Bare Marriage
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 Bare Marriage--the blog!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 313
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Episode 156: How The Authors We Critiqued Responded to The Great Sex Rescue
One of the most frequent questions I’ve had since The Great Sex Rescue was published has been: “Have any of the authors responded to your critiques?”
People want to know–has anyone owned…
Episode 155: The Rise of Lonely Men - Plus How to be Inspiring!
We’ve got some wonderful inspiring stories to share with you today–plus a new research study with implications for dating.
Today Rebecca and I tell you about two modern day heroes, plu…
Episode 154: Katharine Bushnell: Another Hero you NEED to know ft. Kristen Kobes Du Mez + Julie Coleman
Time for another hero of the faith! Well, three, actually!
This month we’re telling amazing stories of women that God used in history to fight against injustice and show that God values …
Episode 153: Josephine Butler: The Hero You Never knew
Have you ever heard the name Josephine Butler?
If you were alive in London in 1880 you likely would have. In her time, she was as well-known as Florence Nightingale, but history has larg…
Do You Know What Your Wife Has Been Taught About Sex? (Rerun Summer Episode)
What if your wife has been taught toxic things about sex–and you don’t even realize it?
Links to things mentioned:
The Great Sex Rescue: Our new book, that looks at how harmful some of th…
Duty Sex isn't Sexy! (Rerun Summer Episode)
Links to things mentioned:
Andrew Bauman: https://andrewjbauman.com/
And his book The Sexually Healthy Man: https://amzn.to/3p4JmyF
Benjamin Young's Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/BJ…
Can We Stop Talking About Girls Being Stumbling Blocks and Causing Men to Lust? (Rerun Summer Episode)
Links to things mentioned:
The Blog: https://tolovehonorandvacuum.com
4 Stages of Porn Recovery: https://tolovehonorandvacuum.com/2020/04/4-stages-of-porn-recovery-what-porn-recovery-in-m…
Unconditional Respect is NOT a Thing! (Rerun Summer Episode)
Unconditional respect isn’t a thing.
And yet we’re often told that men need unconditional respect, just like women need unconditional love.
Links to things mentioned:
Follow Sheila on Ins…
Episode 152: What is Killing Women's Libido?
We wrap up what can cause women’s libidos to plummet–and what men can do about it!
Because it isn’t always men’s fault (in fact, it’s often not). But guys can still be a big part of the …
Episode 151: Why John Piper Should Stop Speaking on Marriage -- and turning the other cheek!
Recently John Piper had a podcast telling a woman how to deal with a “harsh” husband.
It was atrocious advice–especially since women in emotionally abusive relationships would listen to …
Episode 150: Escaping a Sex Cult: Alyssa Wakefield's Story Part 2
Let’s face the fact that fundamentalist Christianity in North America is basically a sex cult.
That’s Alyssa Wakefield’s conclusion in Part 2 of her story on the Bare Marriage podcast!
Li…
Episode 149: Groomed for an Abusive Arranged Marriage: Alyssa Wakefield's Story Part 1
What if you grow up in what you now call a sex cult, and you marry because your dad told you to?
Did you really consent to that marriage? And how does it even happen in North America tod…
Episode 148: Is Sex a Yes Space For Men? And What Does That Do to a Woman's Libido?
Have we made sex–and marriage–into a “Yes Space” for men?
And if so, how does this affect libido?
Links to things mentioned:
The Orgasm Course
Podcast where we talked about postpartum sex
Re…
Episode 147: The Porn Triage
Can we have a nuanced discussion about porn and the likelihood of recovery?
One of our goals for what we do is to help people have “informed consent”–in other words, before they make a d…
Episode 146: Let's Talk Attachments Styles and Marriage with guests Milan & Kay Yerkovich
How do our attachment styles–or love styles–affect our marriage?
So often we think that our marriage problems are about communication, or habits, or normal conflicts. But what if they’re…
Episode 145: Connection Not Punishment: A Better Way to Parent feat. Wendy Snyder
What if discipline and spanking aren’t synonyms?
What if there was a much more effective way of disciplining your kids where you connect with their heart and it actually BUILDS your rel…
Episode 144: How To Misuse Statistics for Dummies - feat Wendy Snyder
In the last of our three podcasts with Joanna where we talk stats, we tackle a few more ways that research is often handled poorly, using the research around spanking as one example.
And…
Episode 143: Do You Know Your Attachment Style? (Start Your Engines)
Attachment research is the science of how we relate to others. We can all have different attachment styles, based on whether we’ve got insecure attachment or secure attachment with our …
Episode 142: No, Christians Don't Always have Better Marriages and Sex Lives--a response to Josh Howerton
Last month Josh Howerton, lead pastor at Lakepointe Church in Dallas, wrote a Twitter thread sharing research with 5 reasons Christians are doing better than the media gives us credit f…
Episode 141: The Most Misunderstood Women in the Bible - and Research! ft Mary DeMuth
We misunderstand women in the Bible–and we misunderstand gender aspects of research!
Links to things mentioned:
Mary DeMuth
The Most Misunderstood Women of the Bible
Our podcast on the pro…