Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz podcast #020 6 GREAT Date Night Questions To Ask Each Other ... Making "Date Night" Great again! This week we are going to give you 6 excellent date night questions you can ask each other to get to know more about ... 

Your spouses history!

Your spouses present!

And, your spouses past!

After last week's "Listener Question of the Week" ... how often should we have date night we got tons of feedback wanting to know more about date night. So, this week ...

We are asked all of the time what are the most common mistakes we see married couples make? So, to answer that question here is our podcast titled The 5 Most Common FAILS We See In Marriage Today And, What To Do About Them! 

Through the years we have seen these same 5 things pop up over and over again ... 

Fail #1 - unreasonable marital expectations

Fail #2 - not investing in the marriage

Fail #3 - not working to develop trust

Listen to learn more!

This is the last session in our Couples At the Crossroads series. In this episode we discuss 5 things that will help you create a team atmosphere within your marriage. 

Our 5 keys this week are:

1. Be committed, or all in, on your marriage

2. The Team comes before the individual

3. Keep growing individually and collectively

4. Be your team's biggest cheerleader

5. Pass it on by teaching and mentoring others

Conflict in a marriage is inevitable!

How we handle this inevitable challenge will determine whether the conflict drives a wedge between us or actually strengthens our relationship.

This episode we will cover ... 

Some basics about conflict in a marriage

The difference in "Fighting In Our Marriage" and "Fighting For Our Marriage"

And ... we are going to give you two of our favorite conflict resolution strategies you can use right away!

Welcome to our Couples At the Crossroads series episode The Power of Effective Communication In YOUR Marriage. This week we discuss the critical marital skill of communication. And ... we are going to focus in on how important it is to be both a communicator and a listener by sharing our "Communication Rules of the Road"! Check it out ...

We are in Part 2 of our Couples At The Crossroads - How To Reset Your Marriage series. This week we are talking about getting on the same page. When our marriage isn't flourishing the way we want it to or is stuck we have to go back to the beginning and reset it!

Today we talk about resetting our marriage at a 30,000 ft level and at ground zero. We will be discussing ...

Money

Sex

Marital Expectations

Parenting

Roles and Responsibilities

Faith and Spirituality

Communication

Conflict Resolution

NOTE: Jim and Christie have laryngitis this week so we are pulling one of our most popular podcasts over from The Man Up Project 2020 podcast. The idea that there are ONLY 3 Reasons Why Marriages Fail amy seem a little simple but we believe you will find they are accurate! We trust you will enjoy this crossover episode of YMM #014! 

While the title may seem a little ominous there really are only "3 Reasons Why Men Fail"! It is that simple.

Welcome to a new Your Marriage Matterz series - Couples At The Crossroads ... How To Reset YOUR Marriage! This is going to be a 5 part series focusing on how we can sort of stop where we are, assess where our marriage is and reset the direction and trajectory of our lives together. 

We all get to that place sometime where we are stuck, or struggling or ... at a crossroads! Most of the time we don't even know how we got here but we want more than our current relationship provides.

Welcome to this week's podcast where we are going to learn The 6 Things EVERYONE Needs To Know About Their Spouse! This podcast is in response to so many comments we received regarding "what the heck do you guys talk about when spending 3,600 miles+ in the car together?"

While talking may or may not come easy to your and your spouse it is a skill set you can build and improve on!

There are a lot of things to learn when you take a 3,600 mile road trip! Here are 10 Tips For Traveling Together ... Across Town, Across Country Or Just Through Life In General!

First, plan the trip way in advance. If you are going to spend the money and time make sure you get a great ROI! 

Plus ... you get to enjoy the anticipation of the trip!

Second, yes plan in advance but don't over plan! Leave some room for what we call "planned spontaneity" and watch for something cool to show up!