In this episode Aaron and Tricia go through Jeff and Shaunti Feldhahn's research and conclusions about how men are visual by nature. They also talk about how to combat the temptation to look at other women.
Active Listening and Emotional Guards
In this episode Aaron and Tricia go through Jeff and Shaunti Feldhahn's research and conclusions about how women want to be heard when they are communicating with their husbands. And why can't men let their guard down and be vulnerable in conversation?
Emotional Security or Financial Security?
In this episode Aaron and Tricia go through Jeff and Shaunti Feldhahn's research and conclusions about how women need emotional security over financial security. And men bear a mental burden of providing for their family.
Are Women Impossible to Figure Out? Do Men Simply Check-Out?
In this episode Aaron and Tricia go through Jeff and Shaunti Feldhahn's research and conclusions about how women's baffling words or actions towards their husbands are actually signaling a need that may not getting met. And when women think men are just checking-out, they may be pulling away to process and think about how they want to respond.
How We Process and Express Emotions
In this episode Aaron and Tricia go through Jeff and Shaunti Feldhahn's research and conclusions about how women deal with thoughts and emotions all the time, at the same time! And men, many deal with insecurity and imposter syndrome.
Women Need to Feel Loved and Men Need to Feel Respected
In this episode Aaron and Tricia go through Jeff and Shaunti Feldhahn's research and conclusions about how women need reassured that they are loved and how men would rather feel unloved than inadequate and disrespected.
Marriage Makes Us Better People
In this episode Tricia and Aaron talk about how marriage can refine us as people, helping us become better spouses, better parents, and better friends. Listen in as they talk about how we are open to improving ourselves in our jobs, but not always open to improving in our marriage.
Double Hero Marriage Testimony
In this episode Aaron and Tricia sit down with Jasper County Deputy Marc Headington and Jasper County Dispatcher Amanda Headington. They share their marriage journey and some of the challenges they have faced in a double hero marriage!
Intentional Time Together
In this episode Aaron and Tricia talk about the necessity of creating time and space for you and your spouse to connect. Listen in as they share some of the things they've learned from others and put to use in their own marriage.
Finances
In this episode Aaron and Tricia talk about how different views on finances in a marriage can lead to stress and strain in the marriage. Listen in as they talk about their story of getting a grip on their own finances, eliminating debt, and becoming people with a generosity mindset.
Team Parenting
In this episode Tricia and Aaron talk about how parenting is a team effort between husband and wife. They also point out how it's important for couples to be unified when it comes to discipline and identifying priorities for their children.
Military Marriage Testimony with Dale and Heidi Hight
Listen in as Aaron and Tricia interview fellow ICCI coaches, Dale and Heidi Hight. In this episode, Dale and Heidi share their testimony of working through the challenges of a military marriage. You will hear their story of how God reconciled their marriage after disconnection and hurt. Also, you will take away some good information from Dale and Heidi as they share what they've learned as marriage coaches!
Faith in Marriage
Going deeper with God allows you to go deeper in your marriage.
In this episode Aaron and Tricia share their testimony of coming to know Christ and how He changed their lives from living a self-centered, self-focused live, to one that sacrificially serves and loves others. For true change in your marriage, this episode is the most important one you can listen to.
5 Love Needs of Men & Women
We all have love needs, what are they and are they being met?
In this episode Aaron and Tricia look at Dr. Gary and Barb Rosberg's research on the top 5 love needs of Men and Women.
Intimacy in Marriage
Husbands and wives generally find intimacy in different ways.
In this episode Aaron and Tricia talk about how to find intimacy in your marriage and how to kill it. Communicating our needs and desires is essential in marriage and making the effort to meet your spouse's needs is critical.
Raising a Family
What does it look like to raise a family in the first responder / military world?
In this episode Aaron talks about growing up as a cop's kid and what he changed with raising his own children. Tricia shares a spouse's point of view of marrying into a law enforcement family.
Schedules
Hero schedules are crazy, unpredictable, and frustrating, being intentional with your time off is important.
In this episode we cover the frustrations with hero schedules, we talk about the expectations of spouses and why it's important to communicate those. It's important for couples to find intentional time, put it on the calendar, and connect with their spouse!
Relationships
The relationships in your life and in your marriage matter. We become a product of the environment we subject ourselves to and the people we allow influence to.
In this episode, Aaron and Tricia discuss the importance of having a positive influence for their marriage, inside and outside of work. They share how they had to let go of some old relationships and build some new ones in order to build their own marriage. Listen in as they discuss that process and how it impacted their marriage.
Communication
Communication in a marriage is essential. It’s essential for working through conflict, it’s essential for possessing empathy, and it’s essential for finding joy in your marriage. Studies show, your marriage has a higher chance for success and enjoyment if your positive communication exceeds your negative communication.
In this episode, your TAG Team coaches talk about communicating feelings and breaking down walls that inhibit communication. As first responder and military service members we know your jobs can affect your ability to communicate and connect on an intimate level with your spouse. Aaron and Tricia share some of their own communication struggles early on in their first responder marriage and how they overcame those struggles in order to grow in their marriage.
Conflict
Every marriage has conflict. It’s what we do in the midst of the conflict that matters. Do you choose to run from conflict or do you choose to engage in it and work through it? Unresolved conflict inhibits connection in a marriage. Dr. Gary and Barb Rosberg have coached thousands of people on the importance of closing the loop of conflict in order to build back connection. And guess what, it works!
In this episode, join Aaron and Tricia as they work through the Rosberg’s loop of conflict, they discuss how your past affects your ability to work through conflict today, and they share how a couple can effectively “close the loop” to build back connection.