Spicing Up Your Sex Life [175]

Intimate Covenant Podcast

Intimate Covenant Podcast
Spicing Up Your Sex Life [175]
Jun 30, 2025 Episode 175
Intimate Covenant -- Matt & Jenn Schmidt

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Matt and Jenn use a cooking analogy to explore how great married sex requires more than just "spices" – it needs solid foundational ingredients of spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical connection.

• Adding more spice to bad ingredients doesn't make a dish better; it likely makes it worse.
• In struggling marriages, focusing solely on sexual excitement without addressing overall closeness leaves couples unsatisfied
• All aspects of intimacy (spiritual, emotional, mental, physical) are interconnected and strengthen each other
• The upcoming annual retreat will explore the theme "One" and these interconnected aspects of intimacy.

Join us for our annual marriage retreat, September 18-20, featuring special musical guest Trey Keller! Register at intimatecovenantcom/retreat. If you'd like to help couples attend through our scholarship fund, donate here:
https://intimatecovenant.com/donate/

Or,  contact us at podcast@intimatecovenantcom

*** Check out Matt's interview by Nate Whitson of the Get in the Fight Podcast


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