Covenant Sex Dr. Anthony Hughes

LDS (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) couples dealing with a sexual desire discrepancy within their relationship are provided the second fundamental change required for these couples to resolve their sexual frequency and quality issue within their marriage. This second fundamental change is “ensuring that bids for connection are witnessed for what they are, and accepted”-there is a special way of ensuring that all bids are accepted that is discussed in this podcast.

The first of three steps for couples struggling with different sexual desires is provided and expounded upon. 1-ensuring each partner differences in sexual desire are accurately seen and respected.

In this podcast Dr. Hughes talks about the high sexual desire/low sexual desire problem and avenues for change. Most couples fall into the gap of fighting for their spouse to be more like them. This may be the case for some couples where there is an unhealthy relationship with sexuality that gives rise to either a high or low sexual desire, but for many others differences need to be respected, bids for connection need to be accepted, and the couple embarks on a new way of exploring sexuality.

The 4 low desire partner types are discussed. These include Inaccessible/Cold; Accommodating/Disengaged; Misguided/Wanderer; and Engaged/Open types. How the low desire partner and their high desire partner experience this type is also highlighted.

The broad overview of what doesn’t work and what does work in high desire/low desire marriages is explained. The listener will be able to see why their high desire type doesn’t work and which one does work. You will quickly see what fundamental characteristics are requisite for a happy sex life for high/low desire marriages

Dr. Hughes goes over the 4 different kinds of high desire partners, what high desire partners that aren’t jerks are really looking for, and the impact of rejection.