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Anxious Husbands & Avoidant Wives - Dead Bedroom Attachment | Ralph (DSO)
Love & Cherish Podcast with Laura How
37 minutes 56 seconds
3 months ago
Anxious Husbands & Avoidant Wives - Dead Bedroom Attachment | Ralph (DSO)
In this candid episode, I talk with Ralph Brewer—author, YouTuber, and founder of @DadStartingOver and @RealHelpForMen—for an eye-opening and deeply personal conversation about marriage, attachment styles and the realities of sexless marriages. BOOK A SESSION ▶▶▶https://laurahow.com/online-coaching-sessions/🔥 TOPICS WE COVER:• Ralph’s personal story of betrayal, divorce, and rebuilding• Why so many men feel alone and anxious in modern relationships• What really lies beneath the "dead bedroom" issue• The avoidant/anxious dynamic that keeps couples stuck• How unresolved childhood wounds shape our romantic choices• Tips for men on how to prevent (or repair) a sexless marriage• Why sex matters so much for emotional health and connection• The role of therapy, boundaries, and hard conversations in healing• The importance of modelling connection for our children💡 Ralph’s Message to Men:Sex is the symptom, not the cause. If you want to heal your relationship, you have to start by healing yourself. That journey starts with awareness, connection, and accountability.🎁 BONUS FOR LISTENERS:👉 Visit help4men.com/love for free resources:• FREE Dead Bedroom Fix video course• FREE eBook: The Dead Bedroom Fix • Coaching discounts & access to Ralph’s private support group📚 Ralph’s Book: The Dead Bedroom Fix - https://amzn.to/44T9B3p💻 Ralph’s Platforms: DadStartingOver.com | Help4Men.comWhether you’re fighting for your marriage or just trying to feel like yourself again, this is a space for real talk, real growth, and real love.💬 Don’t forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and SHARE if you found this episode helpful. Your support helps us reach more people who need honest, heart-centered conversations about love, intimacy, and healing.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Watch Next:👉 The Sexless Marriage Anger Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN-9ra4AATs ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔔 Subscribe for weekly videos on:✔️ Marriage & relationship struggles✔️ Long-term intimacy & communication✔️ Building emotional strength & claritySubscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE_Fs1wPifrghIGdSzsbrKg?sub_confirmation=1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🧠 Need help processing your emotions or reconnecting with your partner?Book a 1-on-1 session: https://laurahow.com/online-coaching-sessions/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━💎 More Ways to Connect & Grow:💠 Join Channel Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE_Fs1wPifrghIGdSzsbrKg/join💠 Subscribe to My Newsletter: https://laurahow.com/newsletter-signup/💠 Support My Work: https://laurahow.com/support/📲 Follow Me:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurahow/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laurahowcounsellorTwitter: https://twitter.com/laurahow━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⌚️ Timestamps:00:00 - Intro & Tech Issues05:25 - Fatherhood & Modelling Love 21:07 - Childhood Trauma 27:32 - Fixing the Relationship 36:45 - The Dead Bedroom Fix 36:57 - Sex & Emotional Connection 46:08 - Ultimatums & Tough Decisions ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📌 Hashtags:#SexlessMarriage #MarriageHelp #MensMentalHealth