Marriage and Intimacy Tips for Christian Couples: Secrets of Happily Ever After
Monica Tanner - Marriage and Intimacy Coach for Christian Couples
Have you ever wondered what makes the difference between those couples who absolutely LOVE to be together and the ones who merely tolorate each other in their old age? I always want to run up to the cute old couples who still hold hands while walking down the street and ask them all their secrets to relationship success. This podcast gives me the opportunity to do just that!I'm Monica Tanner, wife to a super hunky man, mom to 4 kids, weekly podcaster and relationship and intimacy expert/enthusiast. I help couples ditch the resentment and roommate syndrome and increase communication, connection and commitment, so they can write and live out their happily ever after love story. If that sounds like something you want, this podcast is absolutely for YOU! Each week, I'm teasing out the principles that keep couples hopelessly devoted and intoxicatingly in love with each other for a lifetime and beyond. I'm searching high and low for the secrets of happily ever after and sharing those secrets with you right here. Sound marriage advice for Christian couples who want to live happily ever after and achieve a truly intimate friendship and passionate partnership, because an awesome marriage makes life so much sweeter. Let's get to it!
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Feb 22, 2021 • 17min
S2-23 The Marriage Code and 3 Ways to Love Your Spouse Better
In today's episode, I'm sharing Monica's Marriage Code and 3 ways to love your spouse better. The marriage code is easy to remember, because it rhymes. Are you ready? Don't jump in the pool, pick up the slack and have each other's back! It's that simple. If you are looking for ways to get more support from your spouse in your business, be sure to download my FREE resource called 7 Tips for Getting More Support from Your Spouse in Your Business HERE.Send us a text
Feb 15, 2021 • 28min
S2-22 Entrepreneurial Couples and Sextraordinary Marriages with Laura M Brotherson
What is a sextraordinary marriage, why is it important and how do we create this as entrepreneurial couples? These are just a few of the questions we address in my interview with Laura M Brotherson, a licensed sex therapist, best-selling author and your trusted Christian resource for education, products and services to strengthen marriages intimately. In this episode, we talk about why entrepreneurial couples have a higher divorce rate, the work each partner can do to alleviate the stress of entrepreneurship on the marriage and how to create a truly sextraordinary marriage. You can find out more about what Laura teaches from her website: www.StrengtheningMarriage.com. To learn more about Laura's course: Sexual Wholeness for Women and save $50 on enrollment, use this link: https://sexualwholeness.thinkific.com/courses/sexual-wholeness-online and the CODE: 50off-SWWOC. If you have any questions about this episode or how to design a marriage that supports your business and a business that supports your marriage, please use this link to book a 15 minute call with me: https://calendly.com/onthebrightersideofmarriage/15-minutes.Send us a text
Feb 8, 2021 • 23min
S2-21 How to Increase Pleasure Naturally with Sarah Belzer of Coconu
It's almost Valentines Day and I wanted to introduce you to one of my favorite humans, Sarah Belzer, who is the head of one of my favorite companies, Coconu! In this episode, Sarah and I chat about Coconu personal lubricant and how it can enhance our pleasure and intimacy with our partner naturally. Be sure to pay special attention as we discuss the benefits of the different Coconu formulations, how it can increase our intimate experience, how sex is like skiing and all things scheduling. I promise, you do NOT want to miss this very special episode! If you would like to order some Coconu to try for Valentines day, be sure to use this link: https://bit.ly/3q0uqD3 and use the code: MONICAFRIEND at checkout for 15% off your order. Please join us for a special FREE Live Masterclass on Tuesday, February 9th at 6:00 pm MST about How to Stay Happily Married While Scaling Your 7-Figure Business. Register here: www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com/register.Send us a text
Feb 1, 2021 • 25min
S2-20 How to Enjoy the Entrepreneurial Journey with Kinsey and Ryan Machos
Today's episode is an interview with Kinsey and Ryan Machos. Kinsey is a Marketing Strategist who helps coaches and consultants create magnetic marketing so that they can get known, seen and heard as the expert in their niche. Ryan is an insurance broker and they have 3 young children. In this interview, we talked about individual and family goal setting, how to think big and start small and what it really means to enjoy the entrepreneurial journey together as a family. I loved the emphasis they put on ditching the hustle mentality and taking in the small moments and celebrating their wins. You learn more about Kinsey inside her free Facebook group HERE or Ryan's insurance on Facebook HERE. Don't forget to register for my FREE Live Masterclass 'How to Stay Happily Married While Scaling Your 7-Figure Business' HERE.Send us a text
Jan 25, 2021 • 27min
S2-19 How to Reset Your Goals and Make Important Decisions with Ceri Payne
Today's episode is an interview with Ceri Payne, M.Ed. Ceri coaches mompreneurs, helping them streamline their home, business, and schedules to create a life they love with time and structure to be great mothers and wives while making good money in their business. Let's be honest, 3 weeks into January 2021 and many of us have given up on our New Year's Goals and Resolutions. Ceri gives us some great ways to reset and reevaluate our goals as well as make great decisions without experiencing decision fatigue. She also talks about juggling the demands of marriage, motherhood and entrepreneurship as well as how to create the life, marriage and business we have always dreamed about. Trust me, you are going to want to take notes. Join me on Wednesday, February 3rd at 1:00 pm MST for a FREE Masterclass about How to Stay Happily Married While Scaling Your 7-Figure Business: 3 Secrets You MUST Understand to Achieve Success in Marriage, Life and Business. Register at: https://onthebrightersideofmarriage.com/register.Send us a text
Jan 18, 2021 • 15min
S2-18 How to Get More Support From Your Spouse in Your Business
In today's episode, I'm giving 7 tips for getting more support from your spouse. Ever since I started working with passionate entrepreneurs, the question I get asked most often is, how can I get my spouse to support me in my business more? I get it, life is busy, especially when you are building a business and raising children and there is always so much to do. These are some of my best time-saving, life-saving and sanity-saving tricks for juggling it all and enjoying the journey...TOGETHER. Be sure to listen in and take notes. If you can't take notes, I've totally got you. Download my FREE resource: 7 Tips For Getting More Support From Your Spouse HERE.Send us a text
Jan 11, 2021 • 34min
S2-17 How to Raise Entrepreneurial Kids with Dave and Carrie Woodward
Today's episode features Dave and Carrie Woodward. Dave Woodward is the CEO of ClickFunnels and the high energy host of ClickFunnels Radio. Carrie has cofounded an interior design coaching program called Sweet Valley Ave. They have been married for 27 years and have 4 sons, 1 daughter in law and a baby grandson. In our interview, we discuss the ups and downs they have faced in their many years of entrepreneurship and how they have worked together as a team in life and in business. Today, their boys are starting their own entrepreneurial endeavors and asking their advice. Dave and Carrie share their secrets to creating such a wonderful home environment and staying close and connected through all of it. You can find Dave on Instagram @daveswoodward and Carrie on Instagram @sweetvalleyave Check out the uncut, video version of this episode, plus a whole bunch of other juicy interviews and resources at www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com/thevaultSend us a text
Jan 4, 2021 • 48min
S2-16 7-Figure Secrets to Success with Lauren Golden
Today I'm chatting with my dear friend, Lauren Golden. She is a wife, mama of 3 kids and the leader of the Free Mama Movement. She helps moms ditch the 9-5, make money from home and live a totally awesome, guilt-free life. In this interview, we talk about where she started, how she changed her beliefs and knew she was ready to make a million dollars and what juggling marriage, family life and her business actually looks like. If you are looking to start or grow your business in 2021, you need to listen to this episode with a pen in hand. You can find out more about all things Free Mama on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefreemamamovement or learn more about freelancing at https://www.thefreemamamovement.com. Get this full, uncut video interview inside the OTBS VIP Vault here: https://www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com/thevaultSend us a text
Dec 28, 2020 • 22min
S2-15 A Vulnerable Episode and How I Overcame My Biggest Fear
This week's episode is vulnerable and from my heart to yours. The story about how I overcame my biggest fear and changed my relationship with myself and others is tender and empowering at the same time. My prayer is that it resonates with the person or people who need it the most right now. As 2020 comes to a close and we start a brand new year, I hope we will all have a little more love and compassion and a little less judgement for those who cross our paths and are fighting their own difficult battles. I would love to connect with your on Facebook inside my FREE group at: www.facebook.com/groups/otbsofmarriage or on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/monitanner1. Let's make 2021 our best year yet!Send us a text
Dec 21, 2020 • 37min
S2-14 How to Lower Your Stress and Enjoy the Holidays with Bryn Bamber
In today's episode, I'm chatting with Bryn Bamber, a mental health professional trained in Core Energetics, about the stress and overwhelm that so easily besets us during the Holidays, especially this year. We discuss ways in which we can prepare and adjust for triggers and emotions that come up in a productive and respectful way through planning, auditing, setting healthy boundaries and honoring ourselves. I'm certain you will enjoy this interview as well as the free resource Bryn has prepared for you. It's an anxiety mini-training that's only 10 minutes long that you can listen to it when you're feeling stressed and will reduce your anxiety by 50%. You can download that here: www.tinyurl.com/anxietytraining. Be sure to check out my Exclusive VIP Vault for yourself or any other entrepreneur on your list. You can find all the details here: https://onthebrightersideofmarriage.com/thevault. Have a wonderful and joyful holiday!!Send us a text
