CTC Night (at home) Sock Hop!

Here is another great at home date idea. 

Now the kids are back in school, and you know the holidays are approacing quickly, that means stake dances and holiday parties. So, now is a great time to brush up your dancing skills. 

Check a video out of the library or find a dance instruction video on YouTube. Sure there are the classics, but do you know all of them? Swing, fox trot, waltz, rhumba, salsa? Don't show up again with just the "mormon two-step" Be ready to impress the sock off the kids at the stake dance, or others at the ward activity or office party. 

Take it a step further and learn some of the new dances kids are doing today or some break dancing - which is very popular with South Korean kids right now. Maybe even some Bollywood dance moves. 

So put on your dance shoes or make it a sock hop. 

Happy Dating!

(Podcast) Pt. 2 How to talk about sex in a way that maintains reverence for the sacred

In this episode, coach Sam and Dianna Zaragoza discuss why sex is not talked about in church and how church prepares us to know how to talk about sex. Thanks for your patience everyone! Part 3 is coming. Here is a link to part 1. https://eternalmarriagebed.blogspot.com/2021/01/how-to-talk-about-sex-in-way-that.html Blogger is giving me trouble with uploading the video directly from YouTube, so here is the link:https://youtu.be/hxP1kxW-o7M You may need to copy and paste the link into the address field of your browser.

Reflections

This week, on June 25th, I celebrate my 50th birthday. At this point is sounds kind of ludicrous that I'm still working on finishing my sex therapist degree, yet working on finishing it I am. I'm determined to finish this course in life if it takes me the rest of my life, but that is the commitment that I have to you to help ensure "sex" doesn't stand in the way but is a welcome companion to both spouses as you strive to have a happy and successful eternal marriage. So today I reflect that it has been 30 years of research and 11 years since I started writing articles for you and even if it only helps one marriage to be successful, it will still all be worth it. I appreciate all of you for sticking with me, reading my articles and for your input. I don't want to jinx it, but I have finished compiling my book and it is in the editing process now. It will contain all my published works to help them be more accessible, a tool to mark up and will make it easier to find your favorite articles. I'm finding this necessary because Blogger, Google and social media are making more and more difficult to access my articles - I suppose it's a consequence of trying to keep this information free. Please keep an eye out on Facebook and MeWe and here for when I announce the book's availabilty. Thank you all for your support. ~ Sam Zaragoza, LDS Marital Intimacy Coach

(Podcast) How to talk about sex in a way that maintains reverence for the sacred pt. 1

Coach Sam discusses the origins of our American cultural norms and beliefs around talking about sex. The first in this series that will discuss our beliefs about talking about sex as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and what rules you can establish in a conversation that will help you comfortably discuss sex without feeling like you're defiling something sacred.