No Regretz Marriage

If you are married, there is sure to be conflict. Some of it may be a difference of opnions, while other times you may wound each other. Either way, conflict is an opportunity for you to build a stronger marriage. The key is how you approach the conflict. Do it the right way and you are on your way to a stronger, healthier marriage. Handle conflict the wrong way and you may be picking up the piece...

Is it conflict or a perception difference? Often in marriage, what appears to be a true conflict is just two people seeing things differently. Unlees it is a moral issue with clear guidelines from scripture, it's okay if a couple has different perspective on an issue. The challenge is to not let a difference in perspective turn into true conflict in the marriage.

We know communication is important for a healthy marriage, but why does it sem so hard sometimes? Join us as we talk about some of the barriers couples often face when it comes to communicating with their spouse.

A huge part of good communication is how well you listen to someone. How is your listening? Are you easily distracted? Do you try to multi-task when someone is talking to you? Listening well, making sure your spouse feels seen and heard, is one of the greatest gifts you can give your spouse!

We all know how important communication is in marriage. Most couples we work with think they are better at communicating with their spouse than they actually are. How well do you and your spouse communicate? Join us as we discuss how great communiaction can enhance your marriage.

While a relationship built solely on romantic love probably won't last, romance is an important part of a healthy marriage. In the Song of Songs, we see that passionate, romantic love is a good thing and deigned by God to be a part of a good marriage. In this weeks No Regretz Marriage podcast, we look at the importance of keeping the fires of romantic love alive in your marriage.

I don't know how your 2024 was, but ours was pretty challenging. We looked forward to the end of this year and the beginning of a new one. Maybe this has been a tough year or several years for your marriage. Your marriage hasn't been what you hoped or dreamed it would be. The new year may bring you the chance for renewal in your marriage. God is in the habit of making old things new. Join us on to...

We hope you and yours have a great Christmas! Here is part 2 of our story. We hope you will share it with a friend. We will have a brand new episod next week as we wrap up 2024.

It's the week before Christmas and between coaching couples and family events, we have taken a few weeks off from new podcasts. For the next two weeks, we are going to rerelease parts one and two of Our Story. How did God bring us through heartache and marriage disfunction to where we stand today. If you are new to the story, I hopr you find hope and encouragement in the midst of you own challenge...

While we usually think mof the holidays as a time of fun, parties, celebration and family, if you have experienced a loss in the past months the holidays may be a time of grieving what you have lost. How do you survive the holidays when you are hurting and evryone else is celebrating the season. We have been there and share some tips to get through the holidays in this weeks No Regretz Marriage po...

Most of us already live busy lives and as the hoilidays arrive, our lives seem to get more chaotic. It's easy to let your relationship with your spouse slip a little during the holiday season. On today's podcast, we share four tips to help keep your marriage a priority during the season. Learn how you can share, serve, give, and celebrate your way to a stronger marriage.

Sometimes, it hurts to love in marriage. You give and give, but you get nothing back. You choose to love your spouse, but they don't love you back. The prophet Hosea understood that loving someone can hurt. he experienced it. How can you keep loving someone even when it brings you pain. It's not easy, but you can do it. God knows the pain that loving can bring. He will also give you the strenghth...

All of us go into marriage with expectations of what the marriage is going to be like and what we want out of it. The key is whether those expectations are realistic or not. There are some realistic expectations we can have for marriage, but many times people bring unrealistiuc expectations that there spouse can never meet. What wer you expectations coming into marriage? Realistic or not?

As we finish up this series on the impact of family in your marriage, we tackle the relationship between married couples and their parents. We share some of the results from a survey taken with youn g marrieds. Thses are some of the things the couples say they wish their parents knew and understand.

When working with married couples we often hear about the challenges they have with their parents. This is a common issue we hear. As parents of married children, we have seen the challenges from the other side. How involved should you be? How do you relate to your child's spouse? What if you don't agree with decisions your children are making? There are lots of books on parenting when you childre...

Did you feel seen, heard, valued, and understood as you grew up? How were you comforted when you experienced loss or pain growing up? All these impact how we give and receive love in marriage. Join us as we discuss How You Were Loved in today's No Regretz Marriage podcast.

What if I could give you a way to build a stronger marriage in just about 20 minutes a week? Check out the 5 Questions in todays' No Regretz Marriage podcast. The 5 Questions are a great way to intentionaly build your marriage. See how this simple tool can lead to healthier marriages.

Bonus podcast on the 2024 election . While this is not specifically about marriage we think this is an important issue. We admit that we have a bias. We believe that the principles of the Bible should guide all of our actions including voting. Two principles to keep in mind 1) Romans 13:1 : "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God...

Now that you have a vision of what you want your marriage to be, (see the previous podcast: Craeting a Vision for Your Marriage) how do you get there. How do you bring that vision into reality. On today's podcast, we talk about the importance of setting goals, enacting steps, to reach your vision.

This week on the No Regretz Marriage Podcast we talk about the importance of creating a vision for your marriage. Couples often just let marriage happen without any intentionality. A marriage without intentionality often tends to drift. A key step to building the marriage you desire is ask God to give you a vision for your marriage. A vision is sort of like a mission statement for your marriage. I...

This week we celebrated our 41st anniversary. In this bonus podcast, we share someof what we learned in the 41 years. We started No Regretz Ministries with the hope of helping couples learn from our mistakes rather than their own. Thanks for being part of the journey!

Building your dream house begins with a design. Once the buider has a design, he begins the building project by following the design plan. Great marriages don't just happen. there needs to be intentionality to build a stong, healthy, God-honoring marriage. Join us as wetalk about Marriage by Design in today's podcast

The last few episodes have focused on building intimacy in your marriage. We talked about how important it was to feel "safe" with your spouse if you are going to build deep intimacy in your marriage. What happens though when the trust neccesary to create a safe space is broken? Whether it is a series of small breaches of trust or, it is a huge betrayal that leads to broken trust, you need to ackn...

Intimacy is so important in building a strong marriage. It takes in tentionality to build that intimacy. You also need to beware the enemies of building that intimacy. What are those enemies? Fear, Selfishness, Pride, and Busyness can keep you from developing the intimacy needed for strong healthy marriages. Join us in this bonus podcast as we take a quick look at the enemies you might find yourse...

Lat week we talked about emotional and experiential intimacy. This week, we talk about two other types of intimacy we want to build in our marriages - spiritual and physical intimacy. Spiritual intimacy is something only Christian couples can experience, but it doesn't just happen because you are a believer. You have to be intentional about bulding it together. Physical intimacy is more than just...