Summary: <p><em>"I always thought that if I did everything the way God told us to, then I would be blessed, I would be happy and I would have a good marriage. That was decidedly not the case."</em> Well-meaning parents and youth pastors promised marital bliss if you could only make it to the altar as a virgin. For many, the promise didn't deliver. In this episode, Juli brings truth and compassion to the imperfect purity message of the 90s. </p> <p>Mentioned in this episode:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.authenticintimacy.com/rethinking"><em>Rethinking Sexuality</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://shop.authenticintimacy.com/collections/books/products/surprised-by-the-healer"><em>Surprised By the Healer</em></a></li> </ul>
