The Real Marriage Podcast
After ten 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. 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
90 episodes
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 ...
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Season 8
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Episode 9
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27:29
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...
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Season 8
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Episode 8
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24:10
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 ...
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Season 8
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Episode 7
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26:45
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...
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Season 8
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Episode 6
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26:18
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...
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Season 8
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Episode 5
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33:53
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...
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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29:28
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?
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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30:53
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...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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27:58
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...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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31:57
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...
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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33:45
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...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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31:16
The Blessing Of Parenting
Yes, it is a blessing!Last episode we unpacked the burden of parenting. One thing we noticed was how easy it was to think about those ideas. The blessings were a little more in depth to uncover. And that is wha...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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26:54
The Burden Of Parenting
Parenting is forever.The word "burden" carries a negative connotation but the reality is that parenting is both beautiful and difficult. At the very least the incredible responsibility of parenthood can feel like a burden in one w...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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31:54
Avoiding Bitterness In Marriage
How can bitterness negatively impact your marriage?It's one of those things that starts small but if not dealt with it grows into something you can't control. Each of us have frustrations towards our spouse for whatever reason but...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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29:16
Marriage Is Not 50/50
You've probably heard this before: marriage is 50/50.But is it really? When you step back and think about the different areas of your marriage and the specific roles you play it isn't always equal. Sometimes it's 70/30 or ev...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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33:41
A Set Apart Summer
It's another season change.Summer is usually a time where we try to fit in vacations, find some rest and get the kids into as many things as possible to keep them busy. But if we aren't careful we can easily overdo the schedule and leav...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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32:41
Modesty
It almost sounds like an outdated word.What does modesty look like is 2023? Is it even something worth focusing on?In part two of our "Set Apart" series we dive into this topic. You will hear Griffin and Heather walk...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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32:17
Set Apart
The longer we are married the deeper our conversations get about who we want to become. We talk a lot about our foundation, the growth areas of our lives and what we truly care the most about.For us, we want a marriage and...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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32:43
Values > Rules
Whether it is at work, with kids and parents, your faith and any other relationship you can think of we all prefer values more than rules. No one wants to be dictated to or forced to follow a rigid set of rules because their is no...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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29:13
You're Too Busy
There is a difference between being busy and being fruitful. Life is jam-packed. You've noticed that there aren't enough hours in the day and that you always have more to get done. The tendency is to believe th...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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31:10
You're Too Emotional
Have you ever been told you are too emotional?What about hearing that you don't show enough emotion? Most likely, your emotional makeup is different between you and your spouse. One of you wears them on your sleeve while the...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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33:48
Spring Cleaning
Do you have clutter in your life? As the weeks and months fly by it becomes so easy to get busy and overwhelmed with everything. We get farther away from what our goals were at the beginning of the year and things begin to pi...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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29:58
Can You Really Hear From God?
The real reason we feel like we have a successful and growing marriage is because of God's involvement in our everyday lives.We talk often about how God has led us or shown us something. So, can you really hear from God? Wha...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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32:11
What We Struggle To Balance
Last episode we tried to answer a common question people ask us. How do you balance it all?The truth is that it is very difficult. It's a constant conversation of where we are lacking and how we should adjust. ...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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24:21
Balancing Marriage, Kids, Work And Ourselves
One of the most common questions people ask us is how do you balance it all? It's a great question and it's forced us to really think hard about how we approach all that we have going on in our lives.It certainly isn't easy and ...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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29:30