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Podcast: Doing It Together: Making Sense of Low Libido, Sex, and Intimacy in Marriage.
Episode: Breaking Free from the "Good Girl" to "Good Wife" Expectation - with Crystal | Ep. 99
Description: Crystal is a self-defined good girl. Since childhood, she was expected to, and praised for, doing as she was told and not rocking the boat. While this behavior was effective in her formative years, her passive nature had consequences on multiple levels in her 25-year marriage, including in the bedroom.Crystal shares her struggle with speaking up for herself or asking for help, and how her lack of assertiveness resulted in years of emotional and physical suffering. She sought help for her low sexual desire through multiple doctors and therapists, but nothing worked until...