Top 8 Marriage Issues in 2019: #4 | Ep. 380

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

Relationships, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

We are doing a series on the Top 8 Marriage Issues in 2019. These 8 issues are the top 8 issues that Dr. Kim has seen this year with marriages. We will be breaking them down starting with #8 and working our way towards the #1 marriage issue.

In this episode Dr. Kim and Christina talk about the 4th biggest issue in marriages this year which is: life stages

We all go through different life stages. One thing is for sure, life does not stay the same. But will we adjust as life goes on? Or will we not adjust?

Our marriage needs to grow and adjust in every new life stage.

In this episode Dr. Kim and Christina share about how to adjust to life stages and keep your marriage strong over the test of time and life's changes.

NOTEWORTHY QUOTES

"The things you do to connect and have a good marriage will change throughout your marriage." - Dr. Kim
"There's value to being and living in the present." - Christina
"What does it look like to be fruitful where you are right now in life?" - Christina
"As long as you're on this earth God has a plan and a purpose for you and for your marriage." - Dr. Kim
"If you talk about it with your spouse then you can plan for it." - Christina
"If your marriage isn't growing in each stage of life, that should be a red flag that you need to do something different." - Dr. Kim
"Don't let your stage of life define you, you are more than where you are currently at in life." - Christina
"If your spouse is struggling with adjusting to a new phase of life, come alongside them and let them grieve the loss of the previous season if they need to." - Dr. Kim
"Find a mentor couple who is ahead of you in life to learn from." - Christina
"You'll need to learn to say no to different things in different life stages." - Dr. Kim

Transcript

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0:00.0	We are doing a series on the top eight marriage issues in 2019.
0:07.3	These are the eight issues that Dr. Kim has seen be the most prevalent in the counseling
0:11.2	room this year.
0:12.4	We will be breaking them down, starting with number eight and working our way towards
0:15.5	number one.
0:16.4	Today we are talking about the fourth biggest issue in marriages this year, which is
0:19.8	life stages and whether we're going to adjust to them or not. We all go through different life stages.
0:25.1	One thing is for sure, life does not stay the same. But will we adjust as life goes on or will we
0:30.3	choose not to adjust? Our marriage needs to grow and adjust in every new life stage. In this episode,
0:36.2	Dr. Kim and I talk about how to adjust to life stages and keep your
0:39.5	marriage strong over the test of time and life's changes.
0:43.3	We pray this episode is helpful to you in your marriage.
0:47.3	Welcome to the Awesome Marriage Podcast, a place for honest conversations about marriage
0:51.6	and practical advice on how to have a God-honoring awesome marriage.
0:56.0	I am your podcast producer and co-host Christina Dodson. On the show will be your host, Dr. Kim Kimberling.
1:01.9	Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 40 years. His passion is to help you
1:07.6	strengthen your most intimate relationship.
1:16.7	So Dr. Kim, what are the main life stages for most couples?
1:20.9	Yeah, by most couples, I think it's ones that I would consider, kind of like Nancy and I were,
1:24.7	you get married, you haven't been married before, which isn't most couples now.
1:29.5	But, I mean, that deal, you have that early marriage time before you have kids and you have that time when you have kids
1:30.8	and you're raising kids.
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