23, 2022
Episode 150: Escaping a Sex Cult: Alyssa Wakefield's Story Part 2
Jun 16, 2022
Episode 149: Groomed for an Abusive Arranged Marriage: Alyssa Wakefield's Story Part 1
Jun 09, 2022
Episode 148: Is Sex a Yes Space For Men? And What Does That Do to a Woman's Libido?
Jun 02, 2022
Episode 147: The Porn Triage
May 26, 2022
Episode 146: Let's Talk Attachments Styles and Marriage with guests Milan & Kay Yerkovich
May 19, 2022
Episode 145: Connection Not Punishment: A Better Way to Parent feat. Wendy Snyder
May 12, 2022
Episode 144: How To Misuse Statistics for Dummies - feat Wendy Snyder
May 05, 2022
Episode 143: Do You Know Your Attachment Style? (Start Your Engines)
Apr 28, 2022
Episode 142: No, Christians Don't Always have Better Marriages and Sex Lives--a response to Josh Howerton
Apr 21, 2022
Episode 141: The Most Misunderstood Women in the Bible - and Research! ft Mary DeMuth
Apr 14, 2022
Episode 140: A Victim of Bill Gothard's Story: Escaping a Cult & Finding Freedom with Emily Elizabeth Anderson
Apr 07, 2022
Episode 139: How Many Men Are Sexually Safe?
Mar 31, 2022
Episode 138: Echoes of Menstruation (...really, Focus on the Family?!)
Mar 24, 2022
Episode 137: New Research Blows Away the Evangelical Idea About Lust
Mar 17, 2022
Episode 136: The Uncomfortable Truth About Waiting for Marriage for Sex
Mar 10, 2022
Episode 135: How Much Sex Have We Rescued? Plus, Elizabeth Fisher Good!
Mar 03, 2022
Episode 134: What Guys Can Do If They've Messed Up
Feb 24, 2022
Episode 133: Birth Control & Lust Control
Feb 17, 2022
Episode 132: All About the Sexual Response Cycle
Feb 10, 2022
Episode 131: The woman who was crying in the shower is here!
Feb 03, 2022
Episode 130: It's Time to Jump out of the Boiling Water
Jan 27, 2022
Episode 129: The Podcast Where Emerson Ignores Marital Rape
Jan 20, 2022
Episode 128: How YOU Can Make the Church a Healthier Place for Marriage
Jan 13, 2022
Episode 127: Putting the 'Christ' back in Christian Marriage
Jan 06, 2022
Episode 126: The Disease That Must Be Named + feeling less homeless!
Dec 16, 2021
Episode 125: Why is Marriage Advice Mostly Aimed at Women?
Dec 10, 2021
Episode 124: Does Your Vagina Have a Brain? The Mind-Body Connection
Dec 02, 2021
Episode 123: Let's talk Sexual Favours Postpartum
Nov 25, 2021
Episode 122: The Making of Biblical Womanhood ft Beth Allison Barr
Nov 18, 2021
Episode 121: Finding Your Own Path ft hosts of NeuroDiverse Christian Couples Podcast
Nov 11, 2021
Episode 120: Why Too Many Can't Let Go of the 'Obligation Sex' Message
Nov 04, 2021
Start Your Engines Ep. 17: How To Be Sex Positive Without Being Creepy
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 118: What Are Christian Resources NOT Telling You About Abuse? ft. Gretchen Baskerville
Oct 21, 2021
Episode 117: All about BOOBS!
Oct 14, 2021
Episode 116: Why Teenagers SHOULD know lots about Sex!
Oct 07, 2021
Episode 115: Are 'Pink Brains' and 'Blue Brains' Real?
Sep 30, 2021
Episode 114: Life Hacks to Help Know Which Christian Book are Toxic
Sep 23, 2021
Episode 113: Are You Doing Sex on Hard Mode?
Sep 16, 2021
Episode 112: You're Supposed to be a TEAM!
Sep 09, 2021
Episode 111: Are We Making Christian Marriage Harder Than It Needs To Be?
Sep 02, 2021
Why Do Christian Books Make Men Sound So Fragile?! - Start Your Engines Ep. 19
Aug 26, 2021
Episode 109: A Journey of Faith (Special BTS look at our 'Unfiltered Podcast!)
Aug 19, 2021
Episode 108: Direct Communication 101
Aug 12, 2021
Episode 107: Sex and the Sixth Reformation (Or Fourth. Or Second?)
Aug 05, 2021
The Slippery Slope of Putting Men in Charge of Women - Start Your Engines Ep. 18
Jun 24, 2021
Episode 105: The Pelvic Floor Episode! (Plus, can you say 'vulva'?)
Jun 17, 2021
Episode 104: Jesus and John Wayne -- the bits about sex!
Jun 10, 2021
Episode 103: Great Sexpectations and Birthing Babies
Jun 03, 2021
Do You Know What the #1 Marriage Speaker in the US Military teaches about Sex? - Episode 102
May 27, 2021
Episode 101: How Do Our Beliefs Affect Human Sex Trafficking?
May 20, 2021
Episode 100: Is Premarital Sex Dehumanizing?
May 14, 2021
Episode 99: Don't Let Your Voice be Small Just Because You're a Woman
May 06, 2021
Do You Know What Your Wife Has Been Taught About Sex? - Start Your Engines 17
Apr 29, 2021
Episode 97: That Weird 70s Sex Era
Apr 22, 2021
Episode 96: Let's Turn Toxic Church Cultures into Goodness Cultures! ft Scot McKnight & Laura Barringer
Apr 15, 2021
Episode 95: How to Talk about Sex with Your Teens so You Don't Scar Them for Life
Apr 08, 2021
Episode 94: Logical Fallacies in our Marriage Advice! The Power & Statistics Episode
Apr 01, 2021
Start Your Engines Ep. 16: Can We Be a Church that Doesn't Gaslight Abuse Victims and Bounce our Eyes?
Mar 25, 2021
Episode 92: All about Orgasms!
Mar 18, 2021
Episode 91: The Thalidomide Test: What Makes a Marriage Book Good?
Mar 11, 2021
Episode 90: The book launches, Becca breaks down... and should you kiss before marriage?
Mar 04, 2021
Episode 89: Can we please not be weird about sex?
Feb 25, 2021
Episode 88: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies and Sex
Feb 18, 2021
Episode 87: Duty Sex isn't Sexy
Feb 11, 2021
Episode 86: You are NOT methadone for your husband's porn use!
Feb 04, 2021
Start Your Engines Ep. 15: What if Lust ISN'T Every Man's Battle?
Jan 28, 2021
Episode 84: On Sexual Boundaries and Rape Culture in the Church ft. Ruth Everhart
Jan 21, 2021
Episode 83: Talking Back to Purity Culture ft. guest Rachel Joy Welcher
Jan 14, 2021
Episode 82: Stripping Everything Bare (New Year, New... Name?!)
Jan 07, 2021
Episode 81: 'Churchianity' vs Christianity - Our Year of Feeling Homeless
Dec 17, 2020
Episode 80: Unconditional Respect is NOT a Thing.
Dec 10, 2020
Episode 79. Can We Stop Talking about Girls Being Stumbling Blocks and Causing Men to Lust?
Dec 03, 2020
Start Your Engines Ep. 14 Guys and Emotions: They're Not Polar Opposites ft. Andrew J. Bauman
Nov 25, 2020
Episode 78. What Does Emotional Maturity Look Like? ft. Marc Alan Schelske
Nov 19, 2020
Episode 77. Why It's Hard For Victims to Share Their Stories of Abuse
Nov 12, 2020
Start Your Engines Ep. 13: On Arousal Non-Concordance and the Sexy Sex
Oct 29, 2020
The One MAJOR Roadblock to Orgasm
Oct 15, 2020
Episode 74. Having Troubles with Orgasm? You are NOT Broken!
Oct 08, 2020
Episode 73. Questions on Sexual Abuse and the Road to Recovery
Oct 01, 2020
Start Your Engines Ep. 12: On Frequency and Feeling Sex-Starved
Sep 24, 2020
Episode 72. What if Frequency and Libido Differences AREN'T the Real Issue?
Sep 17, 2020
Episode 71. Are Sex and Talking Really the Same Thing?
Sep 10, 2020
Episode 70: How To Handle Complicated Engagements
Sep 03, 2020
Start Your Engines Ep. 11: How NOT to Flirt With Your Wife
Aug 27, 2020
Episode 69: Let's Talk Sexual Favours... and Pain?
Aug 20, 2020
Episode 68: Are Women Responsible For Their Own Orgasms?
Aug 13, 2020
Episode 67. TMI: All about PERIODS!
Aug 06, 2020
Start Your Engines Ep. 10: How Husbands can be Sex Heroes!
Jul 30, 2020
Episode 66: The WEIRD Sex Questions!
Jul 23, 2020
Episode 65: Awkward Newlywed Sex Questions
Jul 16, 2020
Episode 64: Sometimes a Vagina is Just a Vagina!
Jul 09, 2020
Episode 63: Sex Questions You Can't Ask Your Pastor
Jul 02, 2020
Start Your Engines Ep.9: Honey, Just Give Me a List!
Jun 25, 2020
Episode 62: Are We Man-Bashers Now?
Jun 18, 2020
Episode 61: Are Your Standards for Housework Unreasonable?
Jun 11, 2020
Episode 60: Splitting the Mental Load of Housework
Jun 04, 2020
Start Your Engines Ep.8: What About Gender Differences?
May 28, 2020
Episode 59: Should Women be the Gatekeepers of Sex?
May 14, 2020
Episode 58: Quarantine with Your Spouse
May 07, 2020
Start Your Engines Ep.7: Is Your Wife Being Held Back by the 'Duty Sex' Message?
Apr 30, 2020
Episode 57: Marital Rape, Consent, and Obligation Sex
Apr 23, 2020
Episode 56: "Sheet Music" is Really Explicit!
Apr 16, 2020
Episode 55: Reacting to "The Act of Marriage"
Apr 09, 2020
Episode 54: What do Porn and Coronavirus Have in Common?
Apr 02, 2020
Start Your Engines Ep.6. Do All Men Lust?
Mar 26, 2020
Episode 53: Re-imagining the Sunday Service?
Mar 19, 2020
Episode 52: Are You a Community Giver or Taker
Mar 12, 2020
Episode 51: So Many Reader Questions!
Mar 05, 2020
Start Your Engines Ep.5: Finding Good Sex Advice
Feb 27, 2020
Episode 50: Recovering Your Sex Life After a Baby
Feb 20, 2020
Episode 49: What Does it Mean to Be a Sexual Being?
Feb 13, 2020
Episode 48: How Do You Feel Comfortable in Your Body
Feb 06, 2020
Start Your Engines Ep.4: When Your Wife Won't Have Sex
Jan 30, 2020
Episode 47: When Something is Bugging You in Your Marriage
Jan 23, 2020
Episode 46: Love and Respect Wrap Up
Jan 16, 2020
Episode 45: Drawing Boundaries Around a Spouse's Bad Behaviour
Jan 09, 2020
Episode 44: Last Year's Frightening Revelation About Christian Teachings on Sex
Jan 02, 2020
Start Your Engines Ep.3: Give Your Wife the Gift of Good Sex
Dec 19, 2019
Episode 43: Family Trouble Around the Holidays
Dec 12, 2019
Episode 42: Is It Your Fault If He Watches Porn?
Dec 05, 2019
Episode 41: All About Erections
Nov 21, 2019
Episode 40: How Do You Know When Someone is Grooming You?
Nov 14, 2019
Episode 39: Postpartum Blues
Nov 07, 2019
Start Your Engines Ep. 2: Starting Conversations About Sex
Oct 31, 2019
Episode 38: How To Actually Get Your Life Together
Oct 17, 2019
Episode 37: "We Have a Newborn, Husband Wants and Xbox!" and More Reader Questions
Oct 10, 2019
Episode 36: The Honeymoon Years of Sex (Figuring it Out)
Oct 03, 2019
Start Your Engines Ep. 1: Understanding Female Sexuality
Sep 26, 2019
Episode 35: Using the Bible to Gaslight Women?
Sep 19, 2019
Episode 34: Sexonomics
Sep 12, 2019
Episode 33: What's Stressing Out Your Marriage?
Sep 05, 2019
Episode 32: What Does Headship in Marriage Really Mean? It's All Greek to Me!
Aug 28, 2019
Episode 31: The Only Way to Grow Your Marriage
Aug 22, 2019
Episode 30: Yoga Pants and Why We Need a Better Shame-Free Message
Aug 15, 2019
Episode 29: The Lonely Generation
Aug 08, 2019
Episode 28: Taking Back Sexy
Aug 01, 2019
Episode 27: The Purity Culture and the Prosperity Gospel
Jul 25, 2019
Episode 26: Communicating with Your Grown Up Kids
Jul 18, 2019
Episode 25: Making Marriage Easier and Pregnancy Etiquette
Jul 11, 2019
Episode 24: I Was Naive But Now My Eyes Are Open
Jun 27, 2019
Episode 23: Emotional Needs and Emotional Affairs
Jun 20, 2019
Episode 22: How Sex Can Start Off Badly
Jun 13, 2019
Episode 21: Resolving Conflict With 5 Why's
Jun 06, 2019
Episode 20: Horrible Scorecards for Wives
May 30, 2019
Episode 19: Sex Ed for Adults
May 23, 2019
Episode 18: Remebering Rachel Held Evans: Don't Let the Church Drive You Away From Jesus
May 09, 2019
Episode 17: Can We Stop with Gender Stereotypes Already?
May 02, 2019
Episode 16: Forgiveness, Healing, and Lust
Apr 25, 2019
Episode 15: Women and Porn, Creepy Men, and More
Apr 18, 2019
Episode 14: Seriously? Are Women Actually Stumbling Blocks?
Apr 11, 2019
Episode 13: Speak Up in Your Marriage
Apr 03, 2019
Episode 12: The Burden of the Household
Mar 29, 2019
Episode 11: A New Take on Resolving Conflict
Mar 21, 2019
Episode 10: A New Definition of Sex
Mar 14, 2019
Epidode 9: Two Keys to a Successful Marriage
Mar 07, 2019
Episode 8: Who's being deprived
Feb 28, 2019
Episode 7: How Our Bodies Work, Sexual Health, and More!
Feb 21, 2019
Episode 6: Valentine's Day! Being a Sexually Confident Woman
Feb 14, 2019
Episode 5: Hot and Holy Sex, Control Freaks, and More!
Feb 07, 2019
Episode 4: You Don't Get to Be Selfish
Jan 31, 2019
Episode 3: Creating Conditions for Success in Marriage
Jan 24, 2019
Episode 2: Love and Respect
Jan 17, 2019
Episode 1: Health, Sex, and Wine Culture
Jan 07, 2019