If you feel disconnected in your marriage, it could be because there's a lack of emotional intimacy.

When you think of intimacy, you may immediately think about sex aka physical intimacy, but emotional intimacy plays a bigger role in your satisfaction in your marriage than you might know.

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• What intimacy is
• What emotional intimacy is
• What marriage is like when there is emotional intimacy
• Signs that your marriage has emotional intimacy
• Signs that your marriage could use more emotional intimacy
  

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Has Valentine's Day been one huge disappointment year after year? Whether it's treated like another day or your husband completely misses the mark.. tune into this episode to prevent future disappointment when it comes to this day of love.

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• Why Valentine's Day has been disappointing
• The 3 mistakes I've made that have led to my disappointment on Valentine's Day
• What you can do to experience Valentine's Day without the disappointment this year and the years to come
  

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Have you ever wondered what successful couples are doing differently that make their marriage better?

In a research study of 40,000 couples, researchers John and Julie Gottman discovered that all the successful couples said one phrase to their significant other.

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• What phrase successful couples say
• What this phrase does to the connection with your spouse
• How this affects how you handle conflict or resentment
• A fun homework assignment

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Resentment is something everyone feels from time to time throughout the life of their marriage.

While resentment is common in marriage, it doesn't have to tear your marriage apart so that you two are eternally miserable in a co-parenting roommate dynamic or send you straight down the road to divorce.

What if you started seeing resentment as a valuable clue to how you can make your marriage better? So that you can feel closer and more satisfied in it?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• The differences between how a healthy couple handles resentment and how an unhappy one does
• What resentment is rooted in
• The impact resentment has on your relationship when left undealt with or when you don't have the proper tools to deal with it
• What's going on behind the scenes when we act from our resentment
  

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Has your marriage gotten away from what you had hoped for and you desire a marriage that feels more fun, passionate and supportive?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• What happens to most marriages after the couple become parents
• What to be mindful of to bring back and create more joy, connection and love
• What can happen if things stay the same in your marriage
  

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Do you default to blaming your spouse on why your needs aren't being met?

It's normal to feel like complaining and nagging are the only ways to get the support you need. Especially when that's what you saw in your parent's marriage and what the media reinforces.

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• How nagging and complaining work against the type of marriage you want
• The effects of nagging and complaining
• How to transform your complaints so you can have a higher chance of your needs being met

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Do you feel disconnected in your marriage and think that spending more time together would fix everything but you can't find the time?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• The difference between spending time together and connecting
• Why spending time together isn't the answer to feeling more connected
• The key to connecting

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Connecting with your spouse is easy when things are going well, but what about when you don't feel like connecting?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• The #1 connection killer
• How to work through it so you can decrease the time you feel disconnected and create the marriage you intended to have when you said "I do"!

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Is the idea of connecting with your spouse with a house full of kids just too overwhelming and complicated?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• 3 things to make connecting easier with your spouse
• How both of you can prioritize it as a team

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Do you want to feel connected with your spouse but you just don't know where to find the time or energy?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I interviewed Amberly Lambertsen from A Prioritized Marriage.

Amberly is a Certified Family Life Educator with a passion for helping married couples make their marriage a priority throughout every stage of life. Amberly shares creative date night solutions, tips for increased emotional and physical intimacy, ideas for having more fun, and practical ways couples can make time for their marriage every day.

In this interview, Amberly shares:

• What the importance of maintaining the connection in your marriage is
• How to go on weekly dates even when you think it's impossible
• Simple ways to connect

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