My Delight with Sarah Bartel
You are not broken!
The culture is broken. Your expectations may be skewed. But God designed your feminine sexuality to flourish in marriage if it is honored and nurtured appropriately.
This show is for Catholic women who want to know how to enjoy sex in marriage. This show helps you learn how to create a positive view of sexuality and your body in line with Catholic teaching and ALSO gain practical knowledge, tips, and scripts. If you want to know more about what it means to care for your unique, God-designed sexuality as women --so that you can thrive in your sex life in marriage and help change the culture--join in these honest, woman-centered conversations hosted by Sarah Bartel, moral theologian and Catholic sex + marriage coach.
“Sexuality is a source of joy and pleasure: The Creator himself ... established that in the genitive function, spouses should experience pleasure and enjoyment of body and spirit. Therefore, the spouses do nothing evil in seeking this pleasure and enjoyment.” -Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2362
Episodes
48 episodes
Your Marriage Needs More AWE: Affection, Warmth, and Encouragement 💖
If you want a good foundation in your marriage for those problem-solving, conflict-solving, tension-resolving conversations, you need to build rapport and connection first with AWE:AffectionWarmth E
What about Wives Withholding Sex When They're Upset? 🤔
Is it sinful for a wife to withhold sex when she's upset at her husband? Is it unfair if they've planned to make love, but then he does something to upset her, so she doesn't want to anymore?The truth is, emotional connection is the foun...
10 Truths Every Catholic Bride (and Wife!) Should Know to Have Good Sex in Marriage
Here's the episode with all the things married women wish someone had told them when they first got married.Maybe you've been married a while, and no one ever told you. It's not too late to learn!Maybe you're a newlywed, ...
Making Space in Your Brain for Lovemaking 🧠
Your brain is your most important sexual organ.As you go through your days, weeks, months, and years, you need to make space in your brain for relaxation, creativity, fun, and pleasure... if you want to have those in lovemaking....
"Like Heaven on Earth": Megan Gephart's My Delight Success Story✨
When Megan Gephart first signed up for the My Delight course, her husband was deployed. She and her husband were both active duty military, and they wouldn't be together for months, but she was decided to use the time while he was away to start...
A Husband's Perspective on Desire Differences... with Nathan Bartel
Most marriages have one spouse who is more interested in sex, and another who is less interested. This is desire difference. While this is normal--most marriages have a desire difference one way or another--it causes a lot of tension i...
The Five Spiritual Attacks to Expect While Fasting... with Denise Jelinek
When we fast, we can expect a pattern of five spiritual attacks--whether the fast is from food, behaviors like scrolling, people-pleasing, or other comforts.The enemy works in our false attachments: to things, to false gods, and to false...
3 Tips from the Song of Songs for Your Love Life 🌺
It's almost Lent! Listen to the voice of the Lord speak:"I will lead her into the desert, and there I will speak to her heart." Hos 2:14So many good Catholic married women feel like there's a desert of some kind in their love life...
What is Sexual Coercion? with Jenny DuBay
Making you feel guilty for saying "no."Wearing you down with asking over and over.You just want to get some sleep... the babies will be up at 5 am, so you just give in to get it over with....These are all examples of sexual...
Nutrition, Libido, and Perimenopause with Rita Johnson
How does nutrition impact our hormones for libido and perimenopause thriving? Sarah is joined by Catholic nutritionist Rita Johnson of the Health and Hormones podcast to chat about how what you eat can impact your libido and perimen...
🇫🇷 7 Reasons I Love France and Want to Take You There!
Ladies, this is your invitation from Sarah to join her on a "Daughters of Grace" Women's pilgrimage to France in May 2026!It's this May 4-13th, in the footsteps of St. Thérèse, her mama St. Zélie, St. Joan of Arc ("I was born to do this!...
What Should You Wear to Bed? 💕
What should you wear as you climb into bed with your husband for a lovemaking night?Sarah invites you to consider:Wearing something that makes you feel good. 1. It might feel good in terms of comfort. It ...
Do You Need a Sex Sabbatical?🚫
What is a sex sabbatical? How do you know if you need one? What do you do during it, and how do you change up your dynamic afterwards?In this episode, Sarah shares how a sex sabbatical can be a helpful way to reset your love life in marr...
Our Lady and Your Love Life
What does the Blessed Virgin Mary have to do with your love life as a Catholic wife? Is it even appropriate to turn to her for help in this area, seeing as she is a virgin--the Virgin of virgins, in fact?Yes! She is the passiona...
Touched Out! 4 Tips
So many moms feel touched out by the end of the day and don't want their husband to touch them, especially not in lovemaking. How do you handle this?In this episode, Sarah shares 4 tips for handling that touched-out feeling t...
Making Time For It When You're a Busy Mom
How do you find time for sex when you'e a busy mom with young kids?First, Sarah shares three mindset shifts, plus a bonus note on attitudes about motherhood:1. You NEED to make time for your marriage. You don't find it, you ma...
What Is There for Husbands? ... with Nathan Bartel
In this episode, Sarah welcomes special guest Nathan Bartel... her husband! Sarah asks Nathan about what led him to create his Holy Desires course for husbands. Along the way, they chat about:Philosophy (Nathan's Master'...
What Can You Do in NFP Abstinence Time?
If you're using NFP to avoid pregnancy (TTA), how can you thrive in your marriage with the abstinence period in your fertile window? How do you stay close? What sort of physical affection and touch is appropriate? (No genital stimulation for in...
5 Reasons It's Worth Working on It
Maybe you're a Catholic wife with sex struggles in your marriage, but you think, "Oh well, that's just how it is." In this episode, Sarah lays out five reasons why it's worth your bother to figure out how to make things better for you.
What about Period Sex?
What about having sex during your period (as a married Catholic woman)? What are some things to think about? There are no moral prohibitions to this in the Catholic faith. Different NFP methods may have guidance around avoiding period sex if yo...
What about Quickies?
Are quick lovemaking sessions (less than 20-30 min or so) a good idea in your Catholic marriage, or not? In this episode, Sarah offers some cautionary and probing questions meant to identify if quickies are helping build your unity and connecti...
Why Discovering Your Libido Brakes and Accelerators Is Important
What gets you in the mood? That's an accelerator. What are you libido-killers? Those are your breaks. In this episode, Sarah describes common brakes and accelerators for women. She shares some ideas for how to learn what your own personal...