This episode of #mensexpleasure features marriage, relationship, and intimacy coach Monica Tanner, who shares her background, including her parents’ divorce at 12, 23 years of marriage, and her work helping couples build connection and intimacy while aiming to reduce divorce. We discuss common marriage breakdown areas—communication, sex, money, and parenting—and how sex issues can feel larger when overall connection is weak, particularly for men who often experience closeness through physical intimacy.
Key points:
02:16 Why Marriages Fail
12:49 Debunking Marriage Cliches
18:16 Collaboration Over Compromise
24:13 Modern Gender Roles
29:19 Three Step Request Method
39:01 Repair Is One Way Street
45:16 Eight Sentence Repair Script
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