Secrets of Happily Ever After: Marriage and Intimacy Tips for Couples

In today's episode, I sit down with licenced marriage and family counselor, Geoff Steurer to talk about the importance of building a trust in your marriage. Geoff specializes in re building trust after a serious betrayal. If you are the betrayer or the betrayed, there is hope for recovery for you and for the marriage.

If you are interested in joining the 5 Love Language Challenge, you can sign up right here: www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com/love-language-challenge

Geoff's Resources:

Trust Building Academy (main website)

12-week Trust Building Bootcamp (enter code: BRIGHTER20 to receive 20% off the course)

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Heal your marriage from porn (6-hour audio course) - Geoff Steurer & Kevin Skinner

Love You, Hate the Porn - Mark Chamberlain & Geoff Steurer

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Not Just Friends - Shirley Glass

Moving Beyond Betrayal - Vicki Tidwell Palmer

Love Sense - Sue Johnson

Hold Me Tight - Sue Johnson

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This week's episode with Nate Bagley is one of my all-time favorites! He's an experienced marriage researcher, interviewing some of the greats, such as John and Julie Gottman, Gary Chapman and Sue Johnson.

He teaches us his framework for building a strong foundation of friendship within your marriage, so you are able to have hard conversations and withstand conflict. His pillars of friendship include the framework of I know you, I like you and I have your back.

You will love the simplicity and ease with which he explains these three pillars and the way he uses experiences from his own life to illustrate these concepts beautifully. He talks about an experiment he did with his wife in his first year of marriage to find out her love language and we made a challenge out of it. Whether you have been married for 3 days or 30 years, it's such a boost to any relationship to know your spouse's love language.

You can join our 5 Love Languages Challenge at: https://www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com/love-language-challenge. I promise, it will be so much fun!

You can find out more about Nate and his incredible program here: https://www.talktoyourspouse.com/. I also suggest looking up his podcast: https://www.mormonmarriages.com/podcast or his blog: https://growthmarriage.com/.

Don't forget the perfect gift for anyone on your list who is married and hard to shop for is the EPIC Marriage Summit All Access Pass. You can get that here: https://www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com/allaccess. Get a this special low price only through the holidays.

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Happy Thanksgiving Week Everyone! My interview this week is with the lovely Celeste Davis of The Marriage Laboratory. We discuss how to have fun with our spouses in our marriage and why that is even important. We go over common objections to having fun and overcome them one by one. We also discuss how to have a healthier sex life and why that is also so important.

I love this episode and I know you will too. If you would like get more from Celeste you can find her at https://www.marriagelaboratory.com/ on Instagram @marriagelaboratory. You can check out her podcast here: https://www.marriagelaboratory.com/marriage-theraoke-podcast/.

Don't forget about the EPIC Marriage summit. 30+ marriage experts giving their BEST marriage tips and tricks for strengthening your relationship in just 30 days. Register here to gain access for FREE. www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. I am truly grateful for each and every one of you!

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In today\'s episode, Sara Payne and I talk about the challenges involved with having a spouse with a demanding job and how she learned how to let go of the resentment of not having him around to help very often. We also discuss the debt incurred in medical school and living in lots of different locations away from family and friends.

Sara teaches us how to rewrite our story and find ways to be grateful regardless of the circumstance and gives her best advice to spouses of how to let go of resentment and expectations and start having fun and enjoying your family.

You can find out more about working with Sara at www.sarapaynecoaching.com or @sarapaynecoaching on Facebook and Instagram and listen to her podcast, The Doctor\'s Wife on any podcast listening app.

Don\'t forget to register for the EPIC Marriage Summit for FREE at: www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com.

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I reached into the past and pulled out another one of my favorite interviews of all time. I love Shawn and Andrew and now I get to love their beautiful little girl, Drew Hazel East! In this episode, Shawn and Andrew open up about what life is really like in the East household. They talk about how competitive they are, what they argue about, what it\'s like living in the spotlight and what they admire about each other. Oh, and they share some of the things they\'ve learned about marriage through athletics and their best marriage advice and all the things.

You can learn more about them by subscribing to their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ15Zl-v8-ghTgEOTpxHdGw

Their new podcast called Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couple-things-with-shawn-and-andrew/id1485740243

And if you are interested in Side Hustle Social Academy, you can learn more here: https://www.sidehustlesocial.com/

Don\'t forget the EPIC Marriage Summit is still available for FREE. You can register for that here: https://www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com/

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Today’s interview is with one of my best friends, Collette Brunson. Collette is is the lesser know although better half of the Brunson partnership. She has been behind the scenes of ClickFunnels from the beginning, encouraging, supporting and loving her husband as he has cycled through all the stages of building a super successful and thriving business.

In our interview, Collette gets real and honest. She tells her version of how they met and fell in love, what it was like get the news that they were broke and on the verge of bankruptcy and what it was like the first time she saw the impact Russell’s work was having on so many people. She talks about the challenges and blessings of being the wife of an entrepreneur, gives her best advice about how to navigate all the ups and downs, the opportunity to give back with continued success and tells us about the exciting new project she is working on right now.

I could be biased, but this is one of my favorite interviews to date. I hope you will listen to the bonus episode I published on Friday with Russell to give you some context and I hope you will be able to feel my love and admiration for this family.

To learn more about Collette, Nicole and Kirsten and their fun new podcast, follow along on social media for information on their big launch. www.instagram.com/sharingherjourney or search Sharing Her Journey on Facebook.

Also, the EPIC Marriage Summit is still available. You can register for FREE at www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com. Find a weekend that is a little less busy, plan an at home date night/snuggle fest and learn from 30+ marriage experts how to strengthen your marriage in 30 days. See you inside the summit or next week on the podcast. Until then, have courage, be kind and stay On the Brighter Side.

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In this bonus episode, I reached wayyyy back in my vault and pulled out one of my favorite interviews of all time with Russell Brunson, co-creator of Clickfunnels, in order to set the stage and give you context for Monday’s awesome interview with his better half, Collette Brunson.

Over the past 10 years, Russell has built a following of over a million entrepreneurs, sold hundreds of thousands of copies of his books, popularized the concept of sales funnels, and co-founded a software company called ClickFunnels that helps tens of thousands of entrepreneurs quickly get their message out to the marketplace. As of this posting, they have over 100,000 users!

Today, he’s talking about the failures that led to his success and getting personal with me about who and what keeps him humble. He shares with me his #1 key to success, how he learned to get so far out of his comfort zone and his role models and favorite entrepreneurs. This was one of my favorite interviews! I loved getting to know my neighbor better and hear what drives him to succeed and give back.

I figured out what gives him the determination to never give up, even when the chips are down and how his belief has saved him from certain destruction.

There are few things I want you to remember about this interview.

1. Russell is the person who encouraged me to start podcasting in the first place. He has been a huge support, mentor and cheerleader for me over the past year and a half as I started and grew this podcast.
2. The audio quality of this episode is terrible. The editing is even worse. But… the content is so so GOOD! It’s worth listening, I promise.
3. When I first published this interview, I probably had only a small hand full of listeners. Russell agreed to do the interview anyway.
4. Once you hear my interview with Collette on Monday, you will be able to see and hear the progress I’ve made on my podcast in the last year and a half. I’ve grown my podcast from 0 to over 50,000 downloads and I’m proud of the progress I’ve made in every area of my life, business and podcast.
5. I hope that my love for podcasting and this incredible family will come through with flying colors.

As long as you are aware of these things. You are going to love my interviews with both Russell and Collette Brunson! Enjoy!

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Today’s episode is a great one. We are getting to know Heidi and Orville Thompson, owners of Scentsy. They take us back to how they met, how Scentsy came to be and the challenges and triumphs that came with all of it. I’m grateful for the opportunity to know this family in real life. Their journey to success hasn’t been easy, but they are generous and sincere and genuinely care about the people who work with and for them.

I learned so much about working together to make a marriage and a multi million dollar company work with simple principles of communication, intuition, understanding and love. I love the arrows out analogy they talk about at the end. This is the perfect episode for any couple who has ever wanted to build something amazing together.

To learn more about Scentsy and the incredible opportunities there, you can go to: www.scentsy.com or search Heidi and Orville Thompson on Facebook.

Back by popular demand, the EPIC Marriage Summit is being re-released today. You can register to watch the summit by going to www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com. It’s been revamped according to the feedback we received after it’s first launch, but it won’t be available forever, so make sure you check it out before it goes away again.

If you are learning anything from this podcast, I would love for you to share it with a friend, because sharing is caring. We also welcome feedback of any kind. My whole goal is to give you the tools and strategies to find success in all areas of life, marriage, health and business. What would you like to learn more about and who would you like to hear from next? I’m all ears!

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Today’s guest is a Pastor of a church in Flour Bluff, Texas and the father of 5 kids, his and hers, but ultimately ours. He has some incredible advice and messages of hope for anyone in a second marriage and/or attempting to blend two families together to one. This can be challenging but so rewarding. He talks about some rules and strategies that helped he and his wife succeed in their second marriage and how they helped their kids. I love what they learned and how they taught their children about treating everyone like family regardless of their last name or how they got there. He shares his perspective having survived the child rearing years and now, as a grandpa.

Brandon also hosts his own podcast called Beyond the Rut about taking the next step and making your own path. His podcast can be found here: https://beyondtherut.com.

If you are missing the EPIC Marriage Summit and would like to purchase an all access pass, please visit: www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com/all-access-pass to get unlimited, lifetime access to all 34 marriage interviews, the 30 day action plan downloads, the 35-page workbook, couple’s discussion guide and the highlight video. Get yours today, before the price goes up!

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My guests on the podcast today are providing an incredible resource for parents and children to help navigate the world of technology. Every child wants a phone or a tablet as soon as possible and they all feel like they are the only ones they know without it. How can we as parents, confidently hand them such a powerful tool without the proper training? We wouldn’t give them the car keys without having them go through driver’s ed, would we? That is exactly why David and Emily Jones created Family Tech University, the driver’s training for technology.

They believe that the BEST thing we can do for our children before handing them devices, is to help them form a strong internal filter. The workshop they created helps to foster communication and discussion between parents and their children while training them to be successful with technology. They offer hope and resources for all of us to take heart and feel confident in this crazy technology-filled world that we live in.

David and Emily have offered an incredible resource for families and if you want to try their workshop between now and November 9th, use the code: BRIGHTER10 to get $10 off a seat in the workshop.

Also, if you would like to administer the “Look in the Mirror Kid’s Survey” that we discussed in the episode to your children, you can find it at this link: https://familytechuniversity.com/request-free-survey/.

You can find all of their tools and resources at www.familytechuniversity.com and follow along on Instagram or Facebook @familytechuniversity.

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