Episode 397 - Speaking Life in Your Marriage with Dave and Ann Wilson

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

How do our words impact the most important relationship in our lives—our marriage? And how can wives, in particular, learn to speak life into their husbands?Ann Wilson, a pastor’s wife, was taken aback during a speaking event when her husband, Dave, candidly shared that he didn’t feel like she was his biggest supporter. The admission was painful, but it became a turning point. Determined to make a change, Ann began to pay closer attention to the words she spoke over her husband. As she intentionally used her words to encourage and uplift him, she began to notice a transformation in both their marriage and the way they showed up for each other.In their latest book, How to Speak Life to Your Husband: When All You Want to Do Is Yell at Him, Ann and Dave explore the transformative power of words in marriage and offer practical tools for building healthier communication patterns.In this candid conversation, Davey sits down with Ann and Dave to discuss the influence of what we say in relationships, the importance of mindset towards our spouse, and how to navigate challenging seasons in marriage—including struggles with betrayal and sexual addiction.If you’ve ever felt the sting of destructive words in your marriage, this episode offers hope and guidance on how to use your words to build up—not tear down—the most vital relationship in your life. Website: www.familylife.com/familylife-todayInstagram: www.instagram.com/daveannwilson Facebook: www.facebook.com/DaveAnnWilsonBook: How to Speak Life to Your Husband: When All You Want to Do Is Yell at Him https://amzn.to/45Nd3vP Wondering where to get started on your journey towards healing? Join Davey on our next FREE, live Zoom call and find out how you can begin to take back your story and how Nothing is Wasted can help. Sign up today at: www.nothingiswasted.com/starthere Looking for help in navigating the valley of pain and trauma? Our Nothing is Wasted coaches can help: www.nothingiswasted.com/coaching Want a pathway through your pain? The Pain to Purpose Course can lead you through all you've been through: www.nothingiswasted.com/paintoppurpose Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Nothing is Wasted podcast, where we meet you in your pain and help you discover a pathway through.
0:09.6	No matter what you've faced or what you're walking through now, we believe your story isn't over.
0:15.0	Each week, you'll hear powerful conversations with people who've partnered with God to reclaim their stories of trauma, loss, and heartbreak, and we'll chat with Christian experts who offer wisdom and
0:26.2	practical tools for healing. This is a place of hope, redemption, and the reminder that
0:31.5	even in your darkest moments, God is still writing your story, because with him, nothing is wasted.
0:38.8	I'm your host, Davey Blackburn.
0:50.6	Well, hello, hello.
0:51.7	Welcome to the Nothing Is Wasted podcast.
0:54.1	If you are a longtime listener, welcome podcast. If you are a long time,
0:55.4	welcome back. If this is your first time, welcome. Thank you for making the time, creating the
1:01.8	space to sit down and have conversations with us. We're so grateful for you, whether you're
1:07.7	driving in your car, whether you're listening to this while you're taking a walk or doing your chores around the house or however you consume your podcast, maybe you're watching on YouTube, maybe you're distracted at work because you're taking some time to listen to this. We're really grateful to have you a part of the nothing is wasted community. This is a place where we want to meet you in your pain and provide a pathway through because there is a pathway through. And so we're going to bring on some folks that will be able to, one, testify the fact that
1:32.7	God shows up in the deepest and darkest parts of our story.
1:36.6	And we're going to bring people on who are going to give us some good counsel and some good
1:40.7	advice from their own lived experience and sometimes from what they feel
1:45.9	like they've done wrong, some of the school of hard knocks, all through a Christ-centered,
1:52.6	biblically centered perspective. And today's guests, oh my goodness, what a treat this was,
2:00.3	I sat down with Dave and Anne Wilson to talk about
2:04.6	their latest book, How to Speak Life to Your Husband, when all you want to do is yell at him.
2:13.5	That title is amazing. How to Speak Life to Your Hus husband when all you want to do is yell at him.
2:19.8	Listen, I know whether you want to be, I know you're not used to being honest in Christian settings.
2:26.2	When I speak at churches, I often go, hey, listen, I know you're not used to being honest in church, but if we're honest.
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