Holiday Survival Guide #756
Sexy Marriage Radio
Dr Corey and Pam Allan
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Sexy Marriage Radio, we discuss the challenges couples face during the holiday season, including managing family dynamics, setting boundaries, and maintaining intimacy.
How can we all be better at navigating the pressures of consumerism and family expectations while also understanding the importance of teamwork and preparation in a marriage.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of Sexy Marriage Radio, and this one's the holiday edition. |
| 0:06.9 | It's here in the States. |
| 0:08.6 | It's Thanksgiving week, which used to be back when we were growing up, officially kicked off the holiday season. |
| 0:16.2 | But I think the holiday season kicked off about the time the kids went back to school in August. |
| 0:20.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:21.3 | It's the way it seems like the world here in the West has shifted. |
| 0:27.1 | I mean, there's been Christmas decorations out for a couple months. |
| 0:30.3 | Totally. |
| 0:31.3 | But one of the things that we often can have happen, it seems, when it comes to this time of year, |
| 0:35.9 | is not only does the pace of just our life |
| 0:40.5 | escalate and the intensity of all of the barrage of consumerism and sales and Black Friday |
| 0:47.7 | and pressures that come with it and deadlines and year-ins I mean and on and on I'm bringing |
| 0:52.6 | gatherings and parties and fun things. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm just even thinking about the weight of all of it. |
| 0:57.2 | But one of the things that happens is, man, the marriage just can take a hit in the holiday season. |
| 1:05.4 | We realize sometimes we forget that we're on the same page. |
| 1:09.9 | We're a team. We may not be on the same page. We're a team. |
| 1:11.3 | We may not be on the same page, but we are a team. We're in this together. And hopefully we, hopefully this episode helps people get on this page. Absolutely. And so the way we're going to frame this is this is just a quick holiday survival guide. It's the kind of way we're thinking about it. And so on the first segment, we got an email that came in, and we're going to go through it and use it to help frame the entirety of the episode today. Perfect. But on the regular version is going to be a conversation about what do we need to do individually. And then on the extended content, which is deeper, longer, and there's no ads. You can subscribe at smr.fm.fm. slash academy. me, we're going to dive into now how do we collaborate? What can we do to help each other? |
| 1:47.7 | Right. can subscribe at smr.fm slash academy. We're going to dive into now how do we collaborate? |
| 1:45.9 | What can we do to help each other? Right. When it comes to the holiday festivals and the |
| 1:51.8 | struggles that happen because it's just the pressures and families and all the different things that happen. |
| 1:56.2 | I mean, teamwork makes the dream work, right? Absolutely. So here's an email, long time listener, |
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