Jasmine knows the devastation of loss all too well. Her premature son died after four months in the hospital,

and then she experienced a miscarriage. It was hard to worship. It was hard to pray, but by listening to this

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equip other hurting families before it's too late. By listening to this podcast or a focus on family,

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800 the letter A and the word family. As a married couple, you've got those moments. You know

them where you really connect and you're probably painfully aware of

times when you're not really connecting. Life happens. Well, I'm John Fuller, joined by Aaron and

Greg Smalley. And today we're going to hear from Dr. Bob Paul and Tara LaLand. They're going to be

sharing about ways to really get connected with and stay connected with your spouse.

Tara, when your spouse is ready to connect with you emotionally, a tool that you talk about

in the book is heart talk. Okay, all the guys just curled up in a ball. What is heart talk?

Heart talk is very similar to active listening, to be honest with you.

And many people have heard of active listening and reflecting back and forth.

But what we think is unique about this is the heart component of it.

So two roles.

You've got a speaker and a listener.

Sounds obvious, right?

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