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Bryan (00:15):
Welcome, amplified Marriage podcast listeners.
I'm Bryan I'm Natalie.
We are back.
It has been been a hot minute.
It's been a hot minute.
It's been a long road for theselast nine months.
Our.
Episode was in February of 2022.
So early, early this year.
We, we had the play going on.
(00:36):
We had new church thingshappening.
We had all kinds of things thatwere happening.
Natalie (00:40):
You're gonna wanna grab a coffee cause we got a lot to
talk about today.
Bryan (00:43):
We have some things we wanna talk about.
And so we just wanted to say,just thank you for holding on
for these last these lastmonths.
Even though we weren't here, wewere still getting emails, we
were still hearing from people.
People were responding to us onInstagram and Gmail and just
responding to all the thingsthat were going on and we kept
on, people kept on listening tothe podcast mm-hmm.
(01:03):
So it's really, really great tosee that people really were just
engaged and really want sometools to make their marriage
better.
Natalie (01:12):
Yeah.
And like, I dunno.
Can we say this is like postcovid?
I dunno.
It's been a weird year.
Yeah, it, it's been a bit odd.
And we're gonna get into alittle bit of why that was, but
we're still together.
We still love each other.
We're still married.
We just really felt like, Thattime of the year, for me
particularly, I'm a vocaldirector for a musical theater
(01:35):
in town, and so our productionsare in March and from February
to the middle of March, it'sjust nonstop busy.
Right.
You just kind of get off yourregular.
Like downloading or whateverit's called.
Rhythm.
Yeah, rhythm.
Regular rhythm.
(01:56):
And then we were planning a big,huge trip and then it just kind
of spirals.
And since we finally got into,so we had the play and then that
summer we took our kids toCalifornia for two weeks on a
trip that we've been trying todo.
We spent, it's been at like thetrip of a lifetime.
Bryan (02:11):
Yeah.
It was one of those, those dreamtrips that we.
And then af right after that, wehad a church, big church launch
back into some normal volunteerservice nights.
And then this year was our 40thanniversary as a church.
And then right after that we hadmore things that were happening
and then the were, it's justbeen such a busy season for us.
That's right.
And then we started gettingphone calls and texts and people
(02:33):
asking, so what's, what's goingon?
What are you doing with thepodcast guys?
Like, that's a really goodquestion.
And so we kind of, we, it was,we stopped and we kind of prayed
about it and Natalie was beingasked by people outside of me
being present with her, and thenvice versa and, I think people
really people that we knewreally found value.
(02:54):
Mm-hmm.
and what we were sharing and howwe were sharing it, and just
being able to have that kind ofstuff on tap.
Honestly, we use our, our ownpodcast, and others, but we use
our own podcast sometimes whenwe do our pre-marriage coaching
with young couples or marriage,marriage, coaching with older
couples, whoever it is.
And just to send him a podcastjust to stuff.
(03:17):
Like one of our most famous ormost famous, most popular ones,
and I encourage you, I'll goback to listen to it if you
start in the middle, but isunmet expectations.
Mm-hmm.
it was episode one.
We had a, a couple that we knowactually said it took'em five
months to get past that one, cuzevery time they listened to it,
yeah.
They got more and more out of itand it sparked a lot more
(03:37):
conversations.
And what we've heard from otherpeople is that they hear the
podcast and then they fight andthen, They discuss things and
the car ride or the sitting inthe living room is a little bit
tough or a little bit different.
Right.
Just because they're now they'rebeing faced with things.
Mm-hmm.
and we say this all the timewhen we coach.
You don't know what you don'tknow.
That's right.
(03:58):
But, and you've heard us saythat in the podcast, you don't
know what you don't know.
But the moment that you do know,now it's up to you to be
accountable for your behavior.
That's right.
For your actions.
And now you have to shiftbecause you do know you have to
make changes.
Natalie (04:11):
Right.
I completely agree.
And this is our, like, these arethe things that we talk about,
we talk about, we'veexperienced.
We've walked through as amarried couple.
So we're drawing from our ownexperiences and things and, and
there's still things that we,that we haven't walked through,
right?
And then we bring on guests forthose kinds of things.
(04:34):
And so I really encourage you,if this is your first time
listening, go back.
This is our third season now.
Yep.
And there's tons and tons ofcontent and.
Part of our nine a month breakwas just, you know, we didn't
want to just keep a schedule andjust like pump out whatever,
just to keep it going.
We really want to be mindful andreally want to pray our way
(04:55):
through.
Like what now?
Bryan (04:58):
What's next?
Also, also addressed addressthings that people are
struggling with.
Yeah.
Now, because like there's a lotof things that changed over
covid.
For sure, like the way wecommunicate, the relationships
that we have, how we respond toeach other.
There's sometimes and a lot in,in some cases of couples that we
know throughout Covid, therelationship actually got
(05:20):
stronger.
Yeah.
That was the case with us andour, actually our children and
some of our really close friendsis our relationships got
stronger like Natalie and I'smarriage got better.
And, but that wasn't the casefor everyone.
And then some people that hadtheir marriage got tougher
during Covid, actually whenCovid got out.
And then you're faced again withregular schedules, regular work
(05:40):
every day.
You're not at home, you'rehaving to do things differently.
The kids are back in school, oryou're having to now make work
trips or what things are goingon then, then the relationship
starts to to shift again, andyou just got over a shift for
two years and now you're havingto make another one.
And it just adds more stress onthere.
And then over the last of awhile, the economic status has
changed for people.
(06:01):
Groceries are more expensive,gas is more expensive.
Housing is more expensive.
Living is just more expensive.
Yeah.
And so we really wanted to makesure that the ideas and the
things that we're presenting tothe people that need this the
most are things and discussionsand conversations and problems
that are real, real worldproblems.
Real word, real world struggles.
(06:21):
Right.
Things so we can actually, thatare pertinent, that are
pertinent to the situation athand.
And so we really wanna make surethat as we come back, that when
we come back, this is just likea, our trailer to the coming
back.
Like That's right, yeah.
Is gonna be filled with a lot ofreally good content that we've
been talking about and planningabout, talking with some of our
friends about things that aregoing on in their marriages
(06:43):
mm-hmm.
and their struggles and thingslike that.
And so we're really excited forwhat the season is gonna.
Natalie (06:49):
Totally.
And I mean, part of one weneeded a break because you know,
you work full-time.
I work partly full-time, partlyfull.
Well, I am a full-time mom but Ialso work outside the home and I
vocal direct and so and.
We're pastors in a church, andso there's a lot going on.
(07:10):
And we're kind of split inseveral different directions.
So really wanting to make surethat we, we take care of
ourselves right, and do someself care.
And part of this, you know, yearof creating this memory with our
children was absolutelyessential.
It was necessary for us to dothat.
And you know what we didn'trealize, because, I mean, we're.
Fairly frugal.
(07:31):
I'd say.
We're not out frivolously, youknow, we don't do lavish
holidays and you know, wegenerally stay local.
And we had been planning thistrip for a long time and it was
one that really felt out ofreach for the majority of our
marriage.
We took our kids to Disneylandand like I have never been to
Disneyland.
(07:51):
I don't think you have.
No.
And our children certainlyhaven't.
So it was a first experience forus all, and I didn't realize, I
knew we needed a holiday.
I didn't realize how importantthis one was going to be, and so
we.
Knuckle down more than I thinkwe ever have in order to be able
(08:14):
to make this a reality.
Right.
Finally.
And we could not have done itwithout our brother-in-law and
sister-in-law.
So shout out to you too.
You know who you are, right?
So grateful.
So grateful.
We went with Brian's sister andher husband and their four kids
and my mother-in-law, and it wasjust, It was incredible.
Yeah.
And when we came back and we alllove each other and we all get
(08:36):
along really great and our kidsget along and people were like,
you guys like holiday together?
Oh my gosh.
And it really, we were like,yep.
I think we, we were gone for 10days.
We got back, we skipped a day,and then we were right back to
family dinner and stuff likethat.
And it was like Yeah.
Bryan (08:52):
People thought we were weird.
Like, you guys didn't take a
Natalie (08:54):
break.
All weird.
We're like, duh, we like thesepeople.
Bryan (08:56):
Well, yeah.
That and the, the cousins were.
Excited to see each other again,even after that one day break.
Oh, so great.
Like it was this and that's,that's like living, living life
together, living communitytogether.
And, and it was, it was such agood memory.
It was also like making up for aprevious two years of like the
very first year of the pandemic,my son turned 16.
(09:18):
Yeah.
And we had a trip planned toAlberta to go to the zoo, to go
to the drum Heller dinosaurmuseum.
Yeah.
To go to the arena to do allthis stuff.
His big things.
I wanna go to, was it BostonPizza?
Yeah.
His big, I don't know whatentertainment in Boston.
Pizza in Alberta, but he's like,I wanna go to Boston.
Pizza in Alberta.
Yeah.
And we had this whole thingplanned out in, it was April of
(09:40):
that year.
Yep.
And we got shut down in March.
Yeah.
And then we had to, we had plansalready in advance for my other
son's birthday and my daughter.
And every one of those plans gotshifted and then we thought
there, like the government justdangled the little carrot of
hope in front of you and thenext year.
And then it got started and shutdown and started.
And started and shut down.
(10:00):
And it was just so tough.
To be able to manage throughthat.
Yep.
And again, had plans, tentativeplans, like this time you're a
little more gun shy, buttentative plans.
Yep.
And you couldn't make the plansand so you shoot them down
again.
And so this last year we didwhat it took to be able to
well's the
Natalie (10:16):
scripture like hope deferred, makes the heart grow
sick.
Is that a scripture or is that
Bryan (10:20):
just a It's a hundred percent.
Is that just a Chinese proverb?
Look it up.
I'm gonna look it up while youtalk.
Natalie (10:26):
And isn't that true?
Where, you know when, and I knowthat our hope is not in a trip
and our hope is not.
Our hope is in Jesus, but thatwhole idea of if you are in a
situation where it feelshopeless, and for a lot of us
this pandemic really felthopeless.
I mean, we were super fortunatethat we still had our jobs.
(10:49):
Mm-hmm.
and like that wasn't well therewas always a risk, but Oh yeah.
We were
Bryan (10:56):
faced with all
Natalie (10:57):
the time of, you know, we, yeah.
And there was all of these.
Of like the bank saying, Hey, ifyou need to, like, what's that?
Like, defer your payments or, orwhatnot.
And we were just like, Nope,we're not doing that.
We're just gonna keep pluggingaway, keep watching our money.
Mm-hmm.
and keep just watching it.
Leave the bank account.
Right.
But you know what super gratefulthat it did not have an adverse
(11:21):
effect like it did on so manypeople.
Yeah.
So.
This trip was essential for ourmental health, honestly.
Mm-hmm.
And it was like, it was sketchywith all of the restrictions and
things like that.
And, you know to go to thestates here in Canada, you need
to be vaccinated.
And so you know, Brian and I hadtalked about Novavax, which is a
(11:45):
protein based vaccine, and.
just the timeline to get thatdone beforehand was really
sketchy.
Yep.
And we didn't know if we'd, ifwe'd be able to in time, because
you know, the kids can get awaywith not being, but there was
just a lot of hoops to jumpthrough.
And I'm so glad that we didmm-hmm.
(12:07):
and that we were able to makethat a reality.
Yeah.
Bryan (12:10):
And so, You're not wrong.
Proverbs 1312.
There you go.
Wanna read it?
You think as a pastor I'd knowthese things, but sometimes it
sounds like a Chinese proverbwhen really it's verse Proverbs
1312 is where you can find thephrase hope deferred.
Makes a heartsick.
But a longing fulfilled is atree of life, right?
Natalie (12:30):
And obviously our longie fulfilled is in Jesus.
But you kind of get a visualright of, of when you, when
you're just going through lifeand it just seems.
Everything keeps compiling oneach other and it's never gonna
get better.
We're never gonna get outta thiscycle.
It can be really draining andreally waning on relationships.
Bryan (12:52):
That being said as this is just like a, a welcome and
we're saying thank you to you.
We just wanna give you a littleheads up of what this next next
season looks like.
Season three looks like we'regonna be starting into a series,
I believe it's probably gonnaend up being a two part series
on what you've heard in the newsand what you've been seeing on
Twitter and things like that,and Facebook and Instagram.
(13:14):
This idea of quiet, quitting.
I know the people think thatthis is a, like the definition
is the definition work relatedis, is work related, but it also
really pertains to ourrelationships.
But the people also think thatit's, it's, it's a new, a
relatively new thing like thisgeneration's like, oh, that's
work quietly quitting.
This has been around for 50years.
Mm-hmm.
this isn't new.
(13:34):
This isn't even it's first orthird or fourth or fifth time
wave that it's kind of come upin culture.
Yeah.
And so we're really gonna tacklethat one and what that looks
like in marriage, how thataffects your marriage and how
that it, it.
It really is subversive in thefact that it, it sometimes just
creeps in and you didn't know itwas there and all of a sudden
you're not really putting effortin.
Natalie (13:54):
And some of the stressors that sort of amplify
that, like amplified marriage,right?
For that slippery slope, right.
Of quiet quitting.
And you might just be like,well, this is.
The norm, right?
But hopefully we'll be able toidentify some of those for you,
and then it can at least spark aconversation if if you take away
(14:18):
anything from our podcast, letit be, let it be the start of a
conversation and that that couldthen, you know, you fan the
flame and that that can reallyassist you in bringing.
Some change.
Bryan (14:31):
Absolutely.
So that's where we're starting.
And then we're gonna be doing, Ithink we're gonna do an update
on our unmet expectationsbecause we get lots of actually
that's one of the main thingsthat we're seeing in, in
especially over covid.
Yeah.
And the pandemic.
And is people struggling withnot.
Before, it's almost like you'reso busy you could forget about
expectations.
(14:52):
Yeah.
But over covid, when you're athome and you're faced with it,
like I was at home too, we'refaced with it now.
You really are.
Are having to deal with thatunmet stuff and talk about it
and it be right in your, likeit's right there.
And if you don't talk about itactually is worse because now
you're in the same space all thetime.
Yeah.
And things are, and so we're, Ithink we're gonna get back into
the that a little bit.
We have some friends of oursthat have really had some really
(15:14):
great struggles that we're gonnabring on the podcast.
They're gonna talk about dealingwith pornography and things like
that in their own relationship.
So we have some things that wereally want to touch on this
year.
Mm-hmm.
That are from real world, peoplethat have struggled with things
in their marriage that are, arepertinent to the things that
we're dealing with currently andthe things that we're going on.
That's right.
Natalie (15:33):
So lots of, lots of series coming up.
We're launching with quiet,quitting.
Yeah.
Bryan (15:38):
And absolutely.
So we're looking forward tobeing able to connect with you.
To hear from you to hear whatyou have to say, what you want
to be a part of.
We have some ideas for somereally cool segments on the show
that we want to add to it.
And so we know that you likethis podcast because you've been
a part of this.
You've downloaded this, you'vebeen Moving forward in the
things that you've, that are inthis and paying attention and
(15:59):
being with us.
And so it means a lot when youactually share.
Now we're getting back intothis.
Let people know that we are onInstagram and that's gonna be up
and running soon.
You can follow us on Instagramand on Facebook.
And again, if you have thosequestions mm-hmm.
and you want to know about whereyou can ask those questions or
give us an idea or a freshthing, you can email us at
amplified.
And wow, it's been a while sincewe said this.
(16:21):
Amplified marriage gmail.com.
That's right.
And as you heard her say, andyou're gonna keep hearing us
say, we believe that marriagecan be reset, refreshed,
recharged, and restored.
We're so glad that we're backand we get to be with you all.
Thanks for listening.
Talk to you
Natalie (16:36):
soon.
Welcome, amplified Marriage podcast listeners.
I'm Bryan I'm Natalie.
We are back.
It has been been a hot minute.
It's been a hot minute.
It's been a long road for theselast nine months.
Our.
Episode was in February of 2022.
So early, early this year.
We, we had the play going on.
(00:36):
We had new church thingshappening.
We had all kinds of things thatwere happening.
Natalie (00:40):
You're gonna wanna grab a coffee cause we got a lot to
talk about today.
Bryan (00:43):
We have some things we wanna talk about.
And so we just wanted to say,just thank you for holding on
for these last these lastmonths.
Even though we weren't here, wewere still getting emails, we
were still hearing from people.
People were responding to us onInstagram and Gmail and just
responding to all the thingsthat were going on and we kept
on, people kept on listening tothe podcast mm-hmm.
(01:03):
So it's really, really great tosee that people really were just
engaged and really want sometools to make their marriage
better.
Natalie (01:12):
Yeah.
And like, I dunno.
Can we say this is like postcovid?
I dunno.
It's been a weird year.
Yeah, it, it's been a bit odd.
And we're gonna get into alittle bit of why that was, but
we're still together.
We still love each other.
We're still married.
We just really felt like, Thattime of the year, for me
particularly, I'm a vocaldirector for a musical theater
(01:35):
in town, and so our productionsare in March and from February
to the middle of March, it'sjust nonstop busy.
Right.
You just kind of get off yourregular.
Like downloading or whateverit's called.
Rhythm.
Yeah, rhythm.
Regular rhythm.
(01:56):
And then we were planning a big,huge trip and then it just kind
of spirals.
And since we finally got into,so we had the play and then that
summer we took our kids toCalifornia for two weeks on a
trip that we've been trying todo.
We spent, it's been at like thetrip of a lifetime.
Bryan (02:11):
Yeah.
It was one of those, those dreamtrips that we.
And then af right after that, wehad a church, big church launch
back into some normal volunteerservice nights.
And then this year was our 40thanniversary as a church.
And then right after that we hadmore things that were happening
and then the were, it's justbeen such a busy season for us.
That's right.
And then we started gettingphone calls and texts and people
(02:33):
asking, so what's, what's goingon?
What are you doing with thepodcast guys?
Like, that's a really goodquestion.
And so we kind of, we, it was,we stopped and we kind of prayed
about it and Natalie was beingasked by people outside of me
being present with her, and thenvice versa and, I think people
really people that we knewreally found value.
(02:54):
Mm-hmm.
and what we were sharing and howwe were sharing it, and just
being able to have that kind ofstuff on tap.
Honestly, we use our, our ownpodcast, and others, but we use
our own podcast sometimes whenwe do our pre-marriage coaching
with young couples or marriage,marriage, coaching with older
couples, whoever it is.
And just to send him a podcastjust to stuff.
(03:17):
Like one of our most famous ormost famous, most popular ones,
and I encourage you, I'll goback to listen to it if you
start in the middle, but isunmet expectations.
Mm-hmm.
it was episode one.
We had a, a couple that we knowactually said it took'em five
months to get past that one, cuzevery time they listened to it,
yeah.
They got more and more out of itand it sparked a lot more
(03:37):
conversations.
And what we've heard from otherpeople is that they hear the
podcast and then they fight andthen, They discuss things and
the car ride or the sitting inthe living room is a little bit
tough or a little bit different.
Right.
Just because they're now they'rebeing faced with things.
Mm-hmm.
and we say this all the timewhen we coach.
You don't know what you don'tknow.
That's right.
(03:58):
But, and you've heard us saythat in the podcast, you don't
know what you don't know.
But the moment that you do know,now it's up to you to be
accountable for your behavior.
That's right.
For your actions.
And now you have to shiftbecause you do know you have to
make changes.
Natalie (04:11):
Right.
I completely agree.
And this is our, like, these arethe things that we talk about,
we talk about, we'veexperienced.
We've walked through as amarried couple.
So we're drawing from our ownexperiences and things and, and
there's still things that we,that we haven't walked through,
right?
And then we bring on guests forthose kinds of things.
(04:34):
And so I really encourage you,if this is your first time
listening, go back.
This is our third season now.
Yep.
And there's tons and tons ofcontent and.
Part of our nine a month breakwas just, you know, we didn't
want to just keep a schedule andjust like pump out whatever,
just to keep it going.
We really want to be mindful andreally want to pray our way
(04:55):
through.
Like what now?
Bryan (04:58):
What's next?
Also, also addressed addressthings that people are
struggling with.
Yeah.
Now, because like there's a lotof things that changed over
covid.
For sure, like the way wecommunicate, the relationships
that we have, how we respond toeach other.
There's sometimes and a lot in,in some cases of couples that we
know throughout Covid, therelationship actually got
(05:20):
stronger.
Yeah.
That was the case with us andour, actually our children and
some of our really close friendsis our relationships got
stronger like Natalie and I'smarriage got better.
And, but that wasn't the casefor everyone.
And then some people that hadtheir marriage got tougher
during Covid, actually whenCovid got out.
And then you're faced again withregular schedules, regular work
(05:40):
every day.
You're not at home, you'rehaving to do things differently.
The kids are back in school, oryou're having to now make work
trips or what things are goingon then, then the relationship
starts to to shift again, andyou just got over a shift for
two years and now you're havingto make another one.
And it just adds more stress onthere.
And then over the last of awhile, the economic status has
changed for people.
(06:01):
Groceries are more expensive,gas is more expensive.
Housing is more expensive.
Living is just more expensive.
Yeah.
And so we really wanted to makesure that the ideas and the
things that we're presenting tothe people that need this the
most are things and discussionsand conversations and problems
that are real, real worldproblems.
Real word, real world struggles.
(06:21):
Right.
Things so we can actually, thatare pertinent, that are
pertinent to the situation athand.
And so we really wanna make surethat as we come back, that when
we come back, this is just likea, our trailer to the coming
back.
Like That's right, yeah.
Is gonna be filled with a lot ofreally good content that we've
been talking about and planningabout, talking with some of our
friends about things that aregoing on in their marriages
(06:43):
mm-hmm.
and their struggles and thingslike that.
And so we're really excited forwhat the season is gonna.
Natalie (06:49):
Totally.
And I mean, part of one weneeded a break because you know,
you work full-time.
I work partly full-time, partlyfull.
Well, I am a full-time mom but Ialso work outside the home and I
vocal direct and so and.
We're pastors in a church, andso there's a lot going on.
(07:10):
And we're kind of split inseveral different directions.
So really wanting to make surethat we, we take care of
ourselves right, and do someself care.
And part of this, you know, yearof creating this memory with our
children was absolutelyessential.
It was necessary for us to dothat.
And you know what we didn'trealize, because, I mean, we're.
Fairly frugal.
(07:31):
I'd say.
We're not out frivolously, youknow, we don't do lavish
holidays and you know, wegenerally stay local.
And we had been planning thistrip for a long time and it was
one that really felt out ofreach for the majority of our
marriage.
We took our kids to Disneylandand like I have never been to
Disneyland.
(07:51):
I don't think you have.
No.
And our children certainlyhaven't.
So it was a first experience forus all, and I didn't realize, I
knew we needed a holiday.
I didn't realize how importantthis one was going to be, and so
we.
Knuckle down more than I thinkwe ever have in order to be able
(08:14):
to make this a reality.
Right.
Finally.
And we could not have done itwithout our brother-in-law and
sister-in-law.
So shout out to you too.
You know who you are, right?
So grateful.
So grateful.
We went with Brian's sister andher husband and their four kids
and my mother-in-law, and it wasjust, It was incredible.
Yeah.
And when we came back and we alllove each other and we all get
(08:36):
along really great and our kidsget along and people were like,
you guys like holiday together?
Oh my gosh.
And it really, we were like,yep.
I think we, we were gone for 10days.
We got back, we skipped a day,and then we were right back to
family dinner and stuff likethat.
And it was like Yeah.
Bryan (08:52):
People thought we were weird.
Like, you guys didn't take a
Natalie (08:54):
break.
All weird.
We're like, duh, we like thesepeople.
Bryan (08:56):
Well, yeah.
That and the, the cousins were.
Excited to see each other again,even after that one day break.
Oh, so great.
Like it was this and that's,that's like living, living life
together, living communitytogether.
And, and it was, it was such agood memory.
It was also like making up for aprevious two years of like the
very first year of the pandemic,my son turned 16.
(09:18):
Yeah.
And we had a trip planned toAlberta to go to the zoo, to go
to the drum Heller dinosaurmuseum.
Yeah.
To go to the arena to do allthis stuff.
His big things.
I wanna go to, was it BostonPizza?
Yeah.
His big, I don't know whatentertainment in Boston.
Pizza in Alberta, but he's like,I wanna go to Boston.
Pizza in Alberta.
Yeah.
And we had this whole thingplanned out in, it was April of
(09:40):
that year.
Yep.
And we got shut down in March.
Yeah.
And then we had to, we had plansalready in advance for my other
son's birthday and my daughter.
And every one of those plans gotshifted and then we thought
there, like the government justdangled the little carrot of
hope in front of you and thenext year.
And then it got started and shutdown and started.
And started and shut down.
(10:00):
And it was just so tough.
To be able to manage throughthat.
Yep.
And again, had plans, tentativeplans, like this time you're a
little more gun shy, buttentative plans.
Yep.
And you couldn't make the plansand so you shoot them down
again.
And so this last year we didwhat it took to be able to
well's the
Natalie (10:16):
scripture like hope deferred, makes the heart grow
sick.
Is that a scripture or is that
Bryan (10:20):
just a It's a hundred percent.
Is that just a Chinese proverb?
Look it up.
I'm gonna look it up while youtalk.
Natalie (10:26):
And isn't that true?
Where, you know when, and I knowthat our hope is not in a trip
and our hope is not.
Our hope is in Jesus, but thatwhole idea of if you are in a
situation where it feelshopeless, and for a lot of us
this pandemic really felthopeless.
I mean, we were super fortunatethat we still had our jobs.
(10:49):
Mm-hmm.
and like that wasn't well therewas always a risk, but Oh yeah.
We were
Bryan (10:56):
faced with all
Natalie (10:57):
the time of, you know, we, yeah.
And there was all of these.
Of like the bank saying, Hey, ifyou need to, like, what's that?
Like, defer your payments or, orwhatnot.
And we were just like, Nope,we're not doing that.
We're just gonna keep pluggingaway, keep watching our money.
Mm-hmm.
and keep just watching it.
Leave the bank account.
Right.
But you know what super gratefulthat it did not have an adverse
(11:21):
effect like it did on so manypeople.
Yeah.
So.
This trip was essential for ourmental health, honestly.
Mm-hmm.
And it was like, it was sketchywith all of the restrictions and
things like that.
And, you know to go to thestates here in Canada, you need
to be vaccinated.
And so you know, Brian and I hadtalked about Novavax, which is a
(11:45):
protein based vaccine, and.
just the timeline to get thatdone beforehand was really
sketchy.
Yep.
And we didn't know if we'd, ifwe'd be able to in time, because
you know, the kids can get awaywith not being, but there was
just a lot of hoops to jumpthrough.
And I'm so glad that we didmm-hmm.
(12:07):
and that we were able to makethat a reality.
Yeah.
Bryan (12:10):
And so, You're not wrong.
Proverbs 1312.
There you go.
Wanna read it?
You think as a pastor I'd knowthese things, but sometimes it
sounds like a Chinese proverbwhen really it's verse Proverbs
1312 is where you can find thephrase hope deferred.
Makes a heartsick.
But a longing fulfilled is atree of life, right?
Natalie (12:30):
And obviously our longie fulfilled is in Jesus.
But you kind of get a visualright of, of when you, when
you're just going through lifeand it just seems.
Everything keeps compiling oneach other and it's never gonna
get better.
We're never gonna get outta thiscycle.
It can be really draining andreally waning on relationships.
Bryan (12:52):
That being said as this is just like a, a welcome and
we're saying thank you to you.
We just wanna give you a littleheads up of what this next next
season looks like.
Season three looks like we'regonna be starting into a series,
I believe it's probably gonnaend up being a two part series
on what you've heard in the newsand what you've been seeing on
Twitter and things like that,and Facebook and Instagram.
(13:14):
This idea of quiet, quitting.
I know the people think thatthis is a, like the definition
is the definition work relatedis, is work related, but it also
really pertains to ourrelationships.
But the people also think thatit's, it's, it's a new, a
relatively new thing like thisgeneration's like, oh, that's
work quietly quitting.
This has been around for 50years.
Mm-hmm.
this isn't new.
(13:34):
This isn't even it's first orthird or fourth or fifth time
wave that it's kind of come upin culture.
Yeah.
And so we're really gonna tacklethat one and what that looks
like in marriage, how thataffects your marriage and how
that it, it.
It really is subversive in thefact that it, it sometimes just
creeps in and you didn't know itwas there and all of a sudden
you're not really putting effortin.
Natalie (13:54):
And some of the stressors that sort of amplify
that, like amplified marriage,right?
For that slippery slope, right.
Of quiet quitting.
And you might just be like,well, this is.
The norm, right?
But hopefully we'll be able toidentify some of those for you,
and then it can at least spark aconversation if if you take away
(14:18):
anything from our podcast, letit be, let it be the start of a
conversation and that that couldthen, you know, you fan the
flame and that that can reallyassist you in bringing.
Some change.
Bryan (14:31):
Absolutely.
So that's where we're starting.
And then we're gonna be doing, Ithink we're gonna do an update
on our unmet expectationsbecause we get lots of actually
that's one of the main thingsthat we're seeing in, in
especially over covid.
Yeah.
And the pandemic.
And is people struggling withnot.
Before, it's almost like you'reso busy you could forget about
expectations.
(14:52):
Yeah.
But over covid, when you're athome and you're faced with it,
like I was at home too, we'refaced with it now.
You really are.
Are having to deal with thatunmet stuff and talk about it
and it be right in your, likeit's right there.
And if you don't talk about itactually is worse because now
you're in the same space all thetime.
Yeah.
And things are, and so we're, Ithink we're gonna get back into
the that a little bit.
We have some friends of oursthat have really had some really
(15:14):
great struggles that we're gonnabring on the podcast.
They're gonna talk about dealingwith pornography and things like
that in their own relationship.
So we have some things that wereally want to touch on this
year.
Mm-hmm.
That are from real world, peoplethat have struggled with things
in their marriage that are, arepertinent to the things that
we're dealing with currently andthe things that we're going on.
That's right.
Natalie (15:33):
So lots of, lots of series coming up.
We're launching with quiet,quitting.
Yeah.
Bryan (15:38):
And absolutely.
So we're looking forward tobeing able to connect with you.
To hear from you to hear whatyou have to say, what you want
to be a part of.
We have some ideas for somereally cool segments on the show
that we want to add to it.
And so we know that you likethis podcast because you've been
a part of this.
You've downloaded this, you'vebeen Moving forward in the
things that you've, that are inthis and paying attention and
(15:59):
being with us.
And so it means a lot when youactually share.
Now we're getting back intothis.
Let people know that we are onInstagram and that's gonna be up
and running soon.
You can follow us on Instagramand on Facebook.
And again, if you have thosequestions mm-hmm.
and you want to know about whereyou can ask those questions or
give us an idea or a freshthing, you can email us at
amplified.
And wow, it's been a while sincewe said this.
(16:21):
Amplified marriage gmail.com.
That's right.
And as you heard her say, andyou're gonna keep hearing us
say, we believe that marriagecan be reset, refreshed,
recharged, and restored.
We're so glad that we're backand we get to be with you all.
Thanks for listening.
Talk to you
Natalie (16:36):
soon.
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