Surviving Marriage Podcast

#SurvivingMarriage - How Do I Work With My Spouse?

Ep 021 – All we can say is...Finally. Yes, there has been a great delay between seasons. There are several people that do podcasts and take a break for whatever reason. There's a really good reason for this delay which is discussed briefly in this episode. Discussed but not dwelled. Life goes on. You just pick up and keep going.

Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via there YouTube Channel, discuss how to work together while being married. Having being married for over 30 years and working together for over 25 years, they share some tips on how to keep it harmonious. Even if the marriage doesn't survive, couples can find ways to work together after divorce.

This is the first episode of Season Three. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment addresses a PG Marriage. This is the twenty-first episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend.

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Show Notes:

0:00 - Teaser - My mic sounds nice check one...

0:28 - Intro

3:25 - HOW DO I WORK WITH MY SPOUSE

3:45- According to the Census Bureau...

6:50 - Boundaries

9:03 - Focus on the Mission

10:04 - Prioritize the Marriage

10:48 - Capella University studied divorced couples

11:29 - Food for Thought - A PG MARRIAGE

16:25 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.

19:28 - Ride Out...

#SurvivingMarriage - CLOSURE

Ep 020 – Listen. This is one of the most wanted things and something that will keep you idle and repeating a story. CLOSURE!

Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, share five plus topics where people look for closure in their lives and don't always get it. Whether it's closure form a divorce or being ghosted in a relationship to stores going out of business, they cover how people feel when they get left out of the loop or can't deal with the lack of closure.

This is the season finale of Season Two. The podcast has grown. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment addresses ARROGANCE. This is the twentieth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend.

ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE

"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"

Show Notes:

0:00 - Teaser - Close the door baby...

0:49 - Intro

2:46 - CLOSURE

3:35- Closure in Relationships

9:46 - Change of Seasons

11:16 - The End of a TV Show

12:08 - Closure of Stores

14:53 - Cancellation of Events

16:18 - Sometimes you never get closure

17:49 - Break - Problem - Pentatonix

18:08 - Food for Thought - ARROGANCE

20:46 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.

23:55 - Ride Out...

#SurvivingMarriage - From Our Inboxes - Questions We Get Asked For Advice

Ep 019 – Advice comes a dime a dozen. There's plenty of it all over the internet and social media. Most of it is not vetted. Some of it comes form people who don't personally care.

Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, share several questions and situations that have come into their inboxes and emails. As a public couple, marriage educators and speakers that have helped 2000+ marriages, people that are seeking help normally reach out to them with their need for answers. Names are kept confidential and the help is the most sincere in nature. You can make an appointment HERE.

As the podcast grows, you will start to see it more around social media. That all starts with you. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment addresses Don't Be So Quick To Judge. This is the nineteenth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend. @survivingmarriage

ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE

"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"

Show Notes:

0:00 - Teaser - Our inboxes stay lit...

0:46 - Intro

2:15 - Everybody loves advice

3:56 - We take giving advice very seriously

4:13 - Our DM's stay full

5:30 - We listen twice and speak once

7:16 - Marriage Situation #1

8:29 - Your emergency does not require and instant response from us

9:18 - Do not wait until you're at your wits end to seek help for your marriage

12:21 - What is Viber?

14:14 - Workplace Spouses

16:35 - Marriage Situation #3

19: 26 - Tell Rufus to call...

22:34 - We do counseling before we do lawyering

24:06 - Marriage Situation #4

26:38 - Food for Thought - Don't Be So Quick To Judge

28:05 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.

28:09 - COVID 19 PSA

29:37 - Ride Out...

#SurvivingMarriage - Surviving Marriage and the Coronavirus on Lockdown with Bae

Ep 018 – What in the word happened to the world? Since the last episode, the world has been turned upside down with several restrictions due to the coronavirus.

Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, tackle the topic of  being on lockdown with your mate. It's not every day that you anticipate having to spend every waking moment with the one you love, especially when you have been pretty much forced into the situation. So how do you survive? How far does the unconditional love that you pledged to happily ever after reach over 2 hours day after day after day? It will be tried and tested and there are tips to help you stay sane.

As the podcast grows, you will start to see it more around social media. That all starts with you. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment addresses This Too Shall Pass. This is the eighteenth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend. @survivingmarriage

ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE

"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"

Show Notes:

0:00 - Teaser - locked up they won't let us out...

0:43 - Intro

1:31 - What had happened to the world?

3:36 - Don't touch your face

4:06 - Married = Cooties X2

5:30 - We saw this coming

7:11 - Think sensibly about what you would need to survive for two weeks

8:00 - Staples are mainly carbs

9:23 - 2020 will be remembered as the great toilet paper shortage

12:24 - Struggling with new math and working from home

14:00 - Tips to Survive Being on Lockdown with your Mate

18:15 - Isolate your pets while working

20: 54 - You spouse will get on your nerves

22:11 - Tip #1 Agree to Disagree

23:49 - Tip #2 Don't sweat the small stuff

25:05 - Tip #3 Keep Outside Influences to a Minimum

27:21 - Food for Thought - This Too Shall Pass

29:05 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.

30:26 - Ride Out...

#SurvivingMarriage - 6 Reasons to Attend Marriage Retreats

Ep 017 – Where's there's a marriage in trouble, there's a marriage retreat. Where there's a marriage that needs a boost, there's a marriage retreat. Just google them.

Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, also  Marriage Lifestyle Experts, teach and speak at alot of marriage events. Just recently they spoke at a marriage retreat and decided to share the Top 6 reasons why couples should attend marriage retreats. They're not your typical reasons and you probably won't guess #1. But you can play along with the countdown and see what you think. You can also drop comments as to why you would or wouldn't attend a marriage retreat.

As the podcast grows, you will start to see it more around social media. That all starts with you. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment addresses What's Good for The Goose. This is the seventeenth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend. @survivingmarriage

ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE

"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"

Show Notes:

0:00 - Teaser - why go to a marriage retreat...

0:53 - Intro

1:48 - Branded Together - Rufus & Jenny

3:39 - Breeding dissension

5:14 - Women rather take advice from a man

6:41 - Men with large platforms pandering to women

7:28 - Marriage Retreats and the purpose to attend them

8:00 - #6 Reason to attend a Marriage Retreat

10:23 - #5 Reason to attend a Marriage Retreat

12:28 - #4 Reason to attend a Marriage Retreat

14:33 - #3 Reason to attend a Marriage Retreat

17:13 - #2 Reason to attend a Marriage Retreat

19:21 - #1 Reason to attend a Marriage Retreat

21:36 - Food for Thought - What's Good for the Goose is Not Always Good for the Gander

24:40 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.

26:18 - Ride Out...

#SurvivingMarriage - Marriage & Business with Jay and Ernestine Morrison

Ep 016 – Getting into the couples groove and spotlighting couples that are doing fabulous things, together, is mostly what this podcast is all about.

Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, were invited to the grand opening of the Legacy Center, a project envisioned by newlyweds, Jay and Ernestine Morrison, has put a plan into play to help with creating generational wealth for Black families. The Legacy Center, also  known as the Black House, is the combined efforts of community partners that invested in the Tulsa Real Estate Fund, the only African-American Crowdfund.

As the podcast grows, you will start to see it more around social media. That all starts with you. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, divorced, engaged or single and seeking, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment addresses Legacy. This is the sixteenth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend. @survivingmarriage

ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE

"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"

Show Notes:

0:00 - Teaser - thinking about legacy...

0:46 - Intro

1:48 - The Legacy Center

3:25 - What will someone get from your legacy

4:40 - It's better to be prepared for death than have folks fighting at the funeral

6:09 - Jay & Ernestine Morrison - Introduction

7:22 - How this passion & purpose came to be

9:24 - "who got the threads"

10:12 - Feminism

12:27 - No defined gender roles

13:07 - Keeping Up With The Morrisons

15:25 - Repairing the whole home

16:59 - Getting families to do a Will

18:35 - Breaking Generational Curses vs Generational Wealth

20:46 - Black Creatives

22:46 - The Morrisons at home

24:12 - Follow The Morrisons - @mrjaymorrison @mrsernestinemorrison

24:48 - Tulsa Real Estate Fund - www.tulsarealestatefund.com

25:17 - Food for Thought - You Can Never Take Away Legacy

27:33 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.

28:58 - Ride Out...

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#SurvivingMarriage - Paris, Goal Setting & National Divorce Day

Ep 015 – Back for the first episode in #2020 but still cranking out episodes for Season 2. Talking about fun stuff like Paris and not so fun stuff like divorce.

Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, are back from an international speaking engagement at an academic conference in Paris.They share their travel experience as well as how to set goals in your marriage for the new year. And there's something that may not be well know to the masses, National Divorce Day, but it is a thing. Yes, laaawd, it's a thing. Hear what they have to say about it.

As the podcast grows, you will start to see it more around social media. That all starts with you. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, divorced, engaged or single and seeking, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment addresses "National Divorce Day." This is the fifteenth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend. @survivingmarriage

ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE

"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"

Show Notes:

0:00 - Teaser - what about dem goals...

0:54 - Intro

2:51 - Get your business in order

3:26 - We teach Business 101

3:55 - Set you business up right and get business right away

5:16 - Roadside Assistance is a trillion dollar industry

6:03 - International Speakers

6:58 - Surviving International Travel

8:00 - Paris was awesome!

10:53 - Dr. Rufus & Dr. Jenny

12:51 - Paris is romantic for couples

13:29 - Goal Setting (for couples)

15:04 - Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance

15:40 - Four Areas in which to Goal Set

16:21 - Hopes, Dreams & Aspirations

17:29 - Personal Development

18:55 - Money Hustle

21:39 - Anniversary Celebrations

24:53 - Food for Thought - National Divorce Day

27:56 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.

28:49 - We are coming to Philly! Click Here for Tix!

29:51 - Ride Out...

#SurvivingMarriage - Surviving a Long Distance Relationship - 80's vs 21st Century

Ep 014 – Yes, we all must agree that things have changed. And there's nothing wrong with change as we progress in this world, it's just a part of life. If your;re not changing, your not growing. But, some old school things will forever be the best.

Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, talk about surviving long distance relationships and tell a few stories from their own experiences from when they had to communicate from a distance. Whether you are a spouse that travels for work or you are in a relationship with someone that is away at school or in the military, it can be challenging. Fortunately the 21st Century adds a few things to make it easier to stay connected.

As the podcast grows, you will start to see it more around social media. That all starts with you. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, divorced, engaged or single and seeking, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment addresses "Who Hurt You." This is the fourteenth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend. @survivingmarriage

ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE

"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"

Show Notes:

0:00 - Teaser -  You can meet me by railway...

0:35 - Intro

2:38 - Surviving a Long Distance Relationship

3:00 - Where have we been?

3:49 - One Cool Thing

4:18 - Black Creatives

5:29 - Nocturnal creatures

7:57 - Surviving Long Distance

8:52 - Long distance relationships are possible

9:29 - One of the biggest differences was communication

11:18 - High Phone Bills

13:02 - Cellphone communication

14:16 - What you should be talking about during times you're distant

16:38 - Connect on a spiritual level

17:21 - Don't spend your whole time away talking about your relationship

18:43 - Tune into the little things

20:18 - Accessiblity

23:10 - Continue to strengthen your relationship

23:59 - Food for Thought - Who Hurt You

27:56 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.

29:05 - Surviving Marriage Couples Game

29:46 - Ride Out...

#SurvivingMarriage - What We Learned in 30 Years of Marriage

Ep 013 – First of all can we just all agree on how fabulous 30 years of marriage is? Let's give it two snaps up and a twist from the 80's because that's where it all started.

Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, recently celebrated 30 years of marriage and tell a few stories from their early days of marriage as well as drop some up to date tips on how relationships can sustain themselves better in today's climate. They also breakdown when they started their marriage platform and when it wouldn't have been a good time to be giving advice.

As the podcast grows, you will start to see it more around social media. That all starts with you. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, divorced, engaged or single and seeking, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment addresses vetting relationship advice. This is the thirteenth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend. @survivingmarriage

ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE

"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"

Show Notes:

0:00 - We are Late!

0:33 - Intro

1:42 - Clarifying 30 years of marriage

2:21 - If we had to change our relationship status

2:57 - Boy do we have some stories

4:09 - Celebrating being empty nesters

6:05 - Celebrate milestones

8:31 - It's important to bond, celebrate and reconnect

9:58 - Relationships go wrong when they're lived on social media

11:59 - 1989 was the number

13:37 - Difficulties vs Disagreements

14:30 - THIS MAN HAS NEVER HIT ME!

15:27 - Hashing out difficulties helped us with our communication

16:23 - Quit trying to prove your point

17:14 - We Were Broke - We Some Restarts

18:22 - Three Keys to a Strong Marriage

20:23 - "when I get married it's forever"

20:44 - Interlude - Man & Wife - Likely Suspect

21:12 - Food for Thought - Vet Your Marriage Advice

25:39 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.

27:03 - Surviving Marriage Couples Game

28:35 - Ride Out...

#SurvivingMarriage - Is Marriage 50/50 or 100/100?

Ep 012 – Let's run the numbers! Let's talk percentages. Is marriage 1/2 & 1/2 or is it whole and whole? Isn't that up for interpretation? And with that interpretation you have to take into account effort vs responsibilities.

Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, breaks down how two halves make a whole and no one person can be a complete sum total of a union. It takes two to be in a marriage and taking up slack when the responsibilities may fall heavier on one than the other. Does picking up the slack mean that your partner is slacking?

You've probably seen this statement and debate around social media. If you are married, divorced, engaged or single and seeking, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment addresses the impending recession and how it may impact and effect your relationship. This is the eleventh episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend. @survivingmarriage

ANNOUNCEMENT -  The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE

"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"

Show Notes:

0:00 - Is Marriage 50/50?

0:26 - Intro

1:24 - Rufus is the same OG!

2:19 - Continue to Subscribe. Like. Share. and Review.

3:57 - Is Marriage 50/50 or 100/100?

4:34 - Teddy Pendergrass sad 50/50 Love

5:56 - There's parts of you that you give to others

7:18 - Sometimes one person has to give more than the other person

8:31 - That would mean that marriage is 200%

9:31 - Giving all of self vs responsibilities

10:04 - Blog by Liz and Ryan - The 50/50/100 Rule

10:41 - To serve your mate does not mean be a slave to your mate

11:50 - "have you ever heard of Ben Gay"

12:53 - Interlude - Falling In Love Again - Likely Suspect

13:09 - Food for Thought - Don't Let This Impending Recession Put You Into A Depression

21:30 - Ride Out...