Dear Young Married Couple

Miguel Gallegos grew up as an aspiring shot-caller for a prominent gang in the Sacramento area. He soon found himself in prison, which was considered an accomplishment by his gang family. That all changed when he found God one day. Now, he's a therapist, author, minister, speaker, and soon-to-be Dr. Gallegos. Tune in to hear him talk about what gang culture can teach us about connection in a famil...

Dr. Douglas Carpenter experienced an emotionally absent father growing up and he shares the impact that it made on him in today's episode. His career and calling are now all about helping people impacted by the same. He's an author, speaker, and psychologist who works to heal the wounds of trauma and fatherlessness.   You can order Dr. Carpenter's book here.   You can contact Dr. Carpenter here: w...

Are you a 'good' couple? In today's episode, Rev. Donny Willis issues a challenge to you and shares so many nuggets of wisdom to help you move from your comfortable place of 'good' to something so much BUTTER. (P.S. He's "The Butter Man" from the Macy's Day Parade in 2019".)   You can find Donny's book here. You can contact Donny at: www.donnywillis.com   Donny recommended: The One Thing by Gary K...

Today we released a podcast episode that was originally aired on the "Husband Material Men" podcast, where CEO, Drew Boa, interviews us on rebuilding Sexual Intimacy after pornography use.   Some of Drew Boa's Resources: Redeemed Sexuality by Drew Boa (book for small groups) Unwanted Workbook by Jay Stringer and Drew Boa HusbandMaterialMen.com (FB Group) Husband Material Academy (Coaching Program)...

Today we released a podcast episode that was originally aired on the "Husband Material Men" podcast, where CEO, Drew Boa, interviews us on our 5 Steps To Take When Trust Has Been Broken. Here's a link to the free PDF with these steps.   Some of Drew Boa's Resources: Redeemed Sexuality by Drew Boa (book for small groups) Unwanted Workbook by Jay Stringer and Drew Boa HusbandMaterialMen.com (FB Grou...

"We were in the hardest part of our marriage when Seth was in graduate school becoming a therapist, we had 1-year-old and I had just given birth to our second son two weeks before. Two kids in 15 months was already a lot. Then, Seth came up to me one day and confessed that he had been lying and looking at pornography." - Melanie from Anatomy of Marriage   Tune in to hear Seth (LMFT and marriage co...

It's Friday, which means some of you are doing DATE NIGHT! Here are a few tips from us about going DEEPER at DATE NIGHT! We also share a few practical resources to help you get creative and find novelty in your date night and sex life: Use "DYMC" until 4/2/21 for 15% off of The Adventure Challenge (10% off after that). Such a FUN way to switch things up with your spouse: https://www.theadventurech...

"Don’t just pray for blessing. Pray for the capacity for blessing." - One of our favorite quotes from Hunter and Brookelyn during this power-packed episode. Hunter and Brookelyn are a kingdom-minded, successful, young married couple that we had the privilege to interview. They cover everything money and your marriage: Becoming wealthy Having more than you need Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs Finan...

Does your sex life need a rescue? Today, we have Sheila Wray Gregoire back on the podcast, author of The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex. She is joined by her daughter and co-author of the The Great Sex Rescue, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, and they share the results of their giant study of 22,000 Christian women in this episode. These are incredible insights that will help rescue not only your sex...

This episode was recorded from the Island of Roatan, Honduras. Missionaries Steven and Rachel Jones decided to follow the call of God and make the move from California to Roatan to become missionaries after just a few years of marriage. Listen in to hear how they made that decision and managed the risks involved.   Steven and Rachel recommended: Wilson University Love and Respect   Stay in convers...

“The biggest misstep that we've taken is that we’ve flattened this robust, multi-dimensional, layered, nuanced experience of our sexuality into a one-dimensional act of sex. We’ve flattened this experience into a set do's and don'ts.⁠ ♥️⁠ It’s much easier to preach ‘Don’t even get close. Just don’t do anything at all.’ It’s much easier to offer a black and white sound bite than to equip people to...

The issue of shame, not just about pornography, but shame around sexuality in general, is probably the #1 issue we see in our counseling office. Some are coming into counseling because of sexual issues or they’re coming in for other reasons and, as we dig to the root, we often realize that it’s due to shame around sexuality.⁠ ♥️⁠ We, as parents, can mitigate this if we’re working with our children...

In this episode, Kimberly Beam-Holmes, founder of PIES University and CEO of Marriage Helper, shares the 4-step formula for falling in love and staying in love: Attraction Acceptance Attachment Aspiration She also shares important aspects of attraction and how there are actually FOUR types of attraction: Physical Intellectual Emotional Spiritual Listen in to hear SO MANY nuggets of wisdom!   You c...

We can only hope that you will be as blessed as we were by this interview we had with the New York Times best-selling author, Dr. Gary Chapman. Dr. Chapman is best known for his book "The Five Love Languages", but many of you were curious about things that you didn't see in the book, so we shot your questions to him in this 30-minute conversation. You can discover your love language by taking the...

🎉 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Coming to an Amazon near you in February: FUNDAMENTOS Baraja de cartas 🎉 ♥ You guys! We can't tell you how excited we are for this project to come to fruition. So many of you have asked about the DYMC card decks being available in Spanish because you have a spouse, friends, or family members who don't know English, but would love this resource. This has been in the works for...

3 Blended Family Pitfalls that Can Destroy a Marriage: Putting your children before your spouse Reactive instead of proactive communication Thinking you’re alone in the storm Cynthia shares practical solutions for each of these challenges in this episode. Listen in to become equipped as a blended family.   You can contact Cynthia at: www.imaginemeefc.com IMCynthia@imaginemeefc.com (916) 272-0950  ...

"But when you turn off your emotions to the people you love, all it does is create distance. Especially us, as men. We tend to turn off all emotion, even when we don’t need to. That used to be me, but it all changed after I found myself on Ground Zero as a firefighter during 9/11.⁠ ♥️⁠ The NYC fire department lost 343 firefighters. Being there on that day was like being on another planet. I saw so...

In this episode, Adam and Karissa reflect back on October 8, 2007 - a date that Adam was 10 minutes from death and called Karissa while stuck in the cab of an old truck at the bottom of a 40-ft ravine (while his lung filled up with blood). Listen in to hear the story and lessons learned.   Hope you'll join us LIVE on 1/15/21 @ 5:30pm where we'll share a template for YOUR goal setting session and w...

Every year between 12/26 and 12/31, we sit down with intentionality and map out new habits for each area of our life and marriage - including our sex life! Hope you'll join us LIVE on 1/15/21 @ 5:30pm where we'll share a template for YOUR goal setting session and we'll share OUR 2021 goals. :)   Stay in conversation with us on IG: @dearyoungmarriedcouple or on our website: www.dearyoungmarriedcoup...

Don't get so caught up with the holiday hurry that you miss out on sweet moments with each other. Try these 5 things to stay connected with your lover this week!   Stay in conversation with us on IG: @dearyoungmarriedcouple or on our website: www.dearyoungmarriedcouple.com   Join us for the next Monthly Live Date Night where we dig into some of these topics with you LIVE for 90 minutes this month!...

In this episode, we interview Nick and Amy McKinlay, the creators of the Christian marriage app, @ultimateintimacyapp. This couple figured out how to attain and maintain ultimate intimacy, so they created an app for it so that they could help many more couples on this journey!   Hear their story about how they went from quantity sex to quality sex after having four children.    You can reach Nick...

4 LOVES Crewneck Sweaters available here.  ♥️⁠ In English, we can love vegan tacos, our golden doodle, Christmas lights, Jeeps, our spouse, and God -- but we call it all "love". The Bible, however, uses FOUR different Greek concepts of love:⁠ ♥️⁠ 1. storge // affection love⁠ 2. philia // friendship love⁠ 3. eros // romantic love⁠ 4. agape // selfless love⁠ ♥️⁠ We dive into each of these on today's...

In this interview, we interview Christian apologist Nancy Pearcey on her new book, Love Thy Body. Yes, the title is a little shocking to some, but it is, as she argues, the biblical point of view. The body is created by God and is good. Down through the centuries, as secularism has taken root, the reverence for the body as God's creation has been displaced. We explore these topics along with askin...

"If you’re hesitant in moving forward with your relationship because it might take away from your degree, then you might need to take a step back and think about several other things going on in your relationship.⁠ ♥️ When you make the decision to get married while in school, you have to make it as a team. You need to have the mentality that says, ‘I’ll be there for you.’ or ‘I’ll go back to schoo...

“My biggest piece of advice for the wedding night: Don’t aim for intercourse, aim for arousal.⁠ ♥️⁠ Christian women experience sexual pain at twice the rate of the general population… so this is OUR problem. I think a large part of that is due to the rushing for intercourse on the wedding night, even if she’s been looking forward to sex her whole life.⁠ ♥️⁠ The reason we tell dating couples to avo...