Expedition Marriage with Chris & Jamie Bailey Chris & Jamie Bailey

Are you grateful for your spouse? They don’t always make it easy, do they? But did you know there’s a lot of science behind what gratitude does to your brain and mental health? There are also big impacts it can make in your marriage.
 
When you show gratitude towards someone, you are saying that you respect their value, and that you treasure how unique, beautiful or indispensable they are. Wow, what a gift to a spouse that is!
 
Join us today as we chat about cultivating gratitude in your marriage, Gods way! And then go grab your free download activity to do with your spouse!
 
Find my show notes at https://www.expeditionmarriage.org/post/gratitude-god-science

Today’s show is the first part of a two-part series on Gratefulness. And oh, what a time we live in for living with an attitude of gratitude. If you can pull off walking in gratefulness during this season, you will surely be recognized as someone who is set apart!
Join us today to learn the power that being grateful can have in your marriage. We’re also going to share with you a quick tip on how to start working on being grateful in the everyday life with your spouse. You don’t want to miss this episode!
 
Find my show notes at https://www.expeditionmarriage.org/post/walking-in-an-attitude-of-gratitude

Today's episode is about that 7 year itch.
Has it affected you? Are you scared that it might be ahead? Is it even a thing? Or, if it is, is it just smooth sailing after that? Tune in today and find out as we talk about 4 things that might be making that 7 year, or perhaps that 2 year, 10 year, or even 20 year itch a problem in your marriage. Oh, and don’t worry, we will help you know what to do and give you some strategies to keep those nasty itches from popping up in the first place!
Find our show notes at https://www.expeditionmarriage.org/post/the-7-year-itch-is-it-a-thing

While wearing masks on Halloween can be totally acceptable and actually rather fun, where it really starts getting scary is when we wear them with one another in our marriage. There can be real danger in not allowing your spouse to see who you really are.
We’re sharing the top 3 masks we see couples trying to put on, and what they think they’re achieving by hiding behind them.
Find our show notes at https://www.expeditionmarriage.org/post/masks-in-marriage
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Today we’re shooting from the hip, going off the cuff, or whatever else you call it when we just decide to hit record and share some real conversations that take place in our marriage.
We’re asking each other a specific question, “What do you think we do that keeps our alive?” Tune in to hear our individual answers, and then keep listening to find out what we both agree are the things that will do the opposite and kill your love.
Find more at https://www.expeditionmarriage.org/post/keeping-love-alive
As always, we would love for you to share this with your spouse and friends. 

What gets in the way of connecting with our spouse more than anything nowadays? Technology, mainly our cell phones. They keep us attached to the outside world way more than they help us stay connected to our spouse. Join us today as we chat about the specific ways our phones can wreak havoc in our marriages, and then find out how we can use them for good!
For more show notes, visit: 
https://www.expeditionmarriage.org/post/technology-in-marriage