Simple Ways to Improve Your Marital Communication

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Relationships, Parenting

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🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In this winsome presentation, Dr. Ken Wilgus uses stories from Genesis to convey a fundamental truth: most men want to feel adequate, and most women seek connection. He explains how this difference tends to block clear communication, and offers advice to improve how we express ourselves to our spouse. He points out that marriage can take some work, but that it is the most important relationship aside from our relationship with the Lord.

Both husbands and wives will learn easy habits that can transform a marriage into a thriving, enjoyable relationship! Guests include Dr. Ken Wilgus, Shaunti Feldhahn, Dr. Greg Smalley, Kathi Lipp, Dan Seaborn, Patricia Ashley, and Jay Payleitner!

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0:00.0	Help show kids the importance of marriage, family, and faith in Christ.
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0:22.5	May 1st or your gift will be doubled when you give today. Simply go to focus on the family
0:27.7	dot com slash impossible. Today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, Dr. Ken Wilgus shares encouragement for couples.
0:43.3	Just hug each other for a minimum of six seconds, six times a day, and feel the tiny static electricity that is there.
0:52.8	Feel the awkwardness that is there. Whatever you can't just
0:56.3	hug, you'll feel something and it's that connection or the tension in that connection.
1:02.5	Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller. We have a unique take on communication and marriage today
1:08.4	from Dr. Ken Wilgus. He'll explain how men and women
1:11.9	process information differently, and he'll also remind us that there's something very special
1:17.6	about being married. There's a spiritual unity that occurs, right? And pain in marriage is often
1:23.4	caused by denying that spiritual connection. And singles, stay with us.
1:28.0	There's some great encouragement for you as well toward the end of Ken's talk.
1:32.5	Dr. Ken is a licensed psychologist who specializes in couples therapy and family therapy,
1:38.5	especially for parents and teenagers.
1:41.2	And we've had them on the broadcast half a dozen times in the past talking about
1:45.0	how to help teens become competent adults.
1:48.4	His insights are so good, and here now is Dr. Ken Wilgus speaking to our staff on Focus on the
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