The Real Marriage Podcast
After fifteen years of marriage, two miscarriages, five children, job-changes and all kinds of surprises we’ve learned so much about what a Real Marriage is meant to look like. Yet, so many couples who were once madly in love, now feel distant, overwhelmed, isolated, and hopeless in their marriage. We knew it was time to get in the trenches and start an honest conversation about the gift of a Real Marriage. We began the Real Marriage podcast to help couples find their passion for marriage again and seek to build a Christ-centered connection. Our goal is to inspire and encourage you through conversations about our own marriage as well as through interviews with real couples and experts dealing with issues we all face in our marriages.
Episodes
102 episodes
How Forgiving Are You?
Giving mercy and forgiveness sounds simple until we’re the ones who have been hurt. In this episode, we talk honestly and personally about how challenging it can be—even for us as a couple—to extend mercy, let go of resentment, and choose forgi...
What Do You Magnify?
Life is full of distractions, disappointments, and everyday pressures that can easily pull our focus away from what matters most. In this episode of The Real Marriage Podcast, we talk about what it practically looks like to fix our eye...
Don't Be Cheap
What does it look like to drift into complacency without even realizing it? Does cheap Christianity satisfy? In this episode of The Real Marriage Podcast, we have an honest conversation about the danger of lukewarm Christianity and God's...
How Close Do You Want To Be?
Have you ever found yourself wanting more of God—more of His presence, more of His peace, and more of His guidance? In this episode of The Real Marriage Podcast, we talk about what it means to cultivate a genuine desire to draw closer to...
What Legacy Will You Leave Behind?
When people think about legacy, they often think about accomplishments, possessions, or the impact they leave on the world. But the most important legacy we can leave behind is a spiritual one. In this episode, we discuss what it means to pass ...
Handling Weariness and Burn Out
Weariness and burnout are struggles many Christians face, yet they often feel difficult to talk about openly. In this episode, we share a candid conversation about the pressures, disappointments, and demands that can leave believers feeling exh...
Stay Consistent
We all struggle with dry seasons. In our faith, relationships, work, etc. We feel off. Things are flowing as well as we would like.How can we thrive spiritually when it feels that way? Join us as we dig into seasons of...
Getting Comfortable Being Different
We have finally made our way back to making episodes!As we shift into more spiritual-focused conversations join us as we talk about what it means to live set apart.
Our Story
Every marriage has a story.How you met. How you realized they were the one. What life has been like since getting married. We realized that we hadn't fully shared our story and how God brought us together. It certainly...
Staying Connected While Raising Kids
You may have been told before you had kids that once they come there is no going back. It changes everything. It's hard to know how true that is until it comes but if we aren't careful it can create difficult challenges for the marr...
Managing "That Time of the Month" Well
Hormones!We all know that every month a woman is impacted physically, mentally and emotionally. The question is how does that disrupt the marriage?It may or may not be an open and comfortable conversation in your home but ...
Stop Being Stagnant
A new year always produces reflective thoughts. Where are we in life? Where are we headed? Are things where we want them to be?With how busy and overwhelming life is it can be tempting to just ask those questio...
The Power Of Gratitude
Gratitude is a choice.Unfortunately it isn't always the natural one. As we've discussed before it can be easy to live in a place of discontent and wanting rather than a place of gratefulness. Listen and hear Heather ...
Was Homeschooling A Mistake?
Making life-changing decisions always comes with trepidation. This year Griffin and Heather made the big decision to homeschool all of their children. After praying and seeking the Lord's guidance they made the move to alter...
Managing your soul amidst the chaos of our current culture
It's hard not to be anxious or worried.When you open social media, check the news or even just go about your day you run into information that is unsettling.Politics, wars, daily news, hurricane destruction, etc. make it really ...
How Do You Keep Up With Everything?
The demands on your life are strong.Do you often feel like you can't keep up? Like you are falling behind and missing things you should be keeping up with?One of the most common questions Griffin and Heather get is "How do you d...
Choose Your Words Wisely
Words matter.You can think back to different times in your life where words made a significant impact on your life. It could have been positive or negative but when people speak into your life it leaves a mark, especially when tho...
Creating Boundaries For Your Kids
Everyone parents differently. There is no easy or perfect template to parenting that creates the best case scenario with our kids. One thing that is true, though, about parenting is that we are responsible for them. Th...
Dreams, Contentment and Surrendering
Dreams can be difficult.On the one hand we get excited about what could be and striving for more. On the other hand not all of our dreams should be the focus of our attention. How do you balance this in your marriage?
How Distracted Are You?
While life seems to get busier by the day the distractions seem to come just as quickly.Whether it is aimlessly scrolling through social media, watching the random tv shows or however you fill the ever so small blank space you have in y...
Prioritizing Sex and Intimacy
You probably have many goals for the new year. Getting healthy physically and maybe spiritually. Goals for your kids and relationships. What if sex and intimacy was a part of your goals this year? When Go...
What Did You Learn From 2023?
Somehow the year is already over.Another year down and 2024 is now to come. One of the practices we try to do often is reflecting on where we have been and what we have been through. For us, 2023 has been full of new...
When You Are Growing But Your Spouse Isn't
Do you ever feel like you and your spouse aren't on the same page? Do you feel like you are headed in two different directions? Sometimes in our marriage one spouse can change as time goes on. Your passions, your belief...