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Why Physical Health Matters for your Marriage

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🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Could your physical health influence how you act toward your spouse? Bestselling authors Dave and Ashley Willis chat about genuine change in your bodies and relationship.

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0:00.8

So this might sound crazy, but one of the things that I've always appreciated that you do,

0:05.2

Dave, is you really do take care of yourself. Even the fact that you would make an appointment,

0:10.0

go to the doctor. Um, you, you told me to, I know, but you actually did it. I feel like I

0:19.5

get you didn't tell me to, but I mean, there have been times where I didn't take care. I didn't

0:24.1

get a physical, but now I'm like, no, this is something. Yeah, and that makes me, it's important.

0:28.4

It's crazy because I feel loved and I feel secure when I, what? Yeah. Like knowing that you're

0:35.5

taking care of yourself, that makes me not worry about the future. That makes me think like,

0:41.1

oh, he's going to be around a little bit because he's taking care of himself. So you're telling me

0:45.4

that I should go play more golf. That's what I'm hearing. Is it, is it physically exerting? Is that

0:50.7

good for your heart? You're telling me I should go work out. That's a good thing. No, it doesn't matter

0:55.3

to me what you do, but I do like that you're taking care of yourself. You think, oh, why

1:00.0

I feel that way? I think that we worry about our men's health, you know, because we love you and

1:05.6

want you to be around. Welcome to Family Life today, where we want to help you pursue the

1:20.1

relationships that matter most. I'm Ann Wilson. And I'm Dave Wilson and you can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com

1:27.0

or on our Family Life app. This is Family Life today.

1:41.6

So we've got Dave and Ashley Willis back in the studio with us at Family Life Today. Welcome back.

1:46.7

Thank you. Thanks for having us. I mean, we're glad you guys are back and, you know, many know you

1:51.2

as the authors of Naked Marriage and Naked Marriage podcast. And your latest book Naked and Healthy,

1:57.2

which means you guys are health notch, right? That means you're just nutritionists and physical

2:01.9

specimens, right? Totally. Sometimes. Why do I feel like everyone is smirking when they look at me

2:07.9

saying you look like a health vet? Well, the irony is I'm not in that great of shape. Okay. I'm,

2:14.9

I have love handles and God called me to write. We would never know that day. Well, it's all about

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