#391: Make Your Relationship Better With a Few Intentional Habits
Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex
Authentic Intimacy®
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Relationships naturally find ruts. Couples who build intentional habits of speaking life to each other, quickly giving the benefit of the doubt, and seeking adventure together can make it through the roughest relationship terrain. Join Juli and her guests to learn a few secrets of thriving relationships!
Guests: Chris and Jenni Graebe
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- The Rhythm of Us by Chris & Jenni Graebe*
- Sex Is the Icing On the Cake (Juli's blog)
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- Finding the Hero in Your Husband by Dr. Juli Slattery
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friend, I'm Julie Slattery, and I want to welcome you to John with Julie. |
| 0:07.0 | This podcast is a production of authentic intimacy, a ministry dedicated to reclaiming God's |
| 0:12.4 | design for sexuality. |
| 0:14.6 | So sometimes I might describe sex in marriage, kind of like the icing on the cake. |
| 0:20.0 | In other words, no matter how hard you try, |
| 0:22.2 | the icing on the cake always takes the form of what's underneath it. If your cake is |
| 0:27.5 | lopsided, then you can't really fix it with icing. Now, what does that have to do with sex? Well, |
| 0:33.2 | our sexual dynamics take on the form of what's happening throughout our entire relationship, which is |
| 0:38.6 | why you can't just work on sexual intimacy without also getting into issues like trust, |
| 0:44.0 | emotional needs, and communication. And that's what we're going to talk about in our conversation |
| 0:48.7 | today with my guest, Chris and Jenny Graby. Chris and Jenny really love discovering core rhythms of what it makes |
| 0:57.0 | for relationships to thrive. They're the co-hosts of The Rhythm of Us podcast where they interview |
| 1:03.1 | a lot of couples to discover what makes relationships work. And they just launched their first book, |
| 1:09.3 | The Rhythm of Us. So in our conversation today, we're going to talk about why it's important, not just to deal with the issues of marriage like in-laws and household chores, but to look at the dynamic of what's happening between you and your spouse. |
| 1:23.2 | We're also going to talk about some important rhythms like slowing down, like enjoying the moment, |
| 1:30.2 | how we use our words, and the importance of adventure in relationship. |
| 1:35.4 | And this is not just for married couples, although we're going to be talking about in the |
| 1:38.9 | context of marriage. |
| 1:39.7 | I really feel like what Chris and Jenny are going to be sharing is applicable to lots of different |
| 1:45.0 | relationships that we have in our lives. Well, Chris and Jenny have been married for 15 years. |
| 1:50.1 | They've been in ministry for 13 of those years. Now, they live deep in the woods of Franklin, |
| 1:55.3 | Tennessee with their five children. We'll link to their book, The Rhythm of Us, in our show notes, |
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