Simple Habits to Embrace in Your Marriage

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

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🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Randy Schroeder has counseled thousands of married couples and has discovered simple tools that help couples avoid divorce and build a thriving marriage. In this broadcast, he describes practical habits to help couples navigate expectations in marriage, build emotional closeness, and resolve disagreements.

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0:00.0	Now I always ask couples when was the last time you had a 10 minute eye to eye
0:07.0	consistent eye contact with each other purposely focused eye contact without any distraction cell phone the other
0:14.4	room TV off almost every couple that comes to see me will say we can't remember.
0:20.0	Some wise advice from Dr Randy Schrader and he'll be equipping you with more insights to help you better understand and better enjoy your spouse.
0:29.0	Thanks for joining us today on Focus on the Family with your host Focus President and author Jim Daly I'm John Fuller.
0:35.0	John the normal wear and tear on a marriage can take its toll and it can be anything
0:40.9	from financial worries to getting the kids homework done, just the routines
0:46.1	can really wear down your relationship with your spouse. And many of these stressors are unavoidable.
0:52.8	We get that, but there are some things you can do that are what I would call regular
0:56.5	maintenance that really help your marriage thrive.
0:59.7	And that's what we're going to talk about today.
1:01.8	It's not the situation where you're in some
1:03.8	serious trouble. This is more the tune-up activity that we all need and we all can do.
1:08.7	Right. If you're in trouble, if you're feeling like we're in a crisis, we can't pull up, give us a call.
1:14.7	We have really a terrific team of caring counselors, 800, the letter A in the word family.
1:19.9	As you said though, Jim, this is more of a tune-up for couples and I think it's going to help a
1:24.0	lot of folks feel like they're closer. As I said we have Dr Randy Schrader here he's a
1:28.1	pastor former seminary professor and has been a marriage and family counselor for
1:32.2	over 30 years and Randy's been married to
1:35.4	Jenny for over 45 years and they have two children and is this right six grandchildren.
1:41.5	His book is going to be the foundation of our conversation today. It's called
1:45.2	Simple Habits for Marital Happiness. Practical skills and tools that build a strong satisfying
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