5 Ways to Make It To Your 50th Anniversary | Ep. 565
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Marriage is more of a marathon than a sprint, and to go the distance, it definitely helps to learn from someone who has gone before. Who better to learn from than Dr. Kim? He and Nancy are more than 50 years into marriage, and continue to have so much fun together. It's not always easy, but it's definitely worth it! Today Dr. Kim shares his top 5 ways to build a marriage you love that will stand the test of time.
We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage.
Episode highlights include:
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Practically speaking, how do you put "God first, spouse second"?
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Is the goal to just stay together - or to keep making the marriage better and better?
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The power of looking forward to something together
- Tips to reclaiming fun in your marriage
*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!
RESOURCES
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Dr. Kim and Nancy's book Love, Intimacy, and Sex in the Second Half is out! Click HERE to order your copy!
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When it comes to having fun and not taking things too seriously, Dr. Kim and Nancy have got receipts! See all the shenanigans on TikTok and Instagram :)
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Want to have more fun with your marriage? Our 14 Days of Marriage Fun resource helps you break up the routine and enjoy more fun and laughter together!
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. His passion is to help you |
| 0:23.4 | strengthen your most intimate relationship. Today we are talking about building a marriage that |
| 0:30.5 | lasts. Dr. Kim's newest book, Love, Intimacy and Sex in the second half, comes out this summer |
| 0:35.9 | and it's available for pre-order right |
| 0:38.0 | now. So in honor of the book release, we are talking today about how to make a marriage that lasts |
| 0:42.7 | and, in fact, growers better with time. We know that marriage is less of a sprint and more of a |
| 0:47.9 | marathon, but just wanting to stay married is not enough to keep you in it for the long haul. |
| 0:53.1 | Before we get into today's topic, |
| 0:54.7 | if you have not subscribed to our podcast email yet, you're missing the best way to get bonus |
| 0:58.3 | content and all the links we mentioned in each episode in one place. So links like the pre-order |
| 1:04.5 | link we just talked about for the book and anything else we talk about, you'll find in that email. |
| 1:09.2 | As of added bonus, you you also get our four-week |
| 1:10.9 | connection challenge for free when you sign up. You can sign up for that today at awesomemarriage.com |
| 1:16.2 | slash podcast. So Dr. Kim, how many years have you and Nancy been married? Oh, we've been married |
| 1:24.0 | 53 years, which every time we think about it together, it seems like, is it really? |
| 1:28.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:28.9 | This seems like it's gone. |
| 1:30.2 | So many ways it's gone through fast and so probably slow in some other ways. |
| 1:34.6 | But yeah, it's been 53 years. |
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