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Low Self Confidence From Unsatisfactory Sex Life?

Dan Dore & Steve Horsmon • 3m 22s • 27 January 2023

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Low Self Confidence From Unsatisfactory Sex Life?
Video overview: If your sex life has left you feeling unloved, unconfident, and miserable, it’s easy to believe your wife’s desire is the measure of your worth. This video is about getting your mojo back by turning that whole equation around, so your confidence starts coming from inside you again.

When your sex life feels empty, it can take a bite out of your whole sense of wellbeing.

It doesn’t just stay in the bedroom. It follows you into your mood, your confidence, your work, your sleep, your energy, and the way you see yourself as a man.

You may start the day fine, then one small moment with your wife knocks you sideways. She doesn’t touch you. She doesn’t kiss you back. She changes the subject. She goes to bed early. She seems perfectly okay with the lack of sex while you’re quietly dying inside.

That can make a man feel unloved.

It can make him feel unwanted, unattractive, unimportant, and foolish for still desiring the woman he married. And after a while, it can start to feel like your whole mojo has been drained out of you.

You don’t walk the same. You don’t speak the same. You don’t flirt the same. You don’t feel that little spark of confidence in your chest that says, “I’m good. I’ve got this. I like who I am.”

Instead, you start measuring yourself by her response.

If she wants you, you feel like a man. If she doesn’t, you feel like crap.

That’s the part we have to look at honestly.

Most men measure their mojo backwards. They wait for their wife’s affection, attraction, praise, or sexual interest to tell them they’re okay. They wait for her to give them the signal that they are desirable, valuable, and still worthy of confidence.

But that makes your wife the manager of your self-worth.

And brother, that is a terrible job to hand to any woman.

She may love you. She may care about you. She may even want the marriage to feel better. But she cannot be the source of your masculine confidence. She cannot be responsible for whether you feel like a strong, grounded, self-respecting man today.

That part has to come from you.

I know that sounds simple, but it’s not easy when you’ve been living in a sexless or low-sex marriage for a long time. Rejection piles up. Silence piles up. The conversations that went nowhere pile up. The nights you hoped something might happen and nothing did pile up.

After a while, you stop just feeling rejected.

You start becoming rejected.

You carry it in your body. You become cautious. You become tense. You become too careful, too needy, too resentful, or too quiet. You stop bringing playful masculine energy into the room because you’re afraid she’ll shut it down again.

And then the very confidence that could help change the atmosphere begins to disappear.

That’s the wrong way round.

Your mojo cannot depend on whether she is in the mood tonight. Your confidence cannot rise and fall with every kiss, every look, every yes, every no, every cold shoulder, or every warm moment.

If it does, you will live like a man waiting for permission.

Waiting for permission to feel good.

Waiting for permission to be playful.

Waiting for permission to stand tall.

Waiting for permission to believe in himself again.

That is no way to live.

This video is about changing that equation. It’s about understanding that your confidence has to become the cause, not the result. You don’t wait until your wife desires you before you start becoming a man you respect. You become a man you respect, and from that place you give desire a better chance to grow.

That doesn’t mean you pretend the sexless marriage doesn’t hurt.

It does hurt.

It also doesn’t mean you become cold, dismissive, or act like you don’t care about intimacy. Of course you care. A loving, passionate, affectionate marriage matters. Wanting sex with your wife is not shameful. Wanting to feel wanted is not wrong.

The problem starts when you make her desire the scoreboard for your entire wellbeing.

Then every rejection becomes evidence against you. Every quiet night becomes a verdict. Every lack of affection becomes proof that you’re not enough.

And once you believe that, you start showing up from pain instead of power.

You may complain. You may withdraw. You may over-explain. You may become overly nice, hoping it leads somewhere. You may make little comments. You may stop taking care of yourself. You may slowly become a man who feels smaller in his own home.

That is where the inside game matters.

Your inside game is the part of you that knows who you are before your wife responds. It’s the part of you that can feel disappointment without collapsing. It’s the part of you that can want more intimacy without becoming needy, bitter, or ashamed.

That’s what we help men build.

Because when a man starts taking his self-worth back, his whole presence changes. He stops asking his wife, silently or openly, “Am I okay yet?” He stops making every interaction heavy. He stops trying to get sex as proof that he still matters.

He becomes lighter.

Stronger.

More grounded.

More playful.

And yes, that is where mojo starts coming back.

Not because he found a trick. Not because he learned the perfect line. Not because he finally convinced his wife to validate him.

Because he started validating himself through the way he lives, speaks, moves, leads, and takes care of his own life.

He gets his body back. His friendships back. His humor back. His standards back. His sense of purpose back. His willingness to be bold without needing a guaranteed response.

That is attractive.

But more than that, it feels good to him.

And that’s the point I want you to really hear. This work is not only about getting your wife to want you again. It’s about becoming a man who feels good being himself again, regardless of how complicated the marriage feels right now.

From that place, you can lead much better.

You can talk about intimacy without sounding desperate. You can flirt without demanding. You can be honest without blaming. You can handle rejection without turning it into a story about your worth.

That is the kind of confidence a man can build.

And when he builds it, his swagger returns in a way that doesn’t depend on anyone handing it to him.

Get your mojo back from the inside

If your sex life has left you feeling unloved, unconfident, or miserable, you don’t have to keep measuring yourself by her desire. We can help you rebuild the calm confidence, self-respect, and masculine strength that makes you feel like yourself again.

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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.