intentionalmarriage

You don’t want to leave your marriage to chance. You want to design an intentional marriage, but how? Listen to Kevin Thompson in today's episode

My marriage isn’t perfect. Ryan and I aren’t perfect. We struggle and get frustrated with each other. AND ALSO, we work on the relationship that we have.

We are bound and determined to remember that before we were mom and dad, we were Ryan and Jill, two fun, Jesus-loving people who thought the other person was too awesome to get away.

As much as we’ve messed up, we are also devoted to being intentional with each other and our relationship. Intentional about chatting about our days and stressors after the girls have gone to bed. Intentional about hanging out together doing something fun.

Intentional about dreaming about the future when we are empty nesters.

I can think of no one better to speak about being intentional and designing your marriage on purpose than today’s guest, Kevin A. Thompson. 

In today’s episode, you’ll receive practical strategies and anchoring truths for receiving grace by learning how to design an intentional marriage. You’ll learn:

• How to create the marriage you want,
• Three questions to help you figure out how healthy your marriage is,
• And how to move toward a healthy marriage.

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• Subscribe to Jill’s weekly “the good + the grace” email 
• #69: How to lead your family with love, not fear with Kevin A. Thompson [Grace in Parenting series]
• Stay in Your Lane by Kevin A. Thompson
• Friends, Partners, and Lovers by Kevin A. Thompson
• ChangeTheOdds.com
• Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman

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• Website 
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• GraceInRealLifePodcast.com 
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• Subscribe to Jill’s weekly “the good + the grace” email 

Do you have goals or ideas you’d love to see happen this year? There are a lot of ways to embrace creating a vision, like New Year’s resolutions, setting an intention, or creating a vision board. The Bible also speaks to this in Proverbs. It’s not enough to hope your marriage goes in the direction you want it to - be intentional with where you want to go this year. Join Dr. Kim and I as we talk about how to effectively set an intention for your marriage this year. 

We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. 

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*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! 

RESOURCES

• Taking a tech break can be healthy and helpful, and our 7-Day Couples Tech Detox resource helps make the process painless! 
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• Our Annual Marriage Check Up Guide is designed to help you reflect on this past year and have in depth conversations about your marriage.
• Will you take 15 minutes each week to check up on your marriage? Dr. Kim highly recommends a quick weekly check in, and our Weekly Check In Guide makes it easy to do! This resource is also available for FREE when you sign up for the weekly Marriage Multiplier email!
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This one is for those married ladies! Ever find that your intimacy is just lacking in your relationship? Your husband wants more physical intimacy and you want more emotional connection which has caused you both to feel distant and disconnected? Today we talk about some of the common things that may be keeping the intimacy in your marriage subpar. Then we'll share practical things you can do to rebuild the strong connection you are longing for. Friends, please don't forget to subscribe and leave us a review. And check us out over at mindoverchaos.com and claudinesweeney.com.

This is episode 151, with my friends and first couple on the podcast, Chris and Jamie Bailey!

Chris and Jamie are parents to three daughters, have two sons in love, grandparents, Christian counselors, marriage coaches, authors and now podcasters!

Today, they share their story of how God transformed their lives at the beginning of their marriage. And, now they are sharing what they’ve learned with us!

You will hear Jamie’s story of unhappiness as a child, becoming a mother as a teenager, and then finding herself in an abusive marriage. You will hear how Chris and Jamie met and more!

They have been through moves, loss, struggles with health, and the normal everyday challenges that life brings but what you will hear from them today is HOPE.  The Hope that comes through Jesus and they are here to help us to enjoy the journey through Expedition Marriage!

For Full SHOW NOTES go to www.wrenrobbins.com/podcast/151