When the Distance Feels Too Big

Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Relationships, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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John, Greg and Erin discuss how to best reconnect with your spouse when you feel distant in your relationship. Featuring Dr. Kevin Leman and Mrs. Jean Daly.

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0:00.0	Hey Jim Daley here. If you like the focus on the family broadcast and haven't
0:04.7	grown tired of this voice just yet, you'll love my ReFocus podcast. On ReFocus I
0:10.2	take a deeper dive with a respected thinker on different aspects of culture. I
0:14.4	ask those hard questions that maybe they don't get that often and I don't
0:18.8	shy away from challenging topics to help you share God's grace, truth, and love
0:23.6	with others. So listen to ReFocus with Jim Daley on your favorite streaming app
0:28.2	today. Thank you for downloading the focus on the family marriage podcast. You
0:35.8	can find more relationship insights at focus on the family dot com slash
0:40.6	marriage podcast. Well it seems that every couple faces a season where there's
0:46.9	some distance relationally but what happens when you feel like you don't even
0:51.5	really know each other anymore and that season just keeps going. If that's
0:56.3	you today stay tuned we're here to help. I'm John Fuller joined by Greg and
1:00.7	Aaron Smalley who head up our marriage department and Greg there are some
1:05.0	people that are identifying with what I was just saying there. This is a cold
1:09.2	dark season. Speak of word of encouragement. Yeah I always tell people that I
1:15.3	think the easiest way to begin a reconnecting in our marriage is to just step
1:22.5	back and remember that one lifetime isn't long enough to really get to know
1:27.1	your spouse because he or she is always changing and simply reminding
1:31.6	myself that Aaron is changing and that I want to stay current. I want to get
1:37.5	updated like a computer update on what's really going on for her. That sort of
1:43.5	curiosity to keep pursuing her to learn what's going on. How are you feeling?
1:48.3	Just all that that in and of itself really helps us to stay connected. But
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