#1 Apr 30, 25

Beyond the Bedroom: Building Emotional Intimacy in Marriage

Discover why intimacy starts outside the bedroom. Kevin, Blaine and Adrienne welcome Dr. Barbara Wilson to unpack how trust, respect, and vulnerability shape connection and lasting love.

Discover why intimacy starts outside the bedroom. Kevin, Blaine and Adrienne welcome Dr. Barbara Wilson to unpack how trust, respect, and vulnerability shape connection and lasting love.

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You don’t have to lead alone. Thrive Leaders NorCal | April 30–May 1: Two days to grow in clarity, courage, and calling.

Creators and Guests

Host

Adrienne Neufeld

Adrienne Neufeld is a comedian who turns the chaos of parenting, marriage, and everyday life into laugh-out-loud comedy. She also co-hosts the Change the Odds podcast, bringing humor, honesty, and heart to conversations about faith, life, and relationships.

Host

Blaine Neufeld

Host

Kevin Thompson

Kevin A. Thompson is a husband, father, and Married Life Pastor at Bayside Church in the Greater Sacramento Region. The author of multiple books, including, Friends, Partners & Lovers and Fearless Families. Kevin is passionate about seeing families thrive. Originally from Arkansas, Kevin has been a frequent guest on Focus on the Family, Family Life, and featured in the New York Times. He writes at kevinathompson.com and changetheodds.com. He and his wife, Jenny, along with their two children reside in Auburn, CA.

Guest

Dr. Barbara Wilson

Dr. Barbara Wilson is an author, Doctor of clinical psychology and the founder of Freedom Bound Communications, an organization that brings healing and hope to those with a sexual past. She speaks internationally to youth and adults with her message of sexual bonding and healing. Released from a past of her own, Barbara combines neuroscience and psychology, with her own story of healing to explain what sexual bonding is and how to move freely into your future in her books, The Invisible Bond: How to Break Free From Your Sexual Past and Kiss Me Again; Restoring Lost Intimacy In Marriage. Barbara has a group study called Free, Finding Healing and Freedom from your Past, available in women’s, men’s and young women versions, that is being used locally and nationally to walk men and women through an empirically-based, trauma-focused approach for healing from past abuse, sexual trauma and destructive relationships. Barbara and her husband have been married over 30 years.