48 - From Dead Bedroom Roommate to Connection, Passion, & Intimacy: How Mac McKey Saved His Marriage

Masculine Containment · Aug 27, 2026 · 51m · transcript

In this episode, Alex Charfen sits down with Mac McKey to explore what happens when a marriage slowly drifts into years of disconnection—and what it takes to rebuild it.

For more than a decade, Mac and his wife had become more like roommates than romantic partners. Although they had been married for 31 years, intimacy had nearly disappeared. Conflict could create weeks of disconnection, and despite trying therapy, books, and relationship advice, Mac still didn’t know how to change the pattern.

Then something shifted.

In this conversation, Mac shares how he approached his marriage with the…