GoodGuys2GreatMen Video Podcast

Three Traits of a Sexually Satisfied Man

Dan Dore & Steve Horsmon • 5m 55s • 2 November 2019

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Three Traits of a Sexually Satisfied Man
Video overview: If you want more sex, more affection, and more intimacy in your relationship, the first place to look may not be your wife’s desire. This video explains the three traits sexually satisfied men tend to build inside themselves — self-respect, deep confidence, and emotional mastery around their sexual desire.

A lot of men are quietly starving for more sexual connection in their relationship.

They don’t always say it that way. They may joke about it, complain about it, hint at it, get frustrated, withdraw, or act like it doesn’t bother them as much as it does.

But underneath all the coping and pretending, there’s often a very painful question.

Why doesn’t she want me?

That question can eat away at a man.

It can make him feel rejected, unattractive, unimportant, resentful, needy, ashamed, or angry. It can make him start measuring his value by how often she touches him, how warmly she looks at him, or whether she seems interested in sex.

And when that happens, sex stops being just sex.

It becomes proof.

Proof that he still matters. Proof that he’s still wanted. Proof that he’s still a man. Proof that the relationship isn’t dead.

That’s a terrible amount of pressure to put on sex, and it’s an even worse amount of pressure to put on your wife.

This video is not about blaming you for wanting sex. I don’t believe there’s anything wrong with your sexual desire. I don’t believe you need to be ashamed of wanting affection, closeness, passion, playfulness, and a real physical connection with the woman you love.

Your desire is not the problem.

The problem is what happens when your desire becomes emotionally unmanaged.

That’s where a lot of good men get into trouble.

They start chasing. They start sulking. They start negotiating. They start walking around the house with that heavy, disappointed energy she can feel from across the room. They may not say a word, but the message is still loud.

“I need you to make me feel okay.”

That’s not attractive.

And brother, I say that with love because I’ve seen it so many times. I’ve lived versions of it myself. A man can be successful, intelligent, hardworking, and respected everywhere else in life, then feel like a confused teenager when his wife doesn’t want him sexually.

That’s why this conversation matters.

Sexually satisfied men usually aren’t satisfied because their wives are perfectly available, perfectly affectionate, and perfectly turned on all the time. They’re satisfied because they carry themselves differently.

They have self-respect.

They know their masculine value does not disappear because one woman is tired, guarded, angry, distracted, or uninterested tonight. They don’t collapse into shame every time they feel rejected. They don’t pretend rejection feels good, but they also don’t let it define them.

That kind of self-respect changes everything.

It changes how you ask. It changes how you receive a no. It changes how you handle disappointment. It changes how much emotional weight you put on her response.

A man with self-respect doesn’t beg for scraps of affection.

He also doesn’t punish her for not giving him what he wants.

He stays connected to himself.

That leads to the second trait: real confidence.

Not confidence because you know the right technique. Not confidence because you read the right book, make good money, stay in shape, or know how to say clever things. I’m talking about confidence based on who you are.

That’s much deeper.

When a man knows who he is, what he stands for, what he wants, and how he chooses to live, he becomes much harder to knock off centre. His wife’s mood still matters to him, but it no longer controls him. Her desire still matters to him, but it no longer determines his worth.

That is the kind of masculine confidence women can relax around.

Not arrogance. Not dominance. Not performance.

Groundedness.

And then there’s the third trait: emotional mastery of your sexual nature and sexual desire.

This is where a lot of men misunderstand the work. Emotional mastery does not mean killing your desire. It does not mean becoming numb, passive, or pretending you don’t care about sex.

It means you stop letting your desire drive the bus.

You can want her without needing her. You can feel desire without becoming desperate. You can feel disappointment without turning it into resentment. You can be honest about your sexual needs without making her responsible for your entire emotional state.

That is maturity.

And maturity is attractive.

Most men were never taught this. You were probably taught to work hard, be useful, provide, solve problems, and keep pushing. Nobody sat you down when you were young and said, “Here’s how to stay emotionally strong when the woman you love doesn’t want you the way you want her.”

So you learned to analyse, react, blame, hide, or quietly suffer.

This video invites you into a different path.

It asks you to take full responsibility for how you’re thinking and behaving. Not because everything is your fault. Not because your wife has no part in the relationship. But because your power lives in your side of the street.

You can’t force desire.

You can’t argue your way into intimacy.

You can’t make a woman want to open sexually by needing her to rescue your confidence.

But you can become a man who respects himself deeply. You can become more secure in who you are. You can learn to hold your sexual desire with strength, honesty, humour, and maturity.

That’s where things begin to change.

Maybe your marriage changes. Maybe your sex life changes. Maybe your wife starts to feel something different from you because you are no longer leaking need, pressure, resentment, or insecurity into the room.

And no matter what happens, you change.

You stop living like your worth is being voted on every night in the bedroom. You stop making your wife the judge of your masculinity. You stop confusing sexual frustration with personal failure.

That’s the work we love doing with men.

Because when a man gets his inside game right, he becomes calmer, clearer, stronger, and much easier to trust. He becomes more attractive because he’s no longer trying so hard to be attractive.

He’s just being a man he respects.

And brother, that changes everything.

Build the confidence sex can’t give you

If your sex life has become a place where you feel rejected, needy, angry, or unsure of yourself, you don’t have to keep figuring it out alone. We’ll help you get grounded, rebuild your self-respect, and show up with the kind of calm confidence that changes how you feel in your relationship.

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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.