4 Steps to Break the Fight Cycle with Anne Nelson | Ep. 535
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Research shows that 69% of marital conflict is never resolved. We either sweep it under the rug, avoid the pain points, or get stuck in a cycle of conflict that may cause pain but not find resolution. Today Dr. Kim talks with special guest Anne Nelson, about the 4-stage process to break the fight cycle and heal your marriage from conflict. Anne is a Christian counselor who helps couples and individuals to find the fully thriving life God has for them.
Episode highlights include:
- Why we get stuck in the conflict cycle and how to get out
- Some reasons that counseling might not "work" and what to do if that happens to you
- How to start recognizing and healing unaddressed issues affecting your marriage
- Specific questions can we use to challenge our assumptions in marriage
We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage.
*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage. |
| 0:09.9 | I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few. |
| 0:13.4 | On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberly. |
| 0:17.0 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. |
| 0:21.8 | His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship. |
| 0:29.2 | Welcome to today's awesome marriage podcast. |
| 0:31.8 | Today my special guest is Ann Nelson. |
| 0:34.2 | She's a Christian counselor. |
| 0:35.7 | She specializes in marriage, family, grief, |
| 0:38.2 | recovery, post-traumatic growth and resilience training. Anne says that good science reflects |
| 0:44.0 | God's glory, and you get to see the fruits of this in your life. I'm excited to talk more about |
| 0:48.7 | that with her, so let's go right to today's interview. Well, Ann, I'm so glad to have you on |
| 0:54.0 | an awesome marriage podcast. Thank you so much for joining Ann, I'm so glad to have you on Lost of Marriage Podcast. |
| 0:55.1 | Thank you so much for joining us today. |
| 0:57.1 | It's good to see you. |
| 0:58.7 | It's good to see you, too. |
| 1:00.1 | I love talking to you, so I'm looking forward to this conversation. |
| 1:02.7 | Oh, I am too. |
| 1:03.6 | It's a great topic. |
| 1:04.5 | So we're going to talk about couples that get caught in these fight cycles and they struggle to break the cycle almost they just seems to |
| 1:11.7 | go on and on. So what are some of the patterns that you see couples get stuck in? And then how do they |
| 1:17.1 | how do they get there to start with? Sure, sure. Well, the main cycle that I see over and over and |
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