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The Naked Marriage with Dave & Ashley Willis

Saying YES to Everything is Destroying Your Marriage | Marriage Minute

The Naked Marriage with Dave & Ashley Willis

XO Marriage

Relationships, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Is your schedule secretly sabotaging your marriage? Every time you say YES to something, you're saying NO to your family. In this Marriage Minute, Joshua Broome unpacks how unchecked priorities create disorder — and how disorder leads to dysfunction and eventually destruction. YES is not neutral. If your relationships feel off, it might be time to check the hierarchy of your life. 🎧 Hear the full episode — tune in Monday on the Naked Marriage Podcast. _______________ We want your marriage to thrive! Learn more at http://xomarriage.com Dave and Ashley Willis spent thirteen years in full-time church ministry before devoting their work entirely toward the global mission of building stronger, Christ-centered marriages. Their marriage-related books, blogs, podcast, speaking events and media resources have reached millions of couples around the world making Dave and Ashley one of the most recognized and trusted couples in marriage ministry. Dave and Ashley partnered with XO Marriage in 2018. XO Marriage is the nation's largest marriage-focused ministry. The Willis family includes four sons and a rescue dog named "Chi Chi." When Dave and Ashley aren't writing and speaking, they love hanging out with their family, watching movies and going on long walks which is also where they develop many of their marriage ministry content ideas. Learn more about Dave & Ashley at daveandashley.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.

0:04.4

Mom!

0:05.0

Up the stairs for something.

0:07.8

Back down, no idea what I went up for.

0:12.0

Mom, what's for dinner?

0:13.6

Chop, sizzle, done.

0:17.1

Hello, fresh, can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot

0:22.7

easier. So it's phones down, forks up. Hello Fresh. Bring back dinner time.

0:30.1

Hey friends, Dave and Ashley here. Welcome to the Marriage Minute on the Naked Marriage Podcast.

0:35.1

We're so glad that you're here. And we are doing the Marriage Minute because sometimes we just don't have time to listen to a full-length episode. So we want to give you a little tidbit of marriage encouragement as you go into your weekend. So let's dive in. Satan. He's the father of lies. When he lies, he speaks his own language. So if he can convince you, you say yes to everything. Or at the end of the day,

0:54.9

everything you say yes to, you also say no to something. So every time I say yes, I'm saying no to my

1:00.1

availability to my family. So do I have my priorities in check? Number one, like do I have my

1:06.5

life? Is the hierarchy of my life in order? Where there's disorder, there's dysfunction. So if my

1:13.0

relationship, if the relationship that God has given me to steward, if they're out of order,

1:19.4

there's going to be disorder. If there's disorder, there's going to be dysfunction, and eventually

1:23.6

there's going to be destruction. So I don't want that. So what's the order of my relationships with like in my life? Yeah. Thank you all so much for joining us for today's Marriage

1:31.9

Minute. We hope that you want to hear more of this. So please join us on Monday for a full

1:36.1

length episode. Hope to see you then.

1:43.3

When was the last time you stopped and listened to your body?

1:47.0

Here's a Holland and Barrett ad break to do just that.

1:50.0

Go on. Have a listen to your gut.

1:54.0

Is that a gurgle?

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