My Delight with Sarah Bartel

"It Used to Seem Like So Much Work": Elizabeth's My Delight Success Story

Married twelve years with four kids, Elizabeth and her husband mentor engaged couples for the church and teach sympto-thermal NFP through the Couple-to-Couple League.  R

3 Benefits to Learning NFP with Haley Yeager

Haley Yeager is a Creighton Model FertiliCare NFP instructor and the host of the Truth and Fertility Podcast. Sarah asked her what she would say to a young engaged Cathol

3 Perimenopause Tips with Rita Johnson

Sarah sits with Catholic Health and Hormones expert Rita Johnson of Divine Mercy Nutritional Care to discuss how to thrive in perimenopause.  Inspired by a conversation

A Positive Vision of Sex for Catholic Wives

Catholic married women, have you ever thought that you might have limiting beliefs about sex in your marriage?  Have you ever envisioned that you could experience sex wi

15 Real Couples Shared What Their Marriage Needs--Emotional Connection

Recently, Sarah invited her marriage ministry followers to reply to a simple question: "What Does Your Marriage Need Right Now"? She offered to take their marriage pray

The Beach Mindset Vacation Your Marriage Actually Needs 🏝️

Maybe you don't need to work on your marriage right now. Maybe you need to rest, play, and relax more together. This creates a lush space for connection to natural

5 Ways to Encourage Each Other Better in Your Marriage

It helps the bad times feel more bearable.  It makes the good times even more joyful. Encouragement is magic for your marriage relationship.  In this episode, Sarah sh

Highlights from My Women's Pilgrimage to France! 🇫🇷

"I felt like I was embraced by St. Thérèse."🌹 What happened on the May 2026 women's pilgrimage to France?  So many gifts, graces, encounters, and special moments!

Your Marriage Needs More AWE: Affection, Warmth, and Encouragement 💖

If you want a good foundation in your marriage for those problem-solving, conflict-solving, tension-resolving conversations, you need to build rapport and connection firs

What about Wives Withholding Sex When They're Upset? 🤔

Is it sinful for a wife to withhold sex when she's upset at her husband? Is it unfair if they've planned to make love, but then he does something to upset her,

10 Truths Every Catholic Bride (and Wife!) Should Know to Have Good Sex in Marriage

Here's the episode with all the things married women wish someone had told them when they first got married. Maybe you've been married a while, and no one ever

Making Space in Your Brain for Lovemaking 🧠

Your brain is your most important sexual organ. As you go through your days, weeks, months, and years, you need to make space in your brain for relaxation, creativity, f

"Like Heaven on Earth": Megan Gephart's My Delight Success Story✨

When Megan Gephart first signed up for the My Delight course, her husband was deployed. She and her husband were both active duty military, and they wouldn't be toge

A Husband's Perspective on Desire Differences... with Nathan Bartel

Most marriages have one spouse who is more interested in sex, and another who is less interested. This is desire difference. While this is normal--most marriages have a d

The Five Spiritual Attacks to Expect While Fasting... with Denise Jelinek

When we fast, we can expect a pattern of five spiritual attacks--whether the fast is from food, behaviors like scrolling, people-pleasing, or other comforts. The enemy w

3 Tips from the Song of Songs for Your Love Life 🌺

It's almost Lent! Listen to the voice of the Lord speak: "I will lead her into the desert, and there I will speak to her heart." Hos 2:14 So many good Catholic mar

What is Sexual Coercion? with Jenny DuBay

Making you feel guilty for saying "no." Wearing you down with asking over and over. You just want to get some sleep... the babies will be up at 5 am, so you just give i

Nutrition, Libido, and Perimenopause with Rita Johnson

How does nutrition impact our hormones for libido and perimenopause thriving?  Sarah is joined by Catholic nutritionist Rita Johnson of the Health and Hormones podcast t

🇫🇷 7 Reasons I Love France and Want to Take You There!

Ladies, this is your invitation from Sarah to join her on a "Daughters of Grace" Women's pilgrimage to France in May 2026! It's this May 4-13th, in the footste

What Should You Wear to Bed? 💕

What should you wear as you climb into bed with your husband for a lovemaking night? Sarah invites you to consider: Wearing something that makes you feel good.  1. It