Identifying Your “Wifestyle” :: Summer of Mentorship Week 3
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Our first year of marriage was HARD. And we hit another rough patch (a.k.a. the “come to Jesus” days) after our second son was born. I took all the marriage advice I could get.
For all you mommas out there looking for a little marriage help, I’ve invited Jen Weaver on the show to talk about her newest book, “A Wife’s Secret to Happiness”. This episode originally aired on March 6, 2017.
Jen is an adorable millennial who knows God’s Word and isn’t afraid to hit the marriage topic head on. She shares some great insights on a few controversial issues. But more than anything she helps us identify the marriage habits (a.k.a., “WifeStyles”) that are attracting or denying the blessings God has for our marriages.
What we chat about:- What is a “wifestyle”?
- Habits that can attract or deny the blessings God has for our marriages
- The slightly-controversial topic of “submission”
- Making room for your spouse to lead and space for the Lord to speak.
- What about when your spouse isn’t walking with the Lord?
- Wifestyles: “braided” or “frayed”
- What Jesus asked Jen.
- Wifestyles: “doubtful” or “decided”
- When you go through a relationship winter after a new baby
- Hebrew convo about “chayil”and Proverbs 31 woman who is a wife of valor
- “A Wife’s Secret to Happiness” by Jen Weaver ***
- Francie Winslow (ep 61-Power of Sex in Marriage &ep 138 Ripple effect of healthy sexual connection)
- Discuss the idea of submission the way it’s described in the episode.
- How can you choose to make space for your spouse to lead in your relationship? In what ways do you lead?
- Do you feel frayed or braided with God right now? How can you rebraid your attention back toward God?
- What was your most recent relationship winter? How did you come through that?
- What are your Proverbs 31 wife superpowers? How do you use your strengths in a way that blesses and doesn’t hinder?
- Rothy’s — Don’t miss this great opportunity! Get $20 off a purchase of $100 or more. Rothys.com/DMA.
- Thrive Market — Go to ThriveMarket.com/DMA. Join today to get $20 off your first order AND a FREE gift!
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mommel & Podcast. |
| 0:09.9 | I am your host Heather McFadian and this is the place where I get to walk alongside you |
| 0:15.0 | and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't momm alone. |
| 0:21.4 | This episode is week three of our summer of mentorship. |
| 0:25.9 | It's a series that we do in the summer where we republish older episodes to kind of give |
| 0:31.4 | our team a little break and to remind you of some amazing guests we've had on the show |
| 0:35.9 | in the past. |
| 0:36.9 | Today's guest is Jen Weaver. |
| 0:39.2 | She originally came on the show in 2017, episode 155 and we are talking about what is your |
| 0:47.0 | wife's style. |
| 0:49.9 | And it brought about this lifestyle difference of afraid or braided because like taking the |
| 0:56.6 | symbolism of a cord there are times when I just feel afraid and I think that every marriage |
| 1:02.2 | can go through different seasons where you may have a strong marriage cord overall but |
| 1:08.2 | you're starting to get afraid at the end in the season that you're in because it's |
| 1:12.0 | more reliance on yourself and on your abilities to fix things than really integrating |
| 1:18.7 | Jesus and seeking the Lord's presence and what you're going through and being tightly braided |
| 1:24.2 | in because your focus is on Jesus in the midst of this. |
| 1:29.4 | Jen is the author of the book, A WIFES secret to happiness and one thing I love about this |
| 1:33.9 | episode is it proves to us that a mentor doesn't have to mean someone who's older than |
| 1:39.7 | you. |
| 1:40.7 | It can just be someone who is helping guide you and provide wisdom and relationship in |
| 1:45.4 | an area of your life that you need a little mentoring. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Don't Mom Alone Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Don't Mom Alone Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.