Become a Better Gift-Giver This Christmas with Patrick Kucharson | Ep. 585
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 ā¢ 813 Ratings
šļø 24 November 2023
ā±ļø 44 minutes
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Summary
Cut the stress out of gift giving this Christmas. If shopping for your spouse (and anyone else on your list) feels daunting, this episode is for you. In this episode Patrick Kucharson, the Better Gift Coach, shares how to give gifts that will resonate with their recipients, strategies to become a better gift-giver, and great gift tips for any budget (including free!).
Tune in to learn more!Ā
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Episode highlights include:Ā
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Simple strategies to know what they really wantĀ
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Why you need to make brainstorming gift ideas a team sport - and who to recruit to your team
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The categories of not-so-good gifts you do not want to fall into this Christmas!Ā
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Patrick's Golden Rule of Gift-Giving
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*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him outĀ here!Ā
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QUOTES
"How much thought you put into a gift doesn't necessarily translate into the value the gift recipient will assign to it." - Patrick KucharsonĀ
"Give gifts that you know they want to receive, over gifts that you want to give." - Patrick KucharsonĀ
"It's showing that you appreciate them. You're listening."Ā - Patrick KucharsonĀ
"A shortcut for gift-giving: Look around, take note of the negatives, and try to give gifts that will remove them." - Patrick KucharsonĀ
QUESTIONS:Ā
What's your favorite gift you've given your spouse, and what made it great?Ā
Who can you recruit to your "gift brainstorming team" this season?Ā
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MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Ā
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Patrick's Better Gift Coach free weekly email is every bit as entertaining and insightful Patrick was on today's podcast! Sign up HERE!Ā
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You can also find him on Instagram
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In the midst of all the gift talk, take time to look for something only God can give: Contentment. Grad our 15-Day Contentment Challenge with your donation of ANY amount and pursue true contentment.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Do you get excited or anxious when it's time to buy a gift for your spouse? |
| 0:08.1 | Today's guest, Patrick Cucharson, the Better Gift Coach, is here to eliminate the dread |
| 0:13.3 | that can unfortunately accompany holiday gift giving by teaching us the shortcut to choosing |
| 0:18.7 | better gifts. |
| 0:20.5 | Patrick's weekly Better Gift Coach newsletter is a quick and impactful and truly entertaining |
| 0:25.4 | way to learn what makes a great gift and how to become a great giver. |
| 0:30.1 | You're going to love this podcast. |
| 0:31.4 | Let's go to the studio right now. |
| 0:35.3 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage. |
| 0:44.0 | I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few. On the show will be our host Dr. Kim Kimberly. |
| 0:51.0 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. His passion is to help you |
| 0:57.5 | strengthen your most intimate relationship. Well, Patrick, welcome to the Lost of Marriage |
| 1:03.8 | Podcast. Thanks for saying yes and being with us today. Hey, Dr. Kim, thanks for having me. |
| 1:09.1 | I'm so excited to get into this. It's just such a fun topic. |
| 1:12.6 | And so let's kind of go back a little bit. |
| 1:14.6 | How did you develop skills to become the better gift coach? |
| 1:18.6 | And even what got you to do that? |
| 1:21.6 | All right. |
| 1:22.6 | Well, it starts with motivation and some intention. |
| 1:26.6 | And the motivation was my wife, right? So we had been |
| 1:31.0 | together for, for 10 years. And early on in the relationship, I gave, you know, I wasn't pitching a |
| 1:39.1 | perfect game, but I gave some pretty good gifts. So I knew that face that she made that I absolutely |
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