Apologies are necessary. We are all human and sinful, so we should all be apologizing regularly. But there are definitely right and wrong ways to do this, and most of us can certainly grow in doing apologies well. We’re on our Awesome Marriage Podcast summer break, and during these weeks off, we are re-sharing some of our favorite past episodes. These are episodes that you might have missed the first time, or that just deserve a re-listen! Today we’re re-airing this episode where Dr. Kim and Christina explain why good apologies matter, and help us learn to do this well. 

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• The 2022 Virtual Sex Seminar is designed to help you deal with a number of common barriers to great married sex. We’ve partnered up with the Dating Divas and 21 other sex and marriage experts to give you the 2022 Virtual Sex Seminar. Learn from SAFE, HEALTHY Sex Experts in the privacy of your own home. 
• Registration is now open for FaithFULL Online Men’s Retreat! Don’t miss this chance to learn from like minded men who are seeking to build a life of integrity. We have 10% off for you when you use the code DRKIM10 at checkout! 
• Dr. Kim recommends a weekly marriage check in, and our Weekly Check In Guide makes it easy to do! You will get this resource for free when you sign up for Dr. Kim’s weekly Marriage Multiplier email!
• When you sign up for Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email you will get an email from every weekday with one practical thing to do for your marriage that day! Bonus: We will send you our “Creative Questions To Ask Your Spouse” for free when you subscribe.
• Do you know about the Marriage Changers membership? As a Marriage Changer you get each of our new monthly resources, plus some other sweet benefits, like t-shirts and exclusive videos with Dr. Kim and Nancy! Learn more here!

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RESOURCES

• Our Lovemaking Survey is a nonthreatening way to evaluate your sex together. The goal is to be honest and to work together towards better sex in your marriage, no matter how these answers unfold. 
• The 2022 Virtual Sex Seminar is designed to help you deal with a number of common barriers to great married sex. We’ve partnered up with the Dating Divas and 21 other sex and marriage experts to give you the 2022 Virtual Sex Seminar. Learn from SAFE, HEALTHY Sex Experts in the privacy of your own home. 
• Registration is now open for FaithFULL Online Men’s Retreat! Don’t miss this chance to learn from like minded men who are seeking to build a life of integrity. Discounted early bird pricing is available through May 31, PLUS we have an additional 10% off for you when you use the code DRKIM10 at checkout! 
• The books mentioned in today’s episode: 
• A Celebration of Sex by Dr. Douglas Rosenau 
• The Gift of Sex by Clifford and Joyce Penner 
• Dr. Kim’s eBook Awesome Sex In Marriage  
• Dr. Kim’s Marriage Multiplier email brings you thoughtful and impactful marriage challenges and helps all in one short email each Wednesday. Sign up here! 
• Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email provides a step to growing your marriage, sent directly to your inbox each weekday. Plus we will send you our “Creative Questions To Ask Your Spouse” for free when you subscribe!
• Our Marriage Changers get each of our new monthly resources, plus some other sweet benefits, like t-shirts and exclusive videos with Dr. Kim and Nancy! Learn more here!
• Use the Spice It Up Sex Challenge challenge as a fun way to connect with your spouse! The goal is to complete all 18 challenges in 30 days!  

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RESOURCES

• Dr. Kim’s eBook Awesome Sex In Marriage
• The 2022 Virtual Sex Seminar is designed to help you deal with a number of common barriers to great married sex. We’ve partnered up with the Dating Divas and 21 other sex and marriage experts to give you the 2022 Virtual Sex Seminar. Learn from SAFE, HEALTHY Sex Experts in the privacy of your own home. 
• Dr. Kim’s Marriage Multiplier email brings you thoughtful and impactful marriage challenges and helps all in one short email each Wednesday. Sign up here! 
• Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email provides a step to growing your marriage, sent directly to your inbox each weekday. Plus we will send you our “Creative Questions To Ask Your Spouse” for free when you subscribe!
• Our Marriage Changers get each of our new monthly resources, plus some other sweet benefits, like t-shirts and exclusive videos with Dr. Kim and Nancy! Learn more here!
• Use the Spice It Up Sex Challenge challenge as a fun way to connect with your spouse! The goal is to complete all 18 challenges in 30 days!  
• Our Lovemaking Survey is a nonthreatening way to evaluate your sex together. The goal is to be honest and to work together towards better sex in your marriage, no matter how these answers unfold. 

We know “opposites attract,” but once those opposites are married, they also can tend to drive each other crazy! We’re on our Awesome Marriage Podcast 4-week summer break, and during these weeks off, we will re-share some of our favorite past episodes. These are episodes that you might have missed the first time, or that just deserve a re-listen! In this week’s Worth Repeating, we’re sharing the Enneagram and Your Marriage, with special guests Jeff and Beth McCord of Your Enneagram Coach. They explain what the enneagram is, why it’s worth talking about and how it can help, even in conflict. They unpack how this tool can facilitate growth, compassion and understanding, point us to the Gospel, and move couples from frustration to thriving together.   

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RESOURCES

• Dr. Kim has an episode with Beth about how to thrive in marriage with each of the 9 types! You can find all 9 episodes here! 
• Find everything you need at becomingus.com including the course for YOUR marriage’s Enneagram combination! Beth & Jeff have a “Becoming Us” course for each type combination! 
• Buy “Becoming Us” today! 
• Registration is now open for FaithFULL Online Men’s Retreat! Don’t miss this chance to learn from like minded men who are seeking to build a life of integrity. Discounted early bird pricing is available through May 31, PLUS we have an additional 10% off for you when you use the code DRKIM10 at checkout! 
• Honoring Intimates is a safe place 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. 
• You can get some one-on-one coaching with Your Enneagram Coach here. 
• Not sure what your Enneagram Type is? You can take the free assessment here! Also be sure to take the FREE MARRIAGE ASSESSMENT here. 
• Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here!
• Sign up to get Dr. Kim’s One Thing To Grow Your Marriage Each Day here!

Is it abuse or is it bad behavior? Today Dr. David E Clarke joins Dr. Kim to tackle this tough topic with tough love. Dr. David E. Clarke is a Christian psychologist, speaker, and author who guides people toward healthy lives, marriages, and families through his Bible-based teaching and therapy. In today’s episode he explains the difference between abuse and bad behavior, touches on narcissism and gaslighting, and shares an effective, biblical approach for any spouse who is dealing with this situation. 

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

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RESOURCES

• Abusive behavior is never ok. If you’re being abused, please get out and get help. If you suspect any emotional or physical abuse is going on in your marriage, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at https://www.thehotline.org or 1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233)

• Dr. Clarke’s Book, Enough is Enough, gives more details on how to make the plan work. 
• More info and resources are available on Dr. Clarke’s Website
• If your marriage is safe, but is really struggling right now, our Marriage 911 Course was made for couples just like you

Money tends to be a dreaded issue, but we had a lot of fun talking about it. In this episode we share some helpful keys to handling your finances well. This week we’re talking about Dr. Kim’s top 5 money tips.  

We also cover how Dr. Kim handles impulse spending, what to do if you don’t want to tithe to your church, and the first step toward seeing money with less stress. 

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

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RESOURCES

• For help getting on track financially, check out the Free Centsai Financial Online Class from our friends Dan and Kay Ockey.
• Dr. Kim recommends a weekly marriage check in, and our Weekly Check In Guide makes it easy to do! You will get this resource for free when you sign up for Dr. Kim’s weekly Marriage Multiplier email!
• When you sign up for Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email you will get an email from every weekday with one practical thing to do for your marriage that day! Bonus: We will send you our “Creative Questions To Ask Your Spouse” for free when you subscribe.
• Do you know about the Marriage Changers membership? As a Marriage Changer you get each of our new monthly resources, plus some other sweet benefits, like t-shirts and exclusive videos with Dr. Kim and Nancy! Learn more here!

Tune in as Debra gives steps that allow either spouse to help the marriage improve. 

We pray this episode is helpful for you and your marriage! 

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• Debra’s book, Are You Really OK? walks you through tending to the areas of health we talked about in today’s episode. 
• Our 31 Reasons Why I Love You love notes resource helps you share the loving thoughts you have about your spouse in a fun and easy way. 
• We can too easily let our married sex grow mundane or stale. That’s why we created the Spice it Up Sex Challenge. This resource gives you 18 fun and spicy challenges to work toward together to help bring back the fun and passion!
• Dr. Kim’s book, 7 Secrets to an Awesome Marriage gives you 7 of his time-tested insights to make your marriage all you want it to be. 

We pray this episode is helpful for you and your marriage! 

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RESOURCES

• For more help getting on track financially, check out the Free Centsai Financial Online Class 
• Our recent podcast episode “What is team language” can help you communicate well to correct any money mistakes you’ve made!  
• For low budget and free date night ideas, browse our Date Designs 
• Make sure you’re following us on Instagram so you never miss the fun tips, reels, date ideas and other things we post! 
• Dr. Kim’s book, 7 Secrets to An Awesome Marriage takes you deeper on some of the best ways to make your marriage better 
• Dr. Kim recommends a weekly marriage check in, and our Weekly Check In Guide makes it easy to do! You will get this resource for free when you sign up for Dr. Kim’s weekly Marriage Multiplier email!
• When you sign up for Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email you will get an email from every weekday with one practical thing to do for your marriage that day! Bonus: We will send you our “Creative Questions To Ask Your Spouse” for free when you subscribe.
• Do you know about the Marriage Changers membership? As a Marriage Changer you get each of our new monthly resources, plus some other sweet benefits, like t-shirts and exclusive videos with Dr. Kim and Nancy! Learn more here!

Through Dr. Kim’s 40 years as a Christian counselor, he’s helped so many families work through these things, plus he and Nancy have valuable wisdom from their experience as parents and grandparents. 

In this episode, Dr. Kim and I gives tips for healthy parenting perspective and I share some helpful things I’ve learned through 17 years of parenting.

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

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RESOURCES

• It’s finally here! Your chance to get 7 awesome resources for one donation! Don’t miss it because this bundle deal is only available for two weeks out of the year!
• Our 100 Questions To Get You On the Same Page workbook is designed to help spouses work through some of the tough issues of parenting in a fun and effective way. 

• Dr. Kim highly recommends a weekly marriage check in, and our Weekly Check In Guide makes it easy to do! You will get this resource for free when you sign up for Dr. Kim’s weekly Marriage Multiplier email!
• Sign up for Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email to get an email from Dr. Kim every weekday with one practical thing you can do for your marriage that day! We'll also send you our “Creative Questions To Ask Your Spouse” for free when you subscribe.
• Do you know about the Marriage Changers membership? As a Marriage Changer you get each of our new monthly resources, plus some other sweet benefits, like t-shirts and exclusive videos with Dr. Kim and Nancy! Learn more here!

Tune in to learn about these pitfalls so you can avoid them. We pray this episode is helpful for you and your marriage. 

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RESOURCES

• It’s finally here! Your chance to get 7 awesome resources for one donation! Don’t miss it because this bundle deal is only available for two weeks out of the year!
• Our 100 Questions To Get You On the Same Page workbook is designed to help spouses work through some of the tough issues of parenting in a fun and effective way. 

• Dr. Kim highly recommends a weekly marriage check in, and our Weekly Check In Guide makes it easy to do! You will get this resource for free when you sign up for Dr. Kim’s weekly Marriage Multiplier email!
• Sign up for Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email to get an email from Dr. Kim every weekday with one practical thing you can do for your marriage that day! We'll also send you our “Creative Questions To Ask Your Spouse” for free when you subscribe.
• Do you know about the Marriage Changers membership? As a Marriage Changer you get each of our new monthly resources, plus some other sweet benefits, like t-shirts and exclusive videos with Dr. Kim and Nancy! Learn more here!

Today Laura Doyle from the Empowered Wife Podcast joins Dr. Kim to teach us some empowering ways to shift the culture of our marriage, even if our spouse isn’t on board.  Tune in to learn some of the “cheat phrases” Laura teaches that can help you shift from controlling tendencies to deeper intimacy.   

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

PS - Please let me know if you end up with an experience like the story Laura tells about getting the kitchen clean!

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Today we wrap up our series one one-sided marriage by answering some of your questions. We know marriage isn’t easy, and there are no one-size fits all answers. But some key themes have stood out through this series, and there are practical action steps you can take to help your marriage, even if your spouse never gets on board. Tune in today as we address them.  

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

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RESOURCES

• Even in a difficult marriage, there is no place for violence or any kind of abuse. If you are unsafe in your marriage, please contact https://www.thehotline.org/ or  800.799.SAFE
• Dr. David Clarke’s book Enough is Enough will help you find solid, biblical next steps if you think you may be in an abusive situation. 
• The Self Check In Guide (I referred to this as the “Self Awareness Challenge”) is designed to help you clarify what’s going on with you, which is a really helpful step in communicating well with your spouse. 
• “How to Ask for Help” special Wives’ Edition podcast episode with Christina and Lindsay 
• Dr. Kim highly recommends a weekly marriage check in, and our Weekly Check In Guide makes it easy to do! You will get this resource for free when you sign up for Dr. Kim’s weekly Marriage Multiplier email!

Thank goodness for Dr. Kim’s wisdom and counseling experience to help us unpack this issue! 

It’s not something many of us have seen done well, or been taught to do, but setting appropriate boundaries can help you and your marriage grow healthier. Tune in to find out how and why this works. 

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

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RESOURCES

• Do you need help resolving conflict in healthier ways? We’ve got you covered! Our  Conflict Resolution Cheat Sheet has 25 of Dr. Kim’s time-tested tips to handle conflict well. 
• Dr. Kim highly recommends a weekly marriage check in, and our Weekly Check In Guide makes it easy to do! You will get this resource for free when you sign up for Dr. Kim’s weekly Marriage Multiplier email!
• Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email is a quick email from Dr. Kim each weekday with one practical thing to help grow your marriage! The One Thing was created to help spouses who want to do something to help their marriage but weren’t  sure where to start. You’ll also get our “Creative Questions To Ask Your Spouse” resource for free when you subscribe!
• Ready to level up your marriage? With the Marriage Changers membership you get each of our new monthly resources, plus some other sweet benefits, like Tshirts and exclusive videos with Dr. Kim and Nancy! Learn more here!

Last week we talked about what a “one-sided marriage” can look like. It’s not a fun situation, but there are some important and impactful things you can do if that’s where you are. This week, Dr. Kim shares with us five things you can control, even when your marriage feels totally out of control. 

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

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Today Dr. Kim and I share the one-sided times we have experienced in our own marriages, and equip you with practical things to do if you find yourself in this situation. 

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

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• Be on the lookout later this month, because we have something brand new coming to help you engage and enjoy date night!  
• Do you need help resolving conflict in healthier ways? We’ve got you covered! Our  Conflict Resolution Cheat Sheet gives you 25 of Dr. Kim’s time-tested tips for handling conflict well. 
• Dr. Kim highly recommends a weekly marriage check in, and our Weekly Check In Guide makes it easy to do! Get this resource for free when you sign up for Dr. Kim’s weekly Marriage Multiplier email!
• Sign up for Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email to get an email from Dr. Kim every weekday with one practical thing you can do for your marriage that day! We'll also send you our “Creative Questions To Ask Your Spouse” for free when you subscribe.
• Ready to level up your marriage? With the Marriage Changers membership yet you get all of our monthly resources, plus some other sweet benefits, like Tshirts and exclusive videos with Dr. Kim and Nancy! Learn more here!

If you’re a millennial, somewhere near that generational neighborhood, or just curious about the impacts of our culture on marriage, don’t miss this one! Joseph and Marissa Msefya from ForeverMarriages join Dr. Kim today to dig into some of the cultural pressures couples are facing, and to share ways to grow through them and pursue a healthy, lasting marriage.   

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

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RESOURCES

• Find Joseph and Marissa at https://www.forever-marriages.com/
• Sign up for Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email to get an email from Dr. Kim every weekday with one practical thing you can do for your marriage that day! We'll also send you our “Creative Questions To Ask Your Spouse” for free when you subscribe.
• Your marriage can only be as healthy as the two of you. The Self Check In Guide is designed to help you grow in self-awareness and emotional health. 

• We’ve done the work for you and created the Tied To You Date Design to make your next date night fun, easy and memorable. 
• Dr. Kim highly recommends a weekly marriage check in, and our Weekly Check In Guide makes it easy to do! Get this resource for free when you sign up for Dr. Kim’s weekly Marriage Multiplier email!
• If your marriage is really hard right now, please take advantage of our free resources designed specifically to help struggling marriages. 

“Team language” is a great counselor term that I’ve heard Dr. Kim use a lot, and I wanted to learn more about what that looks like – and doesn’t look like – in marriage. Join us today as we unpack practical ways to shift to a team mindset and use team language.   

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

P.S. Did the “good guy” idea Dr. Kim mentions later in the episode step on your toes like it did mine?! Let me know if that’s something you want to hear more about! 

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RESOURCES

• Sign up for Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email to get an email from Dr. Kim every weekday with one practical thing you can do for your marriage that day! We'll also send you our “Creative Questions To Ask Your Spouse” for free when you subscribe.
• Your marriage can only be as healthy as the two of you. The Self Check In Guide is designed to help you grow in self-awareness and emotional health. 
• We’ve done the work for you and created the Tied To You Date Design to make your next date night fun, easy and memorable. 
• Dr. Kim highly recommends a weekly marriage check in, and our Weekly Check In Guide makes it easy to do! Get this resource for free when you sign up for Dr. Kim’s weekly Marriage Multiplier email!
• If your marriage is really hard right now, please take advantage of our free resources designed specifically to help struggling marriages. 

We’re thankful that God has used this podcast to bring hope and encouragement to marriages, and we are so grateful to you for engaging, sharing your time with us as you listen, and being intentional to grow your marriage. 

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

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RESOURCES

• If your marriage is really hard right now, please take advantage of our free resources designed specifically to help struggling marriages. 

• Our 5 Days 5 Ways Love Language Challenge and 5 Days 5 Ways Love Language YouVersion Plan are designed to help you learn how to love your spouse well 

• We’ve done the work for you and created the Tied To You Date Design to make your next date night fun, easy and memorable. 

• Any topics you want to hear more about on the podcast? I’m all ears! Email me at lindsay@awesomemarriage.com

• Dr. Kim highly recommends a weekly marriage check in, and our Weekly Check In Guide makes it easy to do! Get this resource for free when you sign up for Dr. Kim’s weekly Marriage Multiplier email!

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

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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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RESOURCES

• Taking a tech break can be healthy and helpful, and our 7-Day Couples Tech Detox resource helps make the process painless! 
• Can you believe we’re hitting 500 episodes next month!? Check out the details of our 500th episode Review Contest here!  
• 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!
• Have you heard about our Marriage Changer Membership? Marriage Changers get all of our monthly resources delivered automatically, plus several other benefits, including T-shirts and exclusive videos from Dr. Kim and Nancy! Learn more here!
• Get bite-sized daily doses of marriage wisdom delivered straight to your inbox with Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email. As a subscriber, you’ll also be eligible for some awesome freebies!  

I love something Christina said on a recent episode: “When your marriage is reflected in your budget, your calendar, your thoughts, and your prayers then it is a top priority.” As we get the new year started, it’s a great time to take stock of your marriage. What’s going well, and what’s just not working? So today I’m talking to Dr. Kim about what it means to check up on your marriage annually, how he and Nancy do this, and how to get started if, like me, this is pretty new to you and your spouse! 

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

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• 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! 
• Ready to level up your marriage? With the Marriage Changers membership yet you get all of our monthly resources, plus some other sweet benefits, like Tshirts and exclusive videos with Dr. Kim and Nancy! Learn more here!
• Can you believe we’re hitting 500 episodes next month!? Check out the details of our 500th episode Review Contest here!  
• Dr. Kim’s book 7 Secrets To An Awesome Marriage 
• Our Annual Marriage Check Up Guide is designed to help you reflect on this past year and have in depth conversations about your marriage.
• Get bite-sized daily doses of marriage wisdom delivered straight to your inbox with Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email. As a subscriber, you’ll also be eligible for some awesome freebies!  
• Check out Dr. Kim’s Marriage Multiplier email! The Marriage Multiplier brings you 4 pieces of marriage wisdom in a quick, easy to read email. 

Today’s podcast is a real gift. It’s not every day we get to hear from a guest who is in their tenth decade of life, and has had not one, but two awesome marriages! Today Dr. Kim interviews Ernstena “Ernie” Parker Wood, who shares some stories of following God faithfully through life in ministry, marriage and widowhood, with wisdom and warmth. Don’t miss this one! 

RESOURCES

• Accountability is a biblical and helpful tool for growing in holiness. Our “78 Accountability Questions: A Simple Guide For Accountability Partners” resource is a simple guide to get you started and to share some vision for what an accountability partner can look like.
• Check out Dr. Kim’s Marriage Multiplier email! The Marriage Multiplier brings you 4 pieces of marriage wisdom in a quick, easy to read email. 
• The Self Check In Guide is a great way to grow in self-awareness. 
• Our Questions To Help Your Spouse Open Up resource is a simple way to help build the closeness between you and your spouse 
• Get bite-sized daily doses of marriage wisdom delivered straight to your inbox with Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email. As a subscriber, you’ll also be eligible for some awesome freebies!  
• Ready to level up your marriage? With the Marriage Changers membership yet you get all of our monthly resources, plus some other sweet benefits, like Tshirts and exclusive videos with Dr. Kim and Nancy! Learn more here!

Spiritual Intimacy isn’t something you hear very often but it’s a real thing that you can have in your marriage! Although it sounds deep and intangible, it can be very simple and anyone can grow in this. Today Dr. Kim and Christina talk about what spiritual intimacy is, and give practical ways to deepen the spiritual intimacy in your marriage.

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

RESOURCES

• Our House Prayer Cards are a simple way to make prayer a normal part of your life by praying over your home. So many couples have told us that these made a difference in their home! 
• Accountability is a biblical and helpful tool to help us grow in holiness. Our “78 Accountability Questions: A Simple Guide For Accountability Partners” resource is a simple guide to get you started and to share vision for what an accountability partner can look like.
• Check out Dr. Kim’s Marriage Multiplier email! The Marriage Multiplier brings you 4 pieces of marriage wisdom in a quick, easy to read email. 
• We have dozens of YouVersion Bible reading plans to take the guesswork out of reading the Bible together. 
• Get bite-sized daily doses of marriage wisdom delivered straight to your inbox with Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email. As a subscriber, you’ll also be eligible for some awesome freebies!  
• Ready to level up your marriage? With the Marriage Changers membership yet you get all of our monthly resources, plus some other sweet benefits, like Tshirts and exclusive videos with Dr. Kim and Nancy! Learn more here!

One thing we’ve been hearing a lot from couples is that they don’t feel close to each other or that their relationship feels like it’s missing some depth. Today we’re taking some time to talk about emotional intimacy and give you ideas of practical ways to deepen the emotional intimacy in your marriage. 

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

RESOURCES

• Accountability is a biblical and helpful tool for growing in holiness. Our “78 Accountability Questions: A Simple Guide For Accountability Partners” resource is a simple guide to get you started and to share some vision for what an accountability partner can look like.
• Check out Dr. Kim’s Marriage Multiplier email! The Marriage Multiplier brings you 4 pieces of marriage wisdom in a quick, easy to read email. 
• The Self Check In Guide is a great way to grow in self-awareness. 
• Our Questions To Help Your Spouse Open Up resource is a simple way to help build the closeness between you and your spouse 
• Get bite-sized daily doses of marriage wisdom delivered straight to your inbox with Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email. As a subscriber, you’ll also be eligible for some awesome freebies!  
• Ready to level up your marriage? With the Marriage Changers membership yet you get all of our monthly resources, plus some other sweet benefits, like Tshirts and exclusive videos with Dr. Kim and Nancy! Learn more here!

Sex is an important part of an awesome marriage… and it’s also one of the top issues couples say is a problem in their marriage. We get lots of questions about sex and today we’re answering as many of them as we can, and no question is off limits! Tune in to hear Dr. Kim and Christina answer these sex FAQs.  

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

RESOURCES

• It’s Giving Tuesday, the most generous time of year! This year, we’re giving our 4-Week Connection Challenge as a thank you gift to all who donate! Even after Giving Tuesday, you can still give! We are so thankful for your generosity. 
• Our Love Making Survey is a helpful and non-threatening way to get the sex conversation started. 
• Full Set - God's Design for Sex Series, 4 Books: Revised and Updated Edition By: Stan Jones, Brenna Jones 
• A Celebration of Sex: A Guide to Enjoying God's Gift of Sexual Intimacy
• Don’t Mom Alone Podcast Ep 328 goes into more detail on talking to your kids about sex.
• Check out Dr. Kim’s Marriage Multiplier email! The Marriage Multiplier brings you 4 pieces of marriage wisdom in a quick, easy to read email. 
• Creative Questions to Ask Your Spouse 2.0 will get good conversations started and keep them flowing between you and your spouse. 

• Get bite-sized daily doses of marriage wisdom delivered straight to your inbox with Dr. Kim’s Daily One Thing email. As a subscriber, you’ll also be eligible for some awesome freebies!  
• Ready to level up your marriage? With the Marriage Changers membership yet you get all of our monthly resources, plus some other sweet benefits, like Tshirts and exclusive videos with Dr. Kim and Nancy! Learn more here!