Marriage and Your Family of Origin
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
It's been said before, "you don't just marry your spouse, you marry his or her family." The truth is, the family you come from will influence your marriage. John and the Smalleys give some practical ways for couples to talk openly and honestly about their families. Featuring Pastor D. A and Elicia Horton. Find us online at focusonthefamily.com/marriagepodcast or call 1-800-A-FAMILY
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| 0:00.0 | After a series of bad choices, Shelly was a single mom without a clue of what to do next. |
| 0:07.0 | Then she got married and discovered a powerful resource for her family. |
| 0:11.0 | Focus helped with parenting, helped with marriage, you know, struggles that, resources |
| 0:19.5 | that they suggested. |
| 0:22.3 | They helped me tremendously in getting over guilt and shame, walking me through that |
| 0:27.3 | so that I knew how to be a believer and how to be a good mom. |
| 0:31.0 | So I can't imagine my early walk or my walk at all with that focus on the family. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Jim Daly. Thanks to the generosity of friends like you, we're able to give new hope to families like Shelly's, and we invite you to join our family strengthening team. |
| 0:47.0 | If you donate today, your gift will be doubled. |
| 0:50.0 | Please call 800 the letter A and the word family or visit focus on the family |
| 0:55.7 | dot com slash gift. |
| 0:58.7 | Thank you for downloading the Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast. |
| 1:05.0 | You can find more relationship insights at focus on the family. |
| 1:09.0 | dot com slash marriage podcast. |
| 1:12.0 | Well the truth is the family you came from has a big influence on who you are today and what your marriage looks like. |
| 1:21.0 | That's certainly the case for me. I realize that there are some kind of |
| 1:24.8 | trigger words that Dina can say that remind me of when I was growing up and I would |
| 1:29.1 | freeze and I do the same thing to her unfortunately. |
| 1:33.0 | Unpacking those patterns that we learned way back when we were kids has been really helpful for our marriage relationship. |
| 1:41.0 | I'm John Fuller along with Greg and |
| 1:43.0 | Erin Smalley who are in charge of the focus marriage team and Aaron you've |
| 1:46.6 | identified you were nodding your head yes as I was sharing some examples how have you |
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