Intentional Marriage

In this episode of the Intentional Marriage Podcast, Cresta and Justin discuss the power of belonging in a marriage and how it serves as the foundation for a fulfilling relationship. They share personal experiences and insights, highlighting the importance of building mutual trust and transparency. Emphasising the significance of feeling a sense of belonging in a marriage and how it can positively...

Justin is joined by his youngest son, Derek, to discuss the topic of doing the right things for the right reasons. Derek reflects on his upbringing and how he has always been disciplined and strived to do the right thing. They delve into the influence of their family values, the importance of discipline, and the impact of sports on Derek's character development. They also touch on Derek's future p...

Justin and Cresta are joined by special guest Nikki Gianni, an experienced coach and former military leader. They discuss the challenges and importance of effective leadership in various contexts, from corporate environments to entrepreneurial ventures. Nikki emphasises the need for leaders to genuinely want the role and to establish trust with their team members. They also explore the significanc...

In this episode of the Intentional Marriage Podcast, host Justin is joined by his eldest son, Ethan. Justin reflects on his past struggles with balancing work and family life, particularly during his time working long hours for a company. He shares how every decision he made during that time seemed to be the wrong one, as he desperately tried to save his family. However, this experience led him to...

In this episode of the Intentional Marriage podcast, hosts Justin and Cresta discuss the five pillars of a successful marriage. They delve into the importance of fatherhood, partnership, leadership, being a provider, and being a lover. Justin emphasizes the significance of being a good dad and the positive impact it has on a marriage. They also stress the importance of being a supportive and equal...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – give a brief health update of Cresta before talking about the main topic of this episode which is very much linked to the health update and what Cresta and Justin are going through right now. KEY TAKEAWAYS You have to be intentional. How easy would it be to neglect things by just coming home from work o...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, Justin Burt is going solo as his wife, Cresta, isn’t feeling great after her recent breast cancer diagnosis to talk about the situation he finds himself in: Looking after your spouse when they aren’t feeling well as well as advocating for medical care. KEY TAKEAWAYS Cresta is doing well. She had her first chemo session about a week ago which went as well as...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk about some of the challenges that couples can face when parenting. KEY TAKEAWAYS The challenges can start from before you even have kids, from the moment you start talking about the decision to have them, not have them, to how many you’re going to have. When my ex-wife and I started to have discuss...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk about Cresta’s recent breast cancer diagnosis and how they’re both dealing with it. KEY TAKEAWAYS I guess you could call it a miracle, some would call it coincidence or happenstance, but in February I was having heart condition issues that I’d never had before. They did and echocardiogram (an ultra...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk about how we sometimes let emotions dictate the course of our lives and how it’s important to try not to. KEY TAKEAWAYS Just look at our political spectrum, whatever side you’re on there’s good people and bad people. So many people are letting their emotions dictate their responses to things. One o...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk about how to, and when to, respond to your partner's emotional calls and needs. KEY TAKEAWAYS According to research, for a happy, healthy marriage you should be responding to about 86% of your partner’s emotional calls. (Justin: “Bullshit! What kind of researcher is coming up with 86%?”) And unheal...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk about the little things in life that give them joy. KEY TAKEAWAYS This weekend Justin bought Cresta a Baby Yoda Lego set. Cresta had never built with Lego before, she’s got a decent collection of puzzles, 3D puzzles and Middle Earth models and had never done Lego because she knew, if she did, it wo...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – give you a run down of their three-day mini course about what marriage coaching is, does it work, who is it good for, and who should not do coaching. KEY TAKEAWAYS If you’ve got your shit together and there are no problems, you are just rockin’ and rollin’ in the marriage, but you still want to improve...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – follow up on last episode’s theme of how to cope with families visiting by talking about how things went with your spouse in the aftermath of large family gatherings. KEY TAKEAWAYS When you’re in the middle of something emotional you tend to say or do things that aren’t who you are naturally. They overr...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk about the fact that they have a lot of family coming to visit because one of their children is graduating high school, and how to deal with such an unusual situation. KEY TAKEAWAYS What a lot of people don’t understand, and that I will communicate with my boys once they get married, is that we come...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk about Justin being away on work for the first time in three and a half months, how that’s affecting their relationship and tips and tricks you can use if you have a situation like this. KEY TAKEAWAYS Being together for three and a half months and then trying to go back to how it was made me feel cl...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk about how to achieve intimacy and connection on your date nights. KEY TAKEAWAYS Date nights look different for every couple and they’re different every week – for us specifically – and they should look different, they should not look the same. What fun is that? More than that, you want to connect p...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk to Dr Willow Brown and Leah Piper about Daoist sexology, tantra, sacred sexuality and using sexuality as a platform to have a deeper, more spiritual connection with yourself and your partner. KEY TAKEAWAYS For a lot of us growing up in the West with a predominantly Christian/Judeo society, there’s...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk about friendship in marriage and recount some stories from their own relationship and marriage. KEY TAKEAWAYS We were friends for nine years before we started even seeing each other. We weren’t great friends, more acquaintances, we worked together – Cresta told me where to go and how to get there,...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk to Avigail Gimpel about her 20-year-journey to understand ADHD and how to reverse it in her students as well as her own children, and more specifically how married couples can navigate an ADHD diagnosis. KEY TAKEAWAYS When both people in a relationship are struggling with ADHD symptoms it really ma...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk to Michelle Hoffmann who helps men and women between the ages of 35-85 to find their Mr or Mrs Right and not having to fear a dangerous or uneventful dating pool.  KEY TAKEAWAYS I’m not a matchmaker, I don’t just put two people together, I actually help people find out who and why the best person w...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – are joined by their first guests, Mark & Lynetta to talk about  KEY TAKEAWAYS We met in a workshop on intimacy in relationships and communication. We decided, when we got together as life coaches, that we wanted to help people in relationships to have the support that they need and you can’t get by...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk about a topic Just can talk about for days: Spirituality.  KEY TAKEAWAYS Spirituality is different from – and you can have it without – religion. Spirituality more defines who you are, shapes your worldview, who you are at the core. It doesn’t matter if you’re agnostic, atheist, Christian, Muslim,...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk about everybody’s favourite subject: Finances. It’s very important for everybody to know where their money is going, how to budget and plan for the future and finding some common ground in a relationship. KEY TAKEAWAYS One of the first things you have to have as a couple is shared goals. You have t...

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk about something they like to do for each other and talk about their relationship, about things they're doing for it, ways they’re improving it as well as issues they’re having. Anyway, who doesn’t like to give and receive GIFTS?! KEY TAKEAWAYS Having gratitude in your relationship is key to keeping...