12 Signs Your Marriage Needs Help

Talk To Me: The Debra Fileta Podcast

Debra Fileta, M.A., LPC and Creator of TrueLoveDates.com

Self-improvement, Relationships, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Society & Culture

4.9 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever wonder if your marriage needs help? If so, you’re not alone. The natural trajectory of marriage is drift. The pressure and stress of life can slowly begin to pull people away from one another… If you’re not careful, things can slowly start to drift in you relationship without you ever realizing it’s happening. With a lack of time to connect, crazy schedules, the fast pace of life, financial struggles, the distraction of raising children… There are so many things that can get in the way of a strong connection between two people in marriage. And if we’re not careful we can find our marriage in a place we never intended it to be. So how do you recognize if your marriage has drifted to the point where it needs help? And what can you do about it? 12 Sings Your Marriage Needs Help Today we’re talking about 12 signs to be on the lookout for, signaling that your marriage is in need of some attention; in need of some help. Take a few minutes to listen to this quick episode, and start taking inventory of whether or not your relationship is in a healthy place. Click below to check out Episode 60 of Love + Relationships and find out if your marriage needs help! SIDENOTE: In case you don’t already know this — I offer relationship sessions via Skype every single week. As a licensed counselor, I love setting aside this time to help you focus on your relationship, and make it the best it can be. You can book a session with me at this link. But if you’re looking for ongoing counseling to work on your marriage or other mental health issues, consider booking a session with Faithful Counseling, an online counseling opportunity that matches you with a licensed counselor who is ALSO a Christian!! Check out Faithful Counseling at http://getfaithful.com/debra — 10% off your first month!! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER – SPOTIFY – GOOGLE PLAY – iHEART RADIO Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: Is your relationship Healthy? Find out! ORDER DEBRA’S NEW BOOK: Love In Every Season! For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY Get counseling from the comfort of your own home this year!!! Check out Faithful Counseling at http://getfaithful.com/debra — 10% off your first month!! MORE BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra’s Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She’s also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book a session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, friends, welcome back to the love and relationships podcast. I'm your host, Deborah Felita,
0:23.8	and I'm so glad you're tuning into these candid conversations about love, sex, dating, singleness, and marriage.
0:30.4	For those of you who don't know me or are tuning in for the first time, I'm a licensed professional
0:35.1	counselor and author specializing in relationship issues.
0:38.4	I also run the Relationship Advice blog True Love Dates.com, reaching millions of people with the message
0:44.9	that healthy people make healthy relationships.
0:48.5	If you've tuned into the podcast before, you know it's a hotline style show, meaning people
0:53.6	call in or write in with their
0:55.1	relationship questions and I answer them on this show in short, practical, bite-sized
1:00.1	answers. If you have a question that you want me to answer on the show, send it via email or
1:05.6	voice memo to Deborah at true lovedates.com or check out my podcast page, true lovedates.com slash love and
1:13.0	relationships. And I'll do my best to get it answered on one of the episodes. So let's get
1:17.6	started. Today's question comes from Annie, from Denver. Annie asks, hey, Deborah, I've been married for seven years.
1:29.9	And sometimes we go through periods of struggle and dry spells.
1:34.3	How do I know if this is normal?
1:36.3	And how do I know if my relationship actually needs attention?
1:46.1	I'm sure you guys have heard me say this, but the natural trajectory of marriage is drift, right?
1:55.0	Drift happens.
1:57.6	In choosing marriage, I talk about how my husband and I take the kids to the beach every year.
2:04.1	And, you know, we always get the same spot in front of the same condo, and we kind of have our little yearly tradition of just going to the same spot.
2:12.8	So we put our stuff down right by the lifeguard station and the kids jump in the water and we're all
2:19.2	swimming.
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