What is ‘Emotional Safety’? If you’ve ever been told that sex should only happen when a woman feels “emotionally safe” — and wondered what that actually means — this is the clearest answer I can give you. Using my own…
Is Sex Optional in Marriage? Can you simply opt out of sex in a marriage and expect everything else to stay intact? In a sexually exclusive relationship, choosing not to have sex is not a neutral, individual decision. It affects…
Why Parenthood Threatens Intimacy and What It Actually Takes to Choose Each Other Through It (Love and Cherish Podcast with Zac Fine and Marijke Roberts) Listen To the ‘Love & Cherish’ Podcast Sexless Marriage: Why It Happens and How to…
Why improving emotional connection doesn’t always fix a sexless marriage When intimacy disappears in a marriage, couples are almost always given the same advice: improve communication, rebuild emotional connection, and the sex will return naturally. (Sometimes that works.) But many…
Why Married Women Lose Sexual Desire, And What To Do About It Laura How is a UK relationship therapist specialising in sexless marriage and female sexual desire in long-term relationships. If you love your husband but have lost your desire…
Common Myths About Female Desire in Marriage Laura How is a UK relationship therapist specialising in sexless marriage and female sexual desire in long-term relationships. Wife doesn’t want sex? In a sexless marriage and looking for answers? You’re probably blaming…
The Linguistic Trap About Sex in Marriage If you’ve ever been told that sex isn’t a real need in marriage, you’re not alone, and you’re not wrong to push back. In this post, I dismantle the myth that sexual intimacy…
Emotional vs Sexual Needs: The Marriage Reciprocity Gap Why treating emotional connection as non-negotiable while dismissing sexual needs as “pressure” creates an unsustainable double standard that damages even the healthiest marriages. This article explores why women must step up sexually…
Responsive Desire & Intentional Intimacy in Marriage I often get comments on my YouTube channel from frustrated men saying, “It’s a shame no woman will ever watch this!” But that’s not the full story. Here’s what’s actually happening: People naturally…
Marital Death by a Thousand Cuts Most marriages don’t fail because of a single major event or betrayal. Instead, they disintegrate slowly through the accumulation small but contract rejections. Ones that feel insignificant in isolation but, compounded over months and…