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Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Practicing Dialogue, Not a Monologue

Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

You thought you were making such a good point to your spouse, but instead, your mate got annoyed by how much you talked! Sound familiar? Jim Daly speaks with Counselor, Dr. Randy Schroeder about the need for couples to practice dialogue. Also, John and the Smalley's will encourage you to make dialoguing a habit in your conversations with your spouse.

 

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0:00.0

After four abortions, Distara finally learned the truth.

0:04.3

I heard it from focus on the family and they were talking about pro-life being a baby, a human

0:10.8

being in your stomach.

0:14.0

And I'm like, wow, that's pro life.

0:16.8

I'm Jim Daly.

0:18.0

Together we can rescue pre-born babies and their moms,

0:21.5

giving families hope.

0:23.0

Donate at focus on the family.com slash gift and your gift will be doubled. Well, I wonder if you've ever had a moment where you're talking to your spouse and you're making a really great point but the message is clear you need to stop

0:44.7

talking I'm not either engaged right now or I'm not buying it oh my goodness over

0:49.8

39 years now we have been talking and I know I have shut Dina down I'm pretty sure my

0:56.0

wife has at least once or twice in the past a few weeks shut me down or not been

1:01.4

there we tend to get on a role. We do a monologue, not a dialogue.

1:07.7

And that's the point of today's episode. I'm John Fuller joined by my focus colleagues,

1:12.1

Aaron and Greg Smalley and Greg I could ask if

1:15.9

you've ever had those moments where a monologue just got shut down but do you have any

1:20.2

friends that have experienced that?

1:21.8

Let me give you a monologue right here.

1:24.8

No, I remember a time specifically

1:27.6

where it was kind of one of those long weekends.

1:31.3

Just my son and I were watching sports the whole weekend he

1:34.8

had some big project for class that was due one of his subjects and so Sunday night

1:40.9

you know he's supposed to be in bed that kind of thing.

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