Love & Cherish Podcast with Laura How

How has culture & marriage changed? What does a moral marriage look like? When should you leave a sexless or otherwise immoral marriage? How can men and women live in harmony? BOOK A SESSION ▶▶▶https://laurahow.com/online-coaching-sessions/Renowned Marriage Therapist, Rick McCarthy, shares his wisdom from almost 5 decades of experience as a marriage therapist and 28 years as a psychology professor.In his new book “Restoring Marriage and Families: A Guide and Tools “In Order to Form a More Perfect Union” Rick McCarthy provides a compelling roadmap to reclaiming the vital institution of marriage and the nuclear family—the bedrock of every successful civilization in history. He explains how modern society has undermined these pillars and offers a practical plan to reverse this destructive trend, fostering hope and renewal for marriages, families, and communities.Grab you copy here: https://amzn.to/45A4wxO Rick’s Website: https://www.rickmccarthymft.com/ ▼▼▼CHANNEL MEMBER PERKS▼▼▼https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE_Fs1wPifrghIGdSzsbrKg/join▼▼▼NEWSLETTER SIGNUP▼▼▼https://laurahow.com/newsletter-signup/ ▼▼▼SUPPORT MY MISSION▼▼▼https://laurahow.com/support/ ▼FOLLOW ME▼ Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/laurahow/ Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/laurahowcounsellor Twitter → https://twitter.com/laurahow▼ ⌚️Timestamps ▼────────────0:00 – 1:28 – Intro1:28 – 7:45 - How Culture Has Changed7:45 – 14:52 - Marriage Therapy as Crisis Management14:52 – 24:08 – Where Marriages are Goin Wrong24:08 – 34:41 - Handling a Sexless Marriage and When to Leave34:41 – 42:03 – How Women Have Changed42:03 – 46:22 - Women Need to Admire Men46:22 – 50:11 – Restoring Values & Responsibility50:11 – 1:03:46 - The Rise of Porn1:03:46 – 1:07:24 – Maintaining Personal Integrity1:07:24 – 1:08:34 - Outro────────────#marriage #relationships #therapy

We discuss emotional needs vs. sexual needs, why couples who have regular sex raise happy children, the lack of education about physical intimacy in marriage and why relationship counsellors aren’t addressing marital sex as a priority in therapy. BOOK A SESSION ▶▶▶https://laurahow.com/online-coaching-sessions/Dr Samantha Whiten is a clinical psychologist in private practice, author, podcaster, wife and mother. Visit her group practice at BestLifebehavioralhealth.com and reach out to her at info@bestlifebehavioralhealth.comListen to her podcast The Dr Psych Mom Show here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2oUpweoWrPUke8QHLlafue?si=rhyke0U1TwSZwB0NgaIWNwFacebook: Https://www.Facebook.com/drpsychmomYouTube: https://youtube.com/@drpsychmomInstagram: Https://www.Instagram.com/Dr.psychmomTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therealdrpsychmomThreads: https://www.threads.net/@dr.psychmomSubstack: https://open.substack.com/pub/drpsychmom1Medium: https://medium.com/@DrPsychMomX: https://x.com/DrPsychMomWriting: drpsychmom.comBooks: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B014MRIMKG▼▼▼CHANNEL MEMBER PERKS▼▼▼https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE_Fs1wPifrghIGdSzsbrKg/join▼▼▼NEWSLETTER SIGNUP▼▼▼https://laurahow.com/newsletter-signup/ ▼▼▼SUPPORT MY MISSION▼▼▼https://laurahow.com/support/ ▼FOLLOW ME▼ Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/laurahow/ Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/laurahowcounsellor Twitter → https://twitter.com/laurahow▼ ⌚️Timestamps ▼────────────0:00 – 1:52 – Intro1:52 – 8:47 - Why Sex is Important in Marriage8:47 – 15:09 - Treating Each Other With Kindness15:09 – 18:00 - Emotional Needs vs Sexual Needs18:00 – 24:35 - Is Sex a Need?24:35 – 27:13 - Marriage Counsellors Ignore Sex27:13 – 30:15 - Menstrual Cycle30:15 – 35:44 - Why are Sexless Marriages so Common?35:44 – 46:06 - Selfishness in Marriages46:06 – 48:17 - Advice for People in Sexless Marriages48:17 – 50:50 Outro────────────#marriage #couplestherapy #intimacy

In this candid episode, I talk with Ralph Brewer—author, YouTuber, and founder of @DadStartingOver and @RealHelpForMen—for an eye-opening and deeply personal conversation about marriage, attachment styles and the realities of sexless marriages. BOOK A SESSION ▶▶▶https://laurahow.com/online-coaching-sessions/🔥 TOPICS WE COVER:• Ralph’s personal story of betrayal, divorce, and rebuilding• Why so many men feel alone and anxious in modern relationships• What really lies beneath the "dead bedroom" issue• The avoidant/anxious dynamic that keeps couples stuck• How unresolved childhood wounds shape our romantic choices• Tips for men on how to prevent (or repair) a sexless marriage• Why sex matters so much for emotional health and connection• The role of therapy, boundaries, and hard conversations in healing• The importance of modelling connection for our children💡 Ralph’s Message to Men:Sex is the symptom, not the cause. If you want to heal your relationship, you have to start by healing yourself. That journey starts with awareness, connection, and accountability.🎁 BONUS FOR LISTENERS:👉 Visit help4men.com/love for free resources:• FREE Dead Bedroom Fix video course• FREE eBook: The Dead Bedroom Fix • Coaching discounts & access to Ralph’s private support group📚 Ralph’s Book: The Dead Bedroom Fix - https://amzn.to/44T9B3p💻 Ralph’s Platforms: DadStartingOver.com | Help4Men.comWhether you’re fighting for your marriage or just trying to feel like yourself again, this is a space for real talk, real growth, and real love.💬 Don’t forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and SHARE if you found this episode helpful. Your support helps us reach more people who need honest, heart-centered conversations about love, intimacy, and healing.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Watch Next:👉 The Sexless Marriage Anger Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN-9ra4AATs ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔔 Subscribe for weekly videos on:✔️ Marriage & relationship struggles✔️ Long-term intimacy & communication✔️ Building emotional strength & claritySubscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE_Fs1wPifrghIGdSzsbrKg?sub_confirmation=1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🧠 Need help processing your emotions or reconnecting with your partner?Book a 1-on-1 session: https://laurahow.com/online-coaching-sessions/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━💎 More Ways to Connect & Grow:💠 Join Channel Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE_Fs1wPifrghIGdSzsbrKg/join💠 Subscribe to My Newsletter: https://laurahow.com/newsletter-signup/💠 Support My Work: https://laurahow.com/support/📲 Follow Me:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurahow/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laurahowcounsellorTwitter: https://twitter.com/laurahow━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⌚️ Timestamps:00:00 - Intro & Tech Issues05:25 - Fatherhood & Modelling Love 21:07 - Childhood Trauma 27:32 - Fixing the Relationship 36:45 - The Dead Bedroom Fix 36:57 - Sex & Emotional Connection 46:08 - Ultimatums & Tough Decisions ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📌 Hashtags:#SexlessMarriage #MarriageHelp #MensMentalHealth

**Sexless Relationship Therapy Guide:** How to Help Couples Restore Intimacy and Sexual Bond👉 Book a 1-on-1 session: https://laurahow.com/online-coaching-sessions/Sexless marriages are far more common than most couples realise, and the impact is deeper than many therapists are trained to address. In this video, I break down why sex matters in long-term relationships, what’s driving the sharp rise in sexlessness, and how both therapists and couples can tackle it head-on.This video is grounded in research, clinical experience, and the lived reality of countless couples. If you’re a therapist, you’ll get a clear framework for addressing sexlessness in the therapy room. And if you’re part of a couple, you’ll understand what’s really going on and what you can do to change it.📌 References & further reading:👉 Full blog post with citations: https://laurahow.com/sexless-marriage-therapy-guide/👩‍⚕️ Therapists — Work with me:https://laurahow.com/work-for-me/I’ll cover:✔️ Why sexlessness is rising so fast, and why that matters✔️ The emotional, relational, and cultural fallout of avoiding sex✔️ The narratives fuelling disconnection between men and women✔️ Common therapeutic blind spots and how to address them✔️ A practical framework to restore intimacy✔️ Why sex isn’t “just a bonus”, it’s a core emotional need, like trust or respect💬 Question for You:Do you think therapists and couples avoid talking honestly about sex? Share your thoughts in the comments — I’d love to hear your perspective.🔗 Watch Next:👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L43J1JLrH-E━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔔 Subscribe for weekly videos on:✔️ Marriage & relationship struggles✔️ Long-term intimacy & communication✔️ Building emotional strength & clarity👉 Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE_Fs1wPifrghIGdSzsbrKg?sub_confirmation=1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🧠 Need help rebuilding intimacy or reconnecting with your partner?Book a 1-on-1 session: https://laurahow.com/online-coaching-sessions/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━💎 More Ways to Connect & Grow:💠 Join Channel Membership💠 Subscribe to My Newsletter💠 Support My Work📲 Follow Me:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurahow/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laurahowcounsellorTwitter: https://twitter.com/laurahow━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Chapter:00:00 Introduction: The Sexless Marriage Crisis00:41 Cultural Forces Driving Sexual Disconnection02:03 The Power of Sexual Bonding02:37 Why Sex Gets Ignored in Therapy04:17 The Reality: Statistics on Sexless Marriages06:51 Important Provisos: Trauma, Pain, and Safety08:02 Is Sexlessness a Symptom or Cause: Determining the Root Issue09:36 Key Questions to Assess the Sexual Dynamic11:38 Willingness to Engage in Healing12:41 Cultural Influences on sex between Men and Women15:28 The Emotional Significance of Sex18:00 Consequences of Sexual Neglect19:51 Impact of Intimacy on Families and Children20:53 Intentional Intimacy: Making Space for Sexual Connection24:27 Barriers to Progress27:45 Practical Strategies for Therapists📌 Hashtags:#SexlessMarriage #MarriageTherapy #RelationshipHelp #IntimacyInMarriage #MarriageAdvice #MensMentalHealth #CouplesTherapy

Sexless Relationship Therapy Guide: How to Help Couples Restore Intimacy and Sexual Bond
Sexless marriages are far more common than most couples realise, and the impact is deeper than many therapists are trained to address.
In this episode, I break down why sex matters in long-term relationships, what’s driving the sharp rise in sexlessness, and how both therapists and couples can tackle it head-on.
This discussion is grounded in research, clinical experience, and the lived reality of countless couples.
If you’re a therapist, you’ll get a clear framework for addressing sexlessness in the therapy room.If you’re part of a couple, you’ll understand what’s really going on and what you can do to change it.
I’ll cover:
Why sexlessness is rising so fast, and why that matters
The emotional, relational, and cultural fallout of avoiding sex
The narratives fuelling disconnection between men and women
Common therapeutic blind spots and how to address them
A practical framework to restore intimacy
Why sex isn’t “just a bonus”, it’s a core emotional need, like trust or respect
Question for You:Do you think therapists and couples avoid talking honestly about sex?Share your thoughts — I’d love to hear your perspective.
References & Further Reading:Full blog post with citations: https://laurahow.com/sexless-marriage
Book a 1-to-1 session:https://laurahow.com/online-coaching
Therapists — Work with me:https://laurahow.com/work-for-me
More Ways to Connect & Grow:
Join my newsletter
Follow me on Instagram: @laurahow
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Twitter: @laurahow
Chapters:00:00 Introduction: The Sexless Marriage Crisis00:41 Cultural Forces Driving Sexual Disconnection02:03 The Power of Sexual Bonding02:37 Why Sex Gets Ignored in Therapy04:17 Statistics on Sexless Marriages06:51 Trauma, Pain, and Safety Considerations08:02 Is Sexlessness a Symptom or a Cause?09:36 Key Questions to Assess the Sexual Dynamic11:38 Willingness to Engage in Healing12:41 Cultural Influences on Sex Between Men and Women15:28 The Emotional Significance of Sex18:00 Consequences of Sexual Neglect19:51 Impact of Intimacy on Families and Children20:53 Intentional Intimacy: Making Space for Connection24:27 Barriers to Progress27:45 Practical Strategies for Therapists
Tags:#SexlessMarriage #MarriageTherapy #RelationshipHelp #IntimacyInMarriage #MarriageAdvice #MensMentalHealth #CouplesTherapy

Relationship communication expert Dr Warren Farrell joins me, Laura How to discuss defensiveness, conflict, and how couples can rebuild intimacy through intentional practices.👉 Book your session: https://laurahow.com/online-coaching-sessions/In this episode, I talk with renowned author and relationship expert Dr. Warren Farrell for an honest, heartfelt conversation about strengthening marriages, raising emotionally healthy children, and transforming “role mates” into “soul mates.” Drawing from Warren’s influential books, including “The Boy Crisis” and “Role Mate to Soulmate,” we explore practical strategies for overcoming defensiveness, building trust, and fostering deep connection in long-term relationships. Whether you’re looking to improve communication, navigate conflict, or create a nurturing family environment, this discussion is filled with actionable insights and personal stories to inspire lasting love and resilience. We cover:✔️ Why defensiveness destroys intimacy✔️ The Caring and Sharing Practice that restores safety✔️ The Conflict-Free Zone that ends daily fights✔️ How appreciation and play rekindle closeness✔️ Why better communication prevents fatherlessness💬 Question for You:Do you think most couples stop talking out of fear of conflict, or because they’ve forgotten how to listen?Share your thoughts in the comments below.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━👤 About Dr Warren Farrell:Dr Farrell has been named by the Financial Times as one of the world’s top 100 thought leaders. He’s the author of seven books translated into 19 languages, including the global bestsellers The Boy Crisis, The Myth of Male Power, and Role Mate to Soul Mate. He began in the women’s movement and became one of the leading voices for men, fathers, and healthy relationships worldwide.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📘 Buy Dr Warren Farrell’s new book — Role Mate to Soul MateAmazon → https://amzn.to/4qH0snz━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌐 Connect with Dr Warren Farrell:Website → https://warrenfarrell.comYouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@WarrenFarrellInstagram → https://www.instagram.com/drwarrenfarrell/Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/DrWarrenFarrellX (Twitter) → https://twitter.com/drwarrenfarrell━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Watch Next:👉 The Sexless Marriage Epidemic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L43J1JLrH-E━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔔 Subscribe for weekly videos on:✔️ Marriage & relationship struggles✔️ Long-term intimacy & communication✔️ Building emotional strength & clarity👉 Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE_Fs1wPifrghIGdSzsbrKg?sub_confirmation=1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🧠 Need help rebuilding intimacy or connection?Book a 1-on-1 session: https://laurahow.com/online-coaching-sessions/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━💎 More Ways to Connect & Grow:💠 Therapists — Work with me: https://laurahow.com/work-for-me/💠 Subscribe to my newsletter: https://laurahow.com/newsletter-signup/💠 Support my work: https://laurahow.com/support/📲 Follow Me:Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/laurahow/Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/laurahowcounsellorTwitter (X) → https://twitter.com/laurahow━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⌚️ Timestamps:0:00 Intro━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📌 Hashtags:#MarriageAdvice #Communication #WarrenFarrell #RoleMateToSoulMate #RelationshipHelp #Defensiveness #CouplesTherapy #HealthyRelationships #MarriageCounselling #MensMentalHealth #Fatherhood

Join me live on Friday, December 5th at 11am EST (4pm GMT) for a candid Q&A with @drpsychmom (Dr Samantha Rodman Whiten). We’ll be answering your live questions about: Love, sex, marriage, mental health, intimacy, and anything else you want to ask us.ABOUT DR PSYCH MOMDr Samantha Whiten is a clinical psychologist in private practice, author, podcaster, wife, and mother.Visit her group practice: https://bestlifebehavioralhealth.comEmail: info@bestlifebehavioralhealth.com🎧 Podcast: The Dr Psych Mom ShowConnect with her:Facebook: facebook.com/drpsychmomYouTube: youtube.com/@drpsychmomInstagram: instagram.com/dr.psychmomTikTok: tiktok.com/@therealdrpsychmomThreads: https://www.threads.net/@dr.psychmomSubstack: https://drpsychmom1.substack.comMedium: medium.com/@drpsychmomX: https://x.com/DrPsychMomWriting: https://drpsychmom.comLAURA HOW:Book a session: https://laurahow.com/online-coaching💌 Join my newsletter: https://laurahow.com/newsletter-signup🤝 Support my mission: https://laurahow.com/supportFollow me:Instagram → instagram.com/laurahowFacebook → facebook.com/laurahowcounsellorX → x.com/laurahowYouTube → youtube.com/@LauraHow🕓 Set a reminder now and join us live!Bring your questions, join the chat, and be part of a real conversation about sex, marriage, and mental health.#Livestream #RelationshipAdvice #Marriage #SexAndMarriage #MentalHealth #DrPsychMom #LauraHow

Why do so many men struggle to engage with therapy, and why do so many who try it drop out feeling misunderstood or dismissed?In this podcast episode, I’m joined by Chris Hemmings, a therapist who works exclusively with men and the founder of Men’s Therapy Hub, a growing UK directory connecting men with male therapists. Together, we explore why men are a minority on both sides of the therapy room, why male distress is so often misread, and how the therapy profession itself may be failing the very men it claims to help.Chris draws on his background as a former BBC journalist, his clinical work with men, and his experience building Men’s Therapy Hub to talk honestly about masculinity, shame, emotional suppression, and the cultural messages that leave many men feeling like a problem rather than a person.In this episode, we discuss:✔️ Why men are a minority in the therapy profession and among therapy clients✔️ Why many men drop out of therapy early and feel misunderstood✔️ How men are socialised differently, and why therapy often ignores this✔️ Masculinity, shame, and emotional isolation✔️ Why many men only seek help when they’re already on their knees✔️ The limits of “just talking about feelings” for male wellbeing✔️ Why action, accountability, and relationship matter in men’s therapy✔️ How men can find therapists who actually respect and help them💬 Join the conversation in the comments: What do you think stops men from seeking help sooner, and what would make therapy feel more accessible to men?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎙️ About My Guest: Chris HemmingsChris Hemmings is a therapist and coach who specialises in working with men. He is the founder of Men’s Therapy Hub, a directory created to help men find male therapists who understand male psychology and lived experience.Before training as a therapist, Chris worked as a BBC journalist, producing documentaries on men, masculinity, and mental health. He is also the founder of M-Path, an organisation that works in schools across the UK, helping young people explore identity, masculinity, and emotional wellbeing.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎧 Listen to No Man’s an Island Podcast:Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-mans-an-island/id1849171262Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/5QgINHeUZKorBCE4LBoBXF?si=6122fd9650e04e7f━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Follow Men’s Therapy Hub:Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/menstherapyhub/LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/menstherapyhub/YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@MensTherapyHub━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔔 Subscribe for weekly videos and podcasts:Men’s mental health, intimacy, sexless marriages, emotional withdrawal, rebuilding trust, and relational repair.👉 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE_Fs1wPifrghIGdSzsbrKg?sub_confirmation=1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🧠 Need support?Work with me or one of my team:👉 https://laurahow.com/online-therapists/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━💎 More Ways to Connect & Grow:💠 Therapists — Work with me: https://laurahow.com/work-for-me/💠 Join my newsletter: https://laurahow.com/newsletter-signup/💠 Support my work: https://laurahow.com/support/📲 Follow Me:Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/laurahow/Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/laurahowcounsellorTwitter (X) → https://twitter.com/laurahow━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⌚️ Timestamps:━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📌 Hashtags:#MensMentalHealth #TherapyForMen #MaleLoneliness #Masculinity #MensTherapy #EmotionalHealth #MaleIdentity #MentalWellbeing #NoMansAnIsland #HealthyMasculinity #Psychotherapy #MensSupport

I’m joined by two therapists from my practice, Zac Fine and Marijke Roberts. This informal conversation marks the start of a new monthly series where we speak openly about marriage, intimacy, sexlessness, consent, and the growing tension many couples feel between men and women. 👉 Book online sessions with Zac or Marijke: https://laurahow.com/online-therapists/We talk honestly about what happens when sex disappears from a long-term relationship, why this causes deep distress for many people, and how fear, withdrawal, resentment, and cultural messaging pulls couples apart.👉 Book a session with Zac: https://laurahow.com/therapists-zac-fine/ 👉 Book a session with Marijke: https://laurahow.com/therapists-marijke-roberts/ In this episode, we discuss:✔️ Why long-term sexlessness is a serious relational issue✔️ Consent, fear, and confusion around initiating sex in marriage✔️ How power struggles and withdrawal develop over time✔️ Why sex often means reassurance, grounding, and connection for men✔️ Responsive desire, willingness, and curiosity in long-term intimacy✔️ How couples can get stuck, and what helps them soften again✔️ Why healing is possible, even when patterns run deepWe’ll be recording this podcast monthly, and we’d love to hear from you.👉 Leave your questions in the comments for the next episode.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔔 Subscribe for weekly conversations about:Sexless marriages, intimacy loss, emotional withdrawal, consent, attachment, and rebuilding connection in long-term relationships.👉 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE_Fs1wPifrghIGdSzsbrKg?sub_confirmation=1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🧠 Need support?Work with me or one of the therapists on my team:https://laurahow.com/online-therapists/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━💎 More ways to connect and grow:💠 Therapists — Work with me: https://laurahow.com/work-for-me/💠 Join my newsletter: https://laurahow.com/newsletter-signup/💠 Support my work: https://laurahow.com/support/📲 Follow me:Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/laurahow/Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/laurahowcounsellorTwitter (X) → https://twitter.com/laurahow━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⌚️ Timestamps:00:00 Introduction━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📌 Hashtags:#SexlessMarriage #MarriageTherapy #SexInMarriage #ConsentInRelationships #IntimacyInMarriage #GenderDivision #LongTermRelationships #marriagepodcast #AttachmentAndIntimacy #LoveAndCherishPodcast

Michele Weiner-Davis joins me for a conversation about sexless marriages, desire differences, resentment, and how couples can rebuild intimacy after betrayal. 👉 Book an online session: https://laurahow.com/online-therapists/Michele is a therapist and bestselling author known for her work with sexless marriages, infidelity recovery, and long-term relationship repair. We talk about why sex is never just sex for many people, how shutdown and withdrawal slowly erode closeness, and why so many couples wait too long to ask for help.This conversation offers practical, compassionate guidance for men and women who feel stuck, lonely, or unsure how to reconnect again.In this episode we explore:✔ What “sex-starved marriage” really means✔ Why long-term sexlessness damages connection and trust✔ The silent expectations low-desire partners often hold✔ When anger and withdrawal take over the relationship✔ Why feelings cannot be the only guide in intimacy✔ Responsive vs spontaneous desire, especially for women✔ Why communication style matters more than frequency✔ Ways to approach the conversation with more success✔ How to support healing after infidelity✔ Why hope is possible even after years of shutdownWe would love to hear from you.👉 Leave your questions in the comments for future episodes.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Michele Weiner-Davis BooksSex Starved Marriage → https://amzn.to/49xZiUAHealing from Infidelity → https://amzn.to/491pAi1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Connect with Michele Weiner-DavisWebsite → https://www.divorcebusting.com/TEDx Talk → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep2MAx95m20YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceBusting1Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/micheleweinerdavis━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🧠 Need support?Work with me or a therapist on my team:https://laurahow.com/online-therapists/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━💎 More ways to connectTherapists, work with me → https://laurahow.com/work-for-me/Join my newsletter → https://laurahow.com/newsletter-signup/Support my work → https://laurahow.com/support/Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/laurahow/Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/laurahowcounsellorX (Twitter) → https://twitter.com/laurahow━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⌚ Timestamps00:00 Introduction━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📌 Hashtags#SexlessMarriage #InfidelityRecovery #MarriageCounselling #ResponsiveDesire #SexStarvedMarriage #RelationshipTherapy #IntimacyInMarriage #MarriagePodcast #AffairRecovery #MicheleWeinerDavis