The Marriage Ignite Podcast

You can live under the same roof, eat dinner together, and take family vacations, yet still be emotionally disconnected from the people you love most.  In this powerful episode, we share 3 keys to building deeper family intimacy: creating a God-centered family vision, building meaningful connections with your children, and setting healthy boundaries with extended family.  If you want to raise chil...

What if the problems you’re experiencing sexually in your marriage don’t actually begin in the bedroom?  In the final episode of our 6 Levels of Intimacy series, we unpack how safety, desire, and honest communication can transform sexual intimacy from a place of pressure, rejection, or performance into a place of genuine connection.  If sex has become difficult, awkward, infrequent, or something y...

Can you both love God, go to church, and have faith, but still feel spiritually disconnected from each other? In Part 5 of our 6 Levels of Intimacy series, we unpack what spiritual intimacy actually looks like and how praying together, having honest conversations about your faith, and seeking God's wisdom together can bring a deeper level of unity into your marriage. If you both love God but...

What if you love your spouse, but you’re slowly building two completely different lives?   In Part 4 of our 6 Levels of Intimacy series, we unpack how to get back on the same page with your finances, create a shared vision for your future, and align your time, money, and energy with what you say matters most.  If you feel like you and your spouse are paying bills, raising kids, and managing life t...

Do you ever wonder how much time you actually have left to create meaningful memories with your spouse and kids?  In Part 3 of our 6 Levels of Intimacy series, we discuss recreational intimacy and share three things that you can start doing right now... How to bring the joy back joy. How to create positive memories your family will actually remember. How to immediately stop letting life pull you a...

Have you ever sat six inches from your spouse but felt like you were miles apart?  In Part 2 of our 6 Levels of Intimacy series, we unpack why physical intimacy is so much bigger than sex and how presence, affection, intentional time, and simple moments of connection can keep you from slowly becoming roommates.  If the busyness of life, kids, work, or your phones have created distance between you,...

Does your spouse know everything about your schedule, but almost nothing about what’s really going on in your heart?  In Episode 26, we kick off our 6 Levels of Intimacy series by showing you how to build emotional intimacy so your marriage becomes a place where you both feel safe, known, and deeply connected. 👉 Hit subscribe and join us weekly as we talk all things marriage, faith, family, and h...

If your husband’s drinking, pornography use, or destructive choices are hurting your marriage, this episode will show you how to influence him without trying to control the outcome.  Janelle shares 5 specific things she did to help turn Mike’s heart towards the Lord and his sobriety to became the husband God called him to be. 👉 Hit subscribe and join us weekly as we talk all things marriage, fait...

Could one hidden habit be quietly destroying your marriage without you even realizing it?  In this episode, we expose the "silent marriage killer" that gives the enemy a foothold, poisons your heart, and can slowly erode trust, intimacy, and even your family's future. 👉 Hit subscribe and join us weekly as we talk all things marriage, faith, family, and healing. Support and coaching...

You pray for your marriage every day... but what if your own words are working against those prayers? In this episode, we reveal how complaining, idle words, and negative speech can unknowingly invite more spiritual warfare into your home.  If your marriage feels stuck in the same cycle, this conversation could completely change how you fight for it. 👉 Hit subscribe and join us weekly as we talk...

“Our separation wasn't the end of our marriage. It became the wake-up call that saved it…” What happens when a couple who looks successful on the outside is quietly falling apart behind closed doors?  In this powerful conversation, Joe and Chana Navarro share how infidelity, pornography, financial loss, isolation, separation, and broken trust nearly ended their marriage, and how God restored...

After betrayal, separation, or deep disappointment, many people feel pressured to make life-changing decisions before they've had time to heal.  In this episode, we share why you don't have to have every answer right now, how to discern what you truly want, and the signs that can help you determine whether reconciliation is possible.  If you're feeling overwhelmed, confused, or unsu...

If you’ve been hurt in your marriage, anger can feel justified—but staying there will quietly destroy your heart, your peace, and your future. In this episode, we break down why forgiveness is not about letting them off the hook, but about setting yourself free from the weight of betrayal.  We walk through how to process anger the right way, why forgiveness and trust are not the same, and what it...

When trust has been shattered by betrayal, addiction, lies, or deep disappointment, most couples try to rush back to normal before real healing has happened.  In this episode, we share why rebuilding trust does not start with quick apologies or forced forgiveness, but with deep healing, honest understanding, and facing the real roots behind the pain.  We open up about our own story, the role of co...

Rob and Holly Clark share how their 20-year marriage quietly drifted into roommate life—no intimacy, constant tension, and a “we’ve tried everything” exhaustion after books, counseling, and dead-end advice.  Their turning point came when they stopped treating symptoms and let Jesus heal the root: unforgiveness, old wounds, and the spiritual battle attacking their home.  As they rebuilt with repent...

In this episode, we get real about why most conflict isn’t about the issue—it’s about emotional overwhelm, unspoken expectations, and trying to do marriage alone.  We talk through how learning to regulate emotions, communicate expectations early, and stay connected to healthy community could have saved us years of unnecessary pain.  This isn’t theory or perfect advice—it’s hindsight from lessons l...

This episode isn’t marriage advice—it’s hard-earned hindsight we wish we had before we said “I do.”  Regardless if you’re married or not (yet), we share the first 2 things we’d change if we could start over, starting with inner healing, because unhealed wounds will always run the marriage no matter how good your communication is.  If you’re growing and your spouse isn’t ready yet, this episode wil...

Interview with My Sister Who Prayed Me Home. A Story of Relentless Prayer, Family Love, and God’s Pursuit In this episode, I sit down with my older sister, Jessica—the one who refused to quit praying for me. For ten long years she watched Mike and me run hard in rebellion… partying, drugs, alcohol… the whole thing. But she never pulled away. She loved us, pra.yed for us, and fought for our salvati...

We interview our good friend and former client, Lauren McQueen as she share’s some raw and real hard struggles she walked through in her in her first year of marriage. God led her on a journey that transformed her relationship by stepping out in faith and doing the work on herself first. In this interview Lauren shares exactly what she did to be the wife that God was calling her to be. Connect wit...

Almost every husband and wife that we end up working with has felt like they’ve lost themselves and feel like they don’t know who they are anymore.  Or they never themselves at all outside of what they do…  And one of the most subtle and dangerous places to find yourself in, in your marriage is when you feel like you’ve lost your purpose and they’re going through he motions of being a spouse and a...

It’s an honor and a joy to welcome our good friend, mentor, and spiritual father — Mr. Clyde Lewis. He loves Jesus, he’s a husband, a father, a pastor, and a prophetic coach who helps leaders and business owners discover how to walk in their God-given identity and carry kingdom authority into every area of their lives — including the marketplace. This is one of the most important topics we could e...

We get deep, raw and real in this episode as we share where we had to learn how to forgive in our own lives. Without this critical principle nothing in your life will work. It is a STOP to all growth. While it might be one of the most difficult principles to start, it quickly becomes the easiest one to master. We need to forgive. We need to become master forgivers.  The reason we can forgive is th...

Erica came to us 3 years ago when her marriage was in ruins. Even her closest friends told her it was time for her to let the marriage go, but something inside her (God) told her ‘not yet.’  There was years of dysfunction, alcoholism, betrayal and pain that needed to be healed and she felt like we were her last stop before she made the final decision to move on. But God. I interview her on details...

In marriage and life - we need to become master forgivers and we talk about why right now it matters more than ever. Without this critical principle nothing in your life will work.  It is a STOP to all growth.  While it might be one of the most difficult principles to start, it quickly becomes the easiest one to master.  👉 Hit subscribe and join us weekly as we talk all things marriage, faith, fa...

3 Habits Healthy Couples Never Tolerate…(Part 2) Healthy marriages don’t just happen. They’re built day by day, choice by choice.  And sometimes, it’s not just about what you do—it’s about what you refuse to do. We share 3 more powerful habits that healthy marriages never tolerate to protect their intimacy, connection and communication. 👉 Hit subscribe and join us weekly as we talk all things mar...