Relationship Prescriptions with Dr. Carol

Feb 04 2025 418 ep. 31 mins 11
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Relationship Prescriptions with Dr. Carol is a weekly podcast dedicated to helping men, women, and couples experience good health, loving relationships and joyful spirituality that Jesus came to bring.

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Your Marriage, Your Story: The Good, the Bad, and the Transformative

Feb 04 2025 38 mins  
Neither you nor your spouse entered marriage as a blank slate. Most married people don't realize the extent to which the past experiences of both you and your spouse, especially trauma, form the foundation of most of the conflict between you. Dr. Carol talks with Dr. Steve Call, clinical psychologist, author, and graduate professor at the Allender Center, about dealing with the ro

Overcoming Contradictions Between What You "Know" and What You Feel About Love, God, Intimacy, and Sex

Jan 27 2025 49 mins  
Do you feel loved? Do you feel loved by God? We are all born looking for love - to be safely attached, seen, and cared for. Our early stories usually mess that up. And for Christians, that usually leads to disruptions between what we "know" about God and our emotional connection with Him. Michael John Cusick, licensed professional counselor, spiritual director, and professor, join

Reclaiming Your Power: Steps to Healing from Sexual Harm

Jan 20 2025 29 mins  
Dr. Carol believes, as many experts do, that it's a rare person indeed who has not experienced some form of sexual harm, whether obvious and severe, or more subtle and "normalized." You didn't wake up one day and decide to have sexual "issues," and behind your "issues" is almost always some dimension of experiencing sexual harm. In this episode Dr. Carol discusses different catego

What Role Does Porn Play in Your Christian Marriage?

Jan 13 2025 29 mins  
"It's not playing any role!" I hope that's true, but chances are good that porn is affecting your Christian marriage. Approximately 2/3 of Christian men and 1/3 of Christian women admit to a struggle with porn. That statistic holds even when that Christian man or woman gets married. And the impact of porn usually continues long after the actual porn use stops. This episode looks

The State of Sex, Love, and Relationships in 2025

Jan 06 2025 29 mins  
What's the current state of affairs when it comes to sex and sexuality - in culture, in the Christian church, in your life? Dr. Carol shares a few statistics - some hopeful, and some very sobering, and then quickly moves to exploring your sexual story which may include the good, the bad, and the ugly. You'll also hear about what it looks like to invite Jesus right into the middle

New Spicy Season: Intimacy, Sexuality and Relationships in 2025

Jan 01 2025 3 mins  
It's getting hot in here! In this short teaser you'll get a taste of what's coming up in a brand new season for Relationship Prescriptions. We're getting "deep in the weeds" in hot topics around intimacy, sexuality, and relationships. Topics such as sexual trauma, porn and marriage, spiritual abuse, intimacy in marriage, same-sex attraction, and more. Make sure you're subscribed t

How Will You End 2024?

Dec 28 2024 7 mins  
In this raw unproduced non-episode episode, Dr. Carol shares a quick word from her heart about coming to the end of 2024. Right now, come check out ARISE: A Place of Transformation, and be part of making this beautiful place a reality for people to experience lasting transformation through Dr. Carol Ministries intensives. Or you may wish to purchase an item from our Amazon Wish L

A Christmas Eve Special: Some of My Favorite Things

Dec 23 2024 11 mins  
Christmas can be a season of wonder, hope, and joy. However, it can also be a very difficult season for many. Often it's both good - and hard. Dr. Carol shares a few of her favorite things at Christmas, and how these objects signify aspects of what Christmas means. Perhaps this will help you think of your own favorite things this Christmas. All of us at Dr. Carol Ministries pray

A Fresh Perspective on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

Dec 16 2024 30 mins  
A Christmas Carol, the classic story by Charles Dickens, has been made into several movies and told in countless ways for generations. However, is it possible that this holiday story of Ebeneezer Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come might have meaning to your own life story? In this special Christmas episode Dr. Carol talks with best-selling author and

Can Biblical Friendships Be the Cure to Loneliness?

Dec 09 2024 43 mins  
Christians have the best answer to the epidemic of loneliness in our culture. As articulated by the US Surgeon General, being disconnected has life-damaging consequences. But too many in the body of Christ are neither experiencing nor offering the kind of friendship Christians are uniquely equipped to provide. Dr. Carol's guest on this episode is author and podcaster Rebecca McLau