Episode 173: We Are Going to Make It! Part 1
Behind Our Smiles Marriage Podcast
Release Date: 01/14/2025
Behind Our Smiles Marriage Podcast
As Mother’s Day approaches, what kind of emotions come to the surface? Specifically, when you think of your mother, what do you hear her saying? The messages we hear as a child can often stay with us for life, especially if those messages were negative or hurtful. This week we’re sharing our emotions around Mother’s Day and the importance of replacing negative voices with God's truth. As Mother’s Day approaches, what kind of emotions come to the surface? Specifically, when you think of your mother, what do you hear her saying? ...
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What makes someone a good manager at work? As Joe stepped into a management role, we saw that some of the same tools that make for a good work manager can be just as helpful in context of marriage. This week we share the last three principles of managing your marriage well as a husband. To connect with us on social media: Email:
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What makes someone a good manager at work? As Joe stepped into a management role, we saw that some of the same tools that make for a good work manager can be just as helpful in context of marriage. Joe recently had an opportunity to share with a group of men at a local marriage conference about this topic. This week we share the first two principles of managing your marriage well as a husband. To connect with us on social media: Email:
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One of the most impactful types of “body language” that God has given husbands and wives is sexual intimacy. But like other areas of communication, sometimes our messages get lost in translation and cause disconnection. We’ve seen in our own story how our own relationship with physical touch and our past traumas can greatly affect our ability to give and receive physical love. This week we share how we learned to communicate our desires and our fears, and how we worked together to overcome those barriers to intimacy. To connect with us on social media: ...
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What is the message that your body language is sending to your spouse? The experts say that 70% of communication is non-verbal communication: facial expressions, gestures, body language. Just like our words, we can use our body language to build up or tear down. In this week’s episode we share how we use body language to pursue connection. To connect with us on social media: Email:
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It’s the game that drives you crazy! Both options seem so extreme but you have to pick one. Besides having a little fun, this game also helps us to learn about each other and what makes us tick. In this episode, we play a few rounds of Would You Rather and discovered what our answers reveal about what we each value. To connect with us on social media: Email:
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Dustin Lolli is the lead singer of Sanctus Real. Have you ever faced challenges in your marriage that didn’t make any sense, but they were still very, very real? Dustin is the lead singer of Sanctus Real and he and his wife Sarah make up the folk duo, This Way Home. They shared with us their love story and the hardships that they have had to walk through together, including financial struggles, depression, and near-constant moving. So much of their story, from how they met to Dustin joining Sanctus Real, didn’t always seem logical, but looking back, they can see...
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In recent times, smart phones have become the one thing that consumes most of our attention. Almost every thing and every person can be brushed aside when we hear any type of “ding” coming from our phones. How do we give our spouse our undivided attention with all the distraction that these devices bring? It can feel like an impossible task. This week we talk about how not to let our screens and devices pull us away from our husband or wife. To connect with us on social media: Email:
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Attention is one of the greatest gifts we can give another person due to the fact that it is such a limited resource. We all only have 24 hours in a day, and we all only have so much mental energy to share with another person. So many other people and things can demand our attention that it can leave our husband or wife feeling lonely. In this week’s episode we talk about how to steward our attention. To connect with us on social media: Email:
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Are you in a season where you feel completely overwhelmed? Or maybe several back-to-back seasons? Living in overwhelm can leave us drained and can put a strain on our marriage. In this episode we share ways to combat the overwhelm together and find refuge in the ROCK! O God, listen to my cry! Hear my prayer! From the ends of the earth, I cry to you for help when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the towering rock of safety, for you are my safe refuge, a fortress where my enemies cannot reach me. Let me live forever in your sanctuary, safe beneath the shelter...
info_outlineDo you remember a time you felt hopeless and weren’t sure you were going to make it? When your world seemed to be falling apart and you doubted if God would pull you through? In this episode we revisit a pre-marriage season of our life that shook our world and our relationship. And how God used those painful moments to bring us to where we are now!
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