Top 8 Marriage Issues in 2019: #6 | Ep. 378

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

Relationships, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2019

⏱️ 37 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 & Christina talk about the 6th biggest issue in marriages this year which is: stress.

So many of us deal with stress on a regular basis. Being stressed out makes it hard to be a good spouse. It's hard to be intentional in your marriage or really even focus on your marriage at all when you are consumed with stress. It's bad for our health and our mental space. Stress piles negative emotions on to our marriage and steals joy.

In this episode Dr. Kim and Christina talk about what stress does to marriages and how to deal with stress in a healthy way as well as some tips to help you eliminate any unnecessary stress in your life.

NOTEWORTHY QUOTES

"People died of diarrhea back then." - Dr. Kim
"Deciding what you can and can't do something about can help you be realistic about what you're stressed about." - Christina
"If there is nothing that you can do about something, the best (but not always easiest) thing to do is pray about it and leave it in God's hands." - Dr. Kim
"Our emotions are good indicators but they're not good truth tellers." - Christina
"Ask your spouse to come alongside you and help you deal with your stress." - Dr. Kim
"Take the time to empathize with your spouse when they're stressed." - Dr. Kim
"To the moms: the best thing you can do for your kids is to take care of yourself." - Christina
"Don't buy into the lie that stress is just the way you are; there's an answer to stress." - Dr. Kim
"God gave you a spouse to walk through life with, don't push your spouse away in times of stress, embrace them." - Dr. Kim

Transcript

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0:00.0	We are doing a series on the top eight marriage issues in 2019.
0:07.9	These eight issues are the top eight issues that Dr. Kim has seen this year with
0:11.5	marriages in the counseling room.
0:13.1	We will be breaking them down, starting with number eight, and working our way towards
0:16.1	the number one marriage issue.
0:18.0	Today we were talking about the sixth biggest issue in marriages this year,
0:21.3	which is stress. Shocking, right? So many of us deal with stress on a regular basis. Being
0:27.2	stressed out makes it hard to be a good spouse. It's hard to be intentional in your marriage or
0:31.6	really even focus on your marriage at all when you are consumed with stress. It's bad for our
0:36.5	health and for our mental health space.
0:38.9	Stress piles negative emotions onto our marriage and steals our joy. In this episode, Dr. Kim
0:44.0	and I talk about what stress does to marriages and how to deal with stress in a healthy way,
0:48.5	as well as gives you some tips to help eliminate any unnecessary stress in your life.
0:53.2	We pray this episode is helpful to you
0:55.5	and to your marriage. Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations
1:01.2	about marriage and practical advice on how to have a God-honoring awesome marriage. I am your podcast
1:07.0	producer and co-host Christina Dodson. On the show will be your host, Dr. Kim Kimberling.
1:12.2	Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 40 years. His passion is to help
1:17.6	you strengthen your most intimate relationship. So Dr. Kim, what causes so much stress
1:26.5	for so many helpful, do you think?
1:28.9	Yeah, so when I was thinking about that this morning, and I was thinking about the people I've seen counseling now, the last year, I could sit here probably for an hour and tell you things that people get stressed over.
1:39.1	But, ma'am, I think there's probably some care. Obviously, people get stressed over finances. I think people get stressed because they overcommit. I think that to me couples, you say too many yeses and not
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