In situations of traumatic injury, first responders refer to the "Golden Hour" as the first hour (or less) after injury where proper medical care leads to the best chance of survival.

I ran into the concept in first aid training as a teenager.  But I saw it in action when I was a hospital chaplain at the beginning of my career.  Severe injuries with quick response often survived, when lesser injuries that were not so quickly addressed led to higher mortality.

Guess what?

It also applies to a marriage crisis.

Except it isn't really an hour.  It might be days or weeks.  But what matters is how you respond in that early crisis time.

In this week's podcast, we look at the best ways to survive that Golden Hour with the greatest change of marital survival (and thriving).

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