Worth Repeating | Breathe: Don't Be Prickly
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
One common theme we hear from our couples at Awesome Marriage is that life and marriage have been difficult the past few years. The unexpected and unpredictable realities have taken a toll on many of us, and the anxiety and angst have made us quite "prickly." In today's episode, Dr. Kim and Christina talk about that prickliness and help you evaluate if you've been a little prickly and if so, how to work through it.
We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage.
Episode highlights include:
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Defining exactly what we mean by "prickly"
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Dr. Kim shares some healthy ways to deal with the pain
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Red flags that can help show us our prickliness
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What do I do if this is me? What if it's my spouse?
*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!
RESOURCES
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Dr. Kim and Nancy's book, Love, Intimacy and Sex in Second Half is out now! Click HERE to grab your copy!
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27 Scripture Prayer Cards combine the power of prayer and the power of God's Word, designed beautifully to help you invite God's to work in your marriage
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. One common theme we keep hearing from our couples at |
| 0:30.9 | Asa marriage is that life and marriage has been more difficult because all of all the really |
| 0:36.4 | intense things our country and our world went |
| 0:38.8 | through last year and is still going through. It seems like we are still on edge. |
| 0:43.5 | And being on edge, because of that, I feel like a lot of us are extra vulnerable, |
| 0:47.9 | extra emotional, and extra defensive. I think all this anxiety and angst has made us quite |
| 0:53.6 | prickly because we felt the sharp pain of |
| 0:56.4 | the metaphorical pins and needles in many ways, we are now walking around with pins and needles |
| 1:01.4 | unintentionally hurting those around us with our own prickliness, just like a porcupine. I mean, |
| 1:07.6 | after all, where is the reset button after last year? Don't we all need it? |
| 1:11.3 | Can I get an amen? |
| 1:12.7 | Yes. |
| 1:13.8 | Well, today we're going to be talking about that prickliness and trying to help you evaluate |
| 1:18.4 | if maybe you're experiencing some of this in your own marriage and most importantly, |
| 1:22.8 | how to work through it if you are. |
| 1:25.1 | Awesome. |
| 1:25.6 | So first of all, Dr. |
| 1:26.7 | I thought it would be important to just |
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