Going from Singleness to Married: The Challenges | Ep. 294
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2019
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
It's no surprise that being single is vastly different from being married. But how difficult it is to adjust to that change can come as a surprise to many.
There are a multitude of things that need to shift when we go from singlehood to being married. Today Dr. Kim & Christina discuss those shifts, the challenges with them, and how to adjust well.
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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. Today we're going to be talking about going from singleness to married. |
| 0:28.7 | It's no surprise that being single is vastly different than being married, but how difficult it is |
| 0:34.1 | to adjust to that change can come as a surprise to a lot of people. There are a |
| 0:37.9 | multitude of things that need to shift when we go from being single to being married. Today we're |
| 0:42.0 | going to be talking about those shifts, the challenges with them, and how to adjust well to that. |
| 0:46.2 | So Dr. Kim, why is it so important that we do make the changes when we get married? Why can't |
| 0:50.8 | we just go on living as we were? Because now there's two instead of one for the main thing. |
| 0:56.5 | And in fact, I was talked to a couple this week. |
| 0:58.6 | And he has been single for a long time and just talking about the adjustments that they were |
| 1:03.7 | going to have to make. |
| 1:04.3 | Because I think one way I've described it to couples when I do primarily with them, |
| 1:09.0 | you're not starting a new chapter of your life. |
| 1:11.2 | You're starting a new book. |
| 1:12.1 | And I think just that visual helps you. |
| 1:13.9 | Your single life is over. |
| 1:15.4 | And you've got to set that aside. |
| 1:16.6 | And, you know, where the Bible talks about leaving and cleaving. |
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