Communication
Mar 19
Five Fundamentals of Good Marriage Communication
Have you ever had a conversation with your spouse where you just couldn’t get through to them? You’re trying to explain something, but they’re either not listening or completely misunderstanding you. Or maybe a small...
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Online Therapy at Therapevo: Effective, Convenient, and Personalized Support
Online counseling at Therapevo is helpful for all types of concerns that you may bring to therapy, as your therapist is here to walk alongside you and help you with what you need.
Continue readingMay 29
Why Your Husband Can’t Hear You During Conflict
So you’re trying to have a serious conversation with your spouse, but it doesn’t seem to be working. They aren’t answering the questions you ask. Instead, they seem to be ignoring you or shutting you...
Continue readingApr 17
Cognitive Biases in Marriage: Reactance, Mood and Confirmation
Cognitive biases are those sneaky little brain shortcuts that happen without us even realizing it. They make life more efficient and most of the time are helpful… but sometimes they can backfire too! Today we’ll...
Continue readingApr 10
Cognitive Biases in Marriage: Spotlight, Illusion of Transparency & Availability Heuristic
Cognitive biases are assumptions and judgments and error that our brains automatically make without us even knowing it’s happening. They are like automatic mental shortcuts. But the problem is: they could be messing with your...
Continue readingMay 30
How to Be Assertive With Your Spouse
Sometimes assertiveness gets a bad rap in our culture. As if it’s a domineering or bossy attitude. Not so: in reality, healthy assertiveness is a really helpful tool for marriage communication because it can reduce...
Continue readingMar 21
Sarcasm in Marriage: Why It Hurts More Than You Think (and How to Stop)
You came home tired. Your spouse forgot the thing you asked them to do. You smiled and said, “Oh, perfect.” Two words. Light tone. Funny, almost. And the look that crossed their face for half...
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Defensiveness in Marriage
I do not think that there is a human being on the face of our planet right now who does not struggle at least a little bit with defensives. Some of us struggle a lot....
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How To Be A More Grateful Spouse
When you become aware and appreciative of that which is valuable and meaningful, that is called gratitude. Gratitude needs to be expressed, and what we notice in our marriage is that we tend to experience...
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Long Distance Marriage – Do’s and Do Not’s
Does your marriage involve one spouse working away from home? Or travelling a lot? Maybe you are a military family or you commute to another city for work or do camp work. Let’s talk about...
Continue readingMar 15
Why You’re Using the Love Languages All Wrong
I was originally thinking of coming up with an inflammatory title for this post like “Chapman’s Love Languages Debunked” because that makes for good clickbait on the internet! But this is The Marriage Podcast for...
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What to Talk About on Your Next Date
Even if you’re happily married you might find dates with your spouse kind of awkward sometimes. What do you talk about? I know we struggle at times to have an easy flow of conversation, too.
Continue readingMay 11
What To Do When Your Spouse Offends You
So, your spouse just blew it. Again! How can you move from the place of being offended – and maybe feeling like a victim – to feeling like you’ve moved the dial on your marriage...
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3 Things To Talk About Every Day
Talking to each other seems like a pretty obvious topic, right? But, how many times have I asked Caleb, about a couple we’re working with, “Do they not talk???”
Continue readingJan 27
How To Support Your Spouse During Hard Times
Nobody is exempt from hard times. Sometimes we get hit as a couple and other times it is really just our spouse that bears the brunt of the burden. How can you draw alongside and...
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