Healing Through Grief, Removing Masks, Finding Wholehearted Love - w/ Caleb & Stefanie Rouse

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🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode of the Marriage After God podcast, Aaron interviews Caleb and Stefanie Rouse, authors of "Wholehearted Love" and founders of a thriving relationship ministry. After walking through personal transformations, career shifts, and profound loss, the Rouses now help couples discover how to love with their whole hearts by addressing the masks and pain that prevent genuine connection.

In this vulnerable conversation, we explore:

How past wounds create masks that block our ability to love others wholeheartedly
The powerful journey of grieving the loss of their twin boys while simultaneously writing a book about wholehearted love
Why bringing our pain to God instead of hiding behind masks leads to healing and freedom
The importance of celebrating life at every stage, even after pregnancy loss
How stretching our "obedience muscles" transforms our relationship with God and others
The transformative practice of daily prayer for your spouse and its impact on marriage
Why helping singles and pre-married couples creates maximum impact for future marriages
How to discern when God is calling you to surrender comfortable paths for greater purpose

Whether you're healing from past wounds, navigating grief in your marriage, struggling with identity, or simply wanting to love more wholeheartedly, this conversation offers biblical wisdom and practical insights for removing masks and embracing genuine connection with God and your spouse.

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Connect with Caleb & Stefanie Rouse:

Book: "Wholehearted Love" - https://www.stefanieandcaleb.com/book
Prayer Books: "52 Prayers for Your Husband" and "52 Prayers for Your Wife"
https://www.stefanieandcaleb.com/52prayersformyspouse
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/stefanie.rouse
https://www.instagram.com/calebjasonrouse/
Podcast: The Wholehearted Love Podcast
https://www.stefanieandcaleb.com/podcast
Website: https://www.stefanieandcaleb.com/

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KEY WORDS: Marriage After God, Aaron Smith, Caleb Rouse, Stefanie Rouse, Wholehearted Love, prayer in marriage, grief, pregnancy loss, miscarriage, masks in relationships, healing, obedience, identity in Christ, social media ministry, pre-marriage counseling, spiritual transformation, vulnerability, transparency, worship, celebrating life

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0:00.0	Hey, marriage ever God family.
0:02.3	You've heard me talk about Samaritan ministries and how believers come together to care for each other's medical needs.
0:06.9	Well, Samaritan has recently launched Redeem Health Share.
0:10.3	It's a different sharing option from Samaritan that offers flexible, affordable programs with the same biblical foundation.
0:16.9	Redeem still gives you the freedom to choose your providers, while also including options for dental, vision, and preventive care, and all through a modern digital platform.
0:25.6	New features, new programs, new options.
0:28.4	Check it out at redeemhealthshare.org for more information.
0:31.2	That's redeemhealthshare.org.
0:35.9	Hey, your marriage, after God, family.
0:37.2	Welcome back to the Marriage and After God podcast. Today's episode, I'm after God family. Welcome back to the Marriage After God podcast. Today's
0:39.9	episode, I'm talking with Caleb and Stephanie Rouse. This couple's wonderful. Young couple,
0:46.1	they have an online ministry, a pretty large one at that. You might even be following them on
0:49.9	Instagram right now. But I've been wanting to talk to them for a while. I've known about them
0:54.8	for many years. We sent them books actually a long time ago. We talked about that for a minute.
0:59.6	But they share their journey of coming to faith. They show their journey of getting married.
1:04.1	And they also show their journey of why they started their ministry in the first place,
1:06.9	of wanting to encourage and help married couples and also help singles in their walk with God
1:13.5	in pursuing godly relationships. But in this conversation, we talk about how they
1:18.9	miscarried their twins and how they got through that together and how they got through that
1:23.4	with Christ. We talk about our ministry in preaching the gospel and encouraging people and in
1:29.6	prayer. And we also talk about their newest book, Wholehearted Love. And so I just want to encourage
1:35.6	you to check out this episode. We, I thought it was encouraging for me. So I think it's going to be
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