As we’ve embarked on this spiritual journey outside of organized religion, we’ve encountered quite a few bumps in the road.
It’s to be expected as we work to detangle all the cultural and religious beliefs embedded in every aspect of our relationship.
We are working through them one by one, and with careful examination deciding what we want to keep and what we want to discard.
With the professional counseling advice from, marriage and sex therapist, Natasha Helfer Parker, we’ve been able to redefine what intimacy means to us.
We’ve come to realize our lack of education around healthy sexuality and we hope to share our new found awareness and understanding around such taboo topics.
Listen to part one of this two part series where Sean and I get even more vulnerable than ever before. Sharing some things that feel very personal, but see the need for more conversations around such things. Especially when coming out of such a misinformed system that many of us were a part of.
We are now taking a good look at what the research is telling us, rather than what our church leaders have taught us.
I have to admit that things have felt so much lighter lately. I didn’t realize the weight of shame and guilt I was carrying all these years. You don’t know how heavy it is until you finally allow yourself to put it down.
Natasha Helfer Parker, a licensed marriage and family therapist
and certified sex therapist coaches Sean and I through sexual shame and trauma.
Natasha has 20 years experiencecounseling individuals, couples, and families. Her areas of expertise includes working within
the intersections of faith, life transitions and sexuality.
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