How to De Escalate Marriage Conflict & Resolve Issues | Ep. 605

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

Christianity, Relationships, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Sick of the same old fights over and over with your spouse? Learn to de-escalate marriage fights and resolve issues in a healthy and helpful way. Conflict in marriage is inevitable, but the way you handle it is what matters most. Learning to deal with it well will benefit your marriage in so many ways! Tune in today to learn how.

We pray this episode is helpful for you and your marriage.

Episode highlights include:

Common conflict pitfalls to avoid
The problem with "winning" marriage fights
Tips to help you break the fighting cycle
What to do if one spouse is not ready to reconnect

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

Are you stuck in a conflict cycle? If so, work together to identify what's triggering it.
Choose 1 tip from Dr. Kim's list below that you will both agree to use this week.

*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!

QUOTES

"When we try our best to avoid conflict, we're not really equipping ourselves with the skills to handle it well." - Lindsay Few
"Awareness gives you some insight that can really be useful." Dr. Kim Kimberling

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Learn more about how to make your marriage conflict healthy by joining Dr. Kim for the 8 Guidelines for Fighting Fair Webinar
Our Conflict Resolution Cheat Sheet is your quick guide to get marriage conflict on the right track.
If you're ready to learn how to do conflict well, the Conflict Resolution Guide helps you diagnose the problem areas in your marriage, then learn the steps to resolve them.
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Transcript

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0:00.0	Are you sick of the conflict cycle?
0:03.4	We all probably know plenty of ineffective ways to handle conflict.
0:07.6	It's unproductive, things never get resolved, and both spouses get hurt in the process.
0:12.7	Today's topic is one of the most common things we hear about from couples, and Dr. Kim is going to share a path to de-escalate, fight fair, and resolve conflict better in your marriage.
0:24.2	Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on
0:30.7	how to build an awesome marriage. I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few. On the show
0:37.1	will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberly.
0:39.9	Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. His passion is to help you
0:46.4	strengthen your most intimate relationship. Conflict in marriage is inevitable and it's how you
0:53.4	handle it is what matters most.
0:55.9	But it can be really hard to get out of the bad habits that have kept you in a conflict cycle.
1:01.1	So today's episode, we're going to get into that and share some specific ways to break that cycle and solve your conflict more effectively.
1:08.3	Speaking of today's topics, we have a lot of awesome resources for conflict.
1:13.1	The first one I want to mention right now is Dr. Kim's eight guidelines for fighting fair
1:18.3	webinar. This is a webinar Dr. Kim teaches. It is free, but you do need to reserve a seat. So I'm
1:23.6	going to have a link to that in today's show notes as well as links to the other resources we're going to be talking about and that we have for you.
1:31.0	So Dr. Kim, let's get fighting right.
1:34.6	Yes.
1:36.1	Yeah, so what are some of the ineffective ways that you see couples or individuals handle conflict?
1:41.8	I think there's a lot and we'll just list a few of them that I see are prevalent all the time.
1:46.4	But I think it just goes back.
1:47.4	Most of us don't know how to handle conflict.
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