From Wrecked to Restored: Lessons from a First Responder with Dan Defenbaugh   
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From Wrecked to Restored: Lessons from a First Responder with Dan Defenbaugh   

Who helps the first responders who help us? Who do they call when they’re in pain? In increasing numbers, they’re calling The 10-42 Project, a nonprofit founded by this week’s podcast guest and former first responder Dan Defenbaugh.  Please don’t skip by this episode thinking, “I don’t know any first responders.” This week’s podcast is…

Navigating Life’s Trials with Gary Thomas
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Navigating Life’s Trials with Gary Thomas

After one hundred and twenty straight book rejections, this week’s podcast guest Gary Thomas landed the book deal he spent eight years working toward. You might have heard of the book—it’s a little title that’s sold more than one million copies, Sacred Marriage.   This week Gary unpacks the personal realities that led to the…

The Power of Believing the Best in Your Spouse  
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The Power of Believing the Best in Your Spouse  

What are the happiest couples doing differently than the rest of us?  On this week’s podcast, Jeff and I take a look at perhaps the single-most important secret we’ve learned from the happiest couples in our research. It’s giving your spouse the benefit of the doubt—even when we’re legitimately hurt.  Because we all get hurt,…

Husband Seem to Take Criticism (and Why Does He Shut Down

Why Can’t My Husband Seem to Take Criticism (and Why Does He Shut Down?) 

“Why does my husband seem so ‘fragile’?”  The words hung there on the jumbo screens during a live, interactive segment of a marriage conference I led with Jeff last year. Other audience members typed similar anonymous questions, which popped up onto the screen in real-time:   The audience skewed pretty young (probably 90% were in their…