{"id":12735,"date":"2024-06-06T05:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/askshaunti\/?p=12735"},"modified":"2024-06-06T09:01:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T13:01:32","slug":"6-steps-to-change-your-marriage-for-the-better-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/askshaunti\/2024\/06\/6-steps-to-change-your-marriage-for-the-better-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Steps to Change Your Marriage For the Better (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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I\u2019m excited to bring you part 1 of a two-part marriage series, in tandem with the launch of the next season of my podcast with Family Life.\u00a0 Season 4 of the Married with Benefits<\/a><\/em>, with me and Brian Goins, is based on my findings from <\/em>The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages<\/a>. Each episode tackles a different secret \u2013 and there\u2019s even a bonus one that didn\u2019t make it into the book!<\/em><\/p>\n
We\u2019ve all been there. Something in our marriage needs attention, and we want to do something about it.<\/p>\n
But \u2026 what?<\/p>\n
Maybe we\u2019ve been in a generally good place, but we can tell that issues are creeping up on us. Or maybe we\u2019re stuck in a \u201cjust okay\u201d place (or worse), and that\u2019s not <\/em>what we signed up for. After all, we stood dreamy-eyed at the altar, imagining the \u201cfor better\u201d part of our vows, not<\/em> holding a laundry list of all the things that needed to change. (If we did the latter, that\u2019s a whole different blog series!)<\/p>\n
Thankfully, there\u2019s good news. Yes, \u201cfor worse\u201d will arise from time to time in any marriage between two imperfect people. But in more than 20 years of research I\u2019ve seen that there are almost always<\/em> steps we can take to move our marriages toward the delight and connection that God created marriages to enjoy<\/strong>. \u00a0The question, of course, is HOW?<\/p>\n*
In this Part 1, we\u2019ll look at the key steps to begin any change process. Brian Goins and I dive into this in the kickoff episode of Season 4 of Family Life\u2019s Married With Benefits<\/strong><\/em> podcast<\/a>,\u00a0so I hope you\u2019ll listen! Then next week, in Part 2, we will tackle the first secret covered in the podcast \u2013one of the most important habits for changing a marriage from good to great (and three steps you can take to reinforce that habit).<\/p>\n
So let\u2019s jump in today, with the first three steps that will help you begin powerful, positive change in your marriage.<\/p>\n
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