How to Confess Secrets to Your Spouse (Without Destroying Your Marriage)
Dad Tired
Jerrad Lopes
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Confession can bring healing—or devastation—depending on how it’s done.
In this episode, I speak directly to men who are carrying secrets in their marriage and feel torn between honesty and fear. If you’ve ever thought, “If she really knew me, everything might fall apart,” this conversation is for you.
Drawing from Scripture, lived experience, and walking alongside other men on the healing path, I explain why secrets rob us of intimacy, joy, and peace—and why impulsive confession can actually cause more harm than healing.
This isn’t about dumping your shame on your spouse.
It’s about learning how to confess wisely, lovingly, and with a plan.
I also speak directly to wives who may be listening, offering perspective, compassion, and clarity in the midst of fear and uncertainty.
This is a heavy episode—but it’s also an invitation to freedom, wholeness, and a deeper experience of the gospel in your marriage.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's podcast, we were talking about what it looks like practically to confess to your spouse, |
| 0:06.1 | things that you never thought you would confess. We're going to get into that practically |
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