Additional Resources on Discipling the Next Generation

Welcome to Authentic Intimacy, a ministry that helps people make sense of God and sex.

 

On this page, we have given you access to several Java with Juli podcast episodes, hosted by Dr. Juli Slattery. These conversations address some of the most pressing questions you may be facing in discipling your children or teens in their sexuality.

Click here to find more resources to help you navigate sexual questions you might be struggling with in marriage, sexual sin, or your own healing journey.

Podcasts In This Collection:

How To Have Honest Conversations With Your Kids About Sex

Gen Z and Gender Identity

Teaching Our Kids a Biblical Worldview of Sexuality

Hey Momma! Learn How To Share the “Birds & Bees” with Your Littles

How To Have Mini and Many Conversations About Sexuality With Your Kids

When Your Child Struggles with Gender

Masturbation: The No. 1 Question You’re Asking Us!

“Show It Off” or “Cover It Up”: Messages That Shape Our Body Images

#380: How To Have Honest Conversations With Your Kids About Sex

How do you create an environment in your home where your kids feel OK talking about sex? When they struggle, how do you protect their privacy and still get support from other parents? And how do you share your own brokenness with them as you begin to have real conversations?

This parenting thing isn’t easy. We want to help. Grab your Java and join Juli and her guests Jonathan Daugherty and John Fort — two dads who have walked this road, are walking it now, and want to share what God (and their children) have taught them along the way.

Guests: Jonathan Daugherty and John Fort from Be Broken Ministries

 

#326: Gen Z and Gender Identity

Few ideas have changed more rapidly than the way our culture perceives gender.  The idea that you can choose your gender (some cite more than 50 options) can feel downright crazy-making for the average Christian parent—but being dismissive of Gen Z’s refusal to be put in a male or female box isn’t going to help YOUR child navigate all those choices. How do you respond when your child is struggling with gender identity? In this episode, Juli is joined by friends from Axis.org to help you understand how Gen Z perceives gender, and how to walk alongside a young person you love who is struggling.

Guests: David Eaton & Evan Barber from AXIS*

 

#335: Teaching Our Kids a Biblical Worldview of Sexuality

We used to say, “If you don’t talk to your kids about sex, someone else will.” These days, there is no more “if” about it! Whether it’s a movie, social media, or a friend at school, you can count on something or someone else talking to your kids about sex. How can you join the conversation? In this episode, Juli sits down with Sean McDowell to talk about helping your kids develop their worldview on sexuality—both in the opportunities you create and in the opportunities born out of everyday life and parenting.

Guest: Dr. Sean McDowell

 

#361: Hey Momma! Learn How To Share the “Birds & Bees” with Your Littles

We know. It’s hard to imagine talking to your sweet three or four-year-old about sex. And here’s the thing: you don’t have to. What you can, nay, should do is have age-appropriate conversations about body parts, boys and girls, and how you see God’s design in nature in things like seeds and eggs. These small, everyday conversations lay an important foundation for bigger conversations later on.  You’ve got this, Momma! You don’t need to be afraid to share God’s design for sexuality with your young children. We’re here to help – grab your Java and join us!

Guest: Megan Michelson, Birds & Bees

 

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#460 How To Have Mini and Many Conversations About Sexuality With Your Kids

How do you talk to young kids about sex? Keep conversations small and have them often. Justin and Lindsey Holcomb are back to share insights on talking to your kids about their bodies, God’s design for sexuality, and the boundaries of healthy touch.

Guests: Justin and Lindsey Holcomb

 

#159: When Your Child Struggles With Gender

If your child is making choices you don’t agree with, this episode is for you! Juli sits down with a mother who recognized her daughter’s gender confusion early on. Despite many prayers and conversations, her daughter now leads a homosexual lifestyle, but they have found ways to bridge their differences for the sake of their relationship. Have you struggled with balancing truth and love when your child’s choices go against what you taught them? Grab your coffee and pull up a chair. You’ll find truth and wisdom on this Java with Juli.

Guests: Lori Wildenberg & Courtney Wildenberg

 

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#407: Masturbation: The No. 1 Question You’re Asking Us!

There’s more to the masturbation conversation than simply “right” or “wrong.” Could masturbation be an issue of spiritual maturity for some of us—whether we’re married or single? Can it be used in a healthy way in marriage? Join us to have your thinking challenged!

Co-host: Hannah Nitz

 

#381: “Show It Off” or “Cover It Up”: Messages That Shape Our Body Image

What messages have you been told about your body and your sexuality?

At the coffee shop with Juli are two friends; join these women from different cultures for a candid conversation about what they were told and believed about their sexuality. Their stories are unique, but they share a common thread: the messages were powerful and confusing. Listen in to hear how God brings redemption to their lives to walk free from body shame.

Guests: Danisa Suarez, LPC, MA and Dawn Jones, LPC, MA

 

 

The episodes you are listening to here are part of the Java with Juli member archive. Java with Juli is a weekly podcast and outreach of Authentic Intimacy, a ministry dedicated to helping people make sense of God and sex. The podcast covers a variety of topics including, betrayal and affair recovery, addictions and freedom from sin, marriage, sex in marriage, discipling the next generation, and singleness, and with an archive of almost 500 episodes, there is something to minister to you no matter the journey you are on. If you’d like to find out more about becoming a member and the member archive, click here.