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 wh...
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- Megan Gephart1 ep
- Nathan Bartel1 ep
- Denise Jelinek1 ep
Also: Jenny DuBay, Elizabeth, Haley Yeager, Rita Johnson
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- 🇺🇸United States · SexualityHOME#11612K to 64K
- 🇨🇦Canada · Sexuality#147327 to 1.7K
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12K to 65K🎙 ~2x weekly·56 episodes·Last published 2w ago - Monthly Reach
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25K to 131K🇺🇸97%🇨🇦3% - Active Followers
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/10/26 | Sweet Clean (Kisses-Only) Catholic Rom-Com Novels with Author Olivia Hope McCarthy | Listen to Sarah and Catholic rom-com author Olivia Hope McCarthy chat about Olivia's novels... What inspired her to start writing clean rom-comsThe importance of finding outside interests when you're a mom and how that blesses your familyHow imagination and clean romance books can properly be used to spice up marriageOlivia's watch recommendationOlivia shares her favorite of her novels and talks through which one she'd recommend Sarah read nextMentioned in this episode: Your Blue Flame, by Je... | 58m 57s | ||||||
| 9/12/26 | Sex is Not a Need | Have you picked up the idea that sex is a need, especially for men? This idea is false. Sex is not a need. It's a desire. Believing that sex is a need for men in marriage puts a lot of pressure on wives, and it may be one reason that many women don't enjoy sex in their marriage. Speaking as a Catholic moral theologian, Sarah Bartel refutes this claim and counters with the Catholic view on sexual desire in official Church teaching. First, Sarah examines one book in which sex is pre... | 39m 23s | ||||||
| 9/4/26 | marriageNFP+3 | Elizabeth | Couple-to-Couple League | — | My DelightNFP+5 | — | 33m 29s | ||
| 8/26/26 | Natural Family PlanningFertility Awareness+1 | Haley Yeager | Creighton Model FertiliCareTruth and Fertility Podcast | — | NFPfertility+3 | — | 19m 50s | ||
| 8/21/26 | perimenopausewomen's health+3 | Rita Johnson | Divine Mercy Nutritional CareCatholic Health and Hormones | — | perimenopausehormone replacement therapy+3 | — | 13m 21s | ||
| 7/10/26 | sexmarriage+4 | — | Catholic | — | Catholic wivesmarriage+4 | — | 8m 57s | ||
| 7/3/26 | marriageemotional connection+3 | — | — | — | marriageemotional connection+3 | — | 39m 53s | ||
| 6/25/26 | marriageconnection+4 | — | — | — | marriagecouples+4 | — | 18m 19s | ||
| 6/18/26 | marriageencouragement+3 | — | French with St. Thérèse | — | marriage encouragementrelationship support+3 | — | 23m 32s | ||
| 5/20/26 | pilgrimagespirituality+4 | — | The Story of a SoulA Call to Deeper Love: The Family Correspondance of the Par... | France | pilgrimageFrance+5 | — | 1h 01m 28s | ||
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| 5/1/26 | marriageaffection+4 | — | Creating and Intimate Marriage: Rekindle Romance through Affection, Warmth, and Encouragement | — | marriageAWE+5 | — | 10m 22s | ||
| 4/25/26 | marriagesexual intimacy+3 | — | — | — | withholding sexmarriage advice+3 | — | 19m 32s | ||
| 4/8/26 | marriagesexuality+3 | — | — | — | Catholic bridegood sex+3 | — | 27m 31s | ||
| 4/1/26 | sexual healthmental space+4 | — | — | — | brainlovemaking+5 | — | 10m 55s | ||
| 3/24/26 | personal growthmilitary life+3 | Megan Gephart | — | — | My Delightmilitary marriage+3 | — | 28m 48s | ||
| 3/11/26 | desire differencemarriage+3 | Nathan Bartel | — | — | desire differencemarriage tension+3 | — | 17m 25s | ||
| 2/19/26 | spiritual attacksfasting+3 | Denise Jelinek | — | — | fastingspiritual attacks+3 | — | 42m 50s | ||
| 2/18/26 | love lifeCatholic marriage+4 | — | Song of SongsHos 2:14 | — | love lifeCatholic+6 | — | 12m 24s | ||
| 2/4/26 | sexual coercionemotional abuse+4 | Jenny DuBay | — | — | sexual coercionemotional abuse+4 | — | 41m 07s | ||
| 1/27/26 | 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 perimenopause hormones. Along the way they chat about the power of dreaming, mindset shifts, and four high-protein breakfast ideas to anchor your blood sugar and set you up for a stable day... the kind of day more likely to leave with with some extra energy fo... | 33m 18s | ||||||
| 1/15/26 | 🇫🇷 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!"), and of course, all guided, inspired, and devoted to Our Lady. You'll pray at Notre Dame cathedral, the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal, Mont St. Michel where we'll seek the archangel's strength and protection, and culminate with a healing of hearts at Lour... | 30m 25s | ||||||
| 12/18/25 | 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 might feel cozy and comforting on your skin and keep you warm. 2. It might make you feel good because it looks good on you. It's your color. The cut and fit suit you and flatter you. That's another wonderful reason to wear something to bed! 3. It might make you feel good b... | 12m 26s | ||||||
| 12/13/25 | 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 marriage. If you're in a cycle of obligation sex, forcing yourself to have painful sex, or just feeling burnt out, used, or resentful about sex in your marriage, a sex sabbatical can be just what a wife needs. It can give her the time to reflect on how she got to... | 21m 50s | ||||||
| 12/8/25 | 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 passionate spouse of the Holy Spirit, and you do not need to be shy of asking her help with this intimate sanctuary of your marriage. -Mary is the perfect model of active receptivity. This concept can help you grow in your love life. Some women need to develop the "acti... | 8m 07s | ||||||
| 12/4/25 | 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 that affects moms with young kids as well as other hands-on caregivers. 1. Set boundaries with your kids to save yourself from some of the unwanted touches throughout the day--for example, teach them not to tug at your clothes, if that drives you nuts. 2. Take... | 18m 55s | ||||||
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