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From Naples, Florida, this is a one extraordinary marriage show. We're being busy is overdone.

Romancing is fun and scheduling sex has taken the guest work out of wondering when you're going to get some.

I'm Tony DeLorenzo, your co-host, along with my beautiful wife, Alisa.

From coast to coast and around the world, thank you for joining us.

It's time to talk sex, love, and commitment. Give us a call or text us on the

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In today's episode, we're addressing how to approach sensitive subjects in your marriage

without triggering defensiveness or creating

more distance between you and your spouse.

And generally speaking, when you're approaching those sensitive topics, there might be a little

bit of fear.

And with that, there's an amazing quote that's attributed to Franklin Roosevelt that says,

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment

that something else is more important than the fear.

And I would argue, now that I'm Franklin Roosevelt, but I would argue your marriage definitely

is generally speaking, one of those things that is more important than fear and the fear

of what those topics are going to look like.

And we're going to be talking about that in today's episode.

But first, we start every episode with a hug.

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