Navigating Sex and Intimacy in Your Relationship

What does sex mean for you? Now ask yourself: what does sex mean for your partner? And what about intimacy? Do you and your partner have a clear understanding of each other's needs for both intimacy and sex?

Sex, intimacy, and vulnerability. These three ideas end up colliding in the bedroom and either creating amazing sex and connection or creating resentment and distance in your relationship.

In this week's episode of Master Your Marriage, Robert and Sharla are gingerly shining a light on the nuances of sex and intimacy because (as they often witness in their relationship counseling) we often end up conflating sex with intimacy, creating confusion.

What societal stereotypes are real, and how much are they just a part of our current culture and conditioning? With a bit of historical perspective, we can debunk the myth that men are sex-crazed and that a woman's sexuality should be villainized.

Robert and Sharla also explore what goes on in the bedroom for most couples, and then, drawing from personal experience, ask us to widen our scope of interest as we consider what it means to be intimate and vulnerable with each other throughout the day.

As we create relationship rituals that foster intimacy and bridge the divide between any awkward expectations when it comes to the act of sex, we can begin to truly express our intimate love and understanding of our partner's needs.

* Please be advised that while the content of this episode is not explicit, it may not be suitable for children.

"Deep intimacy is about being with someone in their wholeness. It's about figuratively being naked with each other." ~ Robert Snow

"I think when you have a lot of intimacy in your day-to-day life, intimacy isn't always the requirement for sex." ~ Sharla Snow

In This Episode:

- Understanding that sex and intimacy are not the same thing

- How sex is portrayed in the media - questioning the stereotypes

- The Second Great Awakening - when did women's sexuality become villainized?

- What do men want from sex?

- Does sex always need to be intimate?

- How are we creating intimacy in the non-sexual moments in our relationship?

- Exploring some of the relationship rituals that can foster intimacy

- What prevents us from being intimate?