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We all long for deep and rich connections with our spouse, but many times busy

ness sets in external circumstances kind of make it difficult for us to connect

and it might be hours, days, even weeks or maybe even in really bad

situations months before you to can sit down and have a meaningful

conversation. What if I told you that asking your spouse some simple

questions might actually reignite that emotional connection. We're going to

talk about that today. I'm John Fuller joined by Dr. Greg Smalley and his wife

Aaron. They're in charge of our marriage team here at Focus on the Family

and they talked with Jim Daley and me recently about some practical ways to

regain connections with your spouse. You suggest there are four significant

conversations. This is where you want everybody, the pen and paper, that

spouses need to have those those four core conversations. What are they?

Yeah, people when they say, we just need better communication. Well, that

involves a lot of importance. We're talking to husbands here. Right. One of

them that we call small talk and people often poo poo that one. Like, oh,

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