Bring Back the Passion: Help For Wives with Low Libido | Ep. 661

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

Marriage, Awesomemarriagepodcast, Marriagepodcast, Awesomemarriage, Marriageadvice, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Christianmarriage, Christianity

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Wives, do you seem to be less interested in sex? It’s a common issue, and so many factors affect female libido, from hormonal changes, and emotional disconnection to just plain busyness.

Whether stemming from physical health or the health of your marriage, there are many ways you and your spouse can work together to bring back the passion and renew your sex drive.

Today, we’re troubleshooting the issue with tips for wives with low libido, so you can bring back the passion in your marriage. We pray this episode is helpful for you and your marriage.

Episode highlights include:

Tips on healthy communication about sex drive issues
Understanding the effects of stress on a wife’s sex drive
How to work together to share the mental load
Is lack of sex drive a sign of infidelity?
Building empathy to help reconnect and rekindle her passion

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Couples Conversation Guide

Main takeaway: Ladies, don’t let your sex life struggle! Learn to unpack the factors that impact your sex drive, so you can troubleshoot and get things back on track.

Questions to Discuss:

Are there any factors that you know are affecting your libido in this season? (Stress, exhaustion, depression, peri menopause, postpartum, etc.)
Are there any relationship factors affecting your interest in sex right now?
What would help you to mitigate the effects of those things today?

QUOTES

“For guys, it’s about how do I meet her where she is right now?” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
“If there’s not full trust, it’s going to be very hard to be interested in sex.” - Lindsay Few
“It’s ok to talk about sex.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
“There are so many things that typically the wife does by default. Look at what is weighing on you that keeps you from even having time to be interested in sex.” - Lindsay Few
“The really good marriages I see are the ones committed to working through things. It doesn’t come easy, but they’re committed to work through it.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage.
0:09.7	I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few. On the show will be our host Dr. Kim Kimberly.
0:17.0	Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. His passion is to help you
0:23.4	strengthen your most intimate relationship. Thank you so much for joining us on the awesome
0:29.8	marriage podcast today. We are so glad that you're here. And today we are talking about an issue.
0:34.4	We get a lot of questions about, which is how to deal if your spouse has low
0:38.3	libido. So right now we're going to talk about the low libido wives. There are a lot of factors
0:42.3	that can be going into this. And it can be problematic for both spouses. So we want to shed some light
0:47.1	on this topic. But before we do, I want to make sure you know about Dr. Kim's marriage multiplier.
0:52.6	This is one of our best, most simple and accessible resources
0:55.9	we have for you because it's a quick weekly email straight from Dr. Kim with some of his best
1:00.5	marriage building advice, tips, practical steps you can take. And it's just a great way to
1:06.0	continue to invest in your marriage weekly by working on some of the most important topics in
1:10.8	marriage. So take a minute. Look in today's show notes. You some of the most important topics in marriage.
1:11.6	So take a minute.
1:12.7	Look in today's show notes.
1:13.8	You can find the link to sign up for that.
1:15.8	Make sure you're sign up for the marriage multiplier.
1:17.8	And we can continue to help you invest in your marriage.
1:21.1	So let's go ahead and get into today's topic, the low libido wives.
1:25.5	Let's see if we can help them out.
1:27.4	Ready to get in there, Dr. Kim?
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