Improving Intimacy
Honest conversations about the taboos we don’t talk about at church — a podcast, a course, and a community where real questions get clinically accurate, compassionate answers.
The podcast
The Improving Intimacy in Latter-day Saint Relationships podcast helps single and married people strengthen their most important connections — tackling sexuality, desire, shame, and faith with clarity and warmth. Episodes blend clinical insight with real stories, including the questions listeners are too afraid to ask anywhere else.
Listen: Spotify · Amazon Music · RSS feed (any podcast app) · Pocket Casts · Podcast Addict. Episode pages: Sarah Chapman, Mike Frazier, Kari Ferguson, Hope Orr, Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife Q&A, Book Club, Leanne, Part 1 and Part 2.
The course
A self-paced online course that moves you from the “mechanics” of communication to genuinely deeper connection — ten weekly modules with daily Growth Opportunity exercises of 20–30 minutes. Built for individuals: married, dating, divorced, or single, and it doesn’t require your partner’s participation to begin working. Because relationship problems aren’t created in relationships — they’re discovered there.
“In just a few weeks you have changed that cycle in our marriage… we have moved from managing our relationship to connecting and healing.”
— C.M. & M.M., course participants
The community
The Improving Intimacy in Latter-day Saint Relationships community is a private, moderated Facebook group where thousands of members ask anonymous questions, share experiences, and get guidance grounded in both compassion and clinical accuracy. All views along the faith spectrum are welcome — the group’s mission is to enhance wisdom and understanding around sexual health, desire, and intimacy while reducing shame.
Stream Right Here • 22 Hosted Episodes & 14 Guest Interviews
Start Here: Intro to the Improving Intimacy Podcast
Listen to Daniel’s introduction to the Improving Intimacy podcast right in your browser, or browse the complete, searchable archive of all 22 hosted podcast episodes, 14 guest podcast interviews, and 13 clinical video vlogs.
Most-Shared Clinical Episodes
- Overcoming Physical Limitations With Your Partner (S1 Ep. 4)
- Mixing Faith and Sex in a Marriage Relationship (S1 Ep. 5)
- Getting Away From Duty Sex Back to Connection (S1 Ep. 10)
- Emotional Homeostasis: Why Good People Stay Stuck
- Self-Care Is Relationship Care & Assuming the Best
Published Clinical Volume & Course Foundation
The Book: Divine Sexuality: Keeping Sex Sacred Derived from the Wisdom of God
Daniel A. Burgess’s book Divine Sexuality explores how sacredness, agency, emotional maturity, and sexual wholeness belong together—free from fear-based taboos and shame. Read the companion essays on the blog or work through the step-by-step clinical framework inside Improving Intimacy: The Course.
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