Despite reading everything on how to be the perfect Christian wife, my guest, Ariel, couldn't hold down a relationship.

But then she learned a few things that worked well enough to make her fiance into her husband.

And now she has a strong, loving, and supportive relationship.

Despite the challenges of being brand new parents, she's going to tell us how she did

it so you can do it too.

Ariel, welcome to the Empowered Wife podcast.

Thank you so much for coming on.

Oh my goodness, Laura.

Thank you so much for having me.

And thank you for your work.

I really appreciate it.

And I share it with so many people,

friends that are having issues. And then I just, I use the skills everywhere, especially in work situations and communication. So plus a really good mental health tips too, which people

don't always realize. they're just so good

for filtering your thoughts and making constructive thoughts for yourself and how you interact with

other people i want to hear all about that but Yes, yes. So I love it.

But well, let's, so let's start from the beginning.

What was going wrong in the bad old days?

Oh, my goodness.

Well, I think my desire to get married and have a family of my own was ever since I was a little kid.

And people started recommending to me relationship books.

And I was reading all of those through my teens, through my 20s.

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