If you've ever wondered why desire felt so natural before marriage and so complicated after — this conversation is worth your time.
Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife is a psychologist, coach, and fellow traveler in the Schnarch world. In this conversation with Corey, she names something most couples can't quite articulate: the shift from falling in love to being married isn't a sign something went wrong. It's a sign of what was always there underneath.
A few things worth listening for:
The moment she says "you can either prop up your husband's ego or his penis, but not both." It's not hers originally — it's Schnarch's — but the way it lands in context is worth the whole conversation.
Her reframe of the lower desire spouse. Not broken. Not defective. Operating with good judgment inside a system that doesn't work.
The Gospel of Thomas quote about bringing forth what is within you. Whether or not that's your tradition, the idea lands.
And the woman who came to one of Jennifer's workshops not knowing what she wanted — whose entire life had been organized around everyone else — and what happened when she made one small commitment to herself.
This one originally aired a while back. It holds up.
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