MarriageTeam

This show explores six myths about marriage that create unrealistic expectations and contribute to marital dissatisfaction and ultimate failure of many marriages.  You do not need to fall victim to these myths.  Learn how you can create realistic expectations and work as a team to create the marriage you always wanted.

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Al and Autumn interview Autumn's mom and her second husband Mert.  Both were widowed after life long marriages and now have been married for the last six years.  They reminisce and share some of their challenges, joys, humorous events, and thoughts about having a successful marriage based on their 119 years of marriage experience.  Your are invited to listen in as two members of the "greatest generation" share their stories.

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This interview with MarriageTeam coaches Bob and Jean Haskins explores what it is like to be equipped and serve as a coach couple.  It explores the training process as well as the issues that coaches see while dealing with other couples.  Finally it looks at the rewards of coaching and why coaching is a perfect ministry opportunity for many couples.

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Gil and Brenda Stuart have started a program for Blended Families called Restored and Remarried and written a book with the same title.  They present seminars and give a great perspective for blended families.  Gil and Brenda each came from prior marriages and with seven children between them, they had to overcome a lot of issues that they had not expected.  Togther they share their personal insights that provide perspective and help for those couples struggling with similar issues.  For more information you can go to their website www.restoredandremarried.com.

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This show addresses four myths that we tend to believe that make us powerless to change our situation.  Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages,  shares these myths and the six principles for Reality Living that empower couples to change their marriage in his book, Desperate Marriages.  Marriage coaches help couples apply reality living principles in order to create winning marriages.

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This show address marriage coaching, a relatively new approach to strengthening and saving marriages.  It explores what it is, why it works, and who can best benefit from having marriage coaches.  The type of coaching that is specifically addressed is couple coaching where one couple coaches another couple.  While coaching is not for everyone, it can work exceptionally well for many couples who simply need to learn and apply improved communication, conflict resolution, and problem solving skills.

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We all have different personalities, but is this a strength or a weakness in our marriage?  It depends on how you look at it.  Why not appreciate your teammate's strengths and compensate for their weaknesses?  That is the way a winning team works.  Learn more about how you can work together as a team in spite of your differences.

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This show looks at the very predictable stages that all marriages go through.  Simply understanding the stages can help to create realistic expectations and a road map for how to best navigate these ups and downs in your marriage.  These stages are similar in nature to the stages of child or moral development; we all go through them.  Learn what you can do to reach the final stage of being together at least and the rewards that come from successfully navigate the prior four stages.

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This program addresses achieving your dreams through the power of having written goals and an accountability partner (your spouse).  A recent study showed that having an accountability partner increased goal attainment by a whopping 75% more than just talking about your goals.  Learn how you can create a purposeful marriage where you are working together to achieve your dreams.

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This show discusses a problem solving methodology that has a proven track record for working with those "unsolvable" problems.  You know the ones - the ones where you say to yourself, "Here we go again."  You just know the discussion is going to result in no positive movement.  Well, now there's a way to work together as a team to solve the problems that may have been bothering you for years.

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