If you’re not familiar with the Pacific Northwest, starting in mid-October the clouds roll in and it becomes a grey, gloomy, wet, soul-sucking place for the next 8 months (I hear it’s a lot like England). For those that are solar powered—like my wife Shannon—the emotional clouds roll in as well and she starts to struggle with depression.

If this sounds like you, we want you to know you’re not alone. In today’s episode of the Secure Marriage Podcast, we thought we’d share how this affects our relationship and what we’ve learned to do to cope.