Focus on Marriage Podcast

Are your thoughts about your spouse mostly positive or negative? Jim Daly and Ted Lowe give you a filter from the book of Philippians to help you choose positive thoughts about your spouse. Also, John and the Smalley's share how thinking good thoughts about your mate can bless your marriage.   Find us online at focusonthefamily.com/marriagepodcast or call 1-800-A-FAMILY   Receive the book Us in Mind for your donation of any amount!   Focus on Marriage Assessment   Listen Anytime   Crazy Little Thing Called Marriage Podcast   Control Negative Mindsets for an Improved Marriage    If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Every marriage faces conflict, but the key is learning to fight well. Erin shares with John and Greg on how to recognize if you're fighting well or poorly in your marriage. Plus, Jim Daly talks with Lisa and Matt Jacobson about a conflict they worked through in their marriage.   Find us online at focusonthefamily.com/marriagepodcast or call 1-800-A-FAMILY   Receive the 2-Book Bundle: Loving Your Husband/Wife Well for your donation of any amount!   Focus on Marriage Assessment   Listen Anytime   Spiritual Warfare: When the Enemy Attacks Your Marriage   Contact our Counseling Department    If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

We have an enemy, Satan, who hates God's design for marriage. Greg Smalley talks with John and Erin about how to recognize when your marriage may be facing a spiritual attack. Then, Matt and Lisa Jacobson speak with Jim Daly about why we need to take spiritual warfare seriously in our marriages.     Find us online at focusonthefamily.com/marriagepodcast or call 1-800-A-FAMILY   Receive the 2-Book Bundle: Loving Your Husband/Wife Well for your donation of any amount!   Focus on Marriage Assessment   Listen Anytime   Spiritual Warfare: When the Enemy Attacks Your Marriage   Contact our Counseling Department    If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

True love seeks to serve rather than to get all the time. To help you do that, Bill and Pam Farrel discuss how they've learned to serve each other by working better together. Also, John and Erin share how a husband can encourage his wife to become who God has called her to be.   Find us online at focusonthefamily.com/marriagepodcast or call 1-800-A-FAMILY   Receive the book Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti for your donation of any amount!   Focus on Marriage Assessment   Listen Anytime   Understanding the Differences Between You and Your Spouse   Becoming a Selfless Spouse    If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Every marriage faces stressful moments. The key is how you manage them when they come. Bill and Pam Farrel join Jim Daly to address the different ways men and women handle stress in marriage. Plus, John and the Smalley's offer ideas for how to discern if you're stressed due to being overcommitted.   Find us online at focusonthefamily.com/marriagepodcast or call 1-800-A-FAMILY   Receive the book Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti for your donation of any amount!   Focus on Marriage Assessment   Listen Anytime   5 Ways to Stay on the Same Team   God Designed Men and Women to Be Different in Many Ways    If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

What can you do when your spouse says, "I want out of this marriage?" Greg tells John the story of how he and Erin reached a difficult time in their marriage. Also Toni and Carey Nieuwhof talk with Jim Daly about how they went to counseling after Toni confessed she wanted to leave.   Find us online at focusonthefamily.com/marriagepodcast or call 1-800-A-FAMILY   Receive the book Before You Split for your donation of any amount!   Hope Restored   Listen Anytime   Contact our Counseling Department   Is Divorce the Right Answer?    If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

When a couple reaches a desperate place, they start asking questions like, "Can our marriage survive?" Carey and Toni Nieuwhof join Jim Daly to tell their love story, and when they later reached a crisis in their relationship. Then, John and Erin discuss how couples can still be restored, even if it seems hopeless now.   Find us online at focusonthefamily.com/marriagepodcast or call 1-800-A-FAMILY   Receive the book Before You Split for your donation of any amount!   Hope Restored   Listen Anytime   Contact our Counseling Department   Is Divorce the Right Answer?    If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Are your thoughts about your spouse positive or negative? Ted Lowe speaks with Jim Daly on why happy couples choose to see the best in their spouses. You'll then hear John and the Smalley's discuss how thinking the best about your mate can help your marriage.   Find us online at focusonthefamily.com/marriagepodcast or call 1-800-A-FAMILY   Receive the book Us in Mind for your donation of any amount!   Focus on Marriage Assessment   Listen Anytime   Control Negative Mindsets for an Improved Marriage   What Cherishing Your Spouse Really Means    If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

How does a couple fight for purity when our culture is saturated with pornography? Jim Daly speaks with Dr. Michael Sytsma and Shaunti Feldhahn about encouraging people to resist the temptation to look at pornography. Also, John and the Smalley's explain why porn can have a devastating impact on marriages.   Find us online at focusonthefamily.com/marriagepodcast or call 1-800-A-FAMILY   Receive the book Secrets of Sex & Marriage for your donation of any amount!   Focus on Marriage Assessment   Listen Anytime   Contact our Counseling Department   The Truth Offers Hope and Freedom from Pornography Addiction    If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

How do you respond when your spouse does something that really frustrates you? Matt and Lisa Jacobson tell Jim Daly the story of their first serious argument in marriage, and how turning to the Lord helped cool their emotions. However, if it feels like your marital frustrations have been going on for years or even decades, John and the Smalley's will offer some good perspectives.   Find us online at focusonthefamily.com/marriagepodcast or call 1-800-A-FAMILY   Receive the 2-Book Bundle: Loving Your Husband/Wife Well for your donation of any amount!   Focus on Marriage Assessment   Listen Anytime   Contact our Counseling Department   Four Ways Couples Can Wake Up from Feeling Stuck in Marriage    If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.