It's Monday Podcast

You can love someone and still stop seeing them. In Part 2, Eric and Natalie get honest about how appreciation quietly erodes in a marriage — the drive-by comments, the "thank you"s that stop happening, and why taking each other for granted might be doing more damage than any big blowup ever could.

If Part 1 was about feeling unheard, this one is about the moment you realize you stopped noticing the person right in front of you — and what it takes to start again.

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You bring something up. They get defensive. You get louder. Somehow you're both talking and neither of you feels heard. Sound familiar?

In this episode, Eric and Natalie get honest about what's actually happening underneath your hardest conversations — the pain that leaks out sideways, the self-control it takes to actually listen, and why "hurting people hurt people" is truer than you want it to be.

If you've ever walked away from an argument wondering how it went so wrong, this one's for you.

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Part 2 of the conversation we started last week after one of our posts went viral. This time we're getting into what happens when intimacy gets withheld in marriage — why it's not just a "physical" issue, what wives often get wrong about their husband's greatest need, and a few lines that might sting a little (the "clean kitchen" one is not okay 😂).

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We posted a clip and the comments came for us. This week, we're unpacking the exact moment a conversation dies — that split-second reflex to defend yourself before you've actually heard what your spouse is saying.

It happens in twenty seconds online. It happens in your living room just as fast. "I know, but—" isn't about being right. It's about who gets to decide the conversation is over.

We talk through what the research says about how conversations go sideways in the first three minutes, what Scripture says about being quick to listen, and where we still catch ourselves doing this to each other — on camera, unscripted.

This is Part One of a two-part conversation. Part Two drops next week — the harder half of this same reflex, and why it shows up as feeling unwanted instead of unheard.

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We still fight. We just don't let it turn into days of cold silence anymore. This week Eric & Natalie get honest about conflict in marriage — how they used to spiral into blowups, what changed, and the practical stuff (yes, even golfing) that keeps them actually enjoying each other, not just tolerating each other.

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Avoiding a Roommate Marriage | Episode 40

Somewhere along the way, a lot of marriages quietly downgrade. You stop dating. You stop pursuing. You start co-managing a household instead of building a life together. Same address, same calendar, same bed — but no real connection. That's not marriage. That's a roommate situation with a shared last name.

In this episode, we talk about how couples slide into "roommate marriage" without ever deciding to, what it actually costs a relationship long-term, and the specific habits that pull a marriage back from autopilot into intimacy — emotional, spiritual, and physical. We get honest about what it looks like to fight for connection when life is loud, kids are demanding, and exhaustion feels like a legitimate excuse to check out.

If your marriage feels more like a business partnership than a romance right now, this conversation is for you.

This week we're tackling the topic everyone whispers about but nobody really talks through — sex and intimacy in marriage. It started with a viral reel: a fiancé asking if 6 times a week was a "realistic" expectation, and the internet lost it. So we're digging into why intimacy actually gets better later in marriage, not worse — the pressure everyone feels in their 20s, and why couples in their 40s (yes, including us — 20 years in) will tell you it's a different, better story.

We also get into the comments we got after posting about withholding intimacy as a form of contempt — the frustration on both sides, the men who feel like they gave and got nothing back, and why this is one of the most painful, least-talked-about tensions in marriage.

If you've ever wondered whether what's "normal" in your marriage is actually normal — this one's for you.

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We pulled the boldest, most honest moments into one video.

Husband leadership that isn't working. Weaponizing intimacy. What it actually means to cover your spouse. Pride wrecking marriages from the inside. And the moments that made us laugh right in the middle of hard conversations.

If you're tired of cliché marriage advice and want the real, sometimes uncomfortable truth — this is for you.

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Why are men checking out of church? On this episode, Pastor Eric and Pastor Natalie get honest about a hard truth — the way church has been packaged (the tone, the music, the vibe) has quietly pushed men to the sidelines.

Eric shares his own story of feeling like a "buried talent" — used up and neglected in a church plant that nearly broke him. Natalie unpacks what it looks like for a wife to steward her marriage well, and how couples navigate the order of loves — God, spouse, family, church — without losing themselves in the process.

Plus: a sweet story about an older guy proving love doesn't have an age limit.

If you're a woman married to a man who's checked out of church, or a man who's felt like church wasn't built for you — this one's for you.

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This week on It's Monday, Eric and Natalie get real about something most Christians struggle with: actually sharing their faith.

Coming off Pastor Isaac's message "My Father's Eyes," they dig into why so many of us go quiet when it comes to talking about Jesus — is it politeness? Fear of rejection? Or something deeper? Plus: a live challenge — when was the last time you actually prayed for someone in public?

And because it's still Monday... there's a weekend recap, a slightly unhinged retelling of "Father Abraham," and a fireworks story that went about as well as you'd expect.

In this episode:

• Why boldness in faith feels so hard right now
• The real reason behind the fear of sharing your faith
• A challenge: pray for someone today, out loud, in public
• The stats on how open people actually are to faith conversations
• Weekend recaps, sermon takeaways, and Father Abraham chaos

New here? It's Monday is a weekly conversation between Eric and Natalie on faith, marriage, and real life — because Monday is when it all gets tested.

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