Hey friends, welcome to the Rhythms for Life podcast where each week we talk about resilient rhythms

that help you take charge of your mental, spiritual, physical, and relational health.

This season's conversations come from our best-selling book, The Fight for Us,

overcome what divides to build a marriage that thrives.

So grab your copy, invite your friends, and let's build healthy relationships together.

Welcome back. I'm Rebecca.

And I'm Gabe.

And I hope you've been enjoying these conversations, these deeper dives on Mondays before we interview on Wednesdays.

I know. It's fun. And, hey, it's May, and we're calling this marriage month, right?

May is marriage month. It's Mother's Day is happening. Your birthday's happening.

That's true. In a week.

That's true. But it's a good month. Yeah, it's a good month for us to go, hey, we're going into summer, which you and I in our research, we found the number one time couples are searching

for marriage, help, support, divorce. All the negative topics in marriage is June and July.

I know. Isn't that wild? We did not know that until we started unpacking this. I think it's

because all the families are a little disrupted in their rhythm. The kids are home. Maybe if there's

two careers happening, they're having to are home. Maybe if there's two

careers happening, they're having to navigate that. Or maybe everyone's just home together,

and there's less busyness pulling them apart. And so some of these things come out from

under the rug. It's kind of like COVID. We saw a lot of couples struggle during COVID because

they were now together all the time, based with, they couldn't go anywhere. It was like, reminds me of when

you and I moved to New York, remember, and we moved into that small apartment. And we didn't

have space to get away from each other. And like anything that was inside, we always described

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