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The free Marriage Assessment shows you and your spouse where your marriage is strong and where it needs work Greg and Erin Smalley on normalizing honest talk about sexual desires and expectations in marriage, in How to Talk About Sex When You're Not Having It
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Take the free Marriage Assessment to see the strengths and growth areas in your marriage Learn about the Hope Restored marriage intensive for couples whose trust has been broken Greg and Erin Smalley on the risks of opposite-sex friendships and the boundaries that protect your marriage, in Opposite Sex Friendships in Marriage
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35:473.7K views · 2w ago · 35:47
Guest: Brad Hambrick
Read Recovering From an Affair, Greg and Erin's guide to the conversations that follow a betrayal Looking for a counselor? Focus on the Family can help you find one Learn about the Hope Restored marriage intensive for couples in crisis
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Resources Take the free Marriage Assessment to see the strengths and growth areas in your marriage Hear the full episode, including the listener Q&A, on the Crazy Little Thing Called Marriage podcast Looking for a counselor? Focus on the Family can help you find one
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Take the free Marriage Assessment to see the strengths and growth areas in your marriage Looking for a counselor? Focus on the Family can help you find one Listen to Crazy Little Thing Called Marriage wherever you get podcasts
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Take the free Marriage Assessment to see the strengths and growth areas in your marriage Looking for a counselor? Focus on the Family can help you find one Send Greg and Erin your questions EPISODE SUMMARY Counselor Debra Fileta joins Greg and Erin Smalley to explain why emotional health is part of following Jesus, not a distraction from it, and how couples can build a marriage where both spouses feel safe sharing what is going on inside.
Topics: Why we stuff our emotions · Emotional health and following Jesus · Can you trust your emotions? · Why Christians ignore emotions · Feelings lead to behaviors · The problem with constant distractions
30:132.1K views · 1mo ago · 30:13
Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley interview Pastor Kevin A. Thompson about his book The Creation of Us. Kevin emphasizes that marriage is its own entity where both spouses maintain individuality while building shared rhythms, mission, and unity. We talk about good dependence versus independence or enmeshment, how marriage reveals and can help heal attachment wounds, and “marital attention deficit.”
Topics: Why losing yourself isn't God's design · Meet Kevin A. Thompson · Is the marriage triangle flawed? · The danger of marriage formulas · Creating an intentional “us” · Why marriage is more than two people
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We're continuing our discussion of the “manosphere,” reviewing how it distorts headship and submission and focusing on three additional lies: that emotional vulnerability is weakness, that women are biologically untrustworthy, and that a wife’s body belongs to her husband.
Topics: Emotional distance is not leadership · A powerful listener story from Ohio · Why this conversation matters · Lie #4: Men should be emotionally detached · What “holding frame” really means · The danger of emotional distance
34:282.6K views · 2mo ago · 34:28
Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley discuss the Manosphere and the “Christian Manosphere." This is a program that you want to share with all the men in your life. Greg shares research from months of reading forums and explains the first three of six lies that many men are believing. We also go into what submission means for women.
Topics: The first lie of the manosphere · What is the Christian manosphere? · Why this conversation matters · How biblical words get twisted · How good men get pulled in · Lie #1: Men are commanded to rule
35:021.6K views · 2mo ago · 35:02
Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley discuss what it means to leave a marital legacy by building a healthy foundation -- with intentional core values -- rather than living by default. Guest Lain McCanless of Rally Your Family describes practical tools to guide decisions, unify spouses, and model faithfulness across generations.This is something you can start today!
Topics: Your kids are still watching you · Meet Lane McCanless · Living by design vs living by default · Why families drift unintentionally · How family pain shaped Lane's mission · Learning from families who do it well
33:521.9K views · 2mo ago · 33:52
Guest: Bob Lepine
Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley are joined by Bob Lepine to discuss how guilt, shame, and past wounds affect marriage. If unresolved hurts are triggering conflict in your relationship, listen to this episode and then share it with your spouse.
Topics: The natural drift of marriage · Meet Bob Lepine · Is happiness the goal of marriage? · What if marriage is about holiness? · The danger of a self-centered marriage · Does your marriage please God?
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Guest: Julie Plagens
Does it feel like your life is being interrupted? Financial issues, health concerns, and disagreements with family members can all throw a wrench into our plans. Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley talk with Julie Plagens, who describes common interruptions in her life. We address the need for control, people-pleasing, and messages from how a strict faith background fueled anger and unforgiveness.
Topics: When interruptions change your marriage · Meet Julie Plagens · The biggest interruptions in her marriage · Why we resist life's disruptions · Feeling powerless in marriage · Finding her voice as a wife
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