Hey friend, I'm Julie Slattery, and I want to welcome you to Chavo with Julie.

This podcast is listener supported, and it's an outreach of authentic intimacy, a ministry

dedicated to reclaiming God's design for sexuality.

What is the research actually show us about how couples relate when it comes to sex and

marriage?

On this special bonus episode, I'm joined by Shanti Feldhahn and Dr. Michael Saitsma,

as we discuss some of the insights in their book, Secrets of Sex and Marriage.

One of the most surprising discoveries is that couples are closer in sexual desire than

they often realize, and that might surprise you personally.

But this means that there's a lot of hope, insight, and knowledge in this conversation

that I think is going to be really useful to married couples who are struggling with issues

around sex and their marriage.

So without further ado, let's head to the coffee shop for my conversation with Shanti Feldhahn

and Dr. Michael Saitsma.

Shanti and Michael, you have both been on the podcast before talking about different topics,

and now you're together.

So some people might ask, how did that even happen?

Shanti, you're a researcher, and you've done a lot of work on marriage as a matter of

fact.

Even now, my husband is taking a group of young men through for men only, so it's still

bearing fruit.

And Michael, you have been in the field of sex therapy, Christian sex therapy for many

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