GoodGuys2GreatMen Video Podcast

How to Get the Happy, Sexual Relationship You Want

Dan Dore & Steve Horsmon • 5m 9s • 17 February 2018

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How to Get the Happy, Sexual Relationship You Want
Video overview: If you want a happier, more sexual relationship, your first instinct may be to fix the relationship or figure out how to fix your wife. This video cuts through that mistake and points you back to the only place real change starts — becoming a calm, clear-headed, decisive man who can lead himself.

Most men want a happier, more sexual relationship.

They want more affection. More warmth. More playfulness. More desire. More of that feeling that their wife or girlfriend actually wants to be close to them, not just live beside them, manage the house with them, or tolerate another evening of quiet distance.

And when that’s missing, a man usually tries to fix it.

He tries to fix the relationship. He tries to fix the communication. He tries to fix the sex problem. He tries to fix her mood, her stress, her lack of desire, her resentment, her guardedness, or her coldness.

He starts looking for the right thing to say. The right apology. The right plan. The right date night. The right explanation that will finally make her understand how much this is hurting him.

I get why men do this.

When something hurts, we want to solve it. When the relationship feels broken, we look for the broken part. And if she is the one pulling away, saying no, acting distant, or seeming uninterested in sex, it can look like she is the obvious place to focus.

But this video is about a truth most men don’t want to hear at first.

The secret to having the happy, sexual relationship you want is not fixing her.

It’s not even fixing the relationship.

It’s becoming the kind of man who can create the conditions for connection, trust, attraction, and intimacy without needing a guaranteed outcome from her first.

That is job number one.

Not because she has no responsibility. Not because your needs don’t matter. Not because you’re supposed to accept a cold, sexless, affectionless relationship forever and call it personal growth.

That’s not what I’m saying.

I’m saying your power does not live in trying to manage, pressure, persuade, analyse, or repair another person into wanting you.

Your power lives in becoming calm, confident, decisive, clear-headed, outcome independent, and self-reliant.

That is where everything starts.

A man who is not calm brings pressure into the relationship. He may call it love, concern, effort, or trying, but she often feels his anxiety underneath it. She feels his need for reassurance. She feels his fear of rejection. She feels that every conversation about sex, affection, or connection has a hidden demand inside it.

A man who is not decisive becomes hard to trust. He waits for her mood to decide who he is going to be. He changes his behaviour based on whether she is warm or cold. He overthinks, hesitates, avoids, and then quietly resents her for not making him feel more certain.

A man who is not self-reliant asks the relationship to carry too much weight. He needs her affection to feel valuable. He needs sex to prove he is wanted. He needs her approval to feel like a good man.

That is too much pressure for love to hold.

And it usually kills the very desire he wants to create.

Self-reliance does not mean you don’t care. It does not mean you become cold, detached, or pretend you don’t want sex, affection, romance, and real intimacy.

Of course you want those things.

You’re a man. You’re human. You want to feel wanted, loved, chosen, touched, appreciated, and respected.

There is nothing wrong with that.

But there is a big difference between wanting those things and needing them in order to feel okay about yourself.

That difference changes everything.

A confident man can want his woman deeply without making her responsible for his self-worth. He can ask for what he wants without begging. He can hear no without becoming wounded, punishing, or small. He can care about the relationship without turning every difficult moment into proof that he is failing.

That kind of man has influence.

Not control.

Influence.

He influences the emotional tone because he is not constantly reacting. He influences trust because he can handle discomfort. He influences attraction because he is not chasing validation. He influences intimacy because he creates less pressure and more room for truth, play, and real connection.

This is why nothing else works until you make this your foundation.

You can learn better communication tools. You can plan better dates. You can read books, watch videos, go to counselling, talk about love languages, and try to be more helpful around the house.

Some of that may be useful.

But if underneath all of it you are still saying, “Please make me feel like a man,” she will feel it.

And it won’t feel attractive.

The work is to become the man first.

The man who knows who he is. The man who can lead himself when she is distant. The man who can stay open without becoming needy. The man who can be loving without bargaining for sex. The man who can be honest without making every truth a complaint.

That is not easy.

But it is simple.

Job number one is you.

Your mindset. Your emotional state. Your choices. Your direction. Your self-respect. Your ability to stand steady whether she gives you the response you want today or not.

When you start there, you stop leaking desperation into the relationship. You stop trying to fix her so you can finally feel okay. You stop making the relationship the only place where your confidence gets decided.

And then something changes.

You become lighter. Stronger. More attractive. More trustworthy. More alive.

Will that guarantee the happy, sexual relationship you want?

No. I won’t promise you that.

But trying to fix her won’t create it. Trying to negotiate desire won’t create it. Trying to earn sex by being useful, agreeable, or endlessly patient won’t create it either.

The best chance you have starts with becoming a man who can lead himself.

That’s job number one.

And brother, everything else comes after that.

Start with the man in the mirror

If you’ve been trying to fix her, fix the sex, or fix the relationship while losing your own confidence, it may be time to change the starting point. We can help you become calmer, clearer, more decisive, and more self-reliant in the moments that matter most.

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About the Hosts

Steve Horsmon & Dan Dore | Certified Professional Men’s Coach

Steve Horsmon and Dan Dore have spent over a decade supporting good men who are confused, frustrated, and afraid that their marriages and families are falling apart with no idea what to do about it. We've both experienced the same emotions that you're going through now. We know what it feels like to try all the mainstream try harder, be nicer advice while watching things continue to get worse. And that's exactly why Goodguys2Greatmen exists. Since 2012, we've coached thousands of men through some of the hardest periods of their lives; marriage breakdown, emotional distance, sexless relationships, fears of divorce or separation. We focus on practical solutions to help you survive some of the most challenging and painful experiences that a man can go through. This podcast is for men who are done waiting for their life and relationships to improve and are ready to make some bold decisions so that you become more calm and confident and start moving toward what you really want.