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90. Being the Breadwinner Pt 2: How To Support Your Partner’s Dreams
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90. Being the Breadwinner Pt 2: How To Support Your Partner’s Dreams

Welcome back to our brand new series “Being the Breadwinner!”. In part 2 of this series, we’ll be addressing some relationship problems that can come up when you become the breadwinner of your family. This week, we’re going to talk about how to support your partner’s dreams.

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88. Spring Clean Your Relationship Pt. 4: Tell Me About Myself
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88. Spring Clean Your Relationship Pt. 4: Tell Me About Myself

Welcome to Part 4 of our latest series, Spring Clean Your Relationship! This week, we are asking our partners to tell us about ourselves. Hearing what your partner thinks of you is a crucial part of your relationship because your partner is your mirror. They are going to notice things about you that you don’t notice about yourself. And if you trust them, you’re going to want to listen to them. Because this can be a lesson you need to learn about yourself.

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87. Spring Clean Pt. 3: What are Your Plans For Next Month?
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87. Spring Clean Pt. 3: What are Your Plans For Next Month?

Welcome to Part 3 of our latest series, Spring Clean Your Relationship! This week, we are asking our partners the question: What are your plans for next month? We’re going to work on your short-term goals to see if you can do life with this person in the long term.

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86: Spring Clean Your Relationship Pt 2: Do Our Values Still Align?
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86: Spring Clean Your Relationship Pt 2: Do Our Values Still Align?

Welcome to Part 2 of our newest series, Spring Cleaning Your Relationship! This week, we are asking our partners the question: Do our values still align? Figuring out if your values are aligned will help you figure out if this is the person you want to continue to do life with.

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85: Spring Cleaning Your Relationship Pt. 1: Am I Still The One?
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85: Spring Cleaning Your Relationship Pt. 1: Am I Still The One?

This week, we are kicking off a brand new series called Spring Cleaning Your Relationship! This is a four-part series that you can use to check in with your partner, strengthen your relationship, and make sure you’re still a team.

Part One of this new series will focus on one question: Am I still the one? Notice how we’re not asking, “Do you still love me?” And that’s because the answer to that question is not enough. You can love someone and not want to do life with them anymore. This is why we’re checking in with our partners and creating a safe space to hear their answers.

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84. Top 3 Things I Learned About Marriage
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84. Top 3 Things I Learned About Marriage

In this week’s episode, we’re discussing the top three things I learned about marriage.

Check out this week's episode to learn more about these lessons and how I use them to help my clients do the work and create a more compassionate marriage.

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83. Top 3 Signs You Are Falling Out of Love with Your Partner
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83. Top 3 Signs You Are Falling Out of Love with Your Partner

In this week’s episode, we talk about what to do when your partner becomes your roommate.

When you feel like your spouse is more of your roommate than anything and you do not address it, the red flags of this new roommate relationship will feel heavy. In this episode, we’re going to address these red flags and what you can do about them.

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82. You and Your Partner are Roommates
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82. You and Your Partner are Roommates

In this week’s episode, we talk about what to do when your partner becomes your roommate.

When you feel like your spouse is more of your roommate than anything and you do not address it, the red flags of this new roommate relationship will feel heavy. In this episode, we’re going to address these red flags and what you can do about them.

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81. How to Be Ok When Your Partner is Not Ok
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81. How to Be Ok When Your Partner is Not Ok

In this week’s episode, we talk about how to be ok when your partner is not ok.

It can be incredibly stressful to know that your partner is having a hard time. But it’s also important to remember that your partner is not a problem to be solved. You don’t have to “fix” them every time your partner has an issue.

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80. Breaking Up and Never Making Up
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80. Breaking Up and Never Making Up

In this week’s episode, we talk about breaking up and never making up and why that’s so difficult for you.

When you break up, you start to mourn all the promises that were made during the relationship. You naturally start to feel like this relationship was a waste of time. But healing comes when you start to accept the lessons this relationship taught you.

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79. Ride-or-Die Couples: Why You Have So Many Blow-Ups
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79. Ride-or-Die Couples: Why You Have So Many Blow-Ups

In this week’s episode, we talk about why ride-or-die couples have so many blow-ups. This is an all too common problem that we can fix together. Tune in to hear how to stop arguing and be more intimate with your partner.

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78. Why More Money Won't Solve Your Marriage Issues
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78. Why More Money Won't Solve Your Marriage Issues

In this week’s episode, we talk about why money will not solve your marriage issues.

That one issue that you're having right now in your marriage that you think money will solve, I'm going to tell you how money will not solve it.

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77. How to Forgive Your Partner
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77. How to Forgive Your Partner

In this week’s episode, we talk about what forgiveness looks like and how you can start to use forgiveness as a tool to help you alleviate the hurt, resentment, and thoughts you have.

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76. Being Head of Household
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76. Being Head of Household

In this week’s episode, we’ll be taking a look at what happens when an amazing opportunity ends up adding tension to your relationship. New problems can come up out of nowhere but together you can find solutions for a new way of life.

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75. How to Stop Keeping Score & Have More Sex
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75. How to Stop Keeping Score & Have More Sex

In this episode, we feature risk taker and bubble of joy, Shianna Rodas. Listen as she takes us through her journey of cave seasons, risk-taking, and feeling grounded with her life-changing decisions that repeatedly stretch her faith.

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74. How to Stop Arguing About Your In-Laws & Have More Sex
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74. How to Stop Arguing About Your In-Laws & Have More Sex

Money can be such a significant source of stress in our relationships, often leading to arguments and tensions.

In this episode, we dive deep into the complex relationships between money and intimacy and I share my personal framework and strategies to help couples stop arguing about finances and enjoy a more fulfilling sex life.

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73. How to Stop Arguing About Money and Have More Sex
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73. How to Stop Arguing About Money and Have More Sex

Money can be such a significant source of stress in our relationships, often leading to arguments and tensions.

In this episode, we dive deep into the complex relationships between money and intimacy and I share my personal framework and strategies to help couples stop arguing about finances and enjoy a more fulfilling sex life.

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72. The Worst Year of My Marriage
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72. The Worst Year of My Marriage

Listen as I get deep and very raw about the worst year of my marriage. This was a stage of my marriage where its limits were tested.

In this episode, I recount the challenges that pushed my husband and I to confront our deepest insecurities and vulnerabilities.

From communication breakdowns to external pressures, I walk you through how we weathered our storms.

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