10 Easy Ways to Boost Marriage Intimacy
Today's post about marriage intimacy comes from Scott Kedersha. What I like about this post isn't just the content, but the links to some...
Why So Many Christian Marriages Are Missing Great Sex
Sex has the potential to be the most profoundly satisfying and rich part of a marriage. Sex the way God intended it...
2 Ways to Add Romance to Everyday Life
The loss of passionate romance is a common complaint in marriage. It seems that once the confetti and rice are swept away and the...
How to Stay Attracted to Your Spouse
Today's tip is an excerpt from a new book by counselor Debra Fileta called Choosing Marriage. If you like what you read today you should...
How to Be Sexy…It Has Nothing to Do With Your Body
When I talk to women about how to be sexy in marriage, one of the most common concerns is their bodies. “I’m...
1 Easy Way to Have a Great Weekend with Your Spouse
Want to have a great weekend with your spouse?
Sometimes here at Thriving Marriages we post long, detailed content that dives into the deep waters...
Practice Your Way to Better Sex
For many women, sex just isn’t that great at the beginning of the marriage.
This week we’ve been looking at specific ways to have better...
Noticing Is Not Lusting: Why We Need to Reframe the Conversation about Men, Sin,...
If you notice a woman is beautiful, is that a sin? Are you lusting after her in your heart?
If you read many...
10 Ways to Turn Up the Heat This Valentine’s Day
Today's post about Valentine's Day from Sheila at to love, honor, and vacuum is a lot of things - insightful, romantic, practical. Hope it...
I Love My Wife, But I Just Don’t Know How To Show Her That.
If we've said it once we've said it a thousand times: Men and women often don't view intimacy the same way! For...
8 Ways to Fall in Love All Over Again
Schedule your next date night and don’t tell your spouse the plans. The anticipation will spark a renewed sense of fun.
Practice the daily...
How to Satisfy Your Wife in Bed
We recently ran a post about satisfying a husband's sexual needs. Today, it's the wife's turn. Husbands, want your wife to be satisfied in...
Your Wife’s Top 3 Sexual Needs
Women long to have a solid relationship with their husbands, but the sex part—at least the way they feel that their husbands...
Why Your Awkward Sex Life is Okay
Growing up in the Bible belt as a pre-teen, sex always seemed awkward or dirty. It was only talked about as an example of...
An Extramarital Affair Is Always Intentional
Paul and Virginia Friesen are friends and co-workers in their ministry to married couples. I love their take on how every extramarital affair is...
Men, Emotional Intimacy Might Not Come As Easy For Us, But It’s Something We...
For Part 4 in this series on marital intimacy, I’m writing again about emotional intimacy. Often when we think of intimacy our...
3 Ground Rules for Sexual Playfulness
Today's great post from Julie at Intimacy in Marriage has some great thoughts on why turning your spouse on is great, and how to do...
10 Ways to Get Back the Spark in Your Marriage
How do you get that spark in marriage if you feel like you’ve lost it?
How do you rekindle...
7 Areas of Intimacy That Are Present In Your Marriage
One simple and useful definition of intimacy is “shared privacy”. David Olson, co-founder of Prepare-Enrich, family specialist and member of Better Marriages Advisory Board,...
7 Ways to Avoid an Affair (#4 is huge!)
It's worth studying how to avoid an affair. As someone who got dangerously close to an affair myself, several of these points rang true...
Does Your Sex Life Feel Broken? You Can Always Rebuild It! Here’s How.
Today a reader is asking, “how do you reset your sex life?”
What if it’s been really difficult in the past, but now...
2 Ways to Cultivate a Great Sex Life
Our friends Les and Leslie Parrott are an invaluable resource for any marriage - you can check them out here - and today's post...
1 Surprising Way to Discover God’s Will
One of the Bible's under-appreciated themes is the dozens of different ways he speaks. God's will is found through a burning bush, out of...
Surprise! What Men Want Most From Sex is Emotional Connection, Not a Physical Release
The results of our survey of 700 men may surprise women! What did men say was their number one sex need? Mutual...
When the Husband Has the “Headache”
Today's post comes from new Friends of the Newsletter,™ the team over at Authentic Intimacy. I love how it flips the stereotype of "women...
How Bad Married Sex Can Actually Be Good For You!
Steve meets Michelle.
They fall in love and get married shortly after graduation.
For our story...
Don’t Let Resentment Steal Intimacy in Your Marriage
Resentment can steal intimacy in your marriage, but don't let it.
Recently I was speaking at a women's gathering, and one of the women asked...
The Difference Between Love and Desire
Today's post on the difference between love and desire is another great one from one of our most popular contributors, Gary Thomas. Enjoy!
When an...
“What’s My Motivation?” 5 Reasons to Improve Your Sex Life
Yup. You know there is an issue.
You know the sexual connection with your spouse is waning a bit. Maybe you haven’t had...
Awkward Sex Life? That’s Okay
So if before marriage you, like one of our editors, thought your sex life would be the most incredible, easiest thing in the world...you...
Want Better Sex? ONE Thing You Must STOP First
Do you want better sex in your marriage? Does your spouse want that, too?
The crux of many couples’ sexual intimacy struggles is that one...
What To Do If You’re Bored With Your Marriage
Want to know what to do if you're bored with your marriage? Here's helpful information if you're feeling bored with your marriage.
Q:...
50 Shades of Silly: Why ‘Grey’ Sex Isn’t All That Great
I (Josh) tend to be a contrarian, which means when marriage blogs got on an anti-50 Shades of Grey kick I kinda rolled my...
Why the Golden Rule Doesn’t Work During Sex
If you’re married, we’re sure this will come as no surprise to you: Men and women view sex differently. Very differently.
Necessary Ingredients to Good Sex: Romance in Marriage
The sex need that rated the fifth highest among women in our survey was romance. Nearly 53% of the women placed romance as a...
Why Sex Matters in Your Marriage
This is a fantastic post from Nancy Houston, a licensed Christian sex therapist, on why sex matters in your marriage and how to please...
Initiating (and Declining) Sex Without Starting a Fight
For many married couples initiating sex can be an awkward moment that leads to conflict or hurt feelings. They’re not sure what...
10 Ways to Kill Intimacy in Your Marriage
Today's article about 10 ways to kill intimacy in your marriage comes from our friend Frank. Check out his website to see more resources...
10 Reasons Your Wife Doesn’t Want to Have Sex
I have a lot of guys who read the blog, and I get tons of emails from guys who tell me your wife doesn't...
An Emotional Affair Is Avoidable. Here’s How to Guard Your Marriage.
Today's post from Sheila at To Love, Honor and Vacuum is a great look at why an emotional affair is dangerous, but...
Bringing Sexy Back to Your Self-Image
Today's post comes from Joy McMillan, author of XES: Why Church Girls Tend to Get it Backwards...And How to Get It Right, and Friend of the Newsletter™...
6 Great Books to Give (or Read) for Valentine’s Day
You know you love it. Or maybe not. Regardless, Valentine's Day is coming like a freight train and you might be lacking...
Ingredients to Good Sex: Pt. 2 – Affirmation
For Men: Sex Affirmations
"I don't understand why Josh is so withdrawn," Lila told Gary during a counseling session. During the entire session, she had...
Does Your Husband Really NEED Sex?
Does your husband really need sex? In many marriages (but not all), sexual intimacy is very high on a husband’s list. In books like...
Mercy & Justice: A Healthy Marriage Balances Both. Here’s How to Do That.
What’s the best way to grow towards intimacy with your husband?
Hint: that’s a trick question.
There’s actually not a correct answer to that...
Why It’s Okay to Flirt
Today's post comes from a new friend of ours here at Thriving Marriages. Brie Gowen wrote a great post recently about why it's still...
The Intimacy Men Need But Don’t Know They Need
A blockbuster quote from a blockbuster book (Unwanted) by Jay Stringer unmasks what I have seen but been unable to describe in marriage about...
Why Do People Cheat in Relationships, And Whose Fault Is It?
If your spouse has an affair, are you partially to blame? Why do people cheat in relationships anyway?
That’s been something I’ve been...
Making Time for Making Love
Today's post from Juli @ Authentic Intimacy post is a practical, honest look at the challenges of making sex a priority when you have...
Ladies: Sex Should Feel Good For You Too, So Speak Up!
Believe it or not: sex should feel good.
But, do you have difficulty letting your husband know what feels good in bed?
Even saying...