Proven Marriage Advice That Actually Works For You
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Your extraordinary marriage starts here: www.thedadedge.com/25questions
Today, in this week's Friday Fatherly Fumbles, First Downs, and Field Goals, Larry Hagner explores the essential elements of making your wife feel truly seen, heard, and safe within your marriage. Through personal experiences and practical insights, he shares how simple acts of daily appreciation and acknowledging the invisible work can transform your wife's sense of value, while emphasizing the power of listening without immediately jumping to problem-solving mode.
The discussion delves into the multifaceted nature of safety in marriage–from emotional and financial security to the importance of being dependable and handling conflict with composure. Larry provides actionable strategies for deepening marital connections through authentic communication, non-agenda-driven affection, and surprise gestures, demonstrating how these intentional practices can create a more loving and resilient partnership.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. The Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men, |
| 0:07.7 | leaders of families, and leaders of communities. We will not only impact this generation of |
| 0:12.9 | fathers, but the next generation as well. The kids we are raising will have better chances and |
| 0:18.4 | odds stacked in their favor because of the amazing example |
| 0:21.2 | that their fathers emulated for them. We are here to change the world. We are here to change |
| 0:27.5 | relationships. We are here to positively disrupt this generation of fathers so no man goes to their |
| 0:33.5 | grave with regret. We disrupt the drift of busyness and replace it with razor-focused |
| 0:39.1 | intention, passion, |
| 0:41.4 | purpose, and direction. |
| 0:43.7 | We are the Dad Edge |
| 0:45.4 | and we're here to change |
| 0:47.3 | the game. |
| 0:47.8 | We're here to change the game. What's going on, gentlemen, welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. I'm Larry Hagner. I'm your host and founder of this podcast, this show, and movement. |
| 1:09.0 | Today, we dive deep into what it takes to strengthen |
| 1:12.6 | the connection with your wife and create a more fulfilling marriage. As husbands, it's easy for us |
| 1:18.9 | to feel like we're putting in the effort, like compliments or acts of service or even physical |
| 1:24.5 | affection. Yet we struggle to move the needle in our relationships when it |
| 1:28.3 | comes to marriage. And why is that? I mean, this has been a mystery to us for a long time. |
| 1:32.7 | I can't even tell you how many men I talk to on a daily basis and they're like, man, I feel |
| 1:36.3 | like I'm doing the right things. And what it really boils down to is we feel like we're doing |
| 1:42.0 | the right things. However, how we love our wives and the way that |
| 1:46.3 | they receive it is much different, right? And we need to understand that. So in this episode, we're going to |
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