Helping Your Marriage Through Difficult Times | POF157

Maintaining your relationship while raising a family isn’t easy. Even the best relationships can be impacted. I know first-hand how good it feels to have a partnership with your spouse in parenting and in life, but my husband and I have also struggled. My guest, Kimberly Beam Holmes, is here to help us through these ups and downs (using lots of acronyms! ;)). We talk about the steps that we (unknowingly) went through when we fell in love with our spouses, and how getting back to these basics can help us save a troubled marriage. The formula for falling in love is four stages:Stage 1 is all about attraction - physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritualStage 2 is accepting your partner for who they areStage 3 is about your attachment to the other personStage 4 is your aspirations for the future. Our marriages are all about aspirations at the beginning but then we get into the “stay the course” stage and thats where life begins to pull us apart. Having shared relationship and family goals can be one of the keys to staying together.We also talk about how pandemic life has put new and increased pressures on our relationships. It’s forced us to confront our issues instead of shoving them under the rug. Kimberly shares so many insightful tips that you will walk away with some tangible steps to making your marriage betterFor Kimberly’s tips discussed in this episode, please go to the Parent Toolbox to download them. www.parent-toolbox.comAbout Kimberly HolmesDid you know there is actually a process to falling in love and staying in love? It’s called the LovePath, and Kimberly Beam Holmes has been teaching people this proprietary process for the past decade. She reveals the four steps to falling in love and how individuals can use this process for better relationships in every area of their lives, including their marriage. Kimberly believes that healthy societies come from healthy marriages creating healthy families raising healthy children, and she is passionate about marriage.Kimberly Beam Holmes has applied her master’s degree in psychology for over 10 years, acting as the CEO of Marriage Helper & CEO and Host of her own podcast It Starts with Attraction, being a wife and mother herself, and researching the ways that attraction affects people personally and the relationships that they hold dear. Her videos, podcasts, and following reaches over 200,000 people a month who are making changes and becoming the best that they can be. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in psychology. Kimberly lives in Franklin, Tennessee with her husband, Rob, and two beautiful children from India.Contact information:Email: [email protected] Media:Website: http://marriagehelper.com/helloFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarriageHelperInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/marriagehelper/Twitter: https://twitter.com/marriagehelperYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarriageHelper/videosThanks for listening!It means so much to me that you listened to my podcast! If you resonate with my message and would like my personal help in your parenting journey, I’d love to talk to you. Please visit my website to book a call with me where we can talk about your parenting frustrations and I’ll share how I can help you. www.parentingforconnection.comMy intention with my show is to build a community of parents that can have open and honest conversations about parenting without judgement or criticism. We have too much of that!I honor each parent and their path towards becoming the best parent they can be. My hope is to inspire more parents to consider the practice of Peaceful Parenting.If you know somebody who...