Category: marriage relationship
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#4.3 – Stop Having Fun Without Me!
How can I happy when my spouse is doing something fun without me???? “Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.”
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Podcast 3:10 – Kindness in Marriage
Darren & Paige look at how kindness or lack thereof can shape a marriage relationship. It does not mean that they don’t have disagreements, but they show how kindness can still be a part of everything. Why Kindness is important in a Marriage Keeps you together The biggest predictor of satisfaction and stability in a…
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Podcast 3:3 – Pass the Xanax – Dealing with Anxiety in Blended Families
Blended families bring lots of new stressors into a relationship. Anxiety is high and sometimes your attempts to help your family to blend just increases the anxiety for everyone. In this episode, Darren & Paige talk about causes of anxiety and how to deal with anxiety in your family.
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Podcast 1:28 – Identifying and Avoiding Toxic Behavior
Paige went to “Education Week” and attended several marriage relationship classes. In this episode, Paige talks to Darren about what she learned on how we can avoid toxic behavior in our relationship and strengthen our marriage. Listen here Your browser does not support playback Watch here Toxic Behavior Vision for your marriage. Good communication, and…
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Podcast 1:21 – Open Communication with Your Spouse, Kids and Exes
Open communication is important to any relationship. Don’t mistake open communication for transparency like we did. Transparency is about visibility, open communication is more about how, when and where you communicate. In this episode find out how Darren & Paige muddle through their journey to open communication in their marriage. Listen to the Episode Your…
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Podcast 1:20 – Triggers, How to deal with and avoid them
Triggers exist from previous marriages, childhood trauma and just living life. In this episode, we discuss how we have been able to navigate triggers, sometimes successfully sometimes not so much. Find out how to handle triggers, avoid them and recover from them. Triggers Pavlov’s Dogs – Ring a bell and they salivate. A trigger is…
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Podcast 1:19 – Flexibility in Travelling Together
In this episode learn how a trip to the Oregon Coast quickly turned into a business trip to Washington DC for Darren. Paige decided to join him so they could have some quality time alone together. Travel log and some nice back and forth about a missed romantic trip. Business Trips Plan time to be…
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Podcast 1:17 – Custody Scheduling Nightmares and Successes
Are you having a hard time figuring out custody schedules with your ex? Are you 50/50 and don’t know if you should be week on or week off? Or are you looking at a 2-2-5-5? If you don’t even know what these are you can hear the nightmare of scheduling when you have a blended…
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Podcast 1:13 – Your previous life in your current marriage
Your history has a profound effect on who you are. When you are in a second marriage that includes your relationship with your previous spouse. Sometimes learning about your spouse’s previous relationships can be difficult, but we have found over the years that it has given us a better understanding of each other, where we…