Your Goals Don't Have To Match - How Couples Can Win Together In 2026 | Ep. 336

Ready to conquer 2026 with your partner? In this powerful episode of Married Into Crazy, hosts Snooks and Lovvy tackle one of the biggest relationship challenges couples face during New Year planning: Do your goals need to be perfectly aligned with your spouse's? After 29 years of marriage (and surviving near-death experiences, a divorce request, and countless goal mismatches), these certified Gottman relationship coaches reveal the truth: You don't rise to the level of your goals—you fall to the level of your systems.

What You'll Learn: 

✅ Why goal alignment is overrated – and what actually matters for relationship success 

✅ The "Harris Intercept" method – a Venn diagram approach to identifying shared priorities vs. individual pursuits

✅ How to support different goals without resentment, shame, or feeling left out 

✅ The accountability framework that prevents conflict when one partner falls off track 

✅ Real talk about fitness, business, and personal goals – when Snooks wants pizza and Lovvy's doing 75 Hard 

✅ The C.R.A.Z.Y. framework – Five pillars that saved their marriage (Compassionate, Real, Accountable, Zealous, Yielding) 

Episode Highlights: 03:44 – The stabbing story: How Lovvy survived a near-fatal attack by Snooks's ex just 5 days after getting engaged 13:16 – Do couples really need the same goals? The debate begins 17:00 – The "Harris Intercept": A game-changing tool for negotiating priorities 22:00 – When one partner is eating pizza and the other is on 75 Hard: Real-world goal conflicts 28:29 – James Clear's wisdom: "You fall to the level of your systems, not rise to your goals" 32:40 – Snooks gets vulnerable: Learning to be compassionate, real, and yielding in marriage Whether you're a singlepreneur, couplepreneur, or marriedpreneur, this episode offers actionable strategies to make 2026 your best year yet—together or individually (but still connected!). 

Resources Mentioned: Atomic Habits by James Clear – The book that transformed their approach to goals Married Into Crazy Winter Ball & Marriage Conference – February 6-7, 2026 (tickets at marriedintocrazy.com) Gottman Method Couples Therapy – The framework Snooks & Lovvy use in their coaching OL and Sway Interview – Episode on singlepreneurs, couplepreneurs, and marriedpreneurs 

Shoutouts: 🎤 Joel Kibble (10-time Grammy winner from Take 6) – Speaking at the Winter Ball 📻 Lady Charmaine (97.5 KDEE Sacramento) – Upcoming interview on January 8th 

💍 Anniversary Shoutouts: Cloyce & Sheila Dickerson (Jan 1), Terrence & Davina Hansford (10 years!), Dominic & Malik Mullins (Jan 6) 

Connect with Married Into Crazy: 🌐 Website: www.marriedintocrazy.com 📧 Email: [e-mail]

📱 App: Download the Married Into Crazy app for exclusive coaching content (including "Raise the BAR" curriculum) 

🎟️ Event Tickets: Married Into Crazy Winter Ball & Marriage Conference – February 6-7, 2026