The three experts in a mixed faith marriage talk about expectation.

In this episode we discuss expectations.

What were some of the expectations you had for your marriage? Were they realistic or not?

Many couples enter marriage assuming shared faith will always be part of their relationship. How does a faith transition affect those expectations?

What are some common unrealistic expectations in mixed faith relationships, and how can couples shift toward more flexible, supportive ones?

How do unspoken expectations impact our interactions with our spouse and family members, and what strategies can we use to navigate them?

What’s an expectation you’ve had to let go of, and how did that impact your relationship?

How do we know when it’s time to adjust, communicate, or let go of an expectation?

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The panel of experts meets again (Brooke Booth, Suzette Halterman and Chris Rich) to discuss Momon mixed faith marriages. Here we talk about GRIEF.

-Our own experience with grief

-How does grief manifest for your clients? What do they grieve? How do you help your clients work through their grief?

-How do you help clients process the grief of not sharing spiritual milestones, traditions, or beliefs with their partner?

-How do you help your clients cope with the loss of a shared spiritual vision for their future, family, or children?

-Have family or religious communities contributed to grief ?

-Do you think the grief of a mixed-faith marriage ever fully resolves, or is it something to continually navigate?

-What advice would you give to other mixed-faith couples navigating grief?

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The three experts in mixed faith marriage talk about parenting .

In this episode we discuss:

In this panel discussion we tackle one of the basic relationship skills: communication.

We talk about:

Our struggles with communication

Why communication can be challenging

Common communication pitfalls in a mixed faith marriage

How to navigate conversations with deeply held beliefs

Strategies to implement when there is a fundamental disagreement

How to create a safe space for honest communication

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Here is part two of my serious on emotional awareness and its benefits in a mixed faith marriage.

Spiritual bypass is when one uses religion instead of doing emotional work (processing emotion, awareness of emotions, talking about emotions, allowing emotions, etc).

It is unfortunately common in a mixed faith marriage due to social programming.

There are VERY REAL impacts of spiritual bypass on a marriage.

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This month we tackle the topic of BAPTISM.

In this recording we cover:

- Our own memories from our baptisms

-How do you deal with a client or couple that is struggling with the idea as of choosing to get baptized v the social pressure to get baptized. How did you deal with this in your own families? 

-Many post mormon parents I talk to like the idea of taking this day to celebrate this child and let it be a day to focus on the kid and in this culture that is done though the vehicle of baptism. And they struggle with the idea of supporting an organization like the church that has caused so much shame and hurt or teaching their kids to support this organization.  How to deal with this?

-How to deal with the fact that their co-parent does not agree with the premise behind baptism but for them this is crucial to salvation and getting the gift of the holy ghost and other things like priesthood and temple ordinances? 

-Sometimes the couple isn’t struggling with the decision so much as they are trying to appease extended family and ward family. How to make this very personal decision on a public stage?

I am doing a little series on developing emotional awareness and maturity in a marriage.

This skill helps those with good intensions also create a good impact. (Good intentions do not guaranty good impacts!).

In part one we are talking about gaslighting - really internalized gaslighting. The gaslighting you do to yourself!.

Gaslighting is the the act of invalidating one’s own, true experience.

Here I give:

-tons of examples of what it looks like

-reasons why we fall into this habit

-tips to consider if you want to change this behavior.

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Three experienced life coaches you specialize in mixed faith marriages get together to talk about how to speak up in your marriage. Brooke Booth, Chris Rich and Suzette Halterman discuss the following:

1. How can you initially broach a difficult topic and bring something up to your spouse when that feels scary to do,  maybe because it’s scary to bring up something that you have never talked about, or because  in the past it has led to conflict or not gone anywhere productive?  What are your tips or strategies? What if your spouse is unwilling to work with you with you when you do speak up or your bring it up but it doesn’t go well? Any personal experiences?

how can you make requests as a way of speaking up and asking for things that you want in the relationship? What if your spouse does not honor your requests? Any tips, thoughts, or personal experiences about making requests?

3. What exactly does it mean to set a boundary? What are some tips for doing this? Do you have any examples from your mixed-faith marriage?

4. How can you speak up about what matters to you in ways that are productive? What might be an unproductive way to speak up about what matters to you? Any thoughts,tips or personal experiences?

5. One way to speak up is to be aware of whether you are beating around the bush, dropping hints, alluding to things, using body language instead of words to communicate etc. How can you translate those more passive approaches to very direct and clear communicating?

6. If you struggle with speaking up in your relationship, any thoughts on how to work on this?
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The election has come and gone.

How is your marriage?

A mixed faith marriage can often mean a mixed political marriage. This election cycle may have been challenging for you with either your spouse or your extended family.

In this podcast I give 4 principles to consider if you are in a mixed political relationship .

As always go to brookeboothcoaching.com to get a course to help your mixed faith marriage.