The Coach Martez & Woodrina Layton, LPC Show: Understanding Love, Accepting Truth, & Changing Your P

The Coach Martez & Woodrina Layton, LPC Show: Understanding Love, Accepting Truth, & Changing Your P

Coach Martez and Woodrina Layton, LPC are a determined and inspiring power couple looking forward to teaching more people about the importance of having strong and healthy relationships in their lives. Coach Martez is a Certified Life Coach, and Woodrina Layton is a Licensed Therapist, and they have been married for over thirty years. With such experience in keeping a strong marriage growing, Coach Martez and Woodrina realized that their divine role in life is to help empower others and their relationships. Woodrina and Coach Martez share more than 30 years of marriage experience and have had their expertise and story featured on the OWN Network and popular Christian talk show, The 700 Club, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Good Day DC, Great Morning Washington and several other media outlets. They have also counseled celebrity couples in and outside the Greater Atlanta area. They founded the notable and successful “Married 4 Life Walk” marriage movement where they host an annual 2-mile walk that has had over 1,000 participants who are committed to building and maintaining strong, healthy marital relationships. Be prepared to gain knowledge on understanding love, accepting truth and changing perspective, as Coach Martez and Woodrina Layton deliver the prescription for healthy relationships. Whether mending hearts or clearing out emotional baggage, their passion to help you in your life and relationships will help to achieve your goals in life and relationships. Coach Martez and Woodrina are renowned speakers, authors and relationship coaches specializing in premarital counseling, affair recovery and marriage coaching. To book a session with Martez and Woodrina, go to DreamBuildersCoaching.net/about and book an appointment online now.

Episodes

April 27, 2022 57 mins
Have you asked yourself, What s all the talk about marriage coaching and counseling? Today, professional coaching and counseling is becoming more accepted and normalized, which is hugely different from being in a relationship in the 80 s, 90 s and 2000 s. However, most men still feel as if they do not want to open and share about their relationship with a professional coach or counselor. Many couples who have received marriage or...
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Have you ever asked yourself, What's the reason that I have so much to be thankful for in my life and marriage, but I still feel empty? Over the years, after being a highly confident person, have you had times to where you can t explain what happened to your inner strength and confidence? Emotional security is very important in a marriage, but what happens when your spouse doesn t understand how important that emotional connectio...
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Many people hear about the Annual Married 4 Life Walk but may not really understand what it is all about. The slogan for the Married 4 Life Walk is, Never Let Go Of The Hand You Are Holding. This is important because marriage is a journey of learning about each other while growing through challenges and tests to get to a place of deeper love and complete unity. But while you and your spouse are on this journey, it s natural to wa...
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If you are married or in a committed relationship, do you feel as if private and intimate conversations that do not involve touching or kissing with someone other than your spouse or partner is cheating? How about engaging in inappropriate conversations via text with someone you work with, or knew back in the day or someone from a Social Media site? Some of the most destructive infidelities that have broken up marriages, did not ev...
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Many people feel as if they have a good grip about being married or being in a serious relationship. And there are several misconceptions around being married that some people feel are true. For example, have you ever heard others say or even said to yourself that, having a healthy relationship should be easy or romance never dies for couples who are in love? Sometimes people think that because a couple loves God, and they are ...
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Do you feel as if making time for yourself means you are not making your marriage a priority? Have you wondered how some people find the time to have a manicure, pedicure, or massage? Is it ok to desire something that you really want, but your spouse says, we don t have the time or money for that? Sometimes the decisions not to show love to ourselves could be the result of guilt or a need to make other things and other people more ...
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March 16, 2022 52 mins
Many people hear about the Annual Married 4 Life Walk but may not really understand what it is all about. The slogan for the Married 4 Life Walk is, Never Let Go Of The Hand You Are Holding. This is important because marriage is a journey of learning about each other while growing through challenges and tests to get to a place of deeper love and complete unity. But while you and your spouse are on this journey, it s natural to wa...
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Marriage can consist of years of fighting negative thoughts that can cause you to question yourself and your marriage. Marriage can sometimes feel as if you are fighting to get the other person to simply love, understand, respect, and have compassion towards you. Marriage is something that you must fight for because, the institution of marriage is a representation of what God s love towards men and women resemble. Anything or anyon...
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Being married to the person you love is an amazing feeling, but what happens when your in-laws cause frustration and tension in your marriage. This may not be a challenge for everyone, but for many couples, toxic in-laws create several problems in their marriage. For example, Do your in-laws constantly criticize and belittle you? Does it seem as though they are always depending on your spouse to meet their needs? Do they regularly...
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Have you ever asked yourself, What's the reason that I have so much to be thankful for in my life and marriage, but I still feel empty? Over the years, after being a highly confident person, have you had times to where you can t explain what happened to your inner strength and confidence? Emotional security is very important in a marriage, but what happens when your spouse doesn t understand how important that emotional connectio...
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Falling in love with someone happens so naturally and seems effortless, but as soon as you get married all the challenges start to appear. Have you ever asked yourself, why does marriage seem so hard , or stated to yourself, I wish I knew ahead of time that all these problems were going to arise , and one of the questions so many couples ask is, is there anyone or hope for us to get back to a good place. Marriage can seem very ...
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Have you felt overwhelmed trying to balance your spiritual life, sexual relationship and career or business success? Do you sometimes feel as if you must choose between spiritual and sexual fulfillment? Is it healthy for your relationship to focus on succeeding in your career first, then letting everything else fall in place? Having balance in the areas of your sexual life, spiritual life and career or business success creates a de...
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Many times, in a relationship, we expect for things to be fine if everyone involved is working hard, bills are paid, and the kids have everything that they need to be successful. All these things are very important and needed to maintain good balance, however having an emotional connection is key to a healthy, long-lasting marriage. There is a reason that people with financial security, and beautiful families, find themselves in di...
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Do you feel as if making time for yourself means you are not making your marriage a priority? Have you wondered how some people find the time to have a manicure, pedicure, or massage? Is it ok to desire something that you really want, but your spouse says, we don t have the time or money for that? Sometimes the decisions not to show love to ourselves could be the result of guilt or a need to make other things and other people more ...
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Have you asked yourself, what happened to the passion in my marriage? Or felt as if your spouse is happy and joyful with everyone else, but when it comes to you, their attitude and emotions are negative. As a husband, have you asked God, how is it that my wife prays, listens to gospel music, listens to different pastors teach, but still treats me mean? Often in a marriage balance is required in the areas of prayer, positivity, and ...
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Have you ever asked yourself, What s the reason that some couples seem as if they have everything figured out? or How do couples stay married for so long? Or maybe you ve thought to yourself, I could not deal with what he or she puts up with in their marriage. Being married 4 life does not happen by chance but it happens by choice. Being married 4 life is a mindset that all marriages possess in thoughts and feelings at their ...
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Many times, in a relationship, we expect for things to be fine if everyone involved is working hard, bills are paid, and the kids have everything that they need to be successful. All these things are very important and needed to maintain good balance, however having an emotional connection is key to a healthy, long-lasting marriage. There is a reason that people with financial security, and beautiful families, find themselves in di...
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Have you asked yourself, God, what s wrong with me, what s the reason that I can t find love? Or stated, God I have prayed for my spouse to better understand me or to make our communication better, but it seems as if nothing changes. Many times, in life and in our relationships, we pray, or we seek counseling to get changes in our situations, but it seems like we keep failing to see results. Often, we blame God or question if H...
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Did you know that when you write something down that you are twice as likely to make it happen? Research has shown that individuals with written goals achieved approximately 50% more of their goals than those without written goals. Goals that are written down are more powerful than goals you keep in your mind. Writing your goals down provides motivation and helps you to focus on the priorities that will help you achieve your goals ...
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December 22, 2021 58 mins
Are you aware that most of your disappointments in life and relationships involve an unmet expectation? Expectations about love and marriage have a powerful impact on your relationships. To a large degree, you will be disappointed or happy and fulfilled in life based on how well what is happening matches up with what you think should be happening. All couples start out hoping for and believing they will experience the very best. Th...
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