Episode 409 - The Dr. Cloud Show - Rekindling the Marital Flame
The Boundaries.me Podcast
Greg Bowler
4.7 • 815 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2024
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Cloud provides guidance for couples struggling to reignite their romantic spark. Drawing from biblical wisdom and psychological expertise, he explores the natural seasons of marriage and offers strategies to reignite passion. He encourages couples to reflect on how they prioritized careers over their relationship, examine psychological factors behind this shift, and revisit activities that fostered initial connection. Dr. Cloud recommends revisiting initial bonding activities, making time to listen/connect without household tasks, and sharing what drew them together originally. With empathy, he empowers the couple to rediscover their qualities and rekindle their marital flame.
Christian has a problem: he loves solving other people’s problems. How can he stop relating to others by trying to fix their issues?
Emily’s boyfriend recently purchased a home and she moved in with him. They are going to get engaged and have been together for a while. The problem is his mother (her future mother-in-law) acts like it’s her house. How can establish boundaries with her?
Elizabeth was in an abusive marriage for 24 years and got out of it about 4 years ago. She needs help with dating. How can she remain vigilant while staying open-hearted with her dates?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome back. |
| 0:08.4 | This is the Dr. Cloud Show, and I'm glad to be joining you guys today. |
| 0:11.9 | A little bit about what we talk about. |
| 0:13.8 | I always describe what we do here since I'm a clinical psychologist. |
| 0:18.3 | It's kind of the areas of life that clinical psychologists deal with. |
| 0:22.3 | You got relationships and you got how you feel and struggles and stress and depressions and |
| 0:27.4 | all that stuff, all kinds of relationships, marriage, parenting, dating, work relationships, |
| 0:32.6 | stuff. And then one of my favorite areas is how do you reach your dreams and goals and finding your |
| 0:41.0 | talents and strengths and bringing those to more than fantasies but actual fruition in the real |
| 0:46.4 | world, all of that. |
| 0:48.2 | And then I think those are three pieces of a pie and the pie is basically spiritual, that how we're doing spiritually affects |
| 0:57.5 | all three of those areas in great, great ways. We have a right-in question. Here is our question. |
| 1:05.9 | My spouse and I have been married for 15 years, and both have demanding careers. We love each other, |
| 1:13.6 | but feel more like roommates than lovers. Recently, my spouse confessed they have a secret fantasy. |
| 1:21.3 | Ooh, this might get juicy. A secret fantasy of doing romantic role play where they pretend to be different people meeting for the first time. |
| 1:34.6 | But I feel a bit uncomfortable acting out those scenarios. |
| 1:41.0 | How can we explore this in a way that satisfies both of us and reignites our |
| 1:50.4 | passion? What a great question. You know, marriage, like everything else in life, marriage has |
| 1:58.9 | different seasons to it. You know, one of my favorite |
| 2:02.4 | passages in the Bible is out of Ecclesiastes who says to everything, there is a season in an |
| 2:10.1 | activity under heaven. And you know what? In your career, in your marriage, and you're dating |
| 2:17.2 | and getting healthy and a bunch of |
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