Achieving Awesome Communication: Your Questions Answered | Ep. 477
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
You asked, we're answering! Today Dr. Kim and Christina wrap up our podcast series on communication by answering your questions. Communication in marriage is a detailed and nuanced topic; there are no "one size fits all" answers, but there are some basic principles that can really help you and your marriage to grow toward better communication. Listen today for practical tips and answers to help you communicate better with your spouse.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations about marriage and |
| 0:06.8 | practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage. |
| 0:10.1 | I am your co-host, Christina Dodson. |
| 0:12.2 | On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimmerling. |
| 0:15.0 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. |
| 0:18.7 | His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship. |
| 0:28.6 | Today we are wrapping up our series on communication. Today we're going to be answering your |
| 0:33.3 | questions. We pulled you guys on Instagram and grabbed some great questions that you submitted. I'm |
| 0:38.6 | excited about these because some of them are super specific. So I hope we're able to really do a deep |
| 0:44.1 | dive a little bit and really speak specifically to some things that you are struggling with and help |
| 0:48.9 | you. And hey, if you're new to the show, we drop a new episode every Tuesday. And on the last |
| 0:53.7 | Tuesday of every month, |
| 0:54.7 | it's a special guest interview. Be sure to hit subscribe in whatever podcast app you are listening to |
| 1:00.2 | so that you can join us each and every week. So let's dive into these great questions, Dr. Cam. |
| 1:05.8 | This first one says, what if you are afraid to speak the truth to our spouse, afraid to be real about your |
| 1:12.5 | real thoughts? Yeah, that's a, that's a great question. It probably happens more often than we think |
| 1:17.8 | because people don't talk about it. I would tell a person I was counseling, I said, okay, let's figure |
| 1:22.0 | out why. Why do you feel that way? Are you afraid something bad's going to happen? Do you fear |
| 1:27.4 | your spouse's reaction? Do they think they're not going to hear you in the way? Are you afraid something bad is going to happen? Do you fear your spouse's reaction? |
| 1:29.0 | Do they think they're not going to hear you in the past? |
| 1:31.5 | And so it's just going to be fruitless. |
| 1:33.5 | Do you think you're going to upset them or hurt their feelings? |
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