#39: Overcommitment in Marriage – Dealing with the Stress of Always Saying Yes

Famous at Home

Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 6 December 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When is the last time you and your spouse argued about being too busy? Or maybe you didn't argue. Perhaps the busyness meant you just passed one another by, like ships in the night. That's how overcommitment usually begins in our home. It's not until we feel the stress of trying to manage it all that we begin to argue. That's when we "see" one another floating by.

Let's face it, overcommitment is plaguing today's families. Unfortunately, the first casualty is usually our marriage. Whether it's finances, work, kid's school activities, or even church, we all feel stretched. Without intentionality, our family life will simply go wherever the winds take it.

That's why we decided to make this episode a special one!

We were invited to talk about overcommitment in marriage as a part of "marriage week" on Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk. This is a conversation we want to invite you in on, especially with the demands of the holiday season upon us.

Our hope is that after you listen, you and your spouse are able to recognize and talk more openly about when saying yes is adding too much stress.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Josh.
0:10.3	And I'm Christy.
0:11.3	You know, we all have family picture frames, frames that reflect the people who bring us the most joy, but also the people who can bring us the most frustration.
0:20.4	Yet, no matter what, the people in
0:22.4	those frames have your back, and you have theirs. Regardless of who's in your frame, you're in it
0:28.4	together. They are your legacy. Welcome to the In This Together podcast, where we go behind the scenes
0:35.9	to share stories from our own crooked picture frame.
0:39.3	And interview guests to discover how their stories can give us insight on becoming families
0:45.1	who live, love, and lead well. Because you're not alone. We're all in this together. All In This Together.
1:06.9	This episode of the In This Together podcast is brought to you by Forcefield, the best parental control product on the market for managing screens in your home.
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1:17.0	Become a digital mentor to your kids.
1:19.7	That's josh.forcefield.combe.
1:25.9	Hello and welcome back to the In This Together podcast.
1:29.7	Today we're going to do something special.
1:32.2	Christy and I were invited by Family Talk and Dr. James Dobson to be a part of
1:38.1	Marriage Week.
1:40.0	It was a week in August where we had the opportunity to be able to be a part of reading from a devotional that he and his wife Shirley wrote called Nightlight for Couples.
1:51.6	And the topic they asked us to speak on was overcommitment in marriage.
1:58.9	Yes, so we had a very honest conversation.
2:01.2	We had a very honest conversation about overcommitment.
2:05.1	Yeah, well, and just how it affects your relationships, but mostly marriage, and how
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