160: How to Know You’re Ready For Marriage Or Kids

Relationship Advice

Colter Bloxom

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Are we ever really ready to get married or have kids? It’s a big question! There are some key things we need to ask ourselves in order to make a well informed, smart decision regarding these big life decisions. Listen to today’s show to learn how to ask the right questions. In this episode we discuss relationship advice topics that include: Why it’s important that you not seek a partner to ‘complete you’ Falling for the narrative of your life rather than the reality The importance of aligned values with your partner Debunking the myth that love is all you need to make a relationship work What to do when one partner wants one thing and the other something else And much more! Jonathan Decker is a husband, father, family therapist, actor, and author. He is the clinical director of Your Family Expert, offering relationship coaching, counseling, and online courses to help you wherever you are. Full show notes and episode links at: http://idopodcast.com/160 Spark My Relationship Course: Get access to our special offer for I Do Podcast listeners only by visiting: SparkMyRelationship.com/Unlock Sign up for our 14 Day Happy Couples Challenge here: 14 Day Happy Couples Challenge Do you want to hear more on this topic? Continue the conversation on our Facebook Group here: Love Tribe Sponsors Babbel: Babbel is the new way to learn a foreign language. The comprehensive learning system combines effective communication methods with state-of-the-art technology. Go to Babbel.com or download the app and enter the promo code ido to try it for free! LOLA: A modern approach to feminine care. LOLA is a female-founded company offering a line of organic cotton tampons, pads, and liners. They now offer sex products, too! For 40% off all subscriptions, visit mylola.com and enter IDO when you subscribe! If you love this episode (and our podcast!), would you mind giving us a review in iTunes? It would mean the world to us and we promise it only takes a minute. Many thanks in advance! - Chase & Sarah Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And Take me to the place in the middle of the sun.
0:17.0	Take me to the place in the middle of the sun. Welcome to ID
0:30.0	ID Podcast. Thank you so much for joining us and if this is your first time, welcome to the show and if this is your 20th time, welcome back. Thank you for...
0:42.2	Or a hundred and twentieth time? time or I think this is like episode 160th time or I think this is like episode 160th time so
0:49.3	160th time a lot of episodes that is We hope you're having a great August, not too hot
0:56.6	wherever you are. Seems like it's been pretty toasty all across the US or wherever you're listening internationally unless you're
1:05.2	somewhere towards the polls and it's probably pretty cold all of you
1:10.7	listeners up in Greenland in the Arctic Circle.
1:15.0	Yeah, we're sending warm, warm vibes your way.
1:20.0	Yeah.
1:21.0	On today's show, we welcome Jonathan Decker.
1:25.0	And Jonathan is a husband, father, family therapist, actor, and author.
1:30.2	He is also the clinical director of your family expert offering relationship coaching, counseling, and online courses.
1:38.0	And today we get into talking about how to know when you're ready to get married or start a family.
1:46.1	Or when you're not ready.
1:47.1	Or when you're not ready.
1:49.1	Lots of great information today and a lot of personal stories from Sarah and I because I've shared this before but I just did not know if I was ready to get married and had a lot of internal struggles and a lot of the things that Jonathan talks about
2:05.1	the things I wish I knew five years ago because it would have helped me
2:09.2	to navigate that time in my life and these are questions that all of us are going to have to ask ourselves
2:16.0	and even if you're listening and you are married there's a lot of value in learning these things to make decisions within your marriage.
2:25.0	It's not just knowing if you should get married,
2:28.5	but knowing if you start a family, buy a house,
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