Brave Marriage Podcast

This month, we’re covering 4 concepts that I often address in my practice. Today’s episode is all about eliminating criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and negativity from your marriage relationship and home environment by practicing self-control. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate, review, and share this podcast! To work with Kensi, visit bravemarriage.com. Scripture Verses: “Do all things without grumbling or disputing…” -Philippians 2:14 “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.” -Romans 7:15-18 “Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.” -Colossians 3:12-14 “Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.” -Colossians 4:6 Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week. Evan Duszynski for producing and editing. You, the listener, for tuning each week in to make your marriage better.

In our sixth and final episode of this series, we discuss how to make decisions, establish healthy routines, and form better habits as we aim toward a better normal - while addressing 3 of our core existential desires as we do. Mentioned in this Episode: 4 Existential Fears Impacting Us During COVID-19 Seth Godin’s “Acknowledgements 2020” Free Coaching Session Application Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week. Evan Duszynski for producing and editing. You, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage.

Today’s question comes from a listener in Indiana who wonders about how to help her small group of engaged women walk through the uncertainty they’re facing as their wedding days approach. If you’d like to sign up for WedWell and do premarital coaching online with Kensi, just visit bravemarriage.com/wedwell or email kensi@bravemarriage.com. Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week. Evan Duszynski for producing and editing. You, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage.

During this Easter weekend, I thought it’d be appropriate to talk through grief and the experience of loss during COVID-19, but also to celebrate the hope we have in Jesus and to talk through the process of how to hope, even in the midst of uncertainty. If you’d like a coaching session or two during this stressful time to manage your mind, emotions, and relationships at home, please email kensi@bravemarriage.com. Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week. Evan Duszynski for producing and editing. You, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage.

We’re getting real and discussing how to get along at home! Be sure to check out the past 2 episodes as well, on how to manage your mental health and move through your emotions amidst COVID-19. If this series is helping you get through this pandemic, please pass it along to family, friends, and followers to help as many couples as possible! If you’d like a coaching session or two during this stressful time to manage your mind, emotions, and relationships at home, please email kensi@bravemarriage.com Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week. Evan Duszynski for producing and editing. You, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage.

This week, we’re discussing how to move through your emotions amidst COVID-19. In upcoming weeks, you’ll learn how to how to get along at home and how to have hope in the midst of uncertainty. If this series is helpful to you, please pass it along to a friend or family member. If you’d like coaching during this stressful time to manage your mind and emotions, please email kensi@bravemarriage.com Good News + Gratitudes: Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week. Evan Duszynski for producing and editing. You, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage.

We’re pausing our marriage formation series to discuss how to manage your mental health during COVID-19. In upcoming weeks, you’ll learn how to manage your emotions, how to get along at home, and how to have hope in the midst of uncertainty. If this series is helpful to you, please pass it along to a friend or family member. If you’d like coaching during this stressful time to manage your mind and emotions, please email kensi@bravemarriage.com Mentioned in this Episode: *Spark by John Ratey, M.D. Twin Toddlers in Quarantine Calm App Headspace App BeachBody on Demand *This is the only affiliate link. Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week. Evan Duszynski for producing and editing. You, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage.

Throughout the month of March, we’ll be taking a look at daily; weekly; monthly; quarterly; and yearly rhythms to implement to keep your marriage healthy and thriving! If this podcast has been helpful to you in any way, please share it with a friend. And if you’d like to take this work deeper, I’d be honored to get to know you through couples coaching, workshops, or WedWell. Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week; Evan Duszynski for producing, editing, and being the incredible husband that you are; and you, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage. Link to Marriage Resource List (affiliate links included).

Throughout the month of March, we’ll be taking a look at daily; weekly; monthly; quarterly; and yearly rhythms to implement to keep your marriage healthy and thriving! If this podcast has been helpful to you in any way, please share it with a friend. And if you’d like to take this work deeper, I’d be honored to get to know you through couples coaching, workshops, or WedWell. Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week; Evan Duszynski for producing, editing, and being the incredible husband that you are; and you, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage. Link to Marriage Resource List (affiliate links included).

Today, we are starting a new series on marriage formation practices. Throughout the month of March, we’ll be taking a look at daily; weekly; monthly; quarterly; and yearly rhythms to implement to keep your marriage healthy and thriving! If this podcast has been helpful to you in any way, please share it with a friend. And if you’d like to take this work deeper, I’d be honored to get to know you through couples coaching, workshops, or WedWell. Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week; Evan Duszynski for producing, editing, and being the incredible husband that you are; and you, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage. Link to Marriage Resource List (affiliate links included).

Have you ever hit a lull in your sex life? How did you two get back on track? If you’ve ever wondered what to do when your sex life gets stagnant, listen in for 4 professional tips to get unstuck. Mentioned in this Episode: Christian Sex Therapist Directory David Schnarch, Clinical Psychologist If this podcast has been helpful to you in any way, please share it with a friend. And if you’d like to take this work deeper, I’d be honored to get to know you through couples coaching, workshops, or WedWell. Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week; Evan Duszynski for producing, editing, and being the incredible husband that you are; and you, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage. Link to Marriage Resource List (affiliate links included).

Why is mutual pleasure important? Listen in as we dive into God’s heart for mutual pleasure as evidenced in Scripture. If this podcast has been helpful to you in any way, please share it with a friend. And if you’d like to take this work deeper, I’d be honored to get to know you through couples coaching, workshops, or WedWell. Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week; Evan Duszynski for producing, editing, and being the incredible husband that you are; and you, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage. Link to Marriage Resource List (affiliate links included).

What serves as a sexual accelerator to you in your marriage? Listen in to evaluate 5 different areas of sexual acceleration to consider. If this podcast has been helpful to you in any way, please share it with a friend. And if you’d like to take this work deeper, I’d be honored to get to know you through couples coaching, workshops, or WedWell. Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week; Evan Duszynski for producing, editing, and being the incredible husband that you are; and you, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage. Link to Marriage Resource List (affiliate links included).

What serves as a sexual inhibitor for you in your marriage? Listen to evaluate 7 different areas of life which can create sexual inhibition in your marriage. If this podcast has been helpful to you in any way, please share it with a friend. And if you’d like to take this work deeper, I’d be honored to get to know you through couples coaching, workshops, or WedWell. Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week; Evan Duszynski for producing, editing, and being the incredible husband that you are; and you, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage. Link to Marriage Resource List (affiliate links included).

What does living purposefully look like in your everyday? What’s the point for your marriage and do you experience a purpose greater than yourselves? Below are some questions to ask yourself and each other: What currently brings your life purpose? Where do you find the motivation to get up in the morning? How have you made meaning out of your circumstances, past or present? How has or have __________ impacted your sense of purpose? your childhood your cultural context your socioeconomic background your education your access to resources your privileges your hardships Have you integrated this list of things into your sense of self, story, and purpose? In what ways do you live life in spite of these things? In what ways have you avoided or ignored these parts of yourself and your story? What is keeping you from an empowered, purpose-filled life? What are you going to do about it? If this podcast has been helpful to you in any way, please share it with a friend. And if you’d like to take this work deeper, I’d be honored to get to know you through couples coaching, workshops, or WedWell. Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week; Evan Duszynski for producing, editing, and being the incredible husband that you are; and you, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage. Link to Marriage Resource List (affiliate links included).