Latest Natural family planning Podcast Episodes
Sacramentality of Sex | Ep. 118
Charting Toward Intimacy - May 22, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutesSex is a window to something greater. It is an icon, or image, of God's love for us. Even within good, faithful Catholic marriages, sex can be a point of contention because we aren't seeing God through sex and our sexual relationship. We're looking at sex not through sex. When you switch your mi...
What the Heck is NFP? | Ep. 117
Charting Toward Intimacy - May 15, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutesWant to get started with NFP but don't know where to go? Heard of NFP but you don't really know what it is? Have some questions about Natural Family Planning that you haven't been able to get a clear answer on? Look no further than this episode. Kathleen and Ellen answer the basic question of "...
Tips for Your First Time | Ep. 116
Charting Toward Intimacy - May 08, 2023 07:00 - 49 minutesGot questions about your first time? We have answers! Kathleen and Ellen share a little bit about their own first times to make you feel like you're not alone if your first time is.....not so great. We touch on questions like "what lube should we use?" "How do we figure out positions?" "What i...
Sexual Wounds and Your Vocation with Sr. M. Karolyn Nunes | Ep. 115
Charting Toward Intimacy - May 01, 2023 07:00 - 44 minutesSister M. Karolyn Nunes is joining us this week to talk about sexual wounds and healing. As the vocation director of her community, Sr. Karolyn helps to direct many women discerning religious life to start their own healing journeys when they have sexual wounds. One of the things lacking in marr...
Can NFP be Used Selfishly? | Ep. 114
Charting Toward Intimacy - April 24, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutesLet's talk about selfishness and NFP! This episode is stemming from a lot of talk about "contraceptive mentality." We're not really talking about contraceptive mentality in this episode, we're talking about the underlying question behind the conversations about contraceptive mentality: Can NFP...
Holiness is Hard | Ep 113
Charting Toward Intimacy - April 17, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutesEver heard the phrase "It's just not supposed to be this hard!" Maybe you've said it yourself. Well when it comes to your sanctification, it actually probably is supposed to be that hard. Holiness is hard, really hard. We're talking about how holiness is hard in relation to married life. A lo...
Scheduling Sex | Ep. 112
Charting Toward Intimacy - April 10, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutesIn this episode we are talking about scheduling sex--pros and cons, when it works and when it doesn't. Scheduling sex is a tool in the arsenal of ways to improve your sexual relationship. But here's the thing, scheduling does not work for every couple. Maybe it works for both of you, neither of...
Foreplay categories! | Ep. 111
Charting Toward Intimacy - April 03, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutesEllen and Kathleen are back with another Charting Toward Intimacy episode. This week, we are talking about foreplay. What is foreplay? We have two basic categories for you Anticipatory Foreplay and Escalatory Foreplay Anticipatory Foreplay is simply things that make you anticipate sex at some ...
A Watched Pot Never Boils | Ep. 110
Charting Toward Intimacy - March 27, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutesHave you ever felt like it's impossible to actually desire sex or to get turned on? Like the pot that doesn't boil until you walk away from it, you might be like us and not get turned on if you're thinking too much about it. It's not until you walk away, or focus on something else that your desi...
God Is the Model of Intimate Sexual Communication | Ep. 109
Charting Toward Intimacy - March 20, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutesGod is the model of intimate sexual communication...excuse me, what?!? In this episode we're discussing how because our marriages are an image of the relationship God wants to have with us, the ways that God communicates with his people in the Old Testament is a model for us of how we should be...
Emotional or Physical Intimacy: Which Comes First? | Ep. 108
Charting Toward Intimacy - March 13, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutesKind of like the question of the chicken or the egg, which comes first physical or emotional intimacy? Well there are two basic camps that people typically fall into: (1) those who desire physical intimacy in order to feel emotionally close or (2) those who need to feel emotionally intimate befo...
Let Me Tell You About Teena | Bonus Episode
Charting Toward Intimacy - March 08, 2023 08:47 - 11 minutesTeena is a product designed for teens and preteens to get them excited about cycle tracking and help them understand what is going on in their cycle. I'm really excited to share this completely honest review with you. Teena did provide me one of their devices for free to check it out, but my rev...
Let Me Tell You About Teena
Charting Toward Intimacy - March 08, 2023 08:47 - 10 minutesTeena is a product designed for teens and preteens to get them excited about cycle tracking and help them understand what is going on in their cycle. I'm really excited to share this completely honest review with you. Teena did provide me one of their devices for free to check it out, but my rev...
Responsible Parenthood: A Powerhouse Term | Ep 107
Charting Toward Intimacy - March 06, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutesWe'd like to present the term "Responsible Parenthood" as the new word we start using when we are describing what Catholic married couples do when they discern children, use NFP, and really just live out their lives as married couples, regardless of fertility status. The term NFP falls short wh...
NFP Basics | A New Way to Introduce NFP in Marriage Prep | Bonus Episode
Charting Toward Intimacy - March 01, 2023 08:00 - 13 minutesNFP Basics is an add-on marriage preparation module that any marriage prep/pre-cana program can easily implement into their program. NFP Basics covers the theology behind why the church teaches NFP for family planning and why the church has a prohibition on contraception and fertility treatments...
NFP Basics | A New Way to Introduce NFP in Marriage Prep
Charting Toward Intimacy - March 01, 2023 08:00 - 12 minutesNFP Basics is an add-on marriage preparation module that any marriage prep/pre-cana program can easily implement into their program. NFP Basics covers the theology behind why the church teaches NFP for family planning and why the church has a prohibition on contraception and fertility treatments...
Sex is Holy
Charting Toward Intimacy - February 27, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutesDo you still struggle with reconciling that sex is good and holy? It's so common for us to think of sex as something bad or dirty, but it's not, I repeat NOT bad and dirty. Sex is good, it's better than good, it's HOLY. If you're wondering what we meant by unity cross, click here! Sorry that Go...
Sex is Holy | Ep. 106
Charting Toward Intimacy - February 27, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutesDo you still struggle with reconciling that sex is good and holy? It's so common for us to think of sex as something bad or dirty, but it's not, I repeat NOT bad and dirty. Sex is good, it's better than good, it's HOLY. If you're wondering what we meant by unity cross, click here! Sorry that Go...
Do I Owe My Husband Sex?
Charting Toward Intimacy - February 20, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutesLet's chat about the marital debt! Who owes who sex? Who is supposed to be the one to sacrifice? What even is sacrificial love? We'll get into all these questions and more in this week's episode. Here's the book we mentioned called Theology of the Body in Simple Language Looking for support ...
Do I Owe My Husband Sex? | Ep. 105
Charting Toward Intimacy - February 20, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutesLet's chat about the marital debt! Who owes who sex? Who is supposed to be the one to sacrifice? What even is sacrificial love? We'll get into all these questions and more in this week's episode. Here's the book we mentioned called Theology of the Body in Simple Language _____________________...
A Letter from St. Valentine to Married Couples
Charting Toward Intimacy - February 13, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutesYour marriage is a battleground. Truly, the forces of good and evil are fighting against each other in your marriage and in all marriages. If you've ever felt like something is just fighting against you having a calm, peaceful, and good marriage.... it's because there is. Today in the episode we...
A Letter from St. Valentine to Married Couples | Ep 104
Charting Toward Intimacy - February 13, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutesYour marriage is a battleground. Truly, the forces of good and evil are fighting against each other in your marriage and in all marriages. If you've ever felt like something is just fighting against you having a calm, peaceful, and good marriage.... it's because there is. Today in the episode we...
A Letter from St. Valentine to Married Couples | Ep. 104
Charting Toward Intimacy - February 13, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutesYour marriage is a battleground. Truly, the forces of good and evil are fighting against each other in your marriage and in all marriages. If you've ever felt like something is just fighting against you having a calm, peaceful, and good marriage.... it's because there is. Today in the episode we...
Why Not Contraception? | Ep. 103
Charting Toward Intimacy - February 06, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutesWe hear it a lot: "Contraception would be easier" "Why can't my husband and I just use a condom?" "I wish we could just have the option." Let's dive into why contraception isn't even a choice. We're pulling from Humanae Vitae as well as the Theology of the Body to get some answers. We get it, ...
Why Not Contraception?
Charting Toward Intimacy - February 06, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutesWe hear it a lot: "Contraception would be easier" "Why can't my husband and I just use a condom?" "I wish we could just have the option." Let's dive into why contraception isn't even a choice. We're pulling from Humanae Vitae as well as the Theology of the Body to get some answers. We get it, ...
103 - Why Not Contraception?
Charting Toward Intimacy - February 06, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutesWe hear it a lot: "Contraception would be easier" "Why can't my husband and I just use a condom?" "I wish we could just have the option." Let's dive into why contraception isn't even a choice. We're pulling from Humanae Vitae as well as the Theology of the Body to get some answers. We get it, ...
102 - Increase Your Phase 3 Desire
Charting Toward Intimacy - January 30, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutesYou're looking at your chart and you see the signs of ovulation and know phase 3 is coming. You're excited to finally be able to come together with your spouse after abstaining for a few weeks, the first time is great....then... well you're tired, you just don't feel like it, and suddenly phase ...
Increase Your Phase 3 Desire
Charting Toward Intimacy - January 30, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutesYou're looking at your chart and you see the signs of ovulation and know phase 3 is coming. You're excited to finally be able to come together with your spouse after abstaining for a few weeks, the first time is great....then... well you're tired, you just don't feel like it, and suddenly phase ...
Increase Your Phase 3 Desire | Ep. 102
Charting Toward Intimacy - January 30, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutesYou're looking at your chart and you see the signs of ovulation and know phase 3 is coming. You're excited to finally be able to come together with your spouse after abstaining for a few weeks, the first time is great....then... well you're tired, you just don't feel like it, and suddenly phase ...
Why Do You Use NFP? | Ep. 101
Charting Toward Intimacy - January 23, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutesAre you checking off the "NFP box" or is your heart really in it? We're bringing you this podcast episode to encourage you and your spouse to dig a little deeper into your "why" behind using NFP in your marriage. ___________________________________ Did we mention a book on this week's episode...
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