Most couples will face challenges in the bedroom—but that doesn’t mean the marriage is broken. In Part 2 of our interview with Dr. Clifford & Joyce Penner, pioneers in Christian sex therapy, we explore the most common struggles couples bring to therapy and the practical steps that lead to healing.

What you’ll hear:

✅ When pain makes intimacy difficult—and why pelvic floor therapy changes everything.

✅Desire differences and how to talk about them without blame.

✅Why ED is nothing to be ashamed of and how couples overcome it.

✅Arousal and orgasm challenges—and simple retraining tools that work.

✅The truth about porn, intimacy, and rebuilding connection.

Whether you’re newly married or decades in, this episode offers hope, practical guidance, and the reassurance that you’re not alone—and you’re not stuck.

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Long before sex-positive podcasts and Instagram therapists, Dr. Clifford and Joyce Penner were standing in front of church groups teaching about godly, wholehearted sexuality—in 1975. Scandalous? Maybe. Transformative? Absolutely.

In Part 1 of this two-part Marriage IQ series, Dr. Heidi and Dr. Scott Hastings sit down with the Penners—authors, Christian (and other faiths) sex educators, and real-life marriage legends—to explore how a 45-minute church talk turned into a 50-year mission of helping couples embrace healthy sexuality rooted in faith, mutuality, and love.

You’ll hear the origin story of how two Mennonites became pioneers in Christian sex therapy, the five principles they've taught for decades, and why a values-based approach to sex is still relevant—and radically needed—today.

Whether you’ve been married 5 years or 50, this conversation will challenge your assumptions, inspire your intimacy, and remind you that the best is yet to come.Don’t miss Part 2 on Friday, where they share secrets to the most common issues sex therapists treat and what keeps passion alive after 64 years.

In this powerful episode of Marriage IQ, Dr. Heidi and Dr. Scott Hastings share their firsthand experience serving in Rwanda with the Dream Nziza Foundation—a journey of humanitarian service, marriage education, and global impact.

Listen in as they explore:✅What it's like to teach trauma healing, self-reliance, and healthy sexuality to women in rural Africa

✅The cultural barriers to intimacy and emotional connection in Rwandan marriages—and how a single lesson on kindness changed everything

✅Scott’s experiences providing medical care in an under-resourced hospital system

✅Why a sheep can literally change a woman’s life—and how Marriage IQ listeners helped make it happen

How couples can turn shared vision into action—from a dream written in a journal to a life-changing mission across the world

Whether you're passionate about marriage and intimacy, faith and service, or simply curious about how to live with greater intentionality, this episode will inspire you to think bigger—and love deeper.

💡 Bonus: We share how you can still be part of this mission.

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