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The Dr. Josh Axe Show

Why Marriages Fail Every 42 Seconds | Gabe & Rebekah Lyons

The Dr. Josh Axe Show

Dr. Josh Axe

Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Christianity

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Is Your Marriage Built to Last—or Just Built to Make You Happy? Nearly half of all marriages end in divorce, but yours doesn’t have to. In this powerful episode of The Dr. Josh Axe Show, Dr. Axe sits down with bestselling authors and marriage advocates Gabe and Rebekah Lyons to unpack what makes a marriage truly thrive. Drawing from 28 years together and their new book The Fight for Us, they share real talk on conflict, connection, covenant, and how your relationship impacts your physical, emotional, and spiritual health. In this episode, you'll learn: The 4 most common conflict patterns—and how to break them How emotional tone triggers stress, inflammation, and disconnection Why cohabitation before marriage may be sabotaging your future The real reason Christian marriages are meant to reflect covenant, not contract How to reignite intimacy, purpose, and peace—starting this week If you’re ready for honest, biblical, and science-backed wisdom to strengthen your marriage, this conversation will change the way you think about love and commitment. Watch now and walk away with tools to build a marriage that lasts—and heals. #marriage #relationships #draxe ------  Want more of The Dr. Josh Axe Show? Subscribe to the YouTube channel. Follow Dr. Josh Axe Instagram Twitter Facebook TikTok Website Follow Rebekah Lyons Instagram Facebook YouTube Website Follow Gabe Lyons Instagram Website ------  Staying healthy in today's world is an upstream battle. Subscribe to Wellness Weekly, your 5-minute dose of sound health advice to help you grow physically, mentally, and spiritually. Every Wednesday, you'll get:  Holistic health news & life-hacks from a biblical world view Powerful free resources including classes, Q&As, and guides from Dr. Axe The latest episodes of The Dr. Josh Axe Show Submit your questions via voice memo to be featured on the show → speakpipe.com/drjoshaxe  ------  Links:  Check out Gabe & Rebekah’s latest book, The Fight For Us → https://www.rebekahlyons.com/fight-for-us-marriage-gabe-rebekah-lyons  ------  Ads: Even if your bloodwork looks "normal," your symptoms could point to Cell Danger Response (CDR). Discover how to break free from CDR and unlock your full potential at https://beyondbloodwork.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I've looked at a lot of the research over the years on life satisfaction and people saying,

0:34.4

okay, I'm living a good life, I'm happy. And one of the single greatest factors is people feeling like they have a great marriage. Yeah. When I've taken care of patients over the years, what will inflame them as much as going out and eating conventional pizza or seed oils or sugar is emotional stress. Going through a divorce or just being in a marital tension constantly. Well, we fight about everything, like the little things, the big things, the middle things. And what is happening beneath the fight inside of us? Is there anger? Is there resentment? Is there fear? Is there anxiety? You got to acknowledge what we're feeling below that. There's all these phrases we make agreement with under our breath or in our minds. And then we slowly give way to resignation and we

1:11.3

slowly give way to despair. For men I have found or for Gabe, I'll just, sorry, I love you.

1:15.6

It's okay.

1:33.4

Did you know what you were signing up for when you got married?

1:38.1

Well, I don't think most people do, but today I've got Gabe and Rebecca Lyons.

1:45.9

We're going to be talking about how to have an amazing marriage, how to have more deep, intimate relationships, how to fix a broken marriage. Also talk about what women really want in relationships, what men really want relationships, and a whole lot more.

1:52.5

Welcome to Dr. Josh Shack show. Oh, it's so fun to be with you, Josh. I love talking to you anytime.

1:58.2

We love listening and learning from you all the time. So to get to sit here with you and hang out, this is great. Well, you know, I was telling someone earlier, I'm like, I love talking to Gabe and Rebecca because there's a lot we have in common, a lot we talked about. I mean, you guys are sharing with me your homesteaders, 25 chickens you raised last year. Aspiring homesetters. Listen, anyone that raised 25 chickens to me, you now are, you know, homesteading material.

2:23.1

So you're, you guys are doing great things.

2:25.0

And you have a new marriage book out.

2:26.5

Yeah.

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Which I'm super excited about right here, the fight for us.

2:31.0

And this is such an important topic because, I mean, I've looked at a lot of the

2:34.7

research over the years on life satisfaction and people saying, okay, I'm living a good life,

2:40.1

I'm happy. And one of the single greatest factors is people feeling like they have a great marriage.

2:44.7

Yeah. Or they have great relationships. Yeah. And so, you know, this is obviously incredibly

2:49.8

important for me and my show because we get so much into health. And so if somebody has, you know, when I've taken care of patients over the years, what will inflame them as much as going out and eating conventional pizza or seed oils or sugar is emotional stress, going through a divorce, you know, losing a loved one or just being in a marital, you know, tension constantly,

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conflict.

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I mean, that stress just creates a cascade of inflammation, high cortisol, causes people

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