We have all faced hard times and challenges in our past.  Many of us have struggled in relationships that were not as healthy as they could have been.  And while we have physically moved on from those past experiences, we may find that the thought of them creeps back in from time to time.  What then?  Listen in as we explore how to keep those old negative thoughts from robbing us of current happiness.  Not only will it help us in the present moment, but it will also help us create what we want for our future.  

Have you ever found yourself more on edge with your spouse, even though what was going on in that moment didn't really warrant it?  This happens all the time, especially when unresolved stress from one area of our lives trickles down into the others.  If we don't know how to intervene, we can find ourselves in a negative cycle that just keeps going and going, effecting all of the areas of our lives, with more and more stress.  I don't know about you, but that does not sound like fun to me!  Listen in to learn about one simple strategy that can get you feeling empowered again, so that you can send awesome ripples out into your marriage and into your family.

What does it mean to have a pioneering spirit, and how does it apply to marriage?  Listen in as we define some of the awesome and creative attributes of what it means to be a  pioneer in the world we live in today.  When we decide to be the trailblazers in our marriage, we can start to tap into the courageous side of ourselves as we challenge some of the negative thoughts we may have about our spouse.  By listening to this episode, you will do as the pioneers did... explore new territory, although it may be the territory of your own thinking processes.  

Have you ever felt like there was too much to do?  You you ever felt like you have just run out of energy too quickly?  If so, then this episode is for you.  As a mother of 5 kids, I can totally relate.  But today we are going to explore a resource of energy that just might come as a total shock.  This hidden energy source can be a total game changer, especially if you ever find yourself thinking that you are "just too tired" to be intimate.  Listen in to find out where to find this hidden source and how to activate it in your life.

Have you ever gone through a dry spell in your marriage, when intimate activities came to a halt for a while?  Have you found that during those times you were thinking negatively about your spouse and about yourself?  Not to worry.  This is totally normal and it happens to the best of us.  Listen in as we discuss 4 things we can learn when we go through a dry spell so that we can be better equipped to reduce them in the future.

Today's episode will be just a little bit different.  As we are just coming out of Independence Day weekend and celebrating our freedoms, I am going to tell you the story of how my husband and I met and fell in love... and how celebrating independence can be a reminder of marriage.  I get asked about our love story quite often and it's a story I love to tell.  Listen in to find out why I cried in an Applebee's restaurant and how it turned out to be an awesome experience.  

Communication seems to be a big topic when it comes to marriage.  There is no doubt that communicating effectively can be a challenge for many of us.  Join me in this week's episode where we will explore the awesome tool of using a scale to help us articulate in a way that's clear and simple.  This effective tool is not complex, and can easily be used in many different areas of our lives including food choices, movie preferences, business projects, and possible vacation spots, just to name a few.  We can use the communication scale in conversations with our extended family, our children, and with our spouse.  As you listen, you will see just how quickly you will be able to start using this amazing communication tool, starting today!        

As a way to celebrate Father's Day, I thought it would be fun to look at the first man on planet earth, Adam, and see if we could find any similarities to the popular superheroes of today's blockbuster movies.  We often see superheroes as having great strengths and abilities that seem far beyond human capacities.  But as we take a deep dive into what power really is, we discover that Adam has real power too, it just may look different than what we might have thought.  Listen in as we discuss the seven super powers that can be found from Adam and Eve's story and see if we can find a way to celebrate those powers in our own husband!

Have you ever felt like you were avoiding a particular discussion in your marriage because you thought you might get rejected?  Have you ever said yes to doing something simply because you thought that if you said no, you might get rejected?  In marriage, our fear of being rejected can play out in many different ways.  Why does it have such a hold on us?  In this episode we will take a look at the real definition of what it means to reject something to see how it can change how we think about it.  As we allow its true definition to shine through and stay in the forefront of our mind, we can work through it with more ease and curiosity as it leads us to a deeper level of intimacy.  As I share a personal story from my own marriage, we discuss 4 steps that can help you work through the moment of rejection as well as the beautiful truths that came out through the process.      

If you could rate the amount of fun and adventure you are having in your marriage right now, on a scale of 1-10, how would you rate it?  As a life coach, I love to ask my clients this question.  Sadly, the number is usually on the low side.  In this episode, we discuss a few of the traps couples fall into when it comes to feeling like the fun is missing and what to do about it.  As we dive into the meaning of the word adventure, we start to expand our vision of what it means to face new obstacles together, be vulnerable together, and trust each other in new and exciting ways.  Take the challenge in this episode to put a little more fun and adventure back into your marriage, which can lead to more fun and adventure in the bedroom as well.