MFP 195: Why You Should Argue with Your Spouse
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
"It's better to be wrong together than right alone" - Michele Doman
Every couple argues. Or at least they should. The reason is that arguing can be a path to unity which is what marriage is all about. Some couples argue in measured tones with carefully reasoned ideas, while others argue with raised voices and emotional exchanges. Every couple is different, but there are some principles that we all can follow to make our "discussions with emotion" more productive and focused on bringing spouses closer together. Listen in as we give you Five Ways to Win Every Argument…. Just kidding. That would not be a very good marriage podcast! We will actually give you some tips to help you forge that unity in a manner that is healthy, holy, and good for both of you. This podcast is a re-boot of "Arguing in Marriage" from March 2015.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the messy family podcast. |
| 0:06.7 | Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family. |
| 0:10.8 | Hosted by our parents, Mike Hernan and Alicia Hornin. |
| 0:15.8 | They're pretty awesome, but they're not experts. |
| 0:18.6 | Because family life is really messy. |
| 0:23.6 | Hello, messy families. |
| 0:25.6 | Thank you for joining us, allowing us into your lives, your commute, |
| 0:31.4 | you're working, your whatever you're doing while you're listening to us. |
| 0:34.7 | Yeah, and for just responding. |
| 0:36.7 | We have had such a great response to things that we have asked for, like, our listener survey. |
| 0:43.1 | A lot of people have gone and taken that. |
| 0:45.3 | Our trip to Cosimo, we keep talking about. |
| 0:47.9 | Great response to that. |
| 0:49.4 | So this is really exciting because I really feel like, hey, we talk. |
| 0:53.1 | People are actually listening. |
| 0:54.8 | Not to mention the actual emails we get from families just to say, hey, this is how you guys |
| 1:02.8 | have helped us. This is how you've impacted our lives, especially with things like the |
| 1:07.6 | survey when, you know, giving people the opportunity to talk to us about, |
| 1:11.8 | um, about the things that we talk about and how that has impacted them. And it's, |
| 1:15.8 | it's so encouraging. So, so thanks for listening. Yeah. No, it is. It is a joy, uh, to have this work |
| 1:21.9 | that we can do. And, um, you have no idea. The little emails, um, that really matter. Absolutely. You know, the little comments, little thank you's no idea, the little emails that really matter. |
| 1:27.7 | Absolutely. |
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