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We are officially back! That’s right, the Mastering Marriage Podcast is officially back up and running. In today’s episode we are going to talk about a topic that no matter the condition of your marriage, you need to hear. Now that it is the beginning of a new year, it’s very important to start off by implementing healthy habits into your marriage. And to do that you first need to understand one thing.So, today, we’re going to talk about God’s true intent for your marriage.

In today’s podcast episode we will be teaching on another topic that is crucial to the long term success, health and overall happiness of your marriage. We will be covering the 3 things that your marriage needs in order for it to be happy and healthy and why none of those things is love. There is a lot of information to cover during this episode so make sure to take good notes. Remember to leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

In today’s podcast episode we will be teaching on another topic that is crucial to the long term success, health and overall happiness of your marriage. We will be covering the biggest difference between happy and unhappy couples. There is a lot of information to cover during this episode so make sure to take good notes. Remember to leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

In today’s podcast episode we will be teaching on a topic that is crucial to the long term success and health of your marriage. We will be covering the 10 pillars to marriage. There is a lot of information to cover during this episode so make sure to take good notes. Remember to leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

In today’s podcast episode Mandy will be teaching on a topic that impacts most wives. She will also be unveiling her newest book: Beauty In The Brokenness! Stick around until the end to find out how to get your hands on a copy. Make sure to leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

In today’s podcast episode we are going to deep dive into one of our most requested topics. We are going to talk about the 7 Stages Of Reconciliation. You will want to bring a note pad and a pen for this episode. Make sure to leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

In today’s podcast episode we are going to be doing something a little different. Today, David will be taking you into the mind of your husband by talking about a battle that every man will have. Make sure to take notes and leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

In today’s podcast, we will be discussing a topic that is so important to your marriage that if you don’t have a healthy understanding of it, your marriage will struggle. Not to put fear into anyone’s mind but my guess is that for many of our listeners, once you get this information, it will most likely explain a lot in regards to why you have had certain struggles inside of your marriage. Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

In today’s episode, we are going to dive into a topic that we really haven’t touched on as much. We are going to talk about porn and how this habit impacts marriage. We will share how we first found porn as well as why spouses still struggle with porn despite being married. This is a long one but one that you absolutely must listen to. Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

Welcome to season 2 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast! In today’s episode, we are going to dive into a topic that we really haven’t taught on as much. We are going to talk about the “marriage mirror” and the importance of being honest with the reflection that you see when you look at it. We will end this show by giving you 7 things you should do when looking in that marriage mirror. Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

In today’s podcast, I will be talking about a topic that you have probably never heard anybody talk about. Talking about this topic makes me uncomfortable but I figured why not engage in this dialogue so that an area that is often hidden inside the hearts of us husbands can get some exposure and clarity. This is a subject area that most men know and experience all too well…especially those who are married. Today, I will be talking about why most men secretly hate being married. Don't let the title distract you, this episode is a good one. Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

Welcome to episode 54 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Whenever we get the privilege of working with a couple or a stander either with our counseling services or through our Overflow program, we study them individually and as a couple to learn why their marriage is in the condition that it is in. Of the fascinating things that we have learned, we have found that there is one thing that is probably the most divisive and destructive to the foundation of any marriage. This episode reveals what it is and helps you to see if it is ruining your marriage. Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

Welcome to episode 53 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode will focus on a common struggle that most wives have pertaining to their husbands and a common struggle that most husbands are burdened with. Don't let the title confuse you, lol! This episode is packed full of juicy nuggets so make sure to take notes while listening. Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

Welcome to episode 52 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode will focus on the # 1 problem area for most marriages...communication. In this episode we will uncover 11 way to have a better conversation with your spouse so that your communication is enhanced. Your marriage is only as strong as your communication. This episode is packed full of juicy nuggets so make sure to take notes while listening. Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

Welcome to episode 51 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode will focus on a topic that is often overlooked and unspoken. Today, we are going to talk about a topic that you probably have never really thought about…at least in the way that we are going to talk about it. This episode will focus on why you aren't really married to your spouse... This episode is packed full of juicy nuggets so make sure to take notes while listening. Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

Welcome to episode 50 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode is part 3 of a 3 part series that covers the 6 Stages of Marriage. Understanding these last 2 stages is key to ensuring that your marriage has a healthy and solid foundation. This episode is packed full of juicy nuggets so make sure to take notes while listening. Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

Welcome to episode 49 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode is part 2 of a 3 part series that covers the 6 Stages of Marriage. Understanding these second 2 stages is key to ensuring that your marriage has a healthy and solid foundation. This episode is packed full of juicy nuggets so make sure to take notes before listening to part 3. Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

Welcome to episode 48 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode is part 1 of a 3 part series that covers the 6 Stages of Marriage. Understanding these first 2 stages is key to ensuring that your marriage has a healthy and solid foundation. This episode is packed full of juicy nuggets so make sure to take notes before listening to part 2. Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

Welcome to episode 47 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode will cover 3 things. First, David answers an email from a listener that touches on an interesting topic. Then we provide a brief overview of 2015 and what to expect from us in 2016...and lastly we cover the 6 areas of intimacy for your marriage and how to survey them for growth. This episode should be fun!!! Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

Welcome to episode 46 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode will focus on helping you to speak to the heart of your reluctant spouse instead of speaking to their mind. These 8 steps will help you to increase the emotional connection between you and your reluctant spouse. Make sure to take some notes during this episode. Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

Welcome to episode 45 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode will focus on helping you to silence out the negativity inside of your marriage so that it thrives and doesn't die. Don't forget to join in on the 5 DAY FAST FROM NEGATIVITY by typing "I'm In" in the comments section. Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts.

Welcome to episode 44 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode will focus on helping you to connect with a spouse who is reluctant. We focus on two main areas; rejection and communication. This show will bless your socks off! Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts.

Welcome to episode 43 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode will focus on helping you to stand for your reluctant spouse without getting lost. This question is one of our most asked questions! You definitely want to take notes for this one! Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts.

Welcome to episode 42 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. During today's episode, we discuss the importance of becoming a student of you spouse. We also give you a chance to see how much you actually know about your spouse by quizzing you live on air! You definitely want to take notes for this one! Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts.

Welcome to episode 41 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. During today's episode, we tackle a question that we get asked the most; "Why is my spouse reluctant to stay married?" Listen in as David (a past reluctant spouse) sheds some light into the mindset of reluctant spouses. You definitely want to take notes for this one! Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts.

Welcome to episode 40 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. During today's episode, we discuss a topic that you may kind of be familiar with already...the 5 Love Languages. But...we have a different view on how you should use them and we discuss the dangers of relying on the 5 Love Languages as a foundation for your marriage. You definitely want to take notes for this one! Leave your comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts.

Welcome to episode 39 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode features a question from a wife who is looking for some marriage advice. She shares that after 5 years, her husband continues to struggle with consistent change. She feels emotionally torn and is struggling to find strength. You definitely want to take notes for this one! Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode 38 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode features a question from a husband who is looking for some marriage advice. After being separated from his wife, he fell in love with another woman and got her name tattooed on his body. Now he is looking to reconcile with his wife but doesn't know how to handle her anger towards him. You definitely want to take notes for this one! Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode 37 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode is a follow up to episode 33 where Mandy discusses how to love the walls down. During this episode, Mandy discusses 2 additional points from her "Motivated To Love" book. You definitely want to take notes for this one! Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode 36 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. In today's episode, we tackle a very important question that is often asked when our marriages start to fail...Why Did I Get Married? Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode 35 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. In today's episode, we tackle a very important question that is often asked when we talk about our past marital issues...If your spouse wants to leave, should you let them? Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode 34 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. In today's episode, we bring you up to speed on the growth of Mend Our Marriage, we speak about the most important thing that we have learned from working with couples, we discuss Mandy's book and she prays live on-air! Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode 33 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode features a questions that was posed to Mandy about how to love the walls down. During this episode, she discusses 3 points from her "Motivated To Love" book. You definitely want to take notes for this one! Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode 32 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's episode features a wife who has struggled to trust her husband. She shares that prior to their marriage he cheated on her multiple times. Now after being married for over 2 years she still struggles to trust him. Listen in as we share with her some valuable tips on how to handle this situation. Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode 31 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's topic focuses on the study of love. Love is the most misunderstood element of relationships . Without a healthy understanding of love...your marriage will be in jeopardy of failing. Listen in as we break this subject into healthy and digestible pieces. Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode 30 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's question comes from a wife who is wanting help with not putting her husband before God. She asks, "How do you make sure that you put God before your spouse and not the other way around? I want to put God first and have a strong foundation. There was a time when I felt guilty for putting God first. How can my husband and I make sure that we are putting God first in our lives and how do we make sure that we aren't putting each other before God? " Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode # 29 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. In this episode we share some interesting findings from Dr. Gottman about an often overlooked habit that often destroys marriages. We also share the one thing that you can do to fix it. For more information visit us at www.mendourmarriage.com.

Welcome to episode # 28 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. In this episode we offer a challenge to all of our listeners. We challenge our listeners to have sex with their spouse 4 days in a row in 4 different locations. Are you down? For more information visit us at www.mendourmarriage.com/sexchallenge.

Welcome to episode # 27 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. In this episode we discuss the most overlooked reason for failed marriages. Specifically, we focus on the one thing that has to be at the foundation of every marriage...and it's not love or sex! For more information visit us at www.mendourmarriage.com.

Welcome to episode # 26 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. In this episode we discuss our struggles during the dark season of our marriage. David shares his experiences as the reluctant spouse while Amanda speaks about what fueled her to maintain her motivated posture during this difficult process. For more information visit us at www.mendourmarriage.com.

Welcome to episode # 25 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. In this episode we discuss the art of listening. We dissect the difference between listening and hearing and breakdown the main differences in how men listen vs how women listen. For more information on our marriage and for tangible details on how to save yours, visit us at www.mendourmarriage.com.

Welcome to episode 24 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's question comes from a husband who is struggling with his wife threatening to leave the marriage. He asks, "I've started following your page yesterday and been looking through all your post and I must say that these post give me hope. I read one of your post where you talked about speaking good things to your spouse no matter how bad and low the marriage is but how can someone continue to speak good things if your spouse is constantly reminding you how "they don't want to be with you, I'm ready for a divorce, I can't wait until paper work is filed, I no longer want to be married to you etc"? Every day I try to speak life into our marriage but it seems that once I do the negativity follows behind. I'm trying to work hard for my marriage; paperwork in filing has not been done on no one's end. I don’t want the divorce, when I said "I do" that was that but she on the other hand does. " Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode # 23 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. In this episode we discuss the one thing that could be destroying your marriage and 4 steps to curing it. Communication issues was the # 1 concern of the marriages that we surveyed. For more information on our marriage and for tangible details on how to save yours, visit us at www.mendourmarriage.com.

Welcome to episode 22 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's question comes from a wife who is struggling with feeling unloved by her husband. She asks, "Should I accept the way my spouse gives love -- or should my spouse alter the way he gives love? At this juncture, I am starved for love, attention, and affection. And feel SO unloved. He says that's just not him to do the things that I ask for... " Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode 21 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's question comes from a wife who is struggling to communicate effectively with her husband. She asks, " I need advice and I don't know what to do. My husband and I have been married for a little over a year. Since we have been married he has found comfort in talking to other women. Mainly some of his ex girlfriends. I don't know what to do. When I ask him about it he lies to my face when I know the truth. We argue so much and it’s kind of irritated. We barely talk to each and when we it’s talking out of content. I feel as if we got married to early and he wants out. " Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode # 20 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. This show will be completely different than any of our past shows. In it, we share the intimate details behind why our marriage almost ended in divorce. Trust me, you won't find this kind of transparency anywhere else. For more information on our marriage and for tangible details on how to save yours, visit us at www.mendourmarriage.com.

Welcome to episode 19 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's question comes from a wife who is struggling to deal with a recent discovery. She asks, "After four years of marriage, I catch my husband naked with another man. I don’t know how to recover. He says that he is not gay and that this is the first time that this has happened but I don’t know what to do? " Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode 18 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's question comes from a wife who is struggling to deal with a habit that her husband has. She asks, "My husband looks at other women and he says he looks just to look but it bothers me and I feel like he may be more attracted to them than to me, I express that to him and he basically tells me I'm overreacting , Am I overreacting should I drop it? " Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode 17 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's question comes from a wife who is struggling to deal with a habit that her husband has. She asks, "How do you deal with a spouse who has a sex problem? I am not saying he's sleeping with the women it's what he's saying to them socially. He's sending pictures of his penis and videos telling women that he want’s to perform oral sex on them. " Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode 16 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. Today's question comes from a wife who has struggled with enjoying sex with her husband. She asks, "My husband and I have been married for 2 years now. We are a young couple. We dated for 4.5 years before we married. We dated for 4 years before we introduced sex into our relationship. After we started having sex I never really got into it. We thought that things would get better after we married. It has not. We have sex about 2-3 times a month. I just have no desire at all. I'm not sure what to do about this problem or how to solve it. Should I seek counseling? What can I do to keep my marriage from ending up in divorce from this problem? " Visit our site at www.mendourmarriage.com to submit your questions.

Welcome to episode # 15 of the Mastering Marriage Podcast. In this episode, we take the time to say "THANKS" for all of the support that we have been receiving. Go here to listen to all of our episodes: www.mendourmarriage.com/podcast