Marriage Stories

Today’s episode dives into a story that feels especially relevant in our polarized political world. Our guests are a couple who navigate their marriage with differing political beliefs—one is a Democrat, the other a Republican.

In a time when singles often filter by political party on dating apps and many wouldn’t consider moving to a “blue” or “red” state, this couple has chosen to bridge their differences within the intimacy of t...

For every great marriage, there is a rock bottom. A time for choosing, where you and your partner must decide if there is a path forward. For some, this leads to separation and divorce. But for others, it inspires imagination, finding new solutions to a marriages many challenges. For our couple today, their rock bottom came one bittersweet night at a formica yellow table in Durham, North Carolina. What came next? Find out today. 

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Open Relationships, what comes to mind when you hear this term? Depending on your background, understanding of the concept, beliefs, and experience I would imagine a wide range of ideas come up. Non-monogamy has been practiced since the invention of monogamy. However it is normally done in secret and as a betrayal of the trust in a relationship. In recent years, increasing numbers of couples are attempting to experience the benefit...

Settle in for a tale of Yuletide love featuring our special guests Kelsey and Matt! College sweethearts that have turned their love of being goofy and finding joy in everyday life into an influencing business that brings light and laughs to hundreds of thousands daily! 

They also share recipes from their Holiday Libations eBook and talk about their family Holiday traditions.

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Content Warning: Today's episode includes discussion of miscarriage and birth trauma.  Proceed as advised.

Planning is for some a way of living life. You have your major in college that leads you to grad school that leads you to your first job that gets you a network that allows you to get the “good job”. You meet someone and date for three years before getting engaged and then planning a wedding.  You have the two years together...

The concept of Arranged marriage has been around as long as…marriage.  One’s family was significantly involved in the marriage decision for most of the 4000 year history of the decision.  The practice of arranged marriage has significantly evolved, like marriage itself, to prioritize compatibility and love.  Much of the world still misunderstands the idea and is burdened by outdated misconceptions about the practice. Our couple tod...

Join us as Harrison and Lauren share their Marriage Story.  When folks think of the things that may end their marriage, Infidelity is high on the list.  “Once a cheater, Always a Cheater” or “How could you ever trust someone again” they say.  But as we all know, “they” are rarely right.  The reality of the experience of infidelity is much more nuanced and complicated.  The devastation, the recovery, the re-devastation, the re-recov...

Divorce, the ultimate fear of the Married and soon-to-be Married.  The terror it strikes is second to none, everyone knows someone or is a person that has had their life irrevocably changed by Divorce.  But, what if a young couple could get Divorced, find themselves, and then find each other again? Now, that would be quite a story. 

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There are a few, inarguable rules in life: There is no crying in baseball, you don't talk about a no hitter while it is on, and you do not fall in love with your best friend.  But rules are made to be broken.  Our couple today took this risk, going from friends to lovers and then from lovers to spouses, and it is safe to say they knocked it out of the park.

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Boy meets Girl, they fall in love, get married, and buy the house.  Sounds pretty typical, next order of business: Kids.  Only they had not decided yet whether they wanted to have kids or not.  How would our couple figure out this monumental decision? Would it tear them apart or knit them closer together?   Download and listen to find out!

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Tune in as Emily and Chad share their Marriage Story.  Six weeks before their wedding, everything had been meticulously planned. The save the dates were sent out, the flowers were ordered, the champagne was chilled.  Only one tiny problem...the couple wasn't ready to get married.  How did our couple deal with this very public acknowledgement of their challenges, and how did they use this postponement as an opportunity to grow? Find...

Listen in as Mahvash and Ali share their story.  Uprooted from their home by Revolution in Iran as young adults, Mahvash sought an education in London while Ali immigrated to Miami.  Their paths crossed in 1983 over the course of four fateful nights in Fort Lauderdale that ended in a marriage proposal.  Would theirs be a tale of star-crossed lovers or two souls linked by destiny? Find out today on Marriage Stories.

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Join in as Heather and Josh share their Marriage Story.  From their beginning as high school sweethearts they cultivated an attitude that they wanted to see life's challenges as a shared adventure.  This ethos was challenged as a young married couple when they ran into challenges with fertility.  How would they deal with this stressor that can seriously derail marriages? Well, I guess you could say they got lucky.

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