From Shame to Renewal: Rethinking Sex | Life in Motion

What do you do with a gift you never really learned how to use? We often treat sex like the expensive china we registered for but never use—beautiful in theory, awkward in practice. But sex isn’t just skin-deep.

In this episode, Heather and Jamie talked about how our minds—and marriages—need renewing. Jamie shares the invisible legacy of trauma passed down through her family, while Heather opens up about the pressure to “perform” intimacy without ever being taught what godly sexual intimacy actually looks like. Let’s renew our minds together! 

Show Notes:

Book Recommendations:

• Embodied by Gregg Allison

• The Great Sex Rescue by Sheila Wray Gregoire

• How and When to Tell Your Kids about Sex by Stan and Brenna Jones

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Time Stamps:

• 0:00 – Let’s Talk About Sex (And Why It Matters)
• 0:56 – Real Talk: What the Survey Revealed
• 2:00 – “Why Do I Still Feel Broken?”
• 5:52 – Inherited Silence: Family, Shame, and What Wasn’t Said
• 9:03 – Digging Into God’s Heart for Sex
• 12:06 – When Culture Teaches More Than Church
• 13:16 – The Doctor Asked WHAT?!
• 14:30 – Marriage Isn’t Just a Roommate Agreement
• 16:04 – Preparing for Connection (All Day Long)
• 18:15 – Know Your Body, Know Your Rhythm
• 19:44 – Sex Is Sacred: 1 Corinthians 6, Unpacked
• 21:13 – Consent, Abuse, and the Marriage Bed
• 23:01 – Song of Solomon: The Original Love Poem
• 25:29 – Let’s Not Keep This Hidden
• 28:02 – From Shame to Freedom
• 30:02 – Where to Start When You’re Struggling
• 32:20 – A Radical Testimony of Surrender
• 34:38 – No Shame, Just an Invitation