Charting Toward Intimacy

I LOVE this podcast — it covers such a wide range of topics in such an honest, straightforward way. Nowhere else have I found a resource that talks so in-depth about the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of my marriage. Thank you, Ellen and Kathleen!!

This podcast covered several topics I wouldn’t have known how to navigate or approach leading up to marriage. Sparked great conversation between my fiancé and I! Highly recommend (probably in the 4-8 weeks) leading up to marriage!

Until this last year it was basically my unofficial goal to learn as little about sex as possible, in keeping with the “purity culture” impulse. So when I got engaged I had a lot of ground to make up. The problem is that the messages about sex that most of the world provides are not the ones I want to follow or have my marriage colored by from the very beginning. I’ve done a lot of searching for authentic Catholic resources about sex and NFP so that I can love and care for my wife as perfectly as I am able, and while there are a lot of resources for the latter, resources on the former are almost nonexistent, and even fewer that are accessible/relevant for men. This podcast is the best and most practical one I have found (along with Dr. Popcak’s book, “Holy Sex”). The NFP discussions and explanations are certainly helpful as well, but it’s the direct approach to explaining various sexual issues, practices, tendencies, etc. that really set the podcast apart. I highly recommend to anyone seeking answers in living out married love to its fullest expression.

Seriously, this is such a great resource for engaged, newly married, and long time married couples. All my questions are being answered as I binge through these. Thank you!