Navigating Change in Marriage
Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)
Danielle Bean
4.9 • 810 Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Rachel Balducci and I discuss the importance of female friendships and the changes that occur in marriage over time. We emphasize the need for intentional nurturing of married relationships outside of the demands of raising children and talk about the importance of personal growth and spirituality in maintaining a strong marriage. We discuss the need to make time for personal prayer and share how contemplative prayer can change everything. Rachel is just the best! I know you are going to enjoy this conversation as much as I did.
Takeaways
* Female friendships are important for support, encouragement, and affirmation in the unique paths of womanhood.
* Marriage goes through changes over time, and it is important to be intentional in nurturing the relationship outside of the demands of raising children.
* Personal growth and spirituality are essential for a strong marriage.
* Making time for marriage and personal growth requires intentional time management and prioritization. Be at peace with the season of life you are in and avoid comparing yourself to others.
* Make time for personal prayer and find a prayer style that resonates with you.
* Schedule time for prayer and ask God to help you desire prayer.
* Connect with your spouse and find special moments to spend time together.
* Support and be on the same team as your spouse.
* Work on your own issues and avoid always blaming your spouse for problems in the relationship.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, real quick, before we dive into today's show with Rachel Balducci, I just want to remind you of the upcoming Change Your Heart challenge that we have going on over at Girlfriends After Hours, which is my substack. You can find it at Daniellebean.com. This is a 21-day challenge that we're undertaking together. We're going to be including content here on the |
| 0:21.1 | podcast during the weeks. It's going to start on August 5th. What we're going to be doing is going |
| 0:25.3 | through step by step day by day, just focusing on growing in our relationship with Jesus and |
| 0:31.2 | encouraging and supporting each other along the way. The kind of content that you're going to get |
| 0:35.3 | in this daily content challenge, but you're only |
| 0:37.8 | going to get the posts a couple of times a week. I won't overwhelm you with emails and posts and all |
| 0:41.9 | of that, but you're going to get material for every day of the challenge. So for 21 days, we're breaking |
| 0:46.5 | it into three weeks. The first week, we are going to focus on the sacred heart of Jesus. We're going to focus on what we can learn about God's unique love for us, |
| 0:55.5 | the devotion that he has for each of us, the unique personal, on-fire love that he has for each of us |
| 1:01.9 | and go deeper in our relationship with him as a result of studying that. And then in the next week, |
| 1:07.4 | we are focusing on divine mercy. So we're going to look at some of the experiences of |
| 1:12.7 | St. Faustina, the divine mercy devotion, what we can learn about God's merciful love for each of us and how |
| 1:19.6 | much we need it, how it's an endless ocean of mercy and love. And we need only to accept this |
| 1:26.8 | merciful love from our Savior. We're going to be |
| 1:28.6 | talking about that. We're going to be going deeper with some scripture passages, daily content, |
| 1:33.1 | leading us through step by step. And then in the final week, we're going to look at surrendering to |
| 1:36.7 | Jesus. What does that mean? What does that look like? How will that affect your life? And how |
| 1:41.4 | will that help you go deeper in your relationship with Jesus? I think the |
| 1:45.0 | timing of this is perfect because it's coming right at the end of the summer. Maybe you're already |
| 1:48.8 | going back to school and you need a little bit of structure in your personal spiritual life. Or maybe |
| 1:53.6 | you're not quite yet and you're wrapping up your summer. This is a beautiful way to do it. And I hope |
| 1:57.1 | that you're going to want to join us on this journey. So again, it's going to start August 5th. So get yourself over there now and get signed up now, Daniellebean.com. Make sure that |
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