What does it mean to hold space for our spouse? | Unpack the Baggage In Your Marriage With Dr. Kelly Flanagan
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
When we carry parts of our past with us, it still affects us into today. If we aren't talking about how the past is for each spouse pushing its way into the present, then we're probably not getting to the depth of the truth of what's really going on.
Dr. Kelly Flanagan is a repeat guest on the podcast, and today he shares some transformative steps to dealing with what's under the surface, and helping your spouse to do the same. Don't miss this helpful episode!
Episode highlights include:
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Do we really need to bring up old stuff from the past? Why does it matter now?
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Is your heart open to your spouse, or closed?
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What are steps to helping a spouse deal with their baggage?
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What does it mean to "hold space" for your spouse? Plus why and how to do that
We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage.
*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!
RESOURCES
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Find more of Dr. Kelly's resources, including the Loveable Mini Course, at his website: Drkellyflanagan.com
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Get Dr. Kelly's newest book, The Unhiding of Elijah Campbell
- Use the L.O.V.E. Your Way Through Conflict Course, by Chris and Jamie Bailey to help you work through conflict productively!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage. |
| 0:09.9 | I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few. |
| 0:13.4 | On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberly. |
| 0:17.0 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. His passion is to help you |
| 0:23.4 | strengthen your most intimate relationship. Well, I'm excited to welcome on the podcast today. Kelly |
| 0:33.1 | Flanagan, Kelly and I've known each other for quite a while. It's the first time we've really got |
| 0:37.0 | to connect face to face in a while. He is a while. It's the first time we've really got to connect face-to-face in a while. |
| 0:39.2 | He is a counselor. |
| 0:40.4 | He's an author. |
| 0:41.4 | We're going to talk about his latest book, The Unthe-Hiding of Elijah Campbell. |
| 0:46.0 | And Kelly, welcome. |
| 0:47.3 | It's good to see you. |
| 0:48.7 | Dr. Ken, thanks for having me back. |
| 0:50.1 | It's good to be face-to-face with you again. |
| 0:52.0 | It is. So let's kind of get into this book, which I think is fascinating. |
| 0:55.7 | You've written a lot of books, but this one is fiction, which is your first entry to that. |
| 1:00.6 | So what led you to write a novel this time in your career? |
| 1:05.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:05.9 | I guess it was the summer of 2020, so we were right in the middle of the pandemic. |
| 1:09.7 | So my book, True Companions, |
| 1:12.2 | was slated to come out February of 2021, but it was part of a two-book contract with my publisher. |
| 1:19.0 | And the contract said, before that first one comes out, you have to pitch a second book. |
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