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ONE Extraordinary Marriage Show

866: The Masks We Wear in Marriage

ONE Extraordinary Marriage Show

Tony & Alisa DiLorenzo

Health & Fitness, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family, Sexuality

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Learn what happens when you've been pretending to be someone you're not in your marriage, and how exhausting that becomes over time. | “Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are.” —Brene Brown Is it really possible to rekindle the spark and restore the “like-new” connection in your marriage? Yes it is! In the 6 Pillars of Intimacy, you will discover secrets that have transformed countless marriages. Its ideas are simple, practical, and powerful. You’ll be inspired to look at your marriage through a new lens and be encouraged by its commonsense approach. Alisa and Tony DiLorenzo's proven approach to building intimacy in marriage will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your spouse – starting today. Click HERE to get your copy today! Links from today’s episode: Bo’s Cafe: Novel Join Intimacy Mastery Today Apply for Coaching With Alisa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

From Naples, Florida, this is the one extraordinary marriage show.

0:03.8

We're being busy as overdone.

0:05.4

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

0:10.1

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

0:13.9

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

0:17.3

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

0:21.8

858-8-876-563 or send us an email to Hugs at One Extraordinary Marriage.com. In today's

0:31.5

episode, we're addressing what happens when you've been pretending to be someone you're not in your

0:35.7

marriage and how exhausting that

0:37.7

becomes over time.

0:39.1

And there's a quote from Bray Brown that says, authenticity is the daily practice of letting

0:44.8

go who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are.

0:49.3

And I think as we talk about, you know, pretending to be someone else and all of that within a

0:53.7

marriage, you would lose some of that authenticity. And that's what we're pretending to be someone else and all of that within a marriage,

0:56.2

you would lose some of that authenticity.

0:58.7

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

1:00.8

But first, we start every episode with a hug. And a hug is an opportunity for us to share your ideas, the breakthroughs that you've had,

1:06.2

the creative ways that you are tackling situations in your marriage.

1:10.5

And this hug comes from a post that was

1:11.8

in the one family Facebook group that says, sometimes you just have to have a sense of humor in marriage.

1:17.9

My husband and I were talking about fun things to do on Saturday. And I've really struggled in the

1:21.9

past 10 years with knowing what would be fun. I answered my husband. Honestly, I could go for a few days just you and I on a beach somewhere laying in

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