What exactly is a great sex life and how do you have one? Listen as Rebecca troubleshoots orgasms, libido, barriers, trust, sexual response, and more! Now that we dove deep into the evangelical messages that messed sex up for a lot of people, (Episode 15 Season 2) let's talk about how to make it great! Rebecca Lindenbach, co-author of "The Great Sex Rescue" and co-host of the podcast "Bare Marriage" talks with me about all things sex related!  Follow her on social media @rebeccalindenbach ! www.lizayoungcounseling.com

Heather shares her story of trauma from her husband's sex addiction, intimacy anorexia, and abuse, as well as harmful counseling throughout. She shares how she finally found healing and  reconstructed her life and faith! Listen to Heather and her husband, Nathaniel, on Episodes I and II of Season I.www.lizayoungcounseling.com

You can love God AND still get a divorce!Listen as Gretchen busts myths on divorce such as "God hates divorce" and "divorce damages children".  She will walk us through several verses that have been misinterpreted. Be encouraged as she shares her own story of hope and healing post divorce. Gretchen Baskerville lives in the Los Angeles area and has been doing Christian divorce recovery ministry in churches since 1998.  She is the author of "The Life-Saving Divorce: Hope For People Leaving Destructive Relationships". You can learn more at www.lifesavingdivorce.com.  Follow her on: Twitter @GGBaskerville Facebook: Gretchen Baskerville Instagram: gretchenbaskervilleHelpful links from Gretchen's website:Jesus' Greatest Divorce Sermon - Luke 13 (or watch the Video)Pastors Who Accept Physical and Emotional Abuse as Grounds for DivorceMyth: The Person Who Files for Divorce Caused the DivorceDivorce and the Good Samaritan StoryMyth: You Must Forgive and Forget Over and Over, ForeverMyth: Your Marriage Would Be Great if You Just Submitted MoreMyth: Divorce will Destroy Your Children, So Stay for the Sake of Your KidsMyth: Divorce is the Unpardonable Sin and "God Hates Divorce"Myth: You Just Didn't Try Hard EnoughMyth: You Don't Take God-Ordained Marriage SeriouslyMyth: Your Divorce Will Shatter the Image of Christ and the ChurchMyth: You Must Forgive and Forget Over and Over, ForeverMyth: 95% of Divorces are for Falling Out of Love27 Myths about Divorce That Probably Don't Apply to Committed Christians

Orgasm issues?Little to no libido?Vaginismus?Obligated sex?Used?Objectified?Sheila has been instrumental in pulling back the curtain on exposing the evangelical teachings that have caused many great harm in their sex lives! She teaches us how sex is meant to be as God intended it, mutually fantastic! Be encouraged, validated, and hopeful as you hear messages about sex to throw away and healing messages to keep!Sheila is an outstanding writer, blogger and speaker. Her podcast, Bare Marriage,  and her blog, To Love Honor and Vacuum, are incredibly helpful! On this episode we dive deep into her life-changing book, The Great Sex Rescue, The Lives You've Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended. Sheila is the face behind ToLoveHonorandVacuum.com, the largest single-blogger marriage blog on the internet, with approximately one million page views a month. Her social media reach is over 100,000 and she has an email list of 45,000. She’s also an award-winning author of nine books and a sought-after speaker, but most of all she’s a wife and a mom with a passion for strengthening marriages and families.Before beginning her writing and blogging career, Sheila earned masters degrees in Sociology and Public Administration from Queens University.Follow her on social media, podcast, blog, books, all the things! https://tolovehonorandvacuum.comhttps://instagram.com/sheilagregoirehttps://facebook.com/sheila.gregoire.bookshttps://twitter.com/sheilagregoire https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdO1v4LdyqZV-m_VMlH5VGghttps://greatsexrescue.com/

Leslie was married for over 2 decades to an emotionally abusive man. Hear how she began to recognize what she was experiencing as abuse, how her church abandoned her, what it was like for her children, how she began to set boundaries and speak up for herself, how she rediscovered her worth and how she healed  through therapy and her faith.Originally from the suburbs of Los Angeles, Leslie and her family moved to Montana in 2013. But well before that, she was in an ongoing affair with words. Some encouragement from teachers in her childhood led her to immerse herself in story and writing ever since. The story she can't stop telling is how God saw her, pursued her, and held her through a difficult marriage and then divorce. She writes most often about how knowing our identity as Beloved changes everything. She loves any time she gets with her two teenagers, reading all the books, writing, mentoring, and speaking to women, eating good food, and vintage shopping. She always has a mug of tea cooling in a room she's no longer in, and since moving to Montana, her relationship with winter needs prayer. Her Instagram is @leslie.trovato and she writes a free, bi-monthly newsletter called Small Affairs, where she shares more of her story and writes about living defined by our Belovedness in every day affairs. 

Do you ever feel like you aren't enough? Worthless? Lonely? Do you struggle to know what your purpose or passion is? Do you long to feel authentic and loveable?Listen as Dr. Kelly Flanagan, a licensed clinical psychologist, author and speaker, shares wisdom from his personal experiences.  We dive into his books, Loveable and True Companions, in order to look closer at how to heal from shame and dig up our truest self. How to believe we are enough and find our passion again. How to feel loveable! "Dr. Flanagan is  known to millions for the letters he writes to his children and shares on his blog. Loveable is written to the little one in each of us, who is all too ready to be reminded: you are enough, you are not alone, and you matter.In Loveable, Dr. Flanagan reveals the core insight gleaned from his years of clinical work: you are here for a reason, yet you cannot truly awaken to it until you have first embraced your truest, worthiest self and then allowed yourself to be truly embraced by others.True Companions shows that we each have within ourselves, exactly the way we are, what we need to cultivate the life-long relationships we are longing for. Whether you are focused on your marriage, your parenting, your friendships, or another important relationship, here you will learn how growing in self-knowledge leads the way to growing in your love for God and others. Discover how you can put your loneliness to work for you in your relationships, rather than against you. Learn how your psychological and emotional defenses can help you to connect more vulnerably rather than protect so defensively. Immerse yourself in the one perspective that assures you will prioritize your companions now the way you will one day wish you had."For more information on Dr. Kelly you can go to www.drkellyflanagan.com. 

Do you feel your marriage is dead, there is no life in it, and/or it is toxic and possibly destructive? Do you feel tired, trapped, defeated and hopeless that it will get better? This episode is for you! Listen to Ngina Otiende, marriage coach, author, and blogger, speak truth to your situation! Ngina has years of experience and passion helping people piece out their marriage to either move forward in a healthy relationship or free themselves from death and destruction. For more information on Ngina or for help in your situation, go to www.intentionaltoday.com and follow her on instagram and facebook too!www.lizayoungcounseling.com

When he twists your words, shifts blame on you, criticizes you, begins to yell, or whatever else he does to belittle and abuse you... what do you say?  I give practical ways to respond to him and specific words to say in many different situations. I hope these tips will be helpful in empowering you to use your voice and stand up for yourself. For more information or help, please go to www.lizayoungcounseling.com/abuse.

Do you wonder if you will ever feel peace again? If the constant thoughts of the betrayal will ever go away? If the feelings of anxiety, depression, even suicide will leave? Sara brings beautiful hope in her story. Be encouraged. It will get better. Sara Schulting-Kranz is an author, keynote speaker, trauma and personal leadership authority,wilderness guide, and expert in utilizing nature healing.As a multiple trauma survivor, Sara Schulting Kranz, like millions of others in this world, sufferedfrom severe Complex-PTSD that almost took her life, and could have left her three childrenmotherless. She navigated through her anger, pain, and grief while hiking 14,000 ft mountainsand paddling 4-miles out to sea with whales and dolphins. Through this process, she found thatthe most important relationship you can have is the one within yourself.Sara harnessed the healing power of nature through her own PTSD and intense traumarecovery, which included somatically healing through nature while practicing the art offorgiveness for herself, others, and the world.Now Sara coaches clients, leadership executives, and organizations on the necessity andbenefits of using nature for mental and emotional health. You will find Sara speaking tobusinesses, corporations, and running executive leadership workshops, in addition to leadinghealing, transformational, and leadership retreats in the Grand Canyon and Alaska.Sara has become an expert guide in using nature for trauma recovery, and she also has anintense passion for getting people outdoors to deal with the lasting post-traumatic symptomswe’ve been experiencing for the last 2 years.Sara’s book, WALK THROUGH THIS: Harness the Healing Power of Nature and Travel theRoad to Forgiveness, was released in November 2020 by Harper Horizon.“Nature is where we let go of who we are told to be, and find who we were born tobecome all along.” - Sara Schulting KranzWebsite: https://www.saraschultingkranz.com/Instagram: @saraschultingkranzFacebook: Sara Schulting-Kranz / Live BoldlyPurchase Book: https://www.saraschultingkranz.com/walk-through-this/Free Resources: https://www.saraschultingkranz.com/sign-up/www.lizayoungcounseling.com

Did you grow up talking about sex in hushed tones and barely getting the information you needed to truly understand it? Carlie Palmer-Webb dives into all things sex-related such as myths, masturbation, vibrators, oral sex, arousal, libido, orgasm, talking to our kids about sex and more! She shows us how to confidently and unashamedly teach our kids about sex and talk to our spouse about sex. "It's time we leave behind the days of fear, guilt, and confusion surrounding sex. We can fully embrace our faith and pursue sexual wholeness in every life stage." - Carlie Learn more about Carlie and the resources she offers at www.thechristiansexeducator.com.Follow Carlie on her social media @thechristiansexeducator.Carlie Palmer-Webb is a gender and sexuality researcher, entrepreneur, enthusiastic Jesus lover, and The Christian Sex Educator! She is originally from  Idaho, but now lives in Vermont with her husband, Dallin, and their cat, Maple. 

Are you a betrayed partner of a sex addict? Do you wonder how he became addicted to sex, what he should be doing to recover, if relapse is avoidable, if he is still lying, how much you should endure and more? Listen as Dan Drake lends his expertise to delving into the mind of the sex addict.  Dan Drake is the Founder & Clinical Director of Banyan Therapy Group, located in Studio City, California. He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist Supervisor, and a Certified Clinical Partner Specialist Supervisor. He has also co-authored several books and does loads of speaking, courses, intensives. His knowledge and expertise have brought much healing to both the addict and betrayed. To contact me or for more information go to www.lizayoungcounseling.com. 

Have you been betrayed sexually by your spouse? Do you have questions about your trauma response, why he did what he did, how to trust again, how to begin healing, what it looks like if you stay, what it looks like if you leave and more? Be encouraged as Dr. Sheri answers these questions and more! Dr. Sheri Keffer is a regular cohost of the nationally syndicated radio talk show New Life Live! with an audience of more than two million people each week. For over twenty years, she’s worked as a Doctor of Marriage and Family therapy in Newport Beach, California. Through her own personal story of recovery Dr. Sheri understands the trauma symptoms often associated with sexual betrayal. As a Certified Partner Trauma Therapist Supervisor (CPTT-S), Certified Clinical Partner Specialist (CCPS), Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) and a Consultant in EMDR, she brings new tools and a fresh look at what’s needed not only to heal but heal well. Dr. Sheri’s a keynote speaker and recipient of 2019 The International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals Outstanding Publication Award for her book Intimate Deception: Healing the Wounds of Sexual Betrayal, Founder of BraveOne.com, the BraveOne Community braveone.com/community, and Bravery After Betrayal: It Takes Fierce Strength retreat where she unpacks how betrayal affects the mind, body, spirit, and sexuality. Dr. Sheri also holds a degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. You can follow her on social media @drsherikeffer. As always, you can learn more about me at www.lizayoungcounseling.com and follow me on social media @lizayoungcounseling 

Parents who are emotionally immature often don't notice their children’s inner experiences, they discount feelings, and they fear emotional intimacy. The emotional loneliness that you may feel is the understandable result of growing up without sufficient empathy from your primary care givers.  We all have a need to share our inner experience. We all have a need for genuine emotional connection. Nothing hurts the spirit more than being around someone who won't engage with us emotionally. Listen to understand more about your upbringing and how it may be effecting you today and what you can do to heal. www.lizayoungcounseling.com 

Has your relationship with God been questioned, or told you just need to pray more, read the bible more, submit, forgive, stop holding on to bitterness, when you attempt to confront or question your spouse or pastor? Have biblical verses been used against you to gain what they want from you? Do you feel confused, disheartened, trapped? Is it possible that you are being abused spiritually? Anne Blythe is the Founder and CEO of Betrayal Trauma Recovery, an online community for victims of betrayal and she is the producer and host of the Betrayal Trauma Recovery Podcast. Her newest book, "Trauma Mama Husband Drama," can be purchased here.If you would like further help healing from spiritual abuse and/or betrayal trauma you can go to www.btr.org or www.lizayoungcounseling.com . 

If you think you may have a sex addiction, this podcast is for you! If you are in a relationship with someone who has a sex addiction, this podcast is for you! If you want to know more about sex addiction to help others, this podcast is for you! Dr. Jake Porter breaks down what sex addiction is and brings hope that there is healing if you are willing to take the courageous steps!Dr. Jake has been trained by Dr. Patrick Carnes, the world’s leading pioneer in the diagnosis and treatment of sex addiction, and is also trained by Dr. Barbara Steffens to work with partners of sex addicts using the Multidimensional Partner Trauma Model of APSATS. To learn more, visit his website at https://go.drjakeporter.com/ Dr. Jake Porter, LPC, NCC, CSAT, CMAT, CDWF, CPC, CCTPContact me through www.lizayoungcounseling.com

Charles is back with more wisdom on how to understand and heal from shame. Shame is at the core of so many unresolved issues. But there is hope in healing from it! Charles is a Master's level trained Rehabilitation Counselor and Marriage and Family Therapist. He is currently a therapist at Capstone Treatment Facility in Arkansas.To learn more or to schedule an appointment with me go to www.lizayoungcounseling.com

Do you have a sex addiction that that has caused great pain to your partner? Do you wonder how to help your partner heal from the pain you caused? Carol Jeurgensen Sheets has a new workbook for this very thing, "Helping Her Heal". Join Carol as she gives priceless tips and resources to help you help her heal.Carol is a Certified Sexual Addictions Therapist (CSAT), Certified Clinical Partner Specialist (CPPS), Certified Personal Life Coach, Certified Clinical Social Worker, Certified Marriage and Family Therapist, and Certified Addictions Counselor.  She has years of experience helping those heal from sex addiction and the betrayal of a sex addicted partner. To learn more go to www.sexhelpwithcarolthecoach.com as well as listen in to her podcast on www.blogtalkradio.com/carolthecoach. Get further help at www.lizayoungcounseling.com The Toxic Free Relationship Course has expired. Stay tuned for upcoming courses.

Are you wondering if you are in a relationship in which you are being gaslit? Do you want to learn more about what gaslighting is, how to break free from it's trap and heal?   Sarah Morales is a certified professional and relationship coach who has been coaching professionally for nine years. During that time, she has contracted with numerous helping professionals and spoken at national conferences, all with the focus of helping others transform their lives as they grow to know, trust and empower themselves—especially those who have lost themselves due to experiencing gaslighting within their relationships.  To learn more about Sarah go to www.sarahmoralescoaching.com. Get further help at www.lizayoungcounseling.com.The Toxic Free Relationship Course has expired. Stay tuned for upcoming courses.