Creating a Refuge For Your Spouse | Ep. 277
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2018
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
It is not fun to come home to a place you aren't welcomed. It is not fun to feel more stressed and less safe when our spouse is around.
Instead of repelling our spouse, we want to invite them in lovingly. We want to be a safe place, a shelter, a refuge for our spouse.
In this episode Dr. Kim & Christina talk specifically about what it means to create a refuge for your spouse. They give practical tips on how to do this well.
Tune in to learn more about how to create a refuge for 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 practical advice on how to have a God-honoring awesome marriage. |
| 0:09.6 | I am your podcast producer and co-host Christina Dodson. |
| 0:12.8 | On the show will be your host, Dr. Kim Kimberling. |
| 0:15.5 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 40 years. |
| 0:19.7 | His passion is to help you strengthen your most |
| 0:22.3 | intimate relationship. Before we jump into the podcast, I wanted to tell you about something |
| 0:28.3 | exciting that we launched this past Saturday, our brand new cozy winter date box. Guys, |
| 0:34.3 | this date is so awesome. It is jam-packed with creative, cozy things to do on your date night in, including |
| 0:40.6 | stuff to build a fort, stuff for baking cookies, and making specialty hot cocoa, fun winter |
| 0:45.7 | games, and so much more. |
| 0:47.8 | This date is perfect for this time of year and makes a great Christmas gift for any |
| 0:51.9 | merry couple on your list. |
| 0:53.8 | So order yours while supplies last at awesomemarriage.com backslash date hyphen box. |
| 1:00.1 | We had the link for you down in the show notes so you can click it right there. |
| 1:03.2 | There is a limited supply, so act fast. |
| 1:05.9 | Now, on to this great conversation with Dr. Kim. |
| 1:10.0 | Today on the Awesome Marriage podcast, we were talking about how to improve your marriage |
| 1:13.9 | by creating a refuge for your spouse. Dr. Kim, what do we mean by saying creating a refuge for |
| 1:20.2 | your spouse? You know, when I think about that in our marriage, I think about that with Nancy, |
| 1:26.9 | it's a safe place. It's a place to recharge. It's a place to |
| 1:31.7 | get away from all the other things in the world and just be with someone that loves you, |
| 1:37.7 | cares for you, accepts you just as you are. I really saw that a lot in my mom and dad. |
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