Chelsea Smith: Building a Stronger Marriage
The Squeeze
Taylor Lautner
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode, Tay sits down with pastor and author Chelsea Smith! Chelsea opens up about the stigma that still exists around couples therapy and marriage counseling, and how her long-running Marriage Mondays tips on Instagram ultimately inspired her to write her book I Do Today. Together, they talk through how Tay and Taylor handle conflict in their own marriage, why striving for an enjoyable marriage matters more than chasing a perfect one, and how setting boundaries with social media can protect intimacy and connection. Chelsea also shares her perspective on teamwork in marriage, how competitiveness can quietly sneak in, and what couples can do to focus on sharing instead of comparing. They explore how partners can promote individuality, what has surprised Chelsea most about marriage, and what truly matters at the core of a strong, lasting relationship!
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:04.1 | If it's something that's bothering me, I need to tell him that it's bothering me. |
| 0:08.3 | The fantasy of the mind reader has to be one of the biggest joy killers in marriage. |
| 0:13.2 | If there's anyone I trust giving me marriage advice, it's you. |
| 0:16.2 | The relationship that you're looking for isn't as difficult as it is. |
| 0:20.2 | It doesn't have to be overwhelming. It's not impossible. |
| 0:22.6 | A good relationship is not for a select group of people who somehow magically found the one perfect person who was made for them. |
| 0:29.6 | It's hard for a lot of people, I think, to open up about their marriage because it is something that is so personal. |
| 0:35.6 | Perfection paralyzes enjoyment because you only have a few |
| 0:39.8 | perfect moments in marriage and parenting. I think what we fail to recognize is that it is shaping our |
| 0:46.9 | philosophy, our perspective on the world. Look at this is so cheesy, but we're sowers, we're not saviors. |
| 0:52.0 | Hey, what we can do, we will do and we'll plant seeds and we'll do that. But at the end of the day, we can't be anyone's savior. The little things matter the most. What are the thoughts I'm thinking? What are the words I'm saying? When we really think about it, our words and our thoughts, more than anything, dictate the atmosphere of our home, of our relationship. What is a myth about marriage? |
| 1:13.4 | Ugh. Lemon drops this episode is so good. I'm so excited. There are so many takeaways, whether you're married, dating, single. This conversation is so impactful. This week I sit down with pastor and author Chelsea Smith. Chelsea opens up about the stigma that still exists around couples therapy and marriage |
| 1:48.3 | counseling and how her long-running Marriage Monday's tips on Instagram ultimately inspired her |
| 1:53.7 | to write her book I Do Today. |
| 1:56.0 | We talked through how Taylor and I handled conflict in our marriage, why striving for an enjoyable |
| 2:00.4 | marriage matters |
| 2:01.2 | more than chasing a perfect one, and how setting boundaries with social media can protect |
| 2:05.6 | intimacy and connection. Chelsea also shares her perspective on teamwork and marriage and how |
| 2:11.1 | competitiveness can quietly sneak in and what couples can do to focus on sharing instead of |
| 2:16.1 | comparing. This episode is so eye-opening. |
| 2:19.1 | There is something for someone to take away no matter what stage of a relationship you are in. |
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