Marriage is the Best
Peter and Becca Schultz discuss marital topics, tell the story of their marriage year-by-year, and interview marriage experts.
Episodes
Disillusionment: a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.
Hooked: The Brain Science on How Casual Sex Affects Humans
Brene Brown: Anything she has ever done.
The Soul of Shame, Curt Thomson
The 7 Stages of Marriage: Laughter, Intimacy, and Passion Today, Tomorrow, Forever by Rita DeMaria and Sari Harrar
Mr. Universe, Jim Gaffigan
Atomic Habits, James Clear
Tru...
Peter discusses the pitfalls and priorities of the honeymoon phase, the dangers of sexual contact in this phase, the engagement of values, what to do and what to avoid. Enjoy!
Hooked: The Brain Science on How Casual Sex Affects Humans
Brene Brown: Anything she has ever done.
The Soul of Shame, Curt Thomson
The 7 Stages of Marriage: Laughter, Intimacy, and Passion Today, Tomorrow, Forever by Rita DeMaria and Sari Harrar
Mr. Univers...
Peter discusses the initial stage of relationships the goods, the bads, and the ugly. Enjoy!
Brene Brown: Anything she has ever done.
The Soul of Shame, Curt Thomson
The 7 Stages of Marriage: Laughter, Intimacy, and Passion Today, Tomorrow, Forever by Rita DeMaria and Sari Harrar
Mr. Universe, Jim Gaffigan
Atomic Habits, James Clear
Trust, Henry Cloud
The Love Prescription, Gottman
Hooked: The Brain Science on How C...
Peter jumps back into marital development as the topic of the day and explores the idea of what development is and why understanding development equips us to grow in our marriages with hope and not get discouraged in the process.
Brene Brown: Anything she has ever done.
The Soul of Shame, Curt Thomson
The 7 Stages of Marriage: Laughter, Intimacy, and Passion Today, Tomorrow, Forever by Rita DeMaria and Sari Harrar
Mr. Universe, J...
Peter discusses the natural state of the marriage relationship as one that fades. Walking through an analogy for marriage that includes lines that never touch and are oriented ever so slightly away from one another. Without a system for reinforcing and drawing the marriage together it will naturally and inevitably fade.
Brene Brown: Anything she has ever done.
The Soul of Shame, Curt Thomson
The 7 Stages of Marriage: Laughter, In...
Peter discusses the role that defensiveness plays in marriages, sustainability, and development. Enjoy!
Brene Brown: Anything she has ever done.
The Soul of Shame, Curt Thomson
The 7 Stages of Marriage: Laughter, Intimacy, and Passion Today, Tomorrow, Forever by Rita DeMaria and Sari Harrar
Mr. Universe, Jim Gaffigan
Atomic Habits, James Clear
Trust, Henry Cloud
The Love Prescription, Gottman
Hooked: The Brain Scie...
Peter explores The 7 Stages of Marriage: Laughter, Intimacy, and Passion Today, Tomorrow, Forever by Rita DeMaria and Sari Harrar. In their book the authors explore the seven stages of marriage across the lifespan including: The Passion Stage, The Realization Stage, The Rebellion Stage, The Cooperation Stage, The Reunion Stage, The Explosion Stage, and The Completion Stage. Thanks for checking out the pod!
The 7 Stages of Marriage:...
Taking ownership of our emotions and not taking ownership for our partners is one of the many principles that make marriage work. Peter discusses the differences between taking influence from your partner and taking responsibility for their emotions. Enjoy!
Mr. Universe, Jim Gaffigan
Atomic Habits, James Clear
Trust, Henry Cloud
The Love Prescription, Gottman
Hooked: The Brain Science on How Casual Sex Affects Human...
So, you know and understand the Sustainable System Model for Marriage (SSMM). Peter discusses what he normally finds once couples and individuals understand the model and how to manage through. Enjoy!
Mr. Universe, Jim Gaffigan
Atomic Habits, James Clear
Trust, Henry Cloud
The Love Prescription, Gottman
Hooked: The Brain Science on How Casual Sex Affects Humans
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The culmination of one year of podcasting. The system developed to help you sustain your marriage throughout time no matter what. Thank you to Becca for her support and love in this long arduous process.
Trust, Henry Cloud
The Love Prescription, Gottman
Hooked: The Brain Science on How Casual Sex Affects Humans
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Peter discusses five foundational beliefs that those who are not yet married may want to consider as they journey through dating, singleness, or early marriage. Friendship, commitment and struggle all make marriage beautiful in different ways. Thanks for listening!
The following songs were used briefly for enhancing our discussion:
•“I Do” by Colbie Caillat — © 2011 Universal Republic
•“The Trouble with Love Is” by Kelly Clarkson ...
Peter discusses the importance and difficulty of marriage and friendship. Peter talks about all sorts of different kinds of relationship that exist outside of our marriages.
Trust, Henry Cloud
The Love Prescription, Gottman
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Peter discusses the SHUKA model (Seen, Heard, Understood, Known, Accepted/Appreciated) for emotional intimacy. Answering questions regarding how one creates and maintains emotional intimacy across time in order to sustain the marital connection forever. Thank you to Def for a little help with the episode.
Def Leppard, Pour Some Sugar on Me
Trust, Henry Cloud
The Love Prescription, Gottman
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Marriage requires a lot of us and we benefit from sacrificing our time, our desires, and parts of ourselves in order for it to thrive.
Trust, Henry Cloud
The Love Prescription, Gottman
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Trust, Henry Cloud
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Gottman TED Talk:
It has been a heavy week in the world. Tragedy is a part of life and therefore it is a part of marriage. How we move through tragedy is directly linked to the strength, effort, and priority with put in our marriage. God bless.
Trust, Henry Cloud
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Peter discusses marriage counseling and attempting to find balance between couples in order to build up a healthy working relationship. Peter identifies the lack of balance in a lot of marital content that undermines marriages moving toward health.
Trust, Henry Cloud
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Peter and Becca recently ran across a statistic regarding marriage and affairs. Apparently, 85% of affairs start in the work place. We found the statistic presented on Facebook through reels and thought it would be interesting to discuss. Enjoy!
Trust, Henry Cloud
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Peter discusses Integrity in marriage. What it may look like to bring out the difficult things inside of us in order to build intimacy in our marital connections. We also added a new section which is marriage and culture where we are discussing things we find on social media platforms that relate to marriage.
Trust, Henry Cloud
The Love Prescription, Gottman
Hooked: The Brain Science on How Casual Sex Affects Humans
...Peter sits down with Josh to tell the story of his first marriage. They explore the beginning stages of early marriage, the journey to a great explosion, and picking up the pieces in this first chapter of another marriage story. More to come and we hope you enjoy!
The Love Prescription, Gottman
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