Marriage Talk: Recent Episodes
Sheldon and Valerie Dean
Welcome to Marriage Talk… where we chat about marriage, family, and everything in between. Sheldon and Valerie work with FamilyLife Canada seeking to bring help and hope to marriages. Our desire is to work through life together here on the podcast. We’re going to talk about different topics in a conversation based style that will hopefully launch you into some thinking and a safe intentional conversation with your partner. We’ll share from our life experience, as well as interview other couples about their life situations and how they’ve handled things. Both the good and the not so good. Our hope is that through these intentional conversations we will all learn to critically think through topics, chat about how these topics are impacting our marriages, and discuss in practical terms what it looks like as we live out our lives and our faith. So come join us as we process life, marriage and parenting in a way that is fun, engaging and filled with help and hope.
Sheldon and Valerie talk about trust. Why it’s important and how they have built trust in their marriage.
Sheldon and Valerie interview Matt Cline, founder of Restored Ministries, about the effects that pornography and sexual addiction has on a marriage and how to find freedom and healing.
Restored Ministries - https://www.restoredministries.ca
Pure Victory Podcast - https://www.restoredministries.ca/purevictor
Pure Freedom Community - https://purefc.ca/
This week Sheldon and Valerie continue their conversation about emotional intelligence with a focus on how we develop in this area of our life.
Here are the different links that are mentioned in this episode.
Dr. Juli Slattery Blog - https://www.authenticintimacy.com/learning-to-say-i-was-wrong
GotQuestions Article - https://www.gotquestions.org/emotional-healing.html
The Feelings Wheel - https://feelingswheel.com
Sheldon and Valerie talk about how emotional awareness, control and development can increase our emotional intelligence and the positive impact that can have on our marriages.
Here is the link to the Discipline that Connects With Your Child's Heart course (https://connectedfamilies.org/discipline/). Save 10% on registration by entering FLC10.
Sheldon and Valerie talk about the stuff we bring into marriage from our family of origin and our life experiences and how that can affect us unless we deal with it.
Sheldon and Valerie discuss the fact that what we focus on will significantly impact what we see and how we feel about a situation.
Sheldon and Valerie talk about relationship ruts. What they are and how to break free from them.
Sheldon and Valerie finish their discussion on tough love as presented in a Focus On The Family article entitled Tough Love In Adult Relationships: what it is, what it's not and how to use it.
Here is the article: https://www.focusonthefamily.com/family-qa/tough-love-in-adult-relationships/
Sheldon and Valerie share on an article about Tough Love In Adult Relationships. What it is, what it's not and how to use it.
Here is the article that is discussed on todays show: https://www.focusonthefamily.com/family-qa/tough-love-in-adult-relationships/
This week Sheldon and Valerie talk about romance in marriage… why it’s important and how to cultivate it.
Here is a link to the assessment they talk about at the end. https://www.betterlove.com/
Sheldon and Valerie continue their conversation with Bryan and Bonnie Pue from the Union Movement and this time they focus on their marriage journey and the things they have done well… and not so well.
Trigger warning - We do talk briefly about sexual abuse and past sexual mistakes.
Here is the website of The Union Movement if you would like to know more about Bryan and Bonnie - https://www.theunionmovement.com
Sheldon and Valerie interview Bryan and Bonnie Pue, cofounders of The Union Movement. Through their ministry they seek to bring help and wholeness on the topics of identity, sexuality and relationships. They are passionate about helping people talk about sexuality with a biblical worldview and love to equip parents and churches with tools and language on how to approach the topic of sex and sexuality with all age groups.
https://www.theunionmovement.com/
Sheldon and Valerie talk about how unsolicited chronic advice affects relationships, why we do it and what to do about it.
Sheldon and Valerie discuss how to have a mindset and relationship where everyone wins.
Sheldon and Valerie talk about the difference between shame and guilt and how to break free from shame and deal with guilt in ourselves and our relationships. For more information regarding Axis check out https://axis.org/
Sheldon and Valerie discuss friendship in marriage, why it's so important and how to help it grow.
Sheldon and Valerie talk about the things that drain the love banks in a relationship from Dr. Willard Harley's book Love Busters.
Sheldon and Valerie talk about putting love into action by making intentional investments in our relationships with our spouse and kids.
Sheldon and Valerie discuss the importance of reflecting on how we go about getting the things we want and some ways to spot manipulation.
In this episode Sheldon and Valerie talk about how we all have a dance in our relationships and how that affects our patterns and interactions with others. Come and dance with us!
In this episode Sheldon shares with Valerie his struggle with pride and they discuss ways we can deal with pride and cultivate humility.