Have you ever wished your marriage was just … easier? No retreating to corners, feeling like roommates, or feeling like your relationship orbits around your kids’ lives? We cover all this ground and more on the I Wish You Could Hear This podcast with Arlene Pellicane this week. The author of Making Marriage Easier, Arlene…
Expectations are appropriate in marriage, right? Things should be a certain way. We stepped on a landmine and we’re not even three sentences into the blog. Should. What if our “shoulds” are leading to unnecessary unhappiness? More to the point, what if we have expectations of our spouse that they are just not wired to…
Oh, to be newlyweds again. (And all the long-marrieds just collectively sighed a happy sigh.) The early years are exciting years! Full of planning, promise, and … pitfalls. Didn’t see that last one coming, did you? Googly-eyed at the altar, many young married couples don’t either. In this article and the next one we’re going…
What if everything had to die so your marriage could live? Like, literally your house burned down, your career crashed down, and your finances broke down. But your marriage made it. This is the story of this week’s podcast guests, our friends Montell and Kristin Jordan. Some of you are remembering the 90s R&B hit…
Why does so much conflict happen in our marriages? Jeff and I have found one very important answer. Decades of statistically valid, nationally representative research has revealed one of the main reasons for hurt feelings, withdrawal, anger, and the guest bedroom looking like a much better place to sleep. Are you ready for it? Without…
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…
