Don’t Go At It Alone

Don’t Go At It Alone

If you are a listener of the Passionately Married Podcast you know that Pam and I are open and transparent about the things we’ve struggled with in life. In fact, pretty much every product and resource we offer on the website has come from our own personal challenges....

Are you lazy busy?

Are you lazy busy?

There are times in my life (usually this happens for me in the middle of the night or at the beginning of a new season) when I need to ask myself some honest questions about life. Often these are big ones like: Who am I? What am I doing with my life? These are just 2...

Recovery is what makes a great marriage!

Recovery is what makes a great marriage!

Can you handle the tough conversations? There are many tough talks that happen in marriage. Being able to recover from them is the key to addressing them. You may not react well initially, or during the conversation. You may get defensive, attacking, or critical --...

Brave Listening

Brave Listening

"When we can acknowledge that and make room for that and accept that that is part of the human experience, then we can sit with someone and we can hold space for them and be present with them without feeling like we have to do something to make them feel better." -...

How 5 Minutes A Day Can Help Your Connection

How 5 Minutes A Day Can Help Your Connection

In this week's episode, Dr. Wyatt Fisher joins me to discuss the importance of constructive feedback in marriage and how to give and receive it effectively. "Conflict is the price we pay for intimacy. And so if you're wanting to have a deep connection with your...

Ultimatums in Marriage

Ultimatums in Marriage

When things happen in married life, whether bad or good, a common reaction is to blame (or give credit to) someone else. While they may have been a contributing factor to the result of a situation, when we fail to acknowledge our own role in life's circumstances, we...

Can We Really Hate Our Spouse?

Can We Really Hate Our Spouse?

It is safe to say that each of us entered into married life believing that our love would last and the passion we felt would see us through any potential heartache and struggle. This is what makes it so humbling when we discover that we do indeed have the capacity, if...

The Dark Side Of Marriage

The Dark Side Of Marriage

Unless you're familiar with Dr. David Schnarch, you likely haven't heard about this dark side of married life. What follows is adapted from his work. There is a dark side in each one of us that is seldom discussed. An aspect of us that plays out in the shadows of...

A Marriage Fully Alive

A Marriage Fully Alive

If you missed the first parts of this series, click here for Part 1, and Part 2 In Alaska, there are mountain ranges around Denali where the weather and clouds are so thick that there are only twenty to thirty days a year where it is clear enough to see the peaks of...