Hosted by Nathan Bartel · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 21 episodes
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Hey, I'm Nathan. Each week, I grab a coffee and we talk about what it really means to love your wife well—especially in the bedroom. There aren't many places where Catholic men can have honest conversations about sex. This is one of them. We'll tackle the hard stuff: the struggles, the frustrations, the questions you don't know who to ask. Let's ditch the shame and awkwardness and have authentic discussions about intimacy, desire, and becoming the husband and lover your wife deserves, inside and outside the bedroom.Grab a coffee, pull up a chair, and let's begin!
Nathan Bartel hosts Holy Desires, a religion show with 21 episodes published.
There was a season when Sarah and I were basically roommates running a household together. Life got difficult. We got stressed. We let our marriage slip to the back burner without ever really deciding to. In this chat, I
Imagine taking your wife out to a beautiful dinner. You finish your appetizer, your entrée, and dessert while she has barely touched her first course. Then you sit back, satisfied, while she stays at the table hungry and
This is a touchy subject, and I almost didn't record it. What do you do when you have real feelings about your wife's changing body? Maybe it's weight. Maybe it's the way pregnancy, stress, illness, or just the years hav
Here's something that might surprise you. Some of the most common themes in my Holy Desires coaching calls, both group and one-on-one, have very little to do with sex itself. Three out of the four biggest brakes on a cou
82% of the men in my current Holy Desires class are dealing with some kind of difference in desire with their wives. If you are in that 82%, brother, you are in good company. I want you to know that there is real hope he
Confession time. For years, my first instinct when something felt off in my marriage was to fix it. Diagnose the problem, apply a solution, move on. Turns out I was using the wrong mental model. Most of us have inherited
If things feel distant in your marriage right now, I want you to remember something really important: you already know what it feels like to be close to your wife. It's in your memory. A specific night, a specific look o
Today, I'll share three things I've learned about what it actually looks like to prioritize your marriage. First, I think most of us need to get curious again. We're resourceful in every other area of life, but when it c
I was on the Doug Hinderer Show this week talking about physical intimacy from the husband's perspective. It was a great conversation. But a woman called in and shared something that's been weighing on me since. She said
This is the replay of Day 4 of the Dealing with Differences in Desire challenge — a workshop for Catholic husbands. Over 300 men registered for this four-day experience, and Day 4 was different from the rest. After recei
We've talked about the foundation. You understand some of the dynamics beneath the surface. Now what do you actually do? This is Day 3 of the Dealing with Differences in Desire workshop, and it's the most practical sessi
You know there's a gap between you and your wife when it comes to desire. But have you ever stopped to ask why it's there? This is Day 2 of the Dealing with Differences in Desires workshop. I dig into the real dynamics b
I just kicked off a live 4-day challenge with a group of Catholic husbands on how to lovingly deal with differences in sexual desire. This is the first session. I share why the usual approach of "let's just compromise on
Almost every Catholic husband I've talked to wrestles with this one: you want more intimacy, she seems content with less, and you're stuck wondering if this is just the way it's going to be. I get it. I hear it all the t
Most of us have encountered two very different attitudes toward sex in Catholic circles. On one side, there's the culture's message that sex is basically recreation. On the other, there's a hyper-restrictive view that tr
Confession time: I am not always easy to live with. A few days ago, I caught myself being grumpy with Sarah and the kids, and it turned out the whole thing was rooted in a frustration at work that had nothing to do with
The whole reason I got into this ministry is because my wife Sarah started one first. Her program, My Delight, helps Catholic wives discover more intimacy, joy, and pleasure in sex within their marriages. In this episode
Hollywood has sold us a fantasy: two people lock eyes, and suddenly they're having the most passionate night of their lives. No effort, no planning, no awkwardness. Just effortlessly amazing sex. But here's the thing: no
You want something more in your love life with your wife. Maybe more frequent, more passionate, more connected. But sometimes she feels like a mystery to you. How do you figure out where she's coming from? Here's the sec
We all love a good fight between good and evil. Whether it's Aragorn in Lord of the Rings or Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, there's something deep in us that responds to these epic battles. Spiritual warfare is real, but i
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