Episode 9 (Part 1): Healthy Sexuality and Wholeness with Guest Melinda Arnold, M.A., LPC, CST, NCC

The gift of sex is a vital conversation and one that brings an array of emotions to the surface. In a culture with a wide variety of viewpoints mixed with our own stories, we all bring expectations and disappointments to the table. In this episode, Terra talks with Melinda Arnold, a Licensed Professional Counselor on our Living Wholehearted Counseling Team, who is also a speaker, wife, and mom to two boys. Melinda is one of the breakout speakers for the InCourage 2020 Gathering, speaking on How to Raise our Kids with Healthy Sexuality. As a Certified Sex Therapist, couples and trauma therapist, she addresses the topic of sex from a wholistic lens and brings an expertise founded in both grace and a wealth of experience. In Part 1, we cover the myths of sex, how healthy sexuality is developed, as well as what most couples struggle with and why. In Part 2 (found exclusively on the Courageous Girls Patreon site for CG Partners), we cover how to help our children with healthy sexuality and how to shift the messages of shame in our own story to one of hope, empowerment, and aligned with God's greater design.