Staying silent can feel like love… but what if it’s quietly costing you connection?
If you’ve been telling yourself “it’s not that bad,” “this is just a season,” or “I’ll bring it up later,” this episode is your loving wake-up call.
✨ EPISODE SUMMARY
In this powerful, bite-sized episode, Michelle unpacks why so many Christian wives stay silent about intimacy—even when it’s creating distance in their marriage. Silence often feels safer than honesty, but safety isn’t the same as connection.
You’ll hear why avoiding hard conversations doesn’t freeze your marriage in place—it slowly drifts it. Michelle breaks down the difference between peacekeeping and biblical peacemaking, why honesty doesn’t mean chaos, and how intimacy can’t grow where truth never enters.
This episode isn’t about blame. It’s about awareness. And learning how to take one small, honest step out of silence and into connection—with your husband and with God.
📝 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Why silence feels loving in the moment—but costs intimacy long term
The crucial difference between peacekeeping and peacemaking
How avoiding intimacy conversations delays (and prevents) healing
Why talking about sex doesn’t mean something is wrong—it means it matters
Simple, non-explosive ways to begin honest conversations
How to speak from feeling, not accusation
Why one conversation isn’t a full renovation—it’s just opening the door
Practical prompts to uncover what you’ve been holding back
How God meets you in truth, not pretending
🙌 CALL TO ACTION
Friend, you don’t have to fix everything today.
You just have to take the next honest step.
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