Rock Solid Families Podcast - Summer of Love Series - Part 1 -Episode 243

Rock Solid Families - Ep 242 -  Summer of Love Series - Part 1

Summer of Love Assessment: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MqDxgddfmr7rzbQRFV1jC0VaUdok3XnG/view?usp=sharing

“You take your car in for regular oil changes, you go to the doctor for your regular checkups and go to the dentist for your regular cleanings. Why are we not being as intentional or really focused on our marriage and keeping it fresh?”, asks co-host Linda Hutchinson. Continuing to grow love and intimacy within your relationship takes work. Both you and your spouse must be on the same page about wanting to put in the time and energy required for building a healthy marriage. 

Today, Merrill and Linda share their Summer of Love Marriage Assessment and walk through each of the steps for scoring the quality of your marriage. When you know where your relationship is lacking, you can begin to actively work on fixing the problems and build a healthier marriage going forward. The assessment breaks the quality of a marriage down into four categories, dreaming or emotional connectedness, spiritual connectedness, physical intimacy, and communication skills. Depending on where you and your partner each score yourselves for each question, you may find that you both have very different perspectives on the current health of your marriage. This is natural and gives you a great starting point for beginning to repair your relationship.

A healthy marriage requires dedication to continuing to grow your love and intimacy each day. Complete the Summer of Love Marriage Assessment with your spouse to see where your marriage is thriving and where it may need some additional work. 

Quotes

• “You take your car in for regular oil changes, you go to the doctor for your regular checkups and go to the dentist for your regular cleanings. Why are we not being as intentional or really focused on our marriage and keeping it fresh?” (7:06-7:21 | Linda)
• “Even on a simple level, we have to have a commonness in how we have the faith to move on each day.” (11:38-11:44 | Merrill)
• “It's not about having conflict. It's about how well you repair it.” (18:26-18:30 | Linda)
• “If you don't take the time to understand each other and listen to one another, then you're not going to have that trust level and you're not going to have that intimacy that we're looking for.” (24:52-25:02 | Linda)
• “How do we get healthier so we can have a summer of love?” (34:00-34:03 | Linda) 

Links

YouTube: https://youtu.be/EW4gSIwi7zU 

Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/636718/13074279-rock-solid-families-podcast-summer-of-love-series-part-1-episode-242.mp3?download=true

Instagram Merrill Hutchinson | https://www.instagram.com/hutchinsonmerrill/?hl=en 

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Website | https://www.rocksolidfamilies.org/ 

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