Sex for Saints

Amanda does a great job with a variety of topics and a balanced healthy view on sexuality. This has been helpful in my marriage leading to good discussions and a happier relationship

I have listened to and benefited from your podcast for a few years and have sent many friends and family here. Todays podcast talked about sleeping nude, ironically I had a temple appointment to do initiatories later that morning. I and many of us here have made covenants with our Heavenly Father promising to live a certain way. Though we do have our agency and can do what we feel is best for us, I feel like that decision was already made for me when I chose to covenant with Him and the last thing I would want to do in my marriage is to separate myself from Him by not wearing my garments as He has asked. Being able to wear the garments is a privilege and a blessing that can bring greater joy to my life and my marriage, as I was reminded of again today. You have an amazing platform but it’s disappointing that it was used to help us find ways to justify not keeping those covenants.

My wife has listened to this podcast for over a year and would suggest that I listen to it as well; but I resisted for far too long. I have been binging this podcast for about a month now and have learned so much that I wish I had this resource 20 years ago when we were first married. My wife and I have a ways to go in our sexual relationship but I am eternally grateful for the progress we’ve made. There are so many episodes that have helped but one of the first ones I listened to that was especially helpful for me was episode 174 How I Fixed My Sexual Relationship. Thank you so much Amanda for this podcast. We hope join you in one of your retreats.

I’m a combat veteran with PTSD and other mental health illnesses. Episodes 1-30 helped me with my thinking tremendously. It helps me sort out all the clutter in my head and heart and how to take the next step forward, especially when I don’t know what to or know how to do it. I am realizing much of the marital distress I go through is from habitual toxic thoughts. I have a long ways to go, but there is much helpful information here. I’ve been listening for over 2 years now. Some of the episodes on sex specific topics totally push back on my beliefs. Is truth independent from belief or not? Some of the episodes I try to digest with an open mind, but they feel so foreign to me. The episode on “sex before marriage as a teen and young adult” are difficult ones for me to process, but I am trying - “do what aligns with your integrity” what does that mean? Isn’t that just another way to say, “use your best judge and do what feels right?” I gave 4 stars because I feel like Amanda is a bit “pro divorce,” like hey if it’s not working out, go get a better marriage. I struggle with this concept because life is hard, marriage is hard, sex is tricky, and it takes relentless forgiveness, service, charity, mercy, empathy, sacrifice and other gospel principles to make a marriage work. And there will be ups and downs that can span years. Life is in constant flux, but many of these episodes can help you guide your marriage through it all. In short, many episodes are very helpful, and some episodes totally push back on my beliefs and understandings (maybe not bad, but definitely whoaaa…!), and a few episodes I don’t fully agree with, but I am ok to hear other people’s views on them and at least try to process them.