"Are We There Yet?" With Jeff & Tami Allen | Ep. 573
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
You may know Jeff Allen from one of his many comedy specials on DryBar Comedy, Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, network TV and more. If you do, you know he can make you laugh about even the hard parts of life and marriage.
In today's episode we get to go behind the scenes of some of the hardest seasons Jeff and his wife, Tami, experienced in their marriage, and how God brought hope, healing and redemption. Don't miss this encouraging episode!
We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage.
Episode highlights include:
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The *surprisingly* effective way Jeff's comedian friend helped him find Jesus
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What changed in Jeff and Tami's marriage when Jesus entered the picture
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Jeff's journey to sobriety and learning new coping mechanisms
*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!
RESOURCES
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Get the rest of Jeff and Tami's story in Jeff's Book "Are We There Yet?: My Journey from a Messed Up to Meaningful Life."
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Jeff's comedy is a part of this year's Online Marriage Retreat! Registration is open NOW so click over to learn more!
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If it's been a while since you felt sexy or were excited about your sex life, our 25-Day Think Sex Challenge will help you get back in the mood! Learn more HERE!
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. Welcome to this week's Office of Marriage |
| 0:30.9 | podcast. I'm so excited to have Jeff Allen and his wife Tammy join me today. Jeff is in his |
| 0:36.6 | fifth decade as a working comedian, |
| 0:39.2 | and you may have seen him on America's Got Talent, Drive Bar Comedy, YouTube, and any of the number |
| 0:43.6 | of places, his comedy has been aired. If you haven't seen him, you've probably heard the phrase, |
| 0:48.5 | happy wife, happy life, which he coined. His brand new book, Are We There Yet? My Journey from a Messed Up to a Meaningful Life is out now. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm thrilled to have Jeff and his wife, Tammy, joining me today. |
| 0:59.8 | Let's go to the studio right now. |
| 1:01.8 | Well, Jeff and Tammy, welcome to the Awesome Marriage Podcast. |
| 1:04.3 | Thanks for taking time out of your schedules to spend time with us today. |
| 1:08.0 | I'm excited to talk to you guys, excited to get to know you guys more, and |
| 1:12.3 | thanks for saying yes. Well, don't get too excited. Just keep your expectations low, and we will |
| 1:17.5 | meet every one of them. Save all that excitement for the end here until we're done, okay? |
| 1:26.2 | So how did you get into comedy, Jeff? |
| 1:28.9 | What was your story? |
| 1:30.1 | I think that's great. |
| 1:32.0 | I was working for a jewelry company, and after setting up a show one night, somebody said, |
| 1:38.7 | let's go to the comedy cottage, and I said, what's that? |
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