Dr. Wyatt Marriage Podcast

We all have weaknesses and shortcomings we bring into marriage. When those areas interact with our partner's we develop vicious cycles. An important first step in addressing this pattern is identifying and owning your areas of brokenness and where they come from. This episode will guide you through this process and demonstrate how it can benefit your marriage tremendously. For more resources...

For every action from your partner, there's a reaction from you. The reaction is influenced by your interpretation of what their behavior means. Often, these interpretations can be faulty or skewed because of trauma from our past. This episode provides a powerful tool to develop more accurate interpretations of your partner's behavior that will positively impact how you feel. For more re...

Providing empathy to your partner when they vent creates emotional closeness, which often leads to physical closeness. Despite these benefits, most of us are weak in providing empathy. This episode will show you the top three ways to become more effective at providing empathy to your partner this week. For more resources for your marriage go to Dr. Wyatt Fisher's website here . For more infor...

When couples are first getting to know one another they continually go on dates, which helps them fall in love. However, after marriage most couples stop dating and wonder why they don't feel in love anymore. This episode will walk you through the importance of dates for a marriage and the top 4 things to do per date to make sure they are enjoyable for both partners. For more resources for yo...

Around 50% of all couples experience infidelity at some point in their marriage. The results can be catastrophic. Betrayed spouses often report symptoms similar to PTSD. Learning how to recover from an affair can be a narrow road but this episode will show you eight steps to get you there. For more resources for your marriage go to Dr. Wyatt Fisher's website here . For more information on Dr....

Conflict is inevitable in marriage. Your partner is an imperfect person just like you so there will be times they will hurt your feelings and not meet your needs whether they mean to or not. When this occurs, you can either express what you feel through a harsh startup or a soft startup. A harsh startup will bring out their defensiveness and withdrawal but a soft startup will bring out empathy, ow...

Resentment is common in marriage and if left unresolved it can destroy intimacy on all levels. However, learning how to work through resentment can be tricky so most couples avoid it. In this episode Dr. Wyatt Fisher discusses three practical steps for constructively handling resentments in your relationship. He also shares resentment he's had in his own marriage and steps that helped him thr...

Most married couples have sexual problems at some point in their relationship. Some of the common reasons are unhealed past sexual trauma, feeling disconnected emotionally, and differences in libido. In this episode Dr. Wyatt Fisher explains some of these common barriers and then introduces a new strategy to sexual intimacy in marriage called the wedding cake model. For more resources for your mar...

Most parents have one partner who is the disciplinarian and the other who is permissive. These differences can cause great strain on the marriage and for the children too. In this  episode Dr. Wyatt Fisher explains this dynamic, where it comes from, and four tips parents can follow to share power and present as a unified front to their children and teens.  For more resources for your marriage go t...