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ONE Extraordinary Marriage Show

265: RUN THE RACE

ONE Extraordinary Marriage Show

Tony & Alisa DiLorenzo

Religion & Spirituality, Sexuality, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Christianity

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Sprinters are amazing at short bursts of energy for a short period of time. However, if your vows were anything like ours they had something like “as long as life shall last” (until death do us part, forever, etc). That is not a short period of time, that’s not until the next commercial break, or until this gets too hard. Marathoners or distance runners know that they have to pace themselves. They're in it to run the race. For them to complete it they need know that... Nutrition matters Supporters are key Planning makes a difference Shoes and clothes will impact the results. The same thing plays out in your marriage... instead of all of the different facets of a race, it’s knowing what is important for you to run the race. These include your: Emotional Intimacy Physical Intimacy Spiritual Intimacy Recreational Intimacy Financial Intimacy In this week's show Tony and Alisa talk about what's you need to do to run the race as you view your marriage as a marathon not a sprint. EPISODE SPONSOR | Stripped Down: 13 Keys to Unlocking the Intimacy in Your Marriage Remember back to your wedding day.  We’re not talking about just the ceremony and reception. We want you to remember how you felt.  Your marriage was going to last forever.  You were sure of that.  And then…reality set in.  You think you can deal with it, and maybe you can – for a while.  You still love your spouse, but it’s just not the same.  Is it just a part of life?  Do you let that fire die into just a smoldering pile of ashes?  You don’t have to! Support ONE Extraordinary Marriage by shopping at Amazon.com. Leave a review on iTunes | Submit a question | Call (858)876-5663 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

From San Diego, California, this is a one extraordinary marriage show, where being busy is overdone.

0:05.5

Romancing is fun and scheduling sex has taken the guesswork out of wondering when you're going to get some.

0:11.0

I'm Tony Deloreenzo, your co-host, along with my beautiful wife

0:14.2

Elisa. From coast to coast and around the world, thank you for joining us. It's time to talk sex,

0:20.7

love, and commitment. Give us a call at 858, and commitment.

0:22.6

Give us a call at 858, 876, 5663.

0:26.7

That's 858, 876, 5663.

0:36.8

In today's show, we talk about going long as you view your marriage as a marathon, not a sprint. An entrepreneur Bill Ransick had this fabulous quote

0:41.7

about marathon and he said what I think a lot of great marathon

0:44.9

runners do is envision crossing that finish line. Visualization is critical. But for me, I said a lot of little goals along the way to get my mind off that

0:55.5

overwhelming 26.2 miles. I know I've got to get to 5 and 12 and 16 and then I can and then I celebrate those little victories along the way.

1:07.3

And that's so much ties in with what we're going to be talking about on today's

1:10.2

one extraordinary marriage show.

1:12.7

But as we start off every show, right after I get past the quote,

1:15.4

I love to, I love to feel the hugs that you guys send our way.

1:19.4

And this week's hug is brought to you by Stripped down,

1:21.8

get your communication,

1:23.0

Ah, Stripped down, 13 keys to unlocking intimacy in your marriage.

1:26.7

I've been thinking about all of our different titles lately.

1:29.1

And Stripped down is going to show you how to create a solid marital foundation by placing God at the center of

1:34.1

your relationship both in and out of the bedroom. How to establish family

1:39.2

boundaries, how to dramatically improve the tone of your marriage by taking the time to communicate with

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