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🗓️ 17 July 2025
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When you and your spouse are in an argument, it can be pretty intense. Ryan Frederick talks with Jim Daly about how he's learned to be more gentle when in conflict with his wife. Then, Erin Smalley explains why it's good for wives to keep learning about how their husbands think.
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0:36.5 | I'm John Fuller, along with Greg and Aaron Smalley, and they lead our |
0:40.0 | focus marriage team here. And I just wanted to brag on the Smollies because they're professionals, |
0:45.4 | but they're also so real. And they both have very independent personalities, as you can tell. |
0:53.0 | What did he say? You're the brains you're the brains |
0:54.9 | the bunch wait who's the brains yes I was talking to you you didn't hear me |
0:59.9 | actually he's smarter than I am okay not yes you are oh who raise your hand |
1:06.3 | if you believe that exactly who's smarter me or him actually equal IQ attract attracts each other |
1:15.8 | really yeah okay now it's why John likes me I know I know this is a different world but that |
1:22.2 | would have been fun banter to start the show with I mean I could come out of it something like |
1:27.1 | well when you're in the |
1:27.9 | middle of a disagreement or an argument, like we just started, maybe the last thing on your |
1:32.9 | mind is, how is this? When too strong personality is flat. How is this affecting my spouse? What's that |
1:40.2 | about? If you cool off, you might get to the the right answer and I'm glad you're both |
1:44.2 | smiling because it's not a big conflict you're having right now but do you remember |
1:48.4 | a time Greg when maybe there was a big conflict and you're at it it it wasn't a |
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