When Church Hurts a Woman’s Relationship with God
Church should be the safest place on earth. The family of God should be the place where every single human…
Women’s Health
The Biggest Thing Missing From the Abortion Debate
Roe v. Wade and the abortion debate has been a volatile topic for decades. And the US Supreme Court’s decision…
Seven Things I Do Every Day: Navigating My Midlife Lifestyle
For all you women out there trying to navigate your menopause and midlife season, I see you. I get you.…
How to Help Your Wife Navigate Menopause and Midlife
As a husband, if your wife is approaching or experiencing menopause you may feel frustrated and powerless. You may feel…
How to Strengthen Your Marriage While Navigating Midlife
Midlife is a season of change. As a woman, you’re approaching or going through menopause and everything seems disrupted –…
What Life do You Want Five Years from Now?
We’ve all heard stories of people lost at sea, left to the mercy of the currents. While there’s a remote…
You Don’t Need This if You’re Comfortable with Change
You can ignore the rest of this post if: Changes internally or externally don’t bother or disturb you at all…
Join Me in Becoming A Woman Fully Alive
Life can be hard on a woman. Growing up is hard enough. Then comes choosing a career, perhaps marriage and…
Uncovering the Heart of a Christian Woman
It’s never been easy to be a woman. Ever since the Garden of Eden the serpent has come against Eve…
To the Wife Traumatized by Married Sex
Just because sex happens within marriage doesn’t always mean it’s good. God designed sex to be a beautiful life-giving nurturing…
SHE Virtual Recovery Summit
Yes, it’s a woman thing too. Porn, that is. Along with all kinds of sexual struggles. Sex and sexuality cut…
He Needs You to Need Him
This one is for wives only. (I know; you may read this even if you’re not a wife.) But here’s…
To the Woman Feeling Rejected By Her Husband
You’re a woman feeling rejected. Part of you believes it shouldn’t bother you so much, but it does. You thought…
What To Do When Your Husband Doesn’t Want To Have Sex With You
The stereotype of a man pressuring his wife for sex does not apply to every relationship: there are many women who experience just the opposite. Even when a woman is not the sexual aggressor, it wounds a woman’s heart when her husband does not demonstrate sexual attraction to her.
Rather than wallowing in self-pity, or looking outside the marriage for satisfaction, here are five questions to consider if your husband appears to shrink from having sex with you.
Responding to #MeToo with More than a Hashtag
Gretchen Carlson. Alyssa Milano. Angelina Jolie. Katie Couric. Lady Gaga. Beth Moore. Kay Warren. Thousands of women from every walk…
Pursuing Intimacy with Your Husband
(This is a message especially for wives. Last week I talked about the other side – a message for husbands.)…
7 Things to Know if your Spouse is a Christian and Abusive
God-talk and violence – physical, sexual, mental, or spiritual – have mixed for centuries. Sadly that same mixture shows up…
5 Steps to a New Marriage in 2017
(While this is written especially for my women readers, the principles apply wither you’re a husband or a wife.) Wouldn’t…
What Is a Healthy Christian Woman?
How do you know if you’re healthy? What does “healthy” mean anyway – as a woman, as a Christian? Are…
A Woman’s Beauty and Strength: Dangerous or Delightful?
Can we talk? Just you and me, girlfriend? A woman’s beauty is one source of her strength. But everything depends…
Depressed Husband, Lonely Wife
A very lonely wife reached out to me: “I have a great husband, but he doesn’t take care of me intimately.…
Menopausal Wife, Frustrated Husband
A very frustrated husband reached out to me: “My wife seems like a different person since she became menopausal. I’m having…
Women’s Health and Shame
Women’s health topics bring up such strong emotions – “for” and “against” and everything in-between. By listening to some people you’d…
Preserving Your Marriage while Building Your Family
(I’m thrilled to be guest posting for my friend Elisha Kearns over at Waiting for Baby Bird today. Thank you!…
Does God Care If You’re Overweight?
God cares about everything. EVERYTHING! That might leave you feeling a bit ashamed if there’s something you know God cares about…
Christian Women, their Hormones, and their Mental Health
You feel crazy. And your man is CERTAIN that you’re crazy. You feel as though you are a victim to…
5 Ways to Better Sleep When You’re Stressed
Have you ever struggled to get a good night’s sleep? If so you’re not alone. And you may have contributed…
What is a Healthy Christian Woman?
What is a Healthy Christian Woman? What does she look like? How does she feel? How can you tell? Are…
What Does Women’s Health Have To Do With Your Faith?
She and I were waiting together in the green room at the church, preparing to make our respective presentations to…
Three Steps to Begin to Take Charge of Your Life
You’ve had a wakeup call of some kind. Somewhere in your soul there’s a glimmer of hope. Maybe it’s only…
Women In Charge!
Women have a difficult time in this world. We always have. It’s not that men always have it easy, but…
The Meaning of Sex in the Heart of a Woman
Sex is messy. And the messiness of sex is not primarily physical (although it is that). The meaning of sex,…
Why I Hate Unnecessary Suffering
There were, and still are, many reasons I’m glad I became an OB-Gyn doctor. I love serving women in some…
Keys to Finding Life After Infertility
You’ve spent months – no, YEARS – trying to have a baby. You’ve tracked your cycles, had sex on demand,…
Preparing for Marriage when you Carry Bad Baggage
None of us goes through life baggage-free. But some of us seem to accumulate more than our fair share of…
6 Things You Should Never Ask Your Doctor
When you get healthcare, you ask your doctor questions. But there are some things you should never ask your doctor.…
To the Woman Whose Husband is Addicted to Pornography
I hear from you regularly, you whose husband’s eyes are filled with many other women and not with you. You…
What I Wish Christian Parents Would Teach Kids About Sex
At 15 years old she was scared. Her mother sat there silent. I confirmed that Angela (not her real name)…
Preparing For Menopause
It seems that every time I’m around a group of women and they find out I’m an OB-Gyn doctor the…
Reasons to Have a Baby for Christians
Some couples assume that having children is just something you do when you get married, and don’t give much thought…
Does Perimenopause Make You Crazy?
She had been a therapist for four decades, and had helped hundreds, perhaps thousands, of men and women overcome serious…
The Emotional Weight of Having an STD
As an OB-Gyn physician one of the most frequent difficult discussions I have with women is about STDs – sexually…
Should Christian Couples Use Contraception?
The publicity the Duggar family has enjoyed has promoted the idea that having an unlimited number of children is the…
Don’t Let “Hormonal” Happen To You
Ladies, it’s time for us to accept no more excuses for our bad behavior. “I’m just hormonal” doesn’t give you…
Sex Without Pain
Is sex without pain possible? Sex shouldn’t hurt! But too often it does. As a gynecologist I have talked with…
Don’t Let Premenstrual Syndrome Drive You Crazy
For some women, the 35 years between age 15 and 50 are a monthly nightmare. And anyone who cares about…
The Impact of Sex Outside the Bedroom
We get into trouble so easily over sex. For many it is the ultimate slippery slope.
The misuse of sex is a common denominator in a whole host of problems. Sex touches something very deep within us. There is probably no other area that so strongly impacts our sense of identity and value as sexuality does.
