How to Handle "Me Time" | Ep. 456
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
"Me time" can be a major pain point in marriages, especially those with young children. Have you wondered why "me time" is such an issue? Is it okay to ask your spouse for it? And what is a healthy amount of "me time"? Today we want to talk about "me time" and give you some practical tips to navigate this in a way that builds up your marriage. Listen as Dr. Kim and Christina answer these questions and more, and give you helpful steps to handle the "me time" issue.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations about marriage and |
| 0:06.8 | practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage. |
| 0:10.1 | I am your co-host, Christina Dodson. |
| 0:12.2 | On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimmerling. |
| 0:15.0 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. |
| 0:18.7 | His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship. |
| 0:26.6 | One major pain point in marriages, especially those with young children, is how to handle |
| 0:35.4 | MeTime. Today we want to talk all about MeTime and give you |
| 0:38.9 | some practical tips on how to navigate this in a way that builds up your marriage. |
| 0:44.0 | Hey, if you are new to the show, we drop a new episode each and every Tuesday. And on the last Tuesday |
| 0:49.3 | of every month, it's a special guest interview. Be sure to hit subscribe in whatever podcast app you listen to so that each new |
| 0:55.8 | episode will automatically get downloaded to your phone so that you can tune in. |
| 1:00.5 | So, Dr. Kim, MeTime. |
| 1:03.0 | Why is MeTime important for couples? |
| 1:05.3 | How can this benefit a marriage? |
| 1:07.4 | Well, I think just defining MeTime, it's really that time that we spend on our own, |
| 1:12.0 | instead of working, doing things, taking care of kids, those kind of things, just this opportunity |
| 1:16.9 | to relax, reduce stress, restore energy. I think we do that in different ways. But I think it's |
| 1:23.5 | real important. And I think Jesus said an example there. Jesus went away and had me time. It was him and God. We can do the same thing, me and God. But it recharges us, |
| 1:32.2 | it refreshes us. And I think Jesus, by doing that, showed us that is something the way we're made. It's |
| 1:38.6 | important. Some of us need more than others, but I think all of us needs me time. Yeah, definitely. I agree. And I think this is, |
| 1:46.6 | like I said, it's just especially important for couples with young kids or just kids in general. |
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