Having the Hard Conversations
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
When a hard conversation is needed, it's critical to show your spouse a lot of grace. Greg, Erin and John talk about ways they've learned to make the tough conversations productive, and will provide some helpful guidelines you can apply in your marriage. Featuring Dr. David Clarke.
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| 1:12.0 | So you're sitting at home after a long day of work and your spouse comes up and asks, |
| 1:17.0 | hey honey can we talk about something? Well the truth is every couple has to have some |
| 1:22.1 | difficult conversations along the way. |
| 1:24.0 | I'm John Fuller along with Greg and Aaron Smalley. |
| 1:27.0 | They're in charge of our marriage team. |
| 1:29.0 | And Greg, on average, how often do you find that couples really just have to have a heart to heart that is pretty tough? |
| 1:35.6 | It's 2.6 times per week. Okay, thank you. So if you're less than that, it's great now. |
| 1:41.6 | What do you think? |
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