Intensive Advice for Couples by Smalley

Do you know what they are? More importantly, do you know what your spouse's are? And by the way, if you haven’t left a review yet in iTunes, don’t be shy, it’s easy to do and it really lets me know you’re listening (and other’s too). IF YOUR MARRIAGE NEEDS HELP PLEASE CALL US AT 800-975-8748 TO HEAR HOW THE SMALLEY INTENSIVE PROGRAM CAN HELP YOU TODAY! FEATURED RESOURCE

The marriage you always dreamed of, and in fact, the marriage you hoped to have is closer than you think. And by the way, if you haven’t left a review yet in iTunes, don’t be shy, it’s easy to do and it really lets me know you’re listening (and other’s too). IF YOUR MARRIAGE NEEDS HELP PLEASE CALL US AT 800-975-8748 TO HEAR HOW THE SMALLEY INTENSIVE PROGRAM CAN HELP YOU TODAY! FEATURED RESOURCE

The great writer Max Lucado inspires this little tip...you won't want to miss it. And by the way, if you haven’t left a review yet in iTunes, don’t be shy, it’s easy to do and it really lets me know you’re listening (and other’s too). IF YOUR MARRIAGE NEEDS HELP PLEASE CALL US AT 800-975-8748 TO HEAR HOW THE SMALLEY INTENSIVE PROGRAM CAN HELP YOU TODAY! FEATURED RESOURCE

What does it take to make it through the different seasons of your relationship? And by the way, if you haven’t left a review yet in iTunes, don’t be shy, it’s easy to do and it really lets me know you’re listening (and other’s too). IF YOUR MARRIAGE NEEDS HELP PLEASE CALL US AT 800-975-8748 TO HEAR HOW THE SMALLEY INTENSIVE PROGRAM CAN HELP YOU TODAY! FEATURED RESOURCE

Okay guys, this one's for you! It's not as complicated as you might think to hit a home run on Valentine's Day... And by the way, if you haven’t left a review yet in iTunes, don’t be shy, it’s easy to do and it really lets me know you’re listening (and other’s too). IF YOUR MARRIAGE NEEDS HELP PLEASE CALL US AT 800-975-8748 TO HEAR HOW THE SMALLEY INTENSIVE PROGRAM CAN HELP YOU TODAY! FEATURED RESOURCE

You should start doing this 1 thing if you struggle handling each other's differences. And by the way, if you haven’t left a review yet in iTunes, don’t be shy, it’s easy to do and it really lets me know you’re listening (and other’s too). IF YOUR MARRIAGE NEEDS HELP PLEASE CALL US AT 800-975-8748 TO HEAR HOW THE SMALLEY INTENSIVE PROGRAM CAN HELP YOU TODAY! FEATURED RESOURCE

Sometimes its the little things we do or think that make the biggest impact on our relationship. And by the way, if you haven’t left a review yet in iTunes, don’t be shy, it’s easy to do and it really lets me know you’re listening (as a thank you, after your review is submitted, I'll send you a special free gift). FEATURED RESOURCE TRANSCRIPT Announcer: Get ready for simple intensive advice for couples with Michael Smalley. Michael: Have your relationship got you down? Are you feeling frustrated, confused, a little bit lost maybe and you just kinda wanna know what can I do to turn things around? Well I’m about to tell you something you don’t wanna hear and you’re gonna think ‘yeah right that’s gonna work’ but then you’re gonna start thinking about it a little bit longer and you’re gonna realize I’m right because maybe what your relationship needs is a tad more friendliness. That’s right. You heard me. Maybe you need to start taking a positive look on that special person instead of always focusing on the negative. Announcer: There you have it, one more simple way to love each other. Discover even more at smalleycenter.com.

It really not very complicated when it comes to changing your relationship...at least that's what Bob Newhart thinks. And by the way, if you haven’t left a review yet in iTunes, don’t be shy, it’s easy to do and it really lets me know you’re listening (and other’s too). IF YOUR MARRIAGE NEEDS HELP PLEASE CALL US AT 800-975-8748 TO HEAR HOW THE SMALLEY INTENSIVE PROGRAM CAN HELP YOU TODAY! FEATURED RESOURCE TRANSCRIPT Announcer: Get ready for simple intensive advice for couples with Michael Smalley. Michael: I’m gonna get real here for a second. I can get incredibly frustrated with couples and individuals that come to our Smalley intensive program and they’re hurting and they want things to get better but yet they refuse to change. They refuse to try things differently. They refuse to learn how to communicate, to get rid of bitterness. Folks I’m not trying to sound like Dr. Phil here when I say if you want something better you gotta change what you’re doing now. So instead of sounding like Dr. Phil I’m gonna bring in my favorite, Bob Newhart. ‘Stop it!’ That is what has to happen. Stop doing what you’re doing currently and see and learn how you can do it better. Announcer: There you have it. One more simple way to love each other. Discover even more at smalleycenter.com.

Three things you can do, and you probably already know them...you just need to go for it. TRANSCRIPT [0:00:00] Announcer: Get ready for simple intensive advice for couples with Michael Smalley. Michael Smalley: The author Francis Chan recently wrote, "When we love God, we naturally run to Him-frequently and zealously. Jesus didn't command that we have a regular time with Him each day. Rather..." Francis writes, "...he tells us to 'love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all of your soul’." Folks, this is the greatest commandment and when you reach a point in your relationship whether it’d be with a spouse or a child, you have to run, no, sprint towards Christ through prayer and through studying up His word and through Christian community, watch what happens. Announcer: And there you have it, one more simple way to love each other. Discover even more at SmalleyCenter.com. [0:01:00] End of Audio And by the way, if you haven’t left a review yet in iTunes, don’t be shy, it’s easy to do and it really lets me know you’re listening (and other’s too). IF YOUR MARRIAGE NEEDS HELP PLEASE CALL US AT 800-975-8748 TO HEAR HOW THE SMALLEY INTENSIVE PROGRAM CAN HELP YOU TODAY! FEATURED RESOURCE BUY NOW ARTIST HIGHLIGHT FOURTEEN40 – Lucky Number 13 – Click here to view on iTunes

You don't have to melt down over each other's differences...or do you? And by the way, if you haven’t left a review yet in iTunes, don’t be shy, it’s easy to do and it really lets me know you’re listening (and other’s too). Transcript: My wife just barged into the studio with some of the coolest advice I've heard in a while on how to help couples deal with personality differences. You see, she just finished one of her follow-ups from a Smalley intensive and it was the quintessential emotional wife and the mathematical engineer husband. What she realized is if we’re not careful in approaching our different spouse in a way they can receive our intentions and our actions are gonna be judged because if that wife who wants to connect comes at her husband too hard, he’ll feel judged but then if he responds in his mathematical engineer way back to the spouse, she’s gonna feel rejected. Learn better how to approach each other in a way that honors who your spouse is. IF YOUR MARRIAGE NEEDS HELP PLEASE CALL US AT 800-975-8748 TO HEAR HOW THE SMALLEY INTENSIVE PROGRAM CAN HELP YOU TODAY! FEATURED RESOURCE BUY NOW

Why is it that so many marriages suffer from affairs started on Facebook? Find out how to protecting yourself from this on today's show. And by the way, if you haven’t left a review yet in iTunes, don’t be shy, it’s easy to do and it really lets me know you’re listening (and other’s too). Transcript: You might be shocked to find out that some of the most common affairs we deal with now at the Smalley intensive program are affairs that happen online through social media like Facebook. If you wanna protect your relationship from an online affair or frankly any affair, then its time you heard the truth. You need to stop avoiding your spouse and you need to be able to be honest because all you’re doing with that little person that you think is so much better than your spouse is avoiding the real issue and that is you and your relationship. If you think you’re gonna find love with someone willing to have a relationship with a married person, you got another thing coming. FEATURED RESOURCE BUY NOW

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Announcer: Get ready for simple intensive advice for couples with Michael Smalley. Michael: Do you have a macro or micro marriage? The micro marriages, those are the folks totally stressed out because they get lost in the irrelevant details in life. Marriage is tougher now folks. Be a macro marriage. Those are the ones that understand what’s truly important and those are the things they get engaged over. Stop getting worked up over the little things. If you’re lost in the details in life, start going to the Holy Spirit and go to him in prayer and ask him is this thing that I’m willing to go to battle over actually worth battling over? Announcer: And there you have it. One more simple way to love each other. Discover even more at smalleycenter.com.

Every wonder what to do with your teenager? Are you hoping he/she will grow up to be responsible and loving toward others? Listen. Announcer: Get ready for simple intensive advice for couples with Michael Smalley. Michael: If you’re a parent and you want your kids to start learning how to make good choices, this advice is gonna get a little bit painful coz trust me, it’s been painful for me. I have a 15-year old son. I didn’t even wanna take this advice and I’m about to give it to you. If we want our kids to make good choices, we gotta stop meddling. We cannot be overly controlling. We cannot be those helicopter parents. Because if they’re ever gonna learn how to make a good choice, they have to be allowed to make choices which means we have to give them the freedom to fail because if they don’t ever get to make choices, they’ll never learn how to make good ones. Announcer: And there you have it, one more simple way to love each other. Discover even more at smalleycenter.com

Powerful, no-nonsense advice on how to get the process of forgiveness going in your relationship. (transcript of audio) Announcer: Get ready for simple intensive advice for couples with Michael Smalley. Michael: I've got less than 60 seconds to help you understand how to experience healing and forgiveness after betrayal. I just want you to know coz I gotta be blunt. That if you’re not running, sprinting towards God, acknowledging that lord, I’m incapable of making this happen. It’s all about surrender and your acknowledgement that you can't do it but God can. Once you get that down, my friend, it is literally just a matter of time because God wants full restoration in your life. But the more you try to make it happen, the longer and more painful this process will be. Announcer: One more simple way to love each other. Discover even more at smalleycenter.com