Most of us are not married to a gym addict or a health fanatic. No, most of us are married to guys who feel poorly now and again and skip (or forgo) regular workouts. In this episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, “Dealing With Your Husband’s Heal

Ep 55: So Tired and Going Crazy: 4 Steps to Less Stress and More Peace

Jul 1st, 2022 49m 15s

We all battle anxiety, overwhelm, weariness, discouragement, and worry: a bundle of emotions that comes with being human, especially a female human. In spite of our blessings and good fortune, it is our tendency as wives and mothers to wish f

Ep 54: Creating A Fantastic Summer for the Whole Family - Including YOU

Jun 1st, 2022 57m 33s

Summer is a season ripe with possibilities. Will your family’s summer be full of sunshine, swims, and strawberries? Or boredom, disarray, and family tension? As a wife and mother, you’d like to keep things productive and in control at home from

Ep 53: Dads and Daughters: Helping Them Bond

Mar 29th, 2022 1h 7m

Lucky little girls are daddy’s darling, but when the teen years hit, that special relationship can take a hit, sometimes throwing the whole family off balance. Not only does the resulting dynamic have a definitive impact on a young woman’s sens

Ep 52: Why So Many of Us Can't Stop Watching Hallmark Movies

Jan 2nd, 2022 50m 44s

Are you one of those Hallmark movie junkies? I have friends who go whole-hog, plopping down on the couch, propping up their feet, showing off those fuzzy socks that say “Leave Me Alone, I’m watching Hallmark movies”! Catch that plural “Hallmark

Ep 51: The Best of the WifeSavers Podcast: How to Get (and Give!) More Appreciation in Your Marriage

Nov 22nd, 2021 1h 2m

Do you feel UN (or under!) appreciated? Does your husband seem impassive, unaware, or inconsistent in his notice of all you are and all you do? Disappointment, disconnect, or disrespect is often the direct result of feeling taken for granted.I

Ep 50: How to Be a Better Husband: Four Secrets Your Husband Needs To Know To Make You Happy

Nov 5th, 2021 57m 28s

We talk a lot on the WifeSavers Podcast about the influential power a woman has in her marriage, which is true. However, it is also true what researchers have found about the man in a relationship: husbands have the power to make or break that

EP 49: How To Avoid Disrespect When You're Displeased (and why you want to try)

Sep 3rd, 2021 49m 56s

We all talk on occasion about how unfair or unkind our spouse is to us, but how often do we consider our own slip-ups that way? It’s worth a few minutes of honest introspection (say the length of this podcast) because the reality is...IF your s

Ep 48: Understanding and Helping Teen Boys - Part 2

Jul 1st, 2021 1h 4m

With a teen boy in the house, family life can feel like a roller coaster ride. Unaware of the real causes and optimal responses, it’s easy for mom and dad to lose their cool and their perspective. The husband-wife relationship can be negatively

Ep 47: Understanding and Helping Teen Boys - Part 1

Jun 23rd, 2021 1h 5m

Are you in the middle of a “boy crisis”? You are, actually, whether you know it or not. The “boy crisis” may be up-close and personal to the parent of a teen or young adult male, but the rest of us are being affected as well. We all have a vest

Ep 46: What To Do When He Works Too Much

Feb 26th, 2021 1h 5m

Working excessively for a brief or limited period of time may occasionally be necessary, but if it’s one spouse’s defacto year after year, divorce, infidelity, or a health crisis is practically inevitable.In this episode of the WifeSavers Podc

Ep 45: Creating Happy Holidays in Spite of 2020 (or a Grinchy Husband)

Dec 8th, 2020 59m 21s

It’s no secret that 2020 has changed almost everything, including the way we’re approaching the holidays. Wives and mothers are feeling apprehensive about what’s ahead this month. Is it even possible to follow through on your traditions and to

Ep 44: How to Keep Calm and Carry On

Nov 6th, 2020 55m 18s

Who hasn’t had a sleepless night or two lately? The world is getting more and more frantic, more and more frenetic, and yet and somehow, in the midst of so much we cannot control, wives and mothers are supposed to take care of business as usual

Ep 43: Talking Politics in Marriage

Aug 13th, 2020 42m 30s

Struggling to convince your loved one that your political perspective is the right one? Or is he expecting you to come around to his way of seeing things? Do your discussions turn into debates that leave you feeling frustrated, even alienated f

Ep 42: When Faith is an Issue in Your Marriage

Jul 9th, 2020 1h 1m

Is your husband uninterested (or less interested than you are) in spiritual matters? Are you wishing he’d step up and lead your family in religious practice? Perhaps he’s even expressing (or exhibiting) antagonism toward God or religion in gene

Ep 41: The Best of the WifeSavers Podcast: Turning Negative Communication With Your Husband to the Positive

May 27th, 2020 50m 17s

Are too many conversations with your husband leaving both of you feeling frustrated? It may be that what you are saying is being heard very differently than you intend.Ramona and her husband, Dale, answer a wife who doesn’t mean to come across

Ep. 40: When There’s No Place Other THAN Home, You Need More of THIS

Apr 28th, 2020 55m 52s

Is “there’s no place like home” getting tested in your home like never before? During current shelter-in orders—and with the days and weeks ahead still a big question mark—how will your family manage the strain on your relationships over the lo

Ep 39: How to Help Your Husband With His Emotions During the Crisis

Mar 31st, 2020 1h 7m

Couples everywhere are having to deal with financial strains, upended routines, extra parenting responsibilities, new expectations of one another, and worrisome health scares. Whether a husband is sheltering-in, or on the front lines, employed,

Ep. 38: Don’t Let a Crisis Sink Your Marriage

Mar 6th, 2020 1h

Times of crisis are inevitable. Unexpected circumstances can feel like a sudden attack on your family’s status quo, interrupting plans and draining everyone’s energy. Whether your relationships with each other end up battered and crippled by th

Ep 37: How to Deal With Your Spouse’s Depression Positively

Feb 5th, 2020 1h 5m

When your partner is at their best, they are a positive energy source for you and the whole family: dreaming big, working hard, playing hard. But what happens if they lose that zest for life? What are you supposed to do with their ongoing detac

Ep 36: Conversations on Physical Intimacy

Jan 10th, 2020 58m 16s

Feeling lonely or resentful or misunderstood when one or the other of you is reading messages into your physical relationship that are not intended? Have you tried to communicate with each other about sex, but your conversations turn out less t

Ep 35: The Seven Secrets to an Amazing Marriage

Dec 30th, 2019 1h 11m

Are there a rock bed principles that can make or break a marriage? There are.Internalizing a few key practices and attitudes can practically guarantee that you and your spouse will not just stay together, but stay in love. No matter your stage

Ep 34: Dealing With Extended Family (especially through the holidays!)

Dec 11th, 2019 57m 2s

Do you ever struggle in your relationships with his family, or his with yours? Extended family dynamics can be tricky, especially during the intense togetherness and expectations that are often part of the holidays.In this episode, a multi-awa

Ep 33: Date Night or Bust! Why and How to Make It The Best Time All Week

Oct 31st, 2019 51m 50s

What’s your excuse? Time? Money? Babysitters? Nothing interesting to do? There’s always a reason for married couples and parents to neglect or postpone the weekly concentrated couple time called “date night”. Even if it seems next to impossible

Ep 32: Not Enough Time for Quality Couple Time

Oct 24th, 2019 53m 58s

Time is everything when it comes to relationships: shared experience, shared-story, shared presence. Are you and your husband struggling to fit so much into your schedules that there’s little time left over for just the two of you? What happens