Female by Design

Yes, it is possible to sneeze or cough without leaking. To exercise without a sense of urgency. And, even to be healed from uncomfortable or painful intercourse.

Strengthening the pelvic floor can lead to incredible benefits, regardless of your life stage. Listen to part two of the conversation with Dr. Tanya Rowenhorst, where we unpack the health of your female body, including a more comprehensive awareness of your body so that you can be more fully connected mind, body and spirit.

You'll hear a candid discussion about living more integrated, especially if you find yourself disconnected due to shame, embarrassment or iies that don't align with the Word of God.

Tanya is a wife, mother of 5 and practices women's health physical therapy through innovative and approachable services at Refine Physical Therapy.

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God has given Tanya a passion and heart for serving and speaking truth to women. She believes that each woman has been given a good body at every stage of life, and she desires to see women embrace who they were created to be and live life to the fullest. She attended Dordt College to get a B.A. in Exercise Science and a minor in psychology, and received her doctorate degree in physical therapy from the University of Iowa. Learn more about her approachable women's health support on her website.

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What is the pelvic floor? And what should you expect from a healthy, functioning pelvic floor? As your body changes with life, especially after childbirth, you may notice issues or problems like a leaky bladder, inability to jump without urgency and even uncomfortable, painful intercourse.

In this episode, Dr. Tanya Rowenhorst, will help give you more insight into your wonderful female body, especially in the area of a healthy pelvic floor. Tanya is a wife, mother of 5 and practices women's health physical therapy through innovative and approachable services at Refine Physical Therapy.

About Tanya and Get Connected:

God has given Tanya a passion and heart for serving and speaking truth to women. She believes that each woman has been given a good body at every stage of life, and she desires to see women embrace who they were created to be and live life to the fullest. She attended Dordt College to get a B.A. in Exercise Science and a minor in psychology, and received her doctorate degree in physical therapy from the University of Iowa. Learn more about her approachable women's health support on her website.

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Your body is good and reveals the very goodness of God. Yes, that's right! God designed your body and He did so with intention and purpose. In this episode you will learn about the about the final aspect of the sexual response cycle, resolution.

How can you maximize the resolution stage for increased intimacy and connection? Listen in and learn about the ways God created your body and the beautiful physical and hormonal responses that you experience in sex. Experience the powerful "exhale" together in the resolution stage of the sexual response cycle, which extends beyond the marriage bed.

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Orgasm is a gift created and formed by God. And, as women you have a unique capacity for pleasure with incredible benefits. Your body is wonderfully made with intention and purpose, which includes your sexuality.

A great sex life doeesn't happen by accident. In this episode you will find practical ideas to consider as you learn about orgasm, pursuing pleasure and increased intimacy in your marriage. Listen in and be encouraged as you consider TEN IDEAS and FOUR STEPS to enhance your approach to pleasure in your marriage bed.

Mentioned in this episode:

Dr. Jennifer Degler, CWIVES (Christian Wives Initiating Valuing Enjoying Sex)

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Ep. 111 Your Wonderful Female Body - Orgasm Pt. 1

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Ep. 92 Pleasure Series Pt. 1 - Reclaiming Your Orgasmic Potential

Ep.93 Pleasure Series Pt. 2 - Female Anatomy, Orgasm 101 and Guiding Your Husband to Your Pleasure with Dr. Jennifer Degler

Ep. 94 Pleasure Series Pt. 3 - Your Orgasm Questions with Dr. Jennifer Degler

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Come along with me and let's bring the truth of God into your home through the gift of music as we prayerfully prepare to launch Heaven in Your Home Family Music.

In this episode you'll hear how a little rap based on 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 became a seed not only to plant truth in the hearts of my children, but one planted to bring my talented friend and musician Kathryn Brummer alongside to write beautiful songs based on teaching truths.

The catchiness of the rap caught on and all of my kids not only sing it while we're in the kitchen or in the car, but that rap launched us into countless deeper conversations about the significance of God's design, His heart for us, and His amazing plan for how we live in our bodies as male and female.

We want to see that happen for families all over the world. We want to see the life-shaping power of music, combined with truth filled theology, form our kids' worldviews and shift the culture of our homes from the inside out.

We want to invite you to join us in launching a music platform, Heaven in Your Home Family Music, offering families a foundation-building space to celebrate God's wonderful design and truth through song.

We are prayerfully partnering with a producer and studio to bring the music to life THIS MONTH. Won't you partner with us to make this happen.

Partner with Heaven in Your Home Family Music, click here.

Mentioned in this episode:

Everybody Has a Body: God Made Boys and Girls, by Monica Ashour

Before The Sex Talk: A Theology of the Body Approach for Parents and Mentors, by Linda Beth Noble and Linda Marie Stewart

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Body Talks with Kids Episode 99: Celebrating the Body, Celebrating God

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Orgasms are a gift created, formed and given straight from the heart of God. This sweet gift will bless your marriage, will bless your interaction with your husband and will give you a glimpse of the pleasure and the wonder that we'll have for eternity with God, where you are lost in wonder and lost in love.

In this episode you will learn more about orgasms, including types of orgasm and the intention of orgasm. In addition to the practicals, you will be given a little bit of vision for thinking about orgasm and realizing that it is not the highest goal of our sexual intimacy, but it is an incredible and holy gift that you are worthy of experiencing.

This teaching is packed with detail and insight. Be equipped and be encouraged as you continue to educate yourself on your wonderful female body.

Mentioned in this episode:

Episode 38, How I Pray About My Sex Life

Restoring the Pleasure, Clifford Penner and Joyce Penner

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The holy pursuit of your female sexuality often involves a healing journey. As you ditch the shame and wounded parts, unpack your story and begin to live as a fully integrated woman, the fruit of freedom is experienced.

In this episode, you will hear more of the wonderful ways God has made your female body and hopefully see the goodness of God as you lean into more oneness in your marriage.

Reframe unhelpful notions of transactional, duty or climax-focused sex and learn the incredible benefits of slow, intentional love making. You will hear practicals for making the most of sexual arousal to pursue incredible pleasure and experience extended initimacy.

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Your body and your sexuality were designed by God and He called you good. As we continue this educational and celebratory series on your wonderful female body, today we are leaning in to better understand the female sexual response cycle, which starts with sexual desire.

This may require a bit of awareness as you continue to recognize ways you can live more integrated. Growth requires intentionality, so in this episode we are intentionally focusing on sexual desire so that we might become more aligned with God.

In this episode you will be encouraged and equipped, on both spiritual and practical levels, to understand and become aware of desire.

Mentioned in this episode:

Episode 73, Growing Your Sexual Desire - Barriers

Episode 74, Growing Your Sexual Desire - Brains

Episode 75, Growing Your Sexual Desire - Beliefs

Episode 76, Growing Your Sexual Desire - Body

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Sex is a gift from God, given to you with intention and purpose. We're continuing in the summer series, educating ourselves on our body so that we can live in a more celebratory tone when it comes to how we think about our bodies, our femininity and our sexuality.

Common views of sex are are often achored in the cultural assumption that sex = erection, entry, thrusting, ejeculation, resolution. Sex is a much more beautiful, layered and fruitful experience. And, the female body is created with incredible responses to complement the male response.

In this episode we will begin to unpack what your female body needs and what a more integrated connection between the brain and the body looks like for women. Women need engagement, time, stimulation and connection between the body and the brain.

Learn to become more aware of what is happening in your body, and tune in and pay attention to the way your body responds in desire, arousal, climax and resolution. This awareness leads to insight on how to wake up to your body and build more intimacy in your marriage.

Friend, let's lean in and understand your wonderful female body and celebrate what God called good.

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Did you know your body was knit together with about 10 erogenous zones? Wow! Learn more about the possibility for pleasure with your husband and be encouraged as this episode educates and celebrates your wonderful female body, which includes erogenous zones.

In this summer series we are learning to celebrate our bodies. Let's not just see sex as a duty, something on our to-do list, or a place of shame. Rather, let's learn about how our body works and how God created our body with purpose and intention.

This series is for HOLY WOW as you learn more about your good body. We are celebrating erogenous zones.

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