Marriage Radio: Helping Your Marriage

Want to work on becoming more attractive, but you feel like there are so many obstacles in your way? Kids, spouse living at home, job, and more? Here's the question that we received:"My situation is unique in the sense that my husband and I are not separated. We are in the same house. When it comes to working on my PIES, it's hard at times because we have kids, my husband's hours are all over the place, and I am so busy with our daughter. It's also hard because there's no intimacy...so I'm not very motivated to work on my PIES. How do I do the PIES when are are other obstacles?"We'll talk about how to overcome these in this episode.  

Want to work on becoming more attractive, but you feel like there are so many obstacles in your way? Kids, spouse living at home, job, and more? Here's the question that we received:"My situation is unique in the sense that my husband and I are not separated. We are in the same house. When it comes to working on my PIES, it's hard at times because we have kids, my husband's hours are all over the place, and I am so busy with our daughter. It's also hard because there's no intimacy...so I'm not very motivated to work on my PIES. How do I do the PIES when are are other obstacles?"We'll talk about how to overcome these in this episode.  

We fight for marriages. All marriages. No matter what has happened. BUT sometimes they end.Actually, sometimes they should end.We realize that sounds as if it is in opposition to our mission. In this program, Dr. Joe Beam explains when it is not.We offer many resources on MarriageHelper.com to help save marriages. We provide online courses for the spouse who wishes to save the marriage when the other doesn't. We post many podcasts that address relationship problems and provide valuable, life-altering information.Our weekend intensive, Marriage Helper 911, has an amazing success rate. Even though the vast majority of couples who attend have one spouse who has NO desire to save the marriage (usually they come to get a deal in the divorce), three out of four couples who go through the workshop actually turn their crisis marriages around and make it good again.Yet...Some marriages end. If you suffer in a marriage - whether you are the one who wants out or the one who wishes to save it - you've asked you

We fight for marriages. All marriages. No matter what has happened. BUT sometimes they end.Actually, sometimes they should end.We realize that sounds as if it is in opposition to our mission. In this program, Dr. Joe Beam explains when it is not.We offer many resources on MarriageHelper.com to help save marriages. We provide online courses for the spouse who wishes to save the marriage when the other doesn't. We post many podcasts that address relationship problems and provide valuable, life-altering information.Our weekend intensive, Marriage Helper 911, has an amazing success rate. Even though the vast majority of couples who attend have one spouse who has NO desire to save the marriage (usually they come to get a deal in the divorce), three out of four couples who go through the workshop actually turn their crisis marriages around and make it good again.Yet...Some marriages end. If you suffer in a marriage - whether you are the one who wants out or the one who wishes to save it - you've asked you

We receive so many questions ranging over so many aspects of marriage, relationships, love, sex, and more that we can't get to them all. This show helps alleviate that problem.Ask anything you wish about any of the topics in the paragraph above. Or other topics about relationships or marriage if there is something you would like to discuss.There will be a time limit to each call. Therefore, if you take too much time to tell your story, Dr. Beam won't have time to respond. Be succinct so that he can answer and you have time for clarifying questions or to disagree. At the end of the allotted time per caller, Dr. Beam will have to move to the next caller.It's live, February 23, beginning at 7 p.m. Central time. Listen at www.MarriageRadio.com, BlogTalkRadio or on your smart phone. Call 646-378-0424 during the program and press 1 when you hear the menu if you wish to speak with Dr. Beam.REMEMBER that for the sake of fairness, there will be a mandatory time limit to each caller.

We receive so many questions ranging over so many aspects of marriage, relationships, love, sex, and more that we can't get to them all. This show helps alleviate that problem.Ask anything you wish about any of the topics in the paragraph above. Or other topics about relationships or marriage if there is something you would like to discuss.There will be a time limit to each call. Therefore, if you take too much time to tell your story, Dr. Beam won't have time to respond. Be succinct so that he can answer and you have time for clarifying questions or to disagree. At the end of the allotted time per caller, Dr. Beam will have to move to the next caller.It's live, February 23, beginning at 7 p.m. Central time. Listen at www.MarriageRadio.com, BlogTalkRadio or on your smart phone. Call 646-378-0424 during the program and press 1 when you hear the menu if you wish to speak with Dr. Beam.REMEMBER that for the sake of fairness, there will be a mandatory time limit to each caller.

We receive so many questions ranging over so many aspects of marriage, relationships, love, sex, and more that we can't get to them all. This show helps alleviate that problem.Ask anything you wish about any of the topics in the paragraph above. Or other topics about relationships or marriage if there is something you would like to discuss.There will be a time limit to each call. Therefore, if you take too much time to tell your story, Dr. Beam won't have time to respond. Be succinct so that he can answer and you have time for clarifying questions or to disagree. At the end of the allotted time per caller, Dr. Beam will have to move to the next caller.It's live, February 23, beginning at 7 p.m. Central time. Listen at www.MarriageRadio.com, BlogTalkRadio or on your smart phone. Call 646-378-0424 during the program and press 1 when you hear the menu if you wish to speak with Dr. Beam.REMEMBER that for the sake of fairness, there will be a mandatory time limit to each caller. 

How does sexually explicit material affect relationships? With your spouse or with your children? What can you do about it? In this podcast, we interview Clay Olsen, co-founder of Fight The New Drug, a global movement focused on spreading the word on how this type of media affects relationships.As Fight The New Drug puts it, "it kills love.In this podcast, we talk about how sexually explicit material affects marriages, what to do if you have a spouse who is addicted and how to respond.We also talk about how to parent children in today's society, how to bring up the issue of sexually explicit material, and how to continue those conversations.For more about Fight the New Drug, visit fightthenewdrug.org. 

How does sexually explicit material affect relationships? With your spouse or with your children? What can you do about it? In this podcast, we interview Clay Olsen, co-founder of Fight The New Drug, a global movement focused on spreading the word on how this type of media affects relationships.As Fight The New Drug puts it, "it kills love.In this podcast, we talk about how sexually explicit material affects marriages, what to do if you have a spouse who is addicted and how to respond.We also talk about how to parent children in today's society, how to bring up the issue of sexually explicit material, and how to continue those conversations.For more about Fight the New Drug, visit fightthenewdrug.org. 

Not every relationship or marriage has a major meltdown...But when it happens, how do you put things back together?How do you get past the hurt? The broken trust? The fear that something else is coming...especially when one partner developed a deep emotional relationship with someone else, but has decided to try to make your relationship work again...How does the straying partner get over the emotional connection with that other person?How can s/he learn to love you again...and you learn to love him/her again with the security that your relationship will last a lifetime?There are things to do when reconciling a relationship. There are things NOT to do. There are also "gray" areas where you have to use your wisdom. (Knowing the right principles helps tremendously with this.)In this program Dr. Joe Beam explains why relationships fail and how they can be put back together again. He explains the principles of reconciliation and the specific do's and don'ts that can make or break the process.

No matter the age, we hurt deeply when we feel abandoned by someone we thought loved us...or that should have loved us.The information in this program can be used effectively by an adult dealing with lost love, such as a divorce. It also gives effective directions for helping a spouse...or a potential spouse...risk loving you when deep inside they feel that they cannot trust anyone to always love them.In this program Dr. Joe Beam and Justin Prince, Program Director for the amazing service to kids What About Me, discuss seven stages kids go through when their parents fight and/or divorce. (Adults often go through the same seven...)This program gives specific steps and illustrates clearly that path that a parent can take to help his or her children risk loving again. Or help you risk loving again. And show you how to help someone you love trust you enough to love you.If you have children who have been affected by divorce, parental fighting, or death of a parent, this program is for you.If you went through these

No matter the age, we hurt deeply when we feel abandoned by someone we thought loved us...or that should have loved us.The information in this program can be used effectively by an adult dealing with lost love, such as a divorce. It also gives effective directions for helping a spouse...or a potential spouse...risk loving you when deep inside they feel that they cannot trust anyone to always love them.In this program Dr. Joe Beam and Justin Prince, Program Director for the amazing service to kids What About Me, discuss seven stages kids go through when their parents fight and/or divorce. (Adults often go through the same seven...)This program gives specific steps and illustrates clearly that path that a parent can take to help his or her children risk loving again. Or help you risk loving again. And show you how to help someone you love trust you enough to love you.If you have children who have been affected by divorce, parental fighting, or death of a parent, this program is for you.If you went through these

When Dr. Tennov introduced the concept in the 1970s, it was mostly rejected. We encounter marriage counselors who have never heard of it. But the research is solid. PhD's including anthropologists and biologists and more study it, even having brain scans that teach us much about it.It's called limerence. It is a state of being "madly in love' to the point that it becomes obsessive and affects the way a person feels, acts, and thinks. It is powerful. It can be beautiful. It often is destructive.If you search the internet for the word, you'll find many sites discussing it. Unfortunately, some of those are by people who read an article or two - maybe even Tennov's book from back in the day - and think themselves knowledgeable. Some confidently cite things about limerence that Tennov said that we now know by further research not to be the case. Therefore, be careful with what you read on the internet about it. It may lead you to some very wrong conclusions...and those to very wrong a

When Dr. Tennov introduced the concept in the 1970s, it was mostly rejected. We encounter marriage counselors who have never heard of it. But the research is solid. PhD's including anthropologists and biologists and more study it, even having brain scans that teach us much about it.It's called limerence. It is a state of being "madly in love' to the point that it becomes obsessive and affects the way a person feels, acts, and thinks. It is powerful. It can be beautiful. It often is destructive.If you search the internet for the word, you'll find many sites discussing it. Unfortunately, some of those are by people who read an article or two - maybe even Tennov's book from back in the day - and think themselves knowledgeable. Some confidently cite things about limerence that Tennov said that we now know by further research not to be the case. Therefore, be careful with what you read on the internet about it. It may lead you to some very wrong conclusions...and those to very wrong a

Maybe your marriage is wonderful. Maybe not. Either way, you're surrounded by friends or relatives whose marriages are in trouble.Most of our programs speak directly to those whose marriages need help. However, in this program, Dr. Joe Beam shares basic but valid knowledge with you so that when you encounter someone in marital distress, you can offer more than a kind word. No, it won't make you a counselor or therapist. It will help you know practical things to do or say that can offer help.If you're thinking that you shouldn't reach out to others if your marriage is in distress, think again. Not only will it help them, it can help you with your marriage. If you're happy with life as it is and don't want to get involved in the problems of others, please reconsider. Ignoring or avoiding hurting people now may come back at you later when you need help. We are all in this together.Dr. Beam and Kimberly Holmes (CEO of Marriage Helper) will guide you in how to help. They will also off

Maybe your marriage is wonderful. Maybe not. Either way, you're surrounded by friends or relatives whose marriages are in trouble.Most of our programs speak directly to those whose marriages need help. However, in this program, Dr. Joe Beam shares basic but valid knowledge with you so that when you encounter someone in marital distress, you can offer more than a kind word. No, it won't make you a counselor or therapist. It will help you know practical things to do or say that can offer help.If you're thinking that you shouldn't reach out to others if your marriage is in distress, think again. Not only will it help them, it can help you with your marriage. If you're happy with life as it is and don't want to get involved in the problems of others, please reconsider. Ignoring or avoiding hurting people now may come back at you later when you need help. We are all in this together.Dr. Beam and Kimberly Holmes (CEO of Marriage Helper) will guide you in how to help. They will also off

We hear it often, "How can I forgive myself for what I've done?"In this program, you will find the answer.If you wonder if guilt a good thing or a bad thing, it's both.People who never feel guilt are scary. Think sociopaths or psychopaths. People who feel overwhelming guilt are miserable. They can't function well in life.Sometimes a person involved in something that violates his/her beliefs and values feels guilt for a while...then goes through a period of feeling little to no guilt...and finally feels strong self-recrimination, sadness, and a compulsion to avoid those s/he hurt.If you struggle with guilt, or if someone you love struggles with guilt, this program is for you.In this program, Dr. Joe Beam discusses why we feel guilty, why that is a good thing...but also how guilt can become a cage that makes life miserable. He will explain how to deal with guilt in effective ways. He will show you the path to find peace again and to resume life in its fullness. He will show you how to f

We hear it often, "How can I forgive myself for what I've done?"In this program, you will find the answer.If you wonder if guilt a good thing or a bad thing, it's both.People who never feel guilt are scary. Think sociopaths or psychopaths. People who feel overwhelming guilt are miserable. They can't function well in life.Sometimes a person involved in something that violates his/her beliefs and values feels guilt for a while...then goes through a period of feeling little to no guilt...and finally feels strong self-recrimination, sadness, and a compulsion to avoid those s/he hurt.If you struggle with guilt, or if someone you love struggles with guilt, this program is for you.In this program, Dr. Joe Beam discusses why we feel guilty, why that is a good thing...but also how guilt can become a cage that makes life miserable. He will explain how to deal with guilt in effective ways. He will show you the path to find peace again and to resume life in its fullness. He will show you how to f

Usually more divorces are filed in January than any other month?Why?And...since we're asking...why does anyone file for divorce?In this episode, Dr. Joe Beam explains the underlying reason for wanting out of a marriage. He shares how various situations and circumstances generally all come back to this one reason. By understanding the reason, the spouse who doesn't want the divorce has a better chance of changing things so that the divorce doesn't happen.Oh...and Dr. Beam will also explain why January typically is the month most divorces are filed.You may call during the program to speak with Dr. Beam to ask questions, make comments, or to disagree. All callers are welcome - 646) 378-0424The program begins at 9 p.m. Central time, January 10, 2017. 

Usually more divorces are filed in January than any other month?Why?And...since we're asking...why does anyone file for divorce?In this episode, Dr. Joe Beam explains the underlying reason for wanting out of a marriage. He shares how various situations and circumstances generally all come back to this one reason. By understanding the reason, the spouse who doesn't want the divorce has a better chance of changing things so that the divorce doesn't happen.Oh...and Dr. Beam will also explain why January typically is the month most divorces are filed.You may call during the program to speak with Dr. Beam to ask questions, make comments, or to disagree. All callers are welcome - 646) 378-0424The program begins at 9 p.m. Central time, January 10, 2017.