Surviving Marriage Podcast

Rufus and Jenny Triplett
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MUSLIM, MARRIAGE, LIFESTYLE from 35 years of relatable experiences! Rufus and Jenny Triplett, Ebony Magazine’s Couple of the Year 2012, discuss marriage tips, in their own humorous way from the male and female viewpoint. While tackling hot topics, they keep it 100 and on point. SURVIVING MARRIAGE, three and a half decades later, has never been so much fun!

  1. 10/23/2025

    #SurvivingMarriage Abundance while Balancing Islam

    #SurvivingMarriage Abundance while Balancing Islam Ep 041 – This is the first episode back for SZN 5 after a two and a half year hiatus. Life be living but we are happy to be back. Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and also visual via their YouTube Channel, sit down with financial and hip hop guru Ash Cash and his with and author Amina Phelps. What does it take to work as a team, stand firm on  Islam and continue to find the money? It's all discussed in this conversation. This is the first episode of Season Five. The podcast is found on Pandora, Amazon Music, Heart Radio and also on YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, Muslim or non Muslim, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment sometimes peace requires you to be quiet even if you are right. This is the forty-first episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media, Instagram and Facebook @survivingmarriage and share with a friend. ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE "99 Problems but a card game aint one!" You can find our guests via social media @iamashcash and @aminalee   Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro - Live from YouTube 0:26 - Welcome 1:18 - SUBSCRIBE. LIKE. FOLLOW 2:06 - Where have we been? 2:55 - Mom diagnosed with cancer 3:57 - Things happen in marriage that comes at you fast 5:45 - Celebrating 35 Years of Marriage - Couples Card Games 7:38 - www.survivingmarriagetips.com 8:04 - Welcome Ash Cash and Amina Phelps 10:48 - "I didn't know they were Muslim" 17:52 - Islam gives you principles 19:19 - Abundance and Islam 23:26- Not compromising yourself from Islam 27:00 - Quran and Sunnah 30:34 - How much is enough to walk away? 34:56 - Is there a plan for retirement? 36:40 - "We love the work" 38:20 - Are you guiding your children to entrepreneurship? 41:16 - www.ashlovescash.com 42:15 - Generational Wealth 45:01 - Book Rich 47:01 - Haitian Immigrants 48:56 - Question from Surviving Marriage Card Game 50:18 - Speed Round 52:03 - Food for Thought - Sometimes peace requires you to be quiet even if you are right 53:14 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Support Our Podcast. Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review. 54:12 - Ride Out... "Marriage is a marathon not a sprint, we are surviving it and so can you" "Until the next episode, y'all be cool."

    55 min

  2. 09/03/2022

    #SurvivingMarriage – 5 Reasons Why Our Marriage is Rich

    #SurvivingMarriage - 5 Reasons Why Our Marriage is Rich Ep 040 – This is it for SZN 4! The last show and it's a wrap! Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, close out SZN 4 with a list of 5 reasons why their almost 33 year marriage is rich. Listen closely cause it's not what  you think! This is the tenth episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment Pills vs Shots. This is the fortieth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend. ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE "99 Problems but a card game aint one!" Want to Write a Book? Grab the Self Paced Course HERE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.     Get 30% off of tests! Be sure to USE CODE: rufusandjenny LanguaTalk - Learn a new language in your free time - CLICK HERE Get 10% off of your first month! Be sure to USE CODE: rufusandjenny Show Notes: 0:00 - Teaser - Our marriage is rich 0:36 - Intro 1:00 - Let's Get Checked - see link above 2:21 - BetterHelp - see link above 4:05 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above 5:01 - Welcome 6:14 - Five Reasons Why Our Marriage is Rich 7:08 - #1 Faith/Prayer 8:01 - #2 Our support system 11:39 - #3 GOALS 13:27 - #4 We don't compete and we don't compare 16:01 - #5 We are at Peace 17:49 - Let's Get Checked - see link above 19:11 - BetterHelp - see link above 20:57 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above 21:52 - Food for Thought - PILLS vs SHOTS 24:05 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review. 25:22 - Ride Out...

  3. 09/02/2022

    #SurvivingMarriage – From Our Dm’s

    #SurvivingMarriage - From Our Dm's Ep 039 – We are back for SZN 4 and 10 news shows! ONLY two shows left and this season will be a wrap. Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, spill some of the tea from their DM's. They receive numerous inbox messages across social media and some are quite extensive. Marital problems cannot be solved via DM. Couples should schedule consultations. This is the ninth episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment Put some Respect on the Group Chat. This is the thirty-ninth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend. ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE "99 Problems but a card game aint one!" Want to Write a Book? Grab the Self Paced Course HERE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.     Get 30% off of tests! Be sure to USE CODE: rufusandjenny LanguaTalk - Learn a new language in your free time - CLICK HERE Get 10% off of your first month! Be sure to USE CODE: rufusandjenny Show Notes: 0:00 - Teaser - DM's was not a factoring the 80's 0:37 - Intro 1:01 - Let's Get Checked - see link above 2:22 - BetterHelp - see link above 4:06 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above 5:06 - Welcome 6:14 - Living past 50 is a blessing 7:25 - Secretaries and Receptionists were gatekeepers 9:06 - Doing someone does not guarantee a response 10:06 - Sis can I ask you a question? 10:50 - We help couples 12:03 - Schedule an Appointment 13:18 - Value your marriage enough to get check up 14:52 - Reciprocating 16:32 - Our Dm's are open but so are our Consultations 18:01 - Let's Get Checked - see link above 19:24 - BetterHelp - see link above 21:09 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above 22:04 - Food for Thought - Put Some Respect On The Group Chat 23:49 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review. 25:22 - Ride Out...

    26 min

  4. 09/01/2022

    #SurvivingMarriage – Freshman Year to PhD Marriage

    #SurvivingMarriage - Freshman Year to PhD Marriage Ep 038 – We are back for SZN 4 and 10 news shows! ONLY two shows left and this season will be a wrap. Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, break down the years of comparisons of high school and college from freshman year to PhD as compared to the years of being married. If you set the right marriage goals you can actually accomplish numerous things by the time you get 20 years of marriage. This is the eight episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment Asking People for Advice You Don't Respect?. This is the thirty-eight episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend. ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE "99 Problems but a card game aint one!" Want to Write a Book? Grab the Self Paced Course HERE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.     Get 30% off of tests! Be sure to USE CODE: rufusandjenny LanguaTalk - Learn a new language in your free time - CLICK HERE Get 10% off of your first month! Be sure to USE CODE: rufusandjenny Show Notes: 0:00 - Teaser - What we had to label our marriage based on high school or college years? 0:58 - Intro 1:22 - Let's Get Checked - see link above 2:42 - BetterHelp - see link above 4:26 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above 5:21 - Welcome 6:04 - Send Me That Recipe Book Tour - Booked and Busy 8:21 - The first few years of our marriage 9:00 - Freshman Year - 1-5 11:28 - We argued a lot! 12:13 - Marriage changed everything 13:10 - We didn't know where to start with two becoming one 14:31 - Hindsight being 20/20 15:48 - Sophomore Year - 6-12 18:31 - Work on your marriage without family influence 19:54 - Junior Year - 13-19 20:59 - Teenagers bring in more arguments between parents 22:00 - Boys get to a certain age where they can take dad 24:20 - Senior Year - 20-24 26:17 - We didn't write our best selling book until our senior year 27:07 - PhD - 25 years and beyond! 29:31 - Let's Get Checked - see link above 30:54 - BetterHelp - see link above 32:38 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above 33:33 - Food for Thought - Asking People for Advice You Don't Repsect 34:55 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review. 36:29 - Ride Out...

    38 min

  5. 04/22/2022

    #SurvivingMarriage – How To Build A Stronger Marriage Bond During Ramadan

    #SurvivingMarriage - How To Build A Stronger Marriage Bond During Ramadan Ep 037 – We are back for SZN 4 and 10 news shows! ONLY three shows left and this season will be a wrap. Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, detail a list of tips that a married couple can do to build a stranger bond during Ramadan. The most blessed month in Islam often proves challenging for newly married and even couples that have some years into their marriage. The common sense tips are about consideration and communication. That will help make Ramadan blessed and peaceful. This is the seventh episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment Definition of Happy. This is the thirty-seventh episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend. ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE "99 Problems but a card game aint one!" Want to Write a Book? Grab the Self Paced Course HERE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.     Get 30% off of tests! Be sure to USE CODE: rufusandjenny LanguaTalk - Learn a new language in your free time - CLICK HERE Get 10% off of your first month! Be sure to USE CODE: rufusandjenny Show Notes: 0:00 - Teaser - Marriage is a whole test especially during Ramadan 0:59 - Let's Get Checked - see link above 2:19 - BetterHelp - see link above 4:03 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above 5:00 - Intro 5:46 - Send Me That Recipe Book Tour - Booked and Busy 6:45 - Our book was delayed due to the pandemic 8:13 - Our energy transcends more in person 10:03 - Our Ramadans are peaceful 12:50 - Clean House Together 13:56 - You should be doing as much as you can to get rewards during Ramadan 14:55 - Decide on Meals days in Advance 16:48 - We chose not to go to the Masjid a few times due to a shortage of food 18:10 - Set a Daily Study Schedule 19:37 - Find Duas to Put on the Refrigerator 20:42 - Discuss visitation and iftar 21:53 - RufusandJennyTriplett.com/blog 22:35 - Let's Get Checked - see link above 23:56 - BetterHelp - see link above 26:41 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above 26:36 - Food for Thought - Definition of Happiness 28:53 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review. 31:32 - Ride Out...

    32 min

  6. 04/14/2022

    #SurvivingMarriage – Send Me That Recipe

    #SurvivingMarriage - Send Me That Recipe Ep 036 – We are back for SZN 4 and 10 news shows! AND a new book! How did this whole thing start? Before the podcast there was and still is a best selling book. Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, discuss their new book in the Surviving Marriage series, Send Me That Recipe. Also, they discuss the timeline to them becoming 6x published authors. This is the sixth episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment Defending Your Wife's Honor. This is the thirty-sixth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend. ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE "99 Problems but a card game aint one!" Want to Write a Book? Grab the Self Paced Course HERE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.     Get 30% off of tests! Be sure to USE CODE: rufusandjenny LanguaTalk - Learn a new language in your free time - CLICK HERE Get 10% off of your first month! Be sure to USE CODE: rufusandjenny Show Notes: 0:00 - Teaser - Oops We Did it Again! 0:53 - Let's Get Checked - see link above 2:14 - BetterHelp - see link above 4:00 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above 4:57 - Intro 6:05 - Send Me That Recipe 7:38 - Surviving Marriage in the 21st Century 9:03 - Writing a book is a true discipline 10:34 - How to Write a Book Course 11:31 - How we wrote a book as a couple 12:54 - We're about 20 years away from the golden years 13:24 - Do you start with the title? 14:27 - Surviving Marriage is what stuck 15:31 - 6x author book timeline 16:41 - Royalties 17:26 - February 13, 2013 18:19 - Surviving Parenting in the 21st Century 19:26 - Jobs for Felons Books 20:33 - How to Get Back to the Swoon of the Honeymoon 21:10 - Send Me That Recipe Hardcover Cookbook 22:37 - Po Man Cookies 24:33 - Chef Ru'fus 25:42 - Pepper Steak 27:10 - I couldn't cook 28:19 - 10 Things Not To Do At A Wedding  30:26 - Book Tour after Ramadan 31:12 - Let's Get Checked - see link above 32:33 - BetterHelp - see link above 34:18 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above 35:13 - Food for Thought - Defending Your Spouse's Honor 39:37 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review. 42:01 - Ride Out...

    42 min

  7. 03/11/2022

    #SurvivingMarriage – We Got 100K!

    #SurvivingMarriage - We Got 100K! Ep 035 – We are back for SZN 4 and 10 news shows! What is the obsession with 100K? Does having $100,000 answer all of your problems? Does it distinguish you in a way that people should respect you? Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, tackle the strange vibe on social media about making six figures or showing people how to make six figures and those that perpetuate that goal. As well as if there is a standard on how much money someone should make that qualifies them as a good mate. This is the fifth episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment Humanity. This is the thirty-fifth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend. ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE "99 Problems but a card game aint one!" SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.     Get 30% off of tests! Be sure to USE CODE: rufusandjenny LanguaTalk - Learn a new language in your free time - CLICK HERE Get 10% off of your first month! Be sure to USE CODE: rufusandjenny Show Notes: 0:00 - Teaser - We got 100K! 1:25 - Better Help - see link above 3:06 - Let's Get Checked - see link above 4:28 - Intro 5:24 - Have you Subscribed, Rated or Reviewed our Podcast?  7:36 - Find us on Apple Podcasts 8:01 - Find us on Spotify or iHeart 8:31 - Find us on Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Pandora, Amazon Music 10:44 - 100K Syndrome 11:55 - You can be anything or anybody behind a mic 12:41 - Fake it til you make it 13:48 - Someone is always going to know you 14:18 - Some people fake it and never make it  15:14 - How important is for someone to make a certain dollar amount? 16:29 - We made the best of our situation 18:02 - Money is not a determining factor 19:11 - Money can be a controlling factor in a marriage 20:00 - We made 100K 22:37 - Our book course 24:43 - Sometimes you need to keep how much money you make under wraps 26:34 - Muslims don't beg 27:46 - 100K Followers 29:57 - BetterHelp - see link above 31:47 - Let's Get Checked - see link above 33:06 - Food for Thought - Humanity 34:15 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review. 36:53 - Ride Out...

    37 min

  8. 02/28/2022

    #SurvivingMarriage – Marriage Events

    #SurvivingMarriage - Marriage Events Ep 034 – We are back for SZN 4 and 10 news shows! After a few weeks off to tighten up on their new book, Send Me That Recipe, this show delves into various types of marriage events. Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, list several events which you may not realize is a marriage event, indirectly. They also discuss the benefits of attending formal marriage events, such as marriage boot camp and how rewarding being in the company of other healthy marriages or a professional counsel can be. This is the fourth episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment What the World Needs Now. This is the thirty-fourth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend. ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE "99 Problems but a card game aint one!" SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.     Get 30% off of tests! Be sure to USE CODE: rufusandjenny LanguaTalk - Learn a new language in your free time - CLICK HERE Get 10% off of your first month! Be sure to USE CODE: rufusandjenny Show Notes: 0:00 - Teaser - A state of disconnect 0:56 - LetsGetChecked - see link above 2:19 - Intro 3:30 - Send Me That Recipe  5:57 - TikTok didn't even exist 9 years ago 7:00 - Covid Delays 8:19 - Marriage Events 9:10 - A wedding is a marriage event 10:34 - Marriage at its best 11:05 - Nobody says anything bad about marriage at a wedding 12:34 - Couples Weekends 14:08 - Hanging out with couples is not counseling  17:02 - Marriage Boot Camp 18:38 - Left Right Left Competition 19:58 - Faith Based Events 21:56 - Neutral spaces 22:42 - Marriage is 1/2 our faith 23:29 - Islam is for everybody 25:38 - BetterHelp - see link above 27:23 - Food for Thought - What the world needs now... 29:43 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review. 31:55 - Ride Out...

    32 min
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MUSLIM, MARRIAGE, LIFESTYLE from 35 years of relatable experiences! Rufus and Jenny Triplett, Ebony Magazine’s Couple of the Year 2012, discuss marriage tips, in their own humorous way from the male and female viewpoint. While tackling hot topics, they keep it 100 and on point. SURVIVING MARRIAGE, three and a half decades later, has never been so much fun!

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  • Creator
    Rufus and Jenny Triplett
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Rufus and Jenny 2025
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    Surviving Marriage Podcast