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Stop avoiding sex and start wanting it again

For the Catholic wife who loves her husband but dreads being touched

If you're honest, sex isn't great

It’s definitely not something you look forward to, what's an orgasm anyway?

Your libido disappeared 2 kids ago and it doesn’t seem like she’s coming back.

You avoid your husband’s touch because you don’t want it to lead somewhere.

 

You tense up during kissing, hoping it ends before it escalates.

But you also know it shouldn't feel this way

Marriage wasn’t meant to include this much avoidance.

Intimacy wasn’t meant to feel like something to get through.

Pleasure wasn’t meant for everyone else except you.

The good news? This is fixable.

What Catholic women tell me...

  • “I feel like I don't get anything out of sex”

  • “I want to want sex, I just don't”

  • “I feel obligated to use those 'safe' days”

  • “I feel guilty that my husband wants sex more than I do.”

  • “I'm too exhausted for sex”

  • “It takes me too long to get aroused”

  • “I want orgasm, but I just don't know how. It's never worked before.”

  • “Sex feels like just another chore I have to cross off.”

If these sound familiar, you're in exactly the right place

The real problem isn't low libido

It's that no one ever taught you how female desire actually works

This is not a “spice things up” program

You've tried praying more, reading more books, pushing through pain, trying something new in the bedroom, ignoring the problems and hoping for the best...

This program isn't those things (except maybe adding more prayer because we all need that!)

Want it and Enjoy it is a 100% Catholic practical program to give you real changes quickly.

It's not more vague theology and encouragment

When you ask a question, we'll dig deep into your specific situation and you'll come out with practical next steps to implement in your marriage.

This program is the Catholic answer women have been missing

Let me give you an example from the last cohort:

Shaley raised her hand in coaching and shared that she really enjoyed the waterfall position that she and her husband used, but she would feel pain right at the point of her husband's orgasm.

We dove right into tons of questions about the nature of the pain, how it felt, where it came from, and what other symptoms she had. From there we looked at similar positions she could try as well as 5 options for adjusting with pillows, leg position, and bed/table height.

Shaley knew exactly what to try. No vagueness. Real scientific sexology filtered through a Catholic lens.

This is

A group coaching program for Catholic wives who want sex to feel good, meaningful, and joyful.

After 8 weeks you're going to understand:

Desire

Why you don’t want sex and how to rebuild authentic, sustainable desire

Arousal

How to help your body actually feel ready instead of rushing or forcing

Pleasure

How female pleasure works, why it matters, and how to actually experience it

Mindset & Nervous System

How anxiety, pressure, shame, and distraction shut desire down and how to reverse that

Communication

How to talk about sex clearly, confidently, and lovingly without awkwardness or fear (or fights!)

Catholic Moral Clarity

What the Church actually teaches and how to live it with peace instead of scrupulosity

Is it really ok to take a course on sexual pleasure?

  • The Church Celebrates Marital Intimacy - The Catholic Church teaches that sex within marriage is good, holy, and beautiful. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 2362) states:


    “The acts in marriage by which the intimate and chaste union of the spouses takes place are noble and honorable; the truly human performance of these acts fosters the self-giving they signify, enriching the spouses in joy and gratitude.”

    This means that enjoying sex, fully and freely, is part of God’s design for marriage. Cultivating desire is about embracing the fullness of the gift God has given you in marriage.

  • God Created Women’s Desire to Be Different

    Many Catholic women feel broken because they don’t experience spontaneous desire like their husbands do. But women often experience responsive desire, which means they need time, connection, and intentional effort to cultivate sexual readiness.


    Learning how to desire and enjoy sex is not forcing something unnatural. It’s actually working with how God created you.

  • Taking Active Steps to Nurture Intimacy is Not Sinful

    Some women worry that intentionally getting themselves in the mood is inappropriate, but there is a clear difference between preparing yourself for intimacy with your husband and engaging in self-focused lust.

    It is not sinful to:
    Take intentional steps to help your body and mind be more open to sex

    Shift your mindset so that sex feels like a joy instead of an obligation

    Engage in licit ways of awakening desire (such as sensory exercises, affectionate thoughts about your husband, or prayer)

    It would be sinful to:

    Engage in self-stimulation that leads away from the marital embrace

    Rely on media or fantasy that distorts God’s design for intimacy

    Treat sex as something purely for personal pleasure, rather than a shared gift in marriage

    So yes, it is absolutely OK to want to want sex more. And it’s OK to seek out tools that will help you along the way.

What others have said:

Kristen and her husband went from feeling so lost to feeling confident!

Elizabeth was super cautious going in but was so relived to learn the course was super Catholic and everything in line with Church teaching!

Brianna went from being fine never having sex again to actually wanting sex!

Mindy went from frustrated with orgasm to actually understanding them and enjoying them!

Patricia loved learning everything and applying it with her husband (and wished she had it sooner!)

Chelsea still learned things after 20 years of marriage!

Monica went from thinking sex is just for men to realizing her pleasure mattered and was a good thing to pursue!

If you're unsatisfied with your sex life in any way and ready to do the work, please join this program. It has been so good for my marriage. My husband has noticed the changes too. I went from never wanting sex again to planning for it, on purpose, twice in one day! The support and understanding you receive in this program is truly life changing.

I loved the support and sense of community. I loved bringing faith into it as well - it has been a bit weird for me in the past to have God and sex in the same conversation so it was just helpful I think to have other Catholic women who also struggle with sex and talk about it.

Before the course, I felt so inadequate. I desired sex, but not as much as I thought I should. I felt like I was the one who was holding us back from having great sex. I thought the course would have good information that might help other women, but it wouldn't make anything better for me. I really thought I was too broken to be fixed. Now, instead of inadequate and discouraged, I feel so hopeful.

Anonymous

2026 Want it and Enjoy it participant

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Jessica A

2026 Want it and Enjoy it participant

I appreciated knowing that I wasn't alone in my struggles. That there are many other women out there who are struggling with very similar, if not the exact same things, and that we can support one another in our journey toward fullness in the catholic church through our vocation in the sacrament of marriage! It was also empowering to feel seen in my specific struggles, and to receive the support necessary to help make the changes needed in my marriage.

There is something for everyone to learn

My husband was so enthusiastic I join and check it out and I didnt know if one more thing on my plate in this season was a good idea. I am so thankful he encouraged me. We have seen growth in our conversations, sex life and holiness over the course of the program and feel like we have barely scratched the surface when it came to videos and extras offered.

Monica

2026 Want it and Enjoy it participant

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Anonymous

2026 Want it and Enjoy it participant

Imagine this...

It's Tuesday night and your husband moves toward you for a kiss...

You don’t tense when your husband touches you.

You don’t mentally brace yourself for the possibility of sex tonight.

You feel present in your body, and you're open to whatever comes next.

You understand what turns you on and how to get there, so you're not worried about your husband intiating.

In fact, you respond to his kiss with a deeper kiss and a nod to the bedroom.

You have sex not because you should, but because you want to.

You feel closer to your husband, not resentful or pressured.

And for the first time, you think:

“Oh. This is what they meant when they said sex is amazing.”

This is for you if...

✔ You're a married Catholic women who loves her husband


✔ You don't enjoy sex, but you want to


✔ You want to want sex more without feeling guilty about it


✔ You want pleasure without compromising your faith


✔ You are tired of pretending sex doesn’t matter

This is not for you if...

✖ You are looking for explicit sexual content or graphic instruction
(This is thoughtful, respectful, and faith-aligned.)

✖ You want quick tips or techniques without understanding what is actually blocking desire
(This work goes deeper than surface-level fixes.)

✖ You are not open to learning within the framework of Catholic teaching on marriage and sex

✖ You are hoping someone will give you a script to follow without doing any personal reflection or practice

✖ You are satisfied with sex feeling “fine” or something to get through, and are not interested in changing that

Transform your sex life in a way that works for you.

Join the waitlist to be notified the next time we open Want it and Enjoy it for enrollment

Hi I'm Ellen!

Sex was a huge hurdle my husband and I had to overcome early in our marriage, and we had no where to turn with the questions we had.

Birth control, vaginismus, and an inability to communicate about sex made the first few months of our marriage truly horrible.

We tried to talk about it but that created resentment and fighting.

We tried researching things on our own, but it wasn't clear what was in line with church teaching and what wasn't.

Then we tried to just ignore it and hope it got better.

It didn't.

It took years of deep research, hundreds of books, becoming certified NFP instructors, 40+ hours of masters level courses, and earning a certificate in the fundamentals of sex therapy before things really started to click and our sex life became amazing.

Now I create authentically Catholic resources for women on sex and intimacy rooted in Theology of the Body. I combine up to date sexology with church teaching to provide you with practical sex support that is 100% in line with the Catholic Church.

I want you to have the same transformation I did without the years of pain and full on masters level research.

I want you to have an amazing marriage and an awesome sex life!

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