Awesome Marriage Podcast

In today's podcast episode Dr. Kim and Christina talk about what to do when your teens start to date. This may feel like a daunting milestone, but they are here to help give you peace of mind plus practical help to prepare well and handle it with grace. Whatever stage of parenting you are in, or if you are a friend or relative of teens, Dr. Kim and Christina have some great ideas and advice to help you prepare, support and encourage the teens you love as they start to think about dating. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! Resources: The God's Design for Sex Series books are a great teaching tool This isn't the first time we've talked about kids' dating! Check out other episodes on the topic: Parents' Responsibility in Dating: Interview with Debra Fileta | Ep. 6 Teaching Your Children Healthy Sexuality- Interview with Jim Burns | Ep. 22 Ask Dr. Kim: We have a son and worry about him growing up in this sex-crazed culture… Your spouse's love tank can't stay full unless you make sure to fill it up! Find out what helps give them that lovin' feeling with our "Love Cans" resource! Haven't thought much about your next phase of parenting? Get our "100 Questios to Get You On the Same Page" workbook and get your head in the game & on the same team with your spouse. Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here! Sign up to get Dr. Kim's One Thing To Grow Your Marriage Each Day via email or text here!

What does it mean to live authentically? Today Dr. Kim interviews NFL linebacker, speaker, podcaster, and humanitarian Sam Acho to help answer that question! Sam has a new book out, called Let The World See You. This book is a blueprint for learning how to be yourself and living a life of genuine authenticity. Listen today to learn more! We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! RESOURCES Buy Sam's book, Let the World See You, here! Find Sam Acho on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Your spouse's love tank can't stay full unless you make sure to fill it up! Find out what helps give them that lovin' feeling with our "Love Cans" resource! Find the YouVersion plan Dr. Kim mentioned, "Even If He Doesn't," here. Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here! Sign up to get Dr. Kim's One Thing To Grow Your Marriage Each Day via email or text here!

"Me time" can be a major pain point in marriages, especially those with young children. Have you wondered why "me time" is such an issue? Is it okay to ask your spouse for it? And what is a healthy amount of "me time"? Today we want to talk about "me time" and give you some practical tips to navigate this in a way that builds up your marriage. Listen as Dr. Kim and Christina answer these questions and more, and give you helpful steps to handle the "me time" issue. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! RESOURCES If this episode helped you realize that you & your spouse would benefit from talking about how you spend your time, use our Weekly Marriage Check Up Guide to make the conversation more productive! Your spouse's love tank can't stay full unless you make sure to fill it up! Find out what helps give them that lovin' feeling with our "Love Cans" resource! Are you getting Dr. Kim's One Thing To Grow Your Marriage Each Day email or text? If not, this is a great starting point to help you make a positive impact on your marriage each day. Sign up here! Intimacy requires hard work and a guide. Dr. Kim Kimberling is that guide and his book, 7 Secrets to An Awesome Marriage, will show you how communication and intimacy in marriage can be yours. Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here!

Last year changed a lot of our spiritual disciplines when it came to going to church and our daily habits. But it's important that we find a way to have healthy spiritual disciplines no matter our scenario. So, what is a spiritual discipline? What happens to our marriage when we neglect our spiritual disciplines? Today Dr. Kim and Christina will answer these and other helpful questions with grace and wisdom. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! RESOURCES Your spouse's love tank can't stay full unless you make sure to fill it up! Find out what helps give them that lovin' feeling with our "Love Cans" resource! YouVersion Bible Reading plans are a great use of screen time! Have you read any of our Awesome Marriage plans? Have a question for us, or a marriage story to share? Email us at info@awesomemarriage.com, or send us a direct message on Instagram, Facebook Twitter OR TikTok! We respond to every one of our messages and we love hearing from you! Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here! Are you getting Dr. Kim's One Thing To Grow Your Marriage Each Day email or text? If not, this is a great starting point to help you make a positive impact on your marriage each day. Sign up here!

Last year was a strange one, and it shook a lot of us out of our usual rhythms and habits. Many of you have told us you spent a lot more time online last year, and are still figuring out how to take back control of your tech habits. How do we know if our habits with technology are UNhealthy? Today Dr. Kim and Christina identify some red flags around tech overuse and talk about ways to break those unhealthy habits and create healthy ones. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! RESOURCES Your spouse's love tank can't stay full unless you make sure to fill it up! Find out what helps give them that lovin' feeling with our "Love Cans" resource! YouVersion Bible Reading plans are a great use of screen time! Have you read any of our Awesome Marriage plans? Have a question for us, or a marriage story to share? Email us at info@awesomemarriage.com, or send us a direct message on Instagram or Facebook. We respond to every one of our messages and we love hearing from you! Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here! Are you getting Dr. Kim's One Thing To Grow Your Marriage Each Day email or text? If not, this is a great starting point to help you make a positive impact on your marriage each day. Sign up here!

Today Dr. Kim and Christina talk about the connection we have with our spouse. What does a deeper connection look like? Is it possible to have that in the midst of a busy life? Is it too late to move past superficial connection if that's what we're used to? Join us as they discuss practical ways to assess and improve the connection in your marriage. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! Do you dream of a more delightful dinner table? Whether you have a family of 2 or 20, use our "52 Questions for Your Family Table" printable to help cultivate quality time together! Keep an eye out for our "Love Cans" resource, which comes out in February. This resource is designed to help you love and understand your spouse better. Browse the "Resource" tab at awesomemarriage.com for a variety of tools we've created to help you and your spouse connect, including Date Designs, which make it super easy to plan a meaningful date night with your spouse! Have a question for us, or a marriage story to share? Email us at info@awesomemarriage.com, or send us a direct message on Instagram or Facebook. We respond to every one of our messages and we love hearing from you! Our Online Marriage Retreat is a wonderful way to make time to grow together with your spouse, on your own time frame. Use the code AWESOMEMARRIAGE when you sign up for 10% off! Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here! Sign up to get Dr. Kim's One Thing To Grow Your Marriage Each Day via email or text here!

In this episode Dr. Kim and Christina discuss what it means to be prickly in marriage. Last year was tough on most of us, and one side effect is that many of us are carrying the pain of grief, loss, and disappointment. When we don't handle our hurt in healthy ways, we often hurt others without even realizing it. How can we best handle our feelings and become healthy, instead of prickly? Tune in today to find out. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! RESOURCES Dr. Kim enjoys using the Day One app for daily journalling. Find it online here. Are you getting Dr. Kim's One Thing To Grow Your Marriage Each Day email or text? If not, this is a great starting point to help you make a positive impact on your marriage each day. Sign up here! Do you dream of a more delightful dinner table? Whether you have a family of 2 or 20, use our "52 Questions for Your Family Table" printable to help cultivate quality time together! Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here!

Today Dr. Kim talks to Larry Hagner of the Good Dad Project about how to really connect well with your kids. Larry developed the project out of his desire to better himself and become a better dad to his kids. The Good Dad Project empowers men to become the happiest, healthiest, and best version of themselves, and provides community with other men on the journey. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! Resources: Check out The Good Dad Project for podcasts, resources, community and more. Buy Larry's book, The Dad's Edge: 9 Simple Ways to Have: Unlimited Patience, Improved Relationships, and Positive Lasting Memories. Whether this year was rocky or rose-tinted, use our Annual Marriage Check Up Guide to reflect on the year and prepare well for the next. It's yours with a donation of any amount to the ministry of Awesome Marriage! The Online Marriage Retreat is still available. Be intentional to grow your marriage by taking time to retreat and learn together. As a bonus for our listeners, we are offering 10% off with the code AWESOMEMARRIAGE10! Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here! Sign up to get Dr. Kim's One Thing To Grow Your Marriage Each Day via email or text here!

Today Dr. Kim and Christina summarize their thoughts on marriage in 2020 and what we have learned. It has certainly been a weird year for all of us and extremely challenging for many of us. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage. Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! Resources: Whether this year was rocky or rose-tinted, use our Annual Marriage Check Up Guide to reflect on the year and prepare well for the next. It's yours with a donation of any amount to the ministry of Awesome Marriage! The Online Marriage Retreat is still available. Be intentional to grow your marriage by taking time to retreat and learn together. As a bonus for our listeners, we are offering 10% off with the code AWESOMEMARRIAGE10! Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here! Sign up to get Dr. Kim's One Thing To Grow Your Marriage Each Day via email or text here!

Today we are talking all about parenting tips. Parenting can be a major marriage tension or a major distraction for a lot of marriages. Today Dr. Kim and Christina take some time to share tips that have made our life easier and our marriages better for each stage of parenting. We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage! Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox! *Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! Resources: Use our 100 Questions To Get You On The Same Page: A Parenting Workbook to make sure you are on the same parenting page as your spouse. Parenting with Love and Logic, by Foster Cline and Jim Fay The Learning About Sex book series for different ages and stages. Don't Mom Alone Podcast Some of Andy Stanley's sermon series are available as podcasts Connected Families provides biblically-based mentoring to help families. Become a Marriage Changer and receive some sweet exclusive benefits. Learn more here! Sign up to get Dr. Kim's One Thing To Grow Your Marriage Each Day via email or text here!