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Win Today: Your Roadmap to Wholeness

437: Why Your Wounds Are On Display in Marriage. Dave & Ann Wilson Unpack The Power of Words to Crush Your Spouse, and How Intimacy Becomes Manipulation

Win Today: Your Roadmap to Wholeness

Christopher Cook

Christianity, Mental Health, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 528 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Marriage has a way of exposing the wounds we thought we had buried. The unresolved pain, the unspoken insecurities, the habits we hoped would disappear—they all surface in the crucible of intimacy.

In this final installment of our LOVE LIKE THIS series, Dave & Ann Wilson—hosts of FamilyLife Today® and authors of Vertical Marriage—join us to discuss:

  • Why your unhealed wounds inevitably show up in your marriage
  • The devastating impact of words and how they can either crush or cultivate your spouse
  • How intimacy, when misused, turns into manipulation
  • Practical steps to break free from destructive cycles and foster genuine connection

 

With over four decades of marriage and ministry experience, Dave & Ann offer raw, relatable insights that challenge and inspire. Whether you're newly married or decades in, this conversation will equip you to confront the hidden dynamics that hinder true intimacy.

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0:00.0

The Art of Leadership Network.

0:03.2

That's what the bottom was, but at my top level, I would have thought he doesn't care about me.

0:08.0

Underneath that is, I'm not worthy enough, but up here on the surface, I would have just thought in my head back in those days.

0:14.0

I'm just going to do it because I'm never important to him.

0:16.9

I'm just going to do it myself.

0:22.6

Helping you design your roadmap to wholeness from the inside out.

0:27.6

This is Win Today.

0:30.5

And now, here's your host, Christopher Cook.

0:35.1

Hey, friends, welcome to the podcast.

0:37.1

I'm so glad you've joined me for week four of love like this. Listen,

0:41.1

I hope you've enjoyed this series. So many of you have written to tell me how the episodes

0:45.7

have enriched your relationships. And that was my goal. I just want to add value to you. So if you

0:51.0

missed any of the prior episodes in the series, go back and listen or go back and

0:54.9

watch on YouTube as soon as you're done with today's episode. Speaking of today's episode,

1:00.1

joining us this week, two of the most important people in my life, Dave and Ann Wilson. We're

1:05.1

talking all about why your wounds are on display in your marriage. I mean, really, what if the very wounds you've tried to hide

1:12.3

are the ones sabotaging your marriage? And you don't even know what's happening. What if the words

1:16.8

you casually speak carry the power to either heal or harm your spouse? And what if the intimacy

1:22.7

you crave has unknowingly become a tool for manipulation? Well, this week on Wynn today, as I said,

1:28.3

two of the most important people in my life, Dave and Ann Wilson, hosts of family life today,

1:33.1

pull back the curtain on the hidden struggles that many couples face, but few discuss. They share

1:38.3

personal stories and practical wisdom on how to identify and address the wounds that resurface

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