People are predictable.

If I ask the question, "Do you want an incredible marriage or a mediocre marriage?" Everyone will answer, "I want an incredible marriage!"

If I ask, "Do you want an extraordinary life or a boring life?" Everyone will answer, "I want an extraordinary life!"

If I ask "Do you want to have meaningful friendships, a strong faith, a purposeful existence or... something else?" Nobody would choose the "something else."

However, what you desire and what you're committed to are two very different things.

If you really want to live the life you desire, it requires you to have two things: Clarity and commitment.

It is a choice to be boring.

It is a choice to think kids ruin adventure.

It is a choice to pray together every day and pray for each other out loud.

It is a choice to have family night.

It is a choice to read the scriptures together.

It is a choice to do the dishes when you’re tired from work.

It is a choice to not say that critical comment.

It is a choice to find the positive in marriage and not let the fears leave our relationship on the cliffhanger of a bright future.

Our adopted grandma and dear friend gave us marriage advice when we got engaged: “You make a choice to marry someone and then make the choice every day to make it the right choice.”

When you belong to a religion in which Eternal Progression is a core belief one thing is certain, you will absolutely change and evolve and grow over time. As you change and grow, your relationships also transform.

In order to ensure your relationship is one worthy of Celestial glory, you have to make sure your growth brings you closer together and doesn't pull you apart.

Brad and Debi Wilcox suggest you invest your efforts in four different areas of your relationship. Listen to today's episode to find out what they are.

Stories are powerful. When a story is based in truth, it resonates with our soul. These truth-based inner-narratives inspire growth, unlock doors of opportunity and progress, and can even transform a life.

Stories that aren’t based on truth will completely undermine your relationship with God, destroy your marriages, and corrode our life.

Part of learning our journey to become more like Christ involves learning to tell powerful, truth-based stories, and identify when our own stories and the stories of others are based on falsehoods.

In the church, we often talk about Celestial Marriage as if it's something that happens to us instead of something you create. The problem we've noticed is that most people don't know how to create a Celestial Marriage because they've never seen one.

Our goal with Mormon Marriages is to show people what a Celestial Marriage can look like, and give them tools, tips, and resources to create their own.

Mediocre love isn't good enough. We want SO much better for you.