BEHIND THE SCENES

It has been a while since we have done an episode without a guest! And we know you guys are waiting to hear about all things baby #2 and pregnancy. So here it is - we answer all your questions and give you an update on how pregnancy is going, when we are due, pregnancy must-haves, and more. Thank you guys for always supporting us through every season of life. We are beyond excited to grow our family and watch Ember become the best big sister!

We are so excited to have Matt + Lisa Jacobson on the podcast today! They have been married for 27 years, have 8 children, and run side by side in life, work, and ministry. They are powerhouse marriage mentors and coaches, hosts of Faithful Life Podcast, and founders of Club31Women and FaithFulMan. The wisdom they share around the importance of marriage mentorship is GOLD! And they are going to help you navigate how to find your own mentor/coach. Single, dating, engaged, or married - mentorship is so valuable! We know this episode is for all of you!

During our book tour, we had the honor of sitting down with Annie Downs for her podcast (#ThatSoundsFun). It was such a good conversation so we asked Annie if we could share it on our podcast and of course, she said yes! So this episode is all about the enneagram, our Sabbath and why it is so important to us, our yearly boxes (ps- this isn't something we normally talk about!) and Soccer ... yes, soccer. It's a common interest Jeremy shares with Annie! It's a fun conversation we know you will LOVE listening in on!

Jennifer + Aaron Smith have been married for 12 years, have 4 children and are fellow Oregon-friends who just released their second book, Marriage After God. Marriage After God isn't just a message, it is a movement. It is saying YES to what God wants FOR your marriage and FROM it. It is realizing the part your marriage plays in the big picture and going after it with everything you've got. It's saying yes to what God has given you and not comparing your marriage to what God has given someone else's marriage. And it is dreaming together, in oneness, as your marriage pursues the heart of God.

In this episode, Jeremy & Audrey sit down with Jennie & Zach Allen to talk about life, marriage, kids, and the inevitable stages of life that come with living a life on mission.

You may have heard us talk about Marshall + Emily Jamieson before or maybe you read some of their articles on #Beating50. They are incredibly wise when it comes to relationships and today, they are going to talk with us about Multigenerational Relationships: everyone needs someone pouring into them, someone running alongside them, and someone they are pouring into. Everyone needs these 3 relationships in order for their relationship to thrive. There is SO much gold in this episode! We hope it inspires and encourages you to find community in your relationship!

It is YOUR turn to interview US! We gathered your questions all about A Love Letter Life and answered them in this episode. We talk about why we wrote this book, the fun and challenging parts of writing, how we found community as a married couple, and SO much more! There are even a few fun, quirky questions in there (like all the names of Jeremy's cars and why he names them!). Thank you for supporting our book, our story, and our vulnerability. We hope you found inspiration, creativity, and learned what patient pursuit is. Keep sharing the journey with us! #ALoveLetterLife. Do you want to win an epic Oregon summer date night with us?!

Even though our wedding day was filmed for the TV show and documented in our book, there are some things we have never shared before! But that is all changing today because we are taking you behind the scenes to the unseen and unwritten moments of our wedding day. Like how Jeremy didn't have his wedding ring that day (thanks @zach) or how Audrey's dress broke RIGHT before walking down the aisle. We are sharing all those fun, memorable moments! We also wanted to let you in on some of the things we did to make our wedding day special - and we hope this sparks inspiration for your own wedding day! And if you are already married, we talk about creative and intentional anniversary ideas you can do to reflect on your big day!

Reality is: if you can fall in love, you can fall out of love. Sometimes it happens by choice and sometimes through situations. But, we can all work to protect our relationship. In this episode we talk about how we do that through boundaries, rhythms, and prayer. Just know that your relationship will evolve, you will evolve, and so will your boundaries, rhythms and the way you pray with your spouse. Enjoy the journey and above all else, protect your love story - because it is beautiful!

These two are probably the funniest people we know! They truly live out their life motto: Laughter Is The Best Medicine (no really, they travel the world making people laugh!). But beyond the laughter, they have an amazing story of overcoming co-dependency in their relationship and how they climbed out of that cycle. This is a very raw and beautiful conversation. And we know you will find hope, encouragement, and laugh a little as you listen in. Kristin + Danny are fun facts champions, so share a fun fact in the comments!

Requested by popular demand, these guests need no introduction - drumroll, we've got Zach and Tori Roloff joining us for a conversation around all the things! They answer your most asked questions like how they met, rhythms they have in place build their marriage, if TV has affected their relationship, how they feel about us stepping away from the show, their growing family, and so much more. (Tori even shares some incredible wisdom for all you single ladies out there!) Getting to have family on the podcast was so fun for us and we hope you feel like you're sitting around the campfire with our family as you listen in! Follow #StoryofZachandTori to see more of them!

Everyone loves a good story about redemption, especially when it's in a love story! Well, Jeff & Cheryl have THAT story and it is absolutely beautiful. While one of them thought they were in the perfect marriage, the other felt completely disconnected which led to an affair. Although they were divorced, they walked through radical forgiveness and pursued redemption. Now they are re-married and coming up on their 20th anniversary! The Scruggs have learned how to protect their marriage and pursue one another creatively so they both feel secure and connected. Tune in, this is a good one!

It's Enneagram Week! We're going further Behind The Scenes of the Enneagram, specifically eights and nines. Also, we are going in depth, and taking a deep dive, on the Enneagram itself. We talk a lot about the aspects of the Enneagram. If you've got the one on one of the Enneagram down, but you're interested in learning more about it, this episode is for you. We are sharing our conversation with Suzanne Stabile, the Enneagram Queen. We got to go and sit down and have an amazing conversation with her in Dallas, while we were on our book tour. It was so rich and good and just eye opening for us, we learned so much about each other and so much about ourselves and hopefully this podcast will help you learn so much about yourself and maybe the people in your life as well.

You asked for more Enneagram, and we answered! We are sharing an interview with Enneagram Expert Ian Cron, expect we are the ones being interviewed this time. Ian is the co-author of the book The Road Back To You. If you aren't familiar with the Enneagram or maybe you've heard about it and want to know more, then you are in the right place. The Enneagram is a self-discovery tool that goes very in-depth explaining your personality type. In this episode, we primarily talk about type 8 and 9, because that's what we are, and how we use it in our marriage.

Our guests, Mark & Jamie Nato, share with us a story of redemption and hope. We know that it's going to encourage you guys! They are people that really value humor and laughing. They've been through some really hard, serious stuff, and they just have some good insight. They're very honest and real when it comes to the hard things within marriage, and a lot of people wouldn't talk about that kind of stuff.