Fight Fair in Your Marriage (with Melissa Tablada)

Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)

Danielle Bean

Religion & Spirituality, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 810 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Danielle Bean interviews licensed marriage and family therapist Melissa Tablada about resolving conflict in marriage. They discuss the importance of deep connection, practical guidelines for resolving conflict, the value of date nights and couple prayer, and the myth of not going to bed angry. Melissa provides practical advice for couples to communicate effectively and maintain a healthy relationship. The episode concludes with listener feedback and advice on dealing with family conflict.

Learn more about Melissa Tablata at her website and follow her on Instagram.

At the end of today's show, Danielle answers a question from listener Grace about how to manage family differences and conflict.

Takeaways:

Deep connection is essential for resolving conflict in marriage.
Avoid using words like 'always' and 'never' during conflicts.
Take time to process emotions and communicate intentions before engaging in conflict resolution.
Setting boundaries and taking breaks during conflicts can be beneficial.
The myth of not going to bed angry can lead to unproductive arguments.

Today's show is borought to you in part by Walking With Purpose. Learn more about their ucoming event for mothers and daughters, Sisters of Strength.

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0:00.0	Girlfriends, episode number 406, fight fair in your marriage with Melissa Tablotta.
0:05.9	Hello, and welcome to girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom, and I'm on a mission
0:11.1	to help you know your worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy and family living.
0:16.4	This week, our special guest is Melissa Tablata, who's here to talk about marriage, resolving conflict in
0:22.4	marriage. Such an important topic. I can't wait to dive in. Let's get started.
0:30.2	Hey, girlfriend. Thank you so much for being here. So we're like fully diving into ordinary time here.
0:39.4	I don't know about you, but I kind of love ordinary time, the special time between all the hustle and bustle of the holidays and Christmas and the Christmas season, which is joyful and wouldn't trade it for anything.
0:50.9	And then waiting for the Lenton season to begin, which is going to happen pretty soon
0:55.0	here, actually. It's right around the corner. This is your heads up, okay? It's on its way.
0:59.5	It's an early Lent this year because we have an early Easter, but this little space of time is kind of nice.
1:05.1	We're in our ordinary routines and getting back to regular daily living, and I'm kind of enjoying it, kind of making the most
1:13.1	of ordinary time. Speaking of making the most of ordinary time, that's exactly what we've
1:16.9	been doing over on Substack. If you aren't a part of what we're doing as a community over on
1:22.1	substack, I'm sorry, but you're missing out. I don't mean to give anybody FOMO, but I really want you to be a part of what we've got going on over there.
1:28.8	We had our first live event last night where we did that live Q&A. If you join us now, you can still get
1:34.7	access to a recording of that, but there's more to come. I really loved connecting in a real way with some of the
1:41.4	people who listened to the podcast, some of the people who are just
1:44.2	a part of the community that we're building over there at Substack. And I love always taking
1:48.9	your questions. You know, we do that in every show here at girlfriends. At the end of each show,
1:53.4	I try to take at least one listener feedback or a question from somebody because truly I want
1:59.2	this show and everything that I do in media,
2:02.9	I want it to serve you. I want it to be what you need and I want to be encouraging you and
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