Awesome Marriage Podcast

We've heard that opposites attract. But what happens when opposites commit to a life together and the friction begins? All too often in marriage, we try to change our spouse rather than accepting the unique ways God made them. Today Dr. Kim interviews Jay and Breona Washington. Jay is an Introvert Coach, and together they unpack some ways to make the most of differences in your marriage. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! RESOURCES Check out all of Jay and Bre's resources and info at introvertedyou.com! The Five Love Languages is a time-tested tool that helps couples love each other better. It's LIVE! We're excited to partner with Dating Divas again to offer you their Marriage Bundle for just $20!! That's right, we're giving you $15 off your marriage bundle! Simply go to the Dating Divas Marriage Bundle from now until August 2nd and get your Marriage Bundle! Check out the Awesome Marriage Youtube channel! Leave us a rating and review - We'd love to hear your thoughts! Are you satisfied with the sex life in your marriage? The Love Making Survey is designed to help you have a safe, genuine conversation about your sex life with your spouse. Subscribe to Dr. Kim's Daily One Thing email and get a reminder to do 1 thing to grow. Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here!

Did you know there's a strategic reason for the way bars are designed? Today Dr. Kim and Christina talk about what happens when communication grows stale or stops altogether. What leads to us getting stuck in a rut with communication? How can we avoid that? How can we get back out? Today we share insights into all of those issues, plus your mind might be blown like Christina's was when Dr. Kim explains the bar thing! We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! RESOURCES It's LIVE! We're excited to partner with Dating Divas again to offer you their Marriage Bundle for just $20!! That's right, we're giving you $15 off your marriage bundle! Simply go to the Dating Divas Marriage Bundle from now until August 2nd and get your Marriage Bundle! Our Questions To Help Your Spouse Open Up resource is designed to help your marriage become a safer place to open up, and help you and your spouse build a better connection. Subscribe to Dr. Kim's Daily One Thing email and get a reminder to do 1 thing to grow. Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here! The Summer Bucket List Date Design makes it super easy to plan a great date night to up the connection in your marriage, without spending the big bucks!

Why is it so hard to ask for help? Today we have a special "wives' only" episode with Christina and our Podcast Producer Lindsay Few. We all need help sometimes! But so often we are terrible about asking for it! Today Christina and Lindsay are talking about why wives might need to ask for help sometimes, why we might hesitate to ask, and some practical ways to ask. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. RESOURCES Share the podcast on social media and tag us! We're excited to partner with Dating Divas again to offer you their Marriage Bundle for just $20!! That's right, we're giving you $15 off your marriage bundle! Click through to the Dating Divas Marriage Bundle from July 19th- August 2nd to get your Marriage Bundle! The link goes live July 19th! Did you take the tip we shared at the end of the episode? We'd love to hear your results! Share with us at info@awesomemarriage.com or message us on Insta! Marriages thrive on intentionality. Subscribe to Dr. Kim's Daily One Thing email and get a reminder to do 1 thing to grow your marriage each day. Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here!

We have to address the inevitable: Communication breakdowns. They're going to happen at some point. We're only human! But we can certainly decrease how often they happen and how we recover from them as a couple! Tune in today as we continue addressing practical ways to improve the communication in your marriage. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! RESOURCES Awesome Marriage is excited to partner with Dating Divas again to offer you their Marriage Bundle for just $20!! That's right, we're giving you $15 off your marriage bundle! Simply go to Dating Divas Marriage Bundle from July 19th- August 2nd and get your Marriage Bundle! The link goes live July 19th! Check out the Awesome Marriage Youtube channel! Leave us a rating and review - We'd love to hear your thoughts! Our Questions To Help Your Spouse Open Up resource is designed to help your marriage become a safer place to open up, and help you and your spouse build a better connection. One great way to keep good communication rolling is by using our Weekly Marriage Check In Guide Marriages thrive on intentionality. Subscribe to Dr. Kim's Daily One Thing email and get a reminder to do 1 thing to grow your marriage each day. Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits (including that it's one of the rare ways to get to see more of Nancy! Learn more here!

Have you taken it personally when your spouse came home in a foul mood? Have you ever been in a foul mood yourself, but not communicated about it well to your spouse, leaving them to wonder why you were so grumpy? Communication can really fall apart around our attempts to deal with our spouse's feelings and our own. Today we talk about some of the common breakdowns (it's not just you!) and ways to handle this more effectively. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! RESOURCES Reading Dr. Kim's Daily Declarations aloud each day is a great way to grow in believing what God says is true about you! Get a free printable copy here! Our Questions To Help Your Spouse Open Up resource is designed to help your marriage become a safer place to open up, and help you and your spouse build a better connection. He's done it again! If you're curious, here is the Bible reference for Dr. Kim's favorite verse! The Achieving Awesome Communication YouVersion plan walks you some helpful ways to improve the communication in your marriage. Subscribe to Dr. Kim's Daily One Thing email and get a reminder to do 1 thing to grow. Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here! We recommend these books to help in growing a healthier mindset: Get Out Of Your Head by Jennie Allen Winning the War in Your Mind by Craig Groeschel Are you satisfied with the sex life in your marriage? The Love Making Survey is designed to help you have a safe, genuine conversation about your sex life with your spouse.

"How are you doing?" We're all so used to the quick, one-word answers to that question, but today, we're going deeper. Debra Fileta is a much-loved repeat guest on the Awesome Marriage Podcast, and she has written a powerful new book, Are You Really OK?: Getting Real About Who You Are, How You're Doing, and Why It Matters. We're so happy to have her on today to get real about learning whether we are really doing ok, how to know if we are or not, and why it matters! We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! RESOURCES One great step toward healing and growth is Debra's book, Are You Really OK? Email Debra@truelovedates.com to get the "Pastor's Guide To Navigating Mental Health" for free Follow Debra at @truelovedates on Instagram Visit True Love Dates for resources, great info and Debra's awesome podcast series on mental health Want to make the most of summer fun in your marriage? Our new Summer Bucket List Date Design makes it super easy to plan a great date night! Our Questions To Help Your Spouse Open Up resource is designed to help grow the openness, communication and connection in your marriage Subscribe to Dr. Kim's Daily One Thing email and get a reminder to do 1 simple thing to grow your marriage each day. Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here!

Have you heard the term "undivorced?" What does it mean to just "exist" together in a marriage? Well, we're here to say marriage can be a lot more fun and exciting when you put in the effort to connect with your spouse and build that relationship! One easy way to do that is with touchpoints. No matter how busy you are, you can build these into your day and be on your way toward an awesome marriage! Listen today to find out more. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!

A recent survey we did showed that communication is the #1 issue couples want help with. So we're going to unpack some practical ways to improve the communication in your marriage, with a 6-episode series on "Achieving Awesome Communication." Nonverbal communication is over 70% of how we communicate, so we want to be sure we do well with it! Listen today and find out how you can improve the nonverbal communication in your marriage. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! RESOURCES Are you tired of the same old dinner date? Our new Summer Bucket List Date Design has simple and fun ways to make the most of date night! Dr. Kim and Christina mentioned the 30-Day Communication Challenge to help get the communication in your marriage on a healthy track. This is an awesome way to check in, prevent conflict and know your spouse better! Dr. Kim highly suggests a weekly check in with your spouse as a way to prevent conflict. Our Weekly Marriage Check in Guide makes this super easy to do and it's yours for a donation of any amount. Subscribe to Dr. Kim's Daily One Thing email and get a reminder to do 1 thing each day to help your marriage grow. Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here!

Money is one of the top marriage issues, and learning to manage it well as a couple is a vital part of marriage. As a finance blogger and a family law attorney, Brain and Cherie Lowe have basically seen it all when it comes to marriages and money! They also share their awesome story of slaying the "debt dragon" that they faced together. Today we are re-airing their episode on the podcast because it is definitely worth repeating. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! RESOURCES Visit Cherie at https://www.queenoffree.net/ for helpful resources, freebies, and much more! Grab both of the Lowe's books here! We've got a little gift for our loyal listeners! Simply leave a rating and review of the podcast, and we will give you our Couple's Unity Building Journal. Just leave a rating and review, screenshot it and send it to info@awesomemarriage with "Unity Building" as the subject title and we will email you this great resource. Are you tired of the same old dinner date? Our new Summer Bucket List Date Design has simple and fun ways to make the most of date night! Dr. Kim's "Mammon and God: Money and Spirituality" YouVersion plan can help you align your view of money with scripture. Honoring Intimates is a safe place for believers to learn about marital sex and shop for the highest quality lubricant, lotions, and lingerie items at reasonable prices. There are no inappropriate images on the site and the company uses mannequins to display their lingerie. Use the code "AWESOMEMARRIAGE" to receive 20% off your entire order. Subscribe to Dr. Kim's Daily One Thing email and get a reminder to do 1 thing to grow. Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here!

In all his years in the counseling office, Dr. Kim says that he's never seen anyone who set out to have an affair. It was a process of one baby step after another that led them there. But you can avoid those baby steps altogether! Tune in today to learn 5 ways to affair proof your marriage. We're releasing part 1 & 2 today because they're definitely worth repeating. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! RESOURCES Are you tired of the same old dinner date? Our new Summer Bucket List Date Design has simple and fun ways to make the most of date night! We've got a little gift to give to our loyal listeners! Simply leave a rating and review of the podcast, and we will give you our Couple's Unity Building Journal. Just leave a rating and review, screenshot it and send it to info@awesomemarriage with "Unity Building" as the subject title and we will email you this great resource. Choose one of our free YouVersion Bible Reading Plans to help get into the scripture. Has your marriage has been affected by infidelity? We believe deeply that you can heal from it, and even build a better marriage than you ever had before! We want to help you heal which is why we've created the Online Affair Recovery Course to help you on your healing journey. As our friend, you can use the code AWESOMEMARRIAGE for 10% off this course. Use mundane moments for Godly purpose with House Prayer Cards! One way to get, and stay, on the same page in your marriage is a regular check in. Our Weekly Check Up Guide makes it super easy for you! Subscribe to Dr. Kim's Daily One Thing email and get a reminder to do 1 thing to grow. Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here!