Mindful Marriage Podcast

Craig & Gina Morgan have a heart and a call to help families navigate blending families together. We pray their story blesses you as you balance marriage, parenting, and blending a family.

Rod and Wendy Gordon have so much marriage wisdom to share and in this episode, we dig into their wisdom and guidance. Spoiler alert - it feels like we use a lot of big words in this podcast and Broc is clearly the winner of the big word contest.

From meeting in the Navy to blending a family, Rod & Wendy have learned many valuable lessons that are foundational to having a great relationship. There is such helpful information to be gleaned from their story.

Join Tara and Broc as they dig deeper into some of the great principles and lessons shared by John and Melissa McKinzie. Drawing insights from other marriages is a healthy way to find growth and healing.

This week, we hear some retrospective wisdom from Hope Fellowship's Lead Pastor and his wife - John & Melissa McKinzie. The McKinzies reflect on the years of their marriage and the lessons they learned and would love to pass on to all of us. Wisdom from experience is a beautiful thing.

In this episode, we look back on the Todd & Natalie Mead interview and break down some of their great examples of having a long and prosperous relationship. One of the best ways we can have a better marriage is by learning from others, and this was a great learning experience.

Todd & Natalie Mead took some time to share with us about their marriage journey. Todd has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and this podcast allows them to reflect on the lessons they have learned through being together and learning how to love each other even in the toughest of times.

We are not wired to go through this life alone. Story reminds us that our problems are not unique and that others can understand so that we can truly see that healing can happen. Story can be the change that you and others are looking for.

Sex can be something that brings a couple great closeness, or it can bring difficulty and misunderstanding. We believe that talking about sex with your partner can be a great way for you to have a better sex life. How you talk about sex - that is the issue. In this episode, we discuss healthy questions and how these conversations can lead to better marital and sexual satisfaction.

In this episode, Tara rolls her eyes at Broc but later acquiesces that he may be right when he calls empathy the straw to blend a marriage into something where each person feels seen, heard and valued. Join us as we define empathy and share how it can truly be a game changer and set a great tone for all of your married life.

Money can be an extreme source of contention in your marriage, but what if we could give you a few ideas to turn those arguments into understanding? Like other areas in your marriage, money is something you can grow in your relationship into a place of understanding and growth.

It is so easy to isolate. Our experience has shown us that isolation in marriage (or lack of community with others outside of our marriage) doesn't give us the full opportunity to embrace the wholeness that could be gained. Oftentimes community can be that missing thing that brings hope, understanding, healing, and compassion to our marriage. 

Tara helps us understand what codependency is, why it could be a marriage problem, how to begin to understand it, some signs of codependency, and what we can do about it. Codependency can for sure bring some imbalance to our relationships and if not addressed it can lead to feelings that may truly hinder our marriage.

Join us as we complete the discussion on the beauty of connecting with God and navigating if you and your spouse have different definitions of worship.

In this episode, we take a look at an often-overlooked component of marriage - God's presence. Without it, we believe it is going to be super tough to be in a healthy relationship. However, you and your spouse probably have different definitions of spirituality and that can make things frustrating. Join us as we explore a healthy understanding of the two of you connecting with God.

It is so easy to create a script of how things should be when we enter the holiday season. We have expectations about how our family will respond, how we will respond, and how everything will beautifully play out. Unfortunately, we can't control the script, but we can do some things to work on ourselves by being mindful and being present.

In this episode, we explore the quote that "marriage maintains itself linguistically." As a fire needs oxygen to continue to burn, so does your marriage need this vital component to be meaningful and fulfilling. Keep drawing the circle and see how you can enrich your marriage relationship.

When we have great expectations for our marriage it can also lead to great disappointments and frustrations if those expectations aren't handled well. Conversation, compromise, understanding and sacrifice are words that must surround our world of expectations.

When we begin our marriage, typically our definition of love is limited and errors on the selfish side. A healthy marriage needs a broader and more "us minded" understanding of love. It is definitely a journey to truly grasp what it means to love and we hope this discussion is a great guide for your growth.

How you view marriage and how you were taught to view marriage can have a massive impact on your current relationship and you may not even be aware of the power of that mindset. Explore your mindset with us and find out some antidotes to find healing and new direction.