Did you miss last week's podcast where we started this journey on how to avoid The Marriage Gap™?? If so, start here! This is the second and final installment where we discuss The Marriage Gap™ and how to avoid it. Let's recap where we left off last week with Part 1... Closing the marriage
MM 051: How to Avoid The Marriage Gap™ Part I
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Before you got married you probably had a vision of the perfect marriage. Then dirty dishes, laundry, and screaming babies came along and your "ideal marriage" became a real one. Many couples fall victim to The Marriage Gap™ and grow more and more distant from their spouse. This episode is
MM 050: Confession: We Heart Chip and Joanna Gaines for Fixer Upper and Here’s Why
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Have you heard of the show Fixer Upper? Well, we have and we're both kinda obsessed. The main couple, Chip and Jojo, are a treat to watch and have one of the best marriages. Here's why we like them and how we all can learn a tip or two from their marriage and apply it to ours. The story
MM 049: Planning the Perfect Family Vacation
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Have you ever needed a vacation from your vacation? Us too. :) We just got back from our latest family vacation and here's how it went down. With three young boys we've just about seen it all when it comes to traveling. For spring break this year we went to Orlando which is funny because
MM 048: Help! My Spouse is Traveling and I Get MAJOR Anxiety
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Earlier in our marriage, traveling and being separated was a big deal. Well, it was a bigger deal for Mandy. It used to cause great anxiety and tension in our marriage. We both recently went on separate trips in the same week and this time we had no anxiety whatsoever. So, what
MM 047: Help! I’m an Unintentional Liar
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Lying hurts. It damages marriages. It just stinks. What happens when you don't realize you're lying? It can still have the same affect, but it's much harder to recognize when you're the one doing it. Here's a personal story when we realized that one of us had been unintentionally
MM 046: Adoption News!
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Did you hear the news!? We're adopting and we've officially have a referral! It's been a long journey, but we've seen her face and we are working towards finalizing all the paperwork to bring her home! When we tell people that we are adopting, we usually either get a funny look of confusion, a
MM 045: How To Read Your Spouse’s Mind
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If we could all read our spouse's mind, think of all the frustration we could avoid? Since mind reading really isn't a thing, here's a few ideas to help you find out what your spouse is thinking. Communicate with each other - Ask the how are you doing questions? And ask them in the right
MM 044: Things I Don’t Like About My Wife
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Could you imagine telling your wife to her face the things you don't like about her? What if she asked you to tell her and she really meant it? Would you jump on the chance? I did! Find out what I had to say and what Mandy's response was. Spoiler alert: I came out of the podcast without any new
MM 043: Switching Up Routines in Your Marriage
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Has your marriage got a little bit stale? Looking for easy ways to switch it up? Here's a few routines that we've changed in our marriage that have led to us being much closer together. It's also added some fun conversations between us. Each of us have our daily routines and sometimes it's
MM 042: We’re Back!
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Have you noticed our podcast publishing has been a bit sporadic lately? We explain why and how that's going to change in this podcast. Over the past few months we've been taking a break and trying to sort through what all this craziness called life is and evaluate what's most important and what's
MM: 041 How to Practice Gentleness in Your Marriage
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Being gentle in your marriage is easy at times and feels impossible at other times. Here's what we've learned on being gentle to each other through the good and bad times. What does gentleness mean? Here's our definition: Loving and respecting your spouse with an even temper and having strength
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