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Two Become Family with Renzo and Monica Ortega — 210 episodes

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192. Can Catholics French Kiss Before Marriage?

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191. Is AI Forming Your Family? Magnifica Humanitas and Pope Leo’s Warning for Parents

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190. Your Spouse Was Never Meant to Be Your Happily Ever After

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189. Why Gen Z Doesn't Think Marriage Matters Anymore

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188. Why Catholic Marriage Theology Feels Unreachable

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187. Why Should the Resurrection Change How Catholics Talk About Sex?

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186. Fighting In Front of Your Kids

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185. Unspoken Expectations and Premeditated Resentment

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184. Ortega Life Update

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183. Lent - Rupture and Repair

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182. Lent - Asking for Help

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181. Lent - Missing the Mark

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180. Lent - Changing Our Aim

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179. Lent - Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud

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178. 5 Things to Focus On During Marriage Prep

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177. The Non-Expert Guide to living with PCOS

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176. Is Marrying Young A Bad Idea? The 5 Questions Every Young Couple Faces

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175. 5 Ways NFP Can Break Your Marriage (And How to Fix It)

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174. Husbands Don’t Need Sex… But Does Your Marriage?

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173: 5 Lies About Sex That Are Hurting Your Marriage

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172. This one thing changed fertility awareness for us

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171. why Catholic parents don't read the bible with their kids

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170. Holiday Boundaries: 10 Ways to Protect Your Peace This Season

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169. how living in story-mode is quietly destroying your marriage

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168. becoming better lovers (inspired by Leslie Knope and Ben Wyatt)

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167. making meals, building community (with Emily Stimpson Chapman)

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166. 6 hidden dangers of kids having smartphones (and our favorite alternative)

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165. getting ready for confession (with Tommy and Katie McGrady)

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164. the best conflict resolution strategies part 2

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163. manosphere red flags to look out for in your marriage

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162. who gives better s3x advice: Catholic couple vs artificial intelligence

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161. the truth about NFP that we need to tell newly weds

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160. we tried the best & worst conflict resolution strategies here's what we think works

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159. WE'RE BACK! and we spoke to 4000+ people in Rome!

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SUMMER REWIND: Finding Freedom in Christ with Dr. Brueninger

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SUMMER REWIND: Interviewing One of Our Mentors, Jen Doherty

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SUMMER REWIND: Lessons from the School off Love with Peter and Debra Herbeck

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SUMMER REWIND: Discernment of Spirits For Married Couples with Fr. Tim Gallagher

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SUMMER REWIND: Choosing Forgiveness with Dr. Tim Lock

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SUMMER REWIND: My Marriage Before Jesus with Laura Phelps

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SUMMER REWIND: Walking with our LGBTQ Family Members with Kim Zember

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SUMMER REWIND: How Heroic Virtue Can Change Your Life and Relationships with the Swaffords

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158. From Maintenance to Mission: Resurrected Marriage Series Part 5

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157. From Temperament to Character: Resurrected Marriage Series Part 4

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156. ADHD Diagnosis Is Not a Label

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155. Infertility and Unexpected Fruit of Marriage With Mary Bruno

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154. From Lust to Love: Resurrected Marriage Series Part 3

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153. From Fruit to Root: Resurrected Marriage Series Part 2

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152. From Grit To Grace: Resurrected Marriage Series Part 1

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151. Lenten Series Part 5: Stewardship of your Time

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150. Lenten Series Part 4: Striving for Poverty in Spirit and Faithful Stewardship

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149. Lenten Series Part 3: Tested Faith, Gratitude, and Hard Conversations

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148. Lenten Series Part 2: Receiving God’s Abundance

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147. Lenten Series Part 1: Trusting Our Father's Provision

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Marriage, the Rosary, and Lent with Refuge Rosaries

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The Couple-Prenuer Life with Saints Alive!

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Catholic Education and All About Lent with Katie Bogner

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When Parenting Kills Your Lovemaking

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Why Jesus Cares About Your Sex Life

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Sexual Wounds, and Healing in Marriage

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Is Your Mental Load Ruining Your Marital Intimacy?

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Why the World Needed Another Catholic Sex Book

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Countdown to Lovemaking

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REWIND: Setting Boundaries During the Holidays and Beyond

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Are We Doing Advent Right?

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This is What Every Man Wants

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REWIND: The Problem With Date Nights

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Answering Your Questions and Texts

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Redemption and Fundamentalism (Mutual Submission Part 2)

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Nuancing the Patriarchy (Mutual Submission Part 1)

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A Love That Spreads the Gospel

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REWIND: Why All The Sex Rules?

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Play With Your Spouse!

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Don't Let Stress Break Your Marriage

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Making NFP Sexy Again

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REWIND: Renzo's Time as a SAHD (stay-at-home-dad)

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Antidotes and Green Flags in Communication (Antidotes to the Four Horsemen)

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The Four Horsemen of Divorce (Communication Red Flags We Wished We Learned About Earlier)

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Spontaneous and Responsive Sexual Desire

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The Human Side of Married Sainthood

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Instagram Is My Marriage Coach (How to Apologize)

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REWIND: Answering Listener Questions About Sex and NFP

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Marriage Is Not About Our Happiness

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How To (Love) ADHD

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Striving for Greatness and Humility in Married Life

86

Do You Tell Her She Looks Fat?

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Entering a New Parenting Era

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Being In Love and the Storm of Emotions (Reacting to the Screwtape Letters)

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Hot Mom Summer

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What Harrison Butker Got Right and Wrong

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Making and Molding Kids

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Married Life: Expectations vs Reality

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How Catholicism Can Save Marriage For Gen Z

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111. Homeschooling and Sheltering Our Kids

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REWIND: Am I Talking Too Much?

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Navigating Hypermasculinity (Reacting to Gavin Ortlund Part 1)

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Parenting For Success

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Tradwives Aren't Real

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The Problem with Church Programs

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10 Things We've Done in 10 Years of Parenting

101

How Wives Can Do Better

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104. What is Red Pill and the Manosphere and Why Catholics Should Care

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REWIND: Rehabilitating Chastity

104

We're Not Compatible (We Took Jordan Peterson's Personality Assessment)

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How Healing Who We Are Changes How We Love

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101. Why Sexual Freedom Doesn't Mean Repression or Elimination of Your Sex Drive

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100. Celebration, BIG Announcement, and answering listener questions LIVE!

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Why Do Men Want To Have Sex All The Time (Reacting to the Catholic Gentleman)

109

Is Porn In Your Marriage Really a Big Deal? (Reflecting on the Whatever Podcast)

110

REWIND: Why Husbands NEED to Share the Mental Load

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An Episode Full of Banter and Unsolicited Advice

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Why This Communication Style Changed Our Marriage (Reacting to Therapy in a Nutshell)

113

Why You Don’t Need Sex To Be Happily Married (Reacting to Ven. Fulton Sheen's World First Love)

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When Should Wives Submit? Part 2 (Reacting to Jordan Peterson)

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How to Set Healthy Boundaries and Honor Your Parents at the Same Time! (Reacting to Pints With Aquinas)

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When Should Wives Submit? Part 1

117

How Often Should Married Couples Have Sex? (Reacting to Jordan Peterson vs Christopher West)

118

Ghost, Demons, and Essential Oils (Halloween Episode)

119

Bobby Angel - Complementarity of Husbands and Wives

120

Marriage and the Prosperity Gospel

121

Our Marriage Is A Work In Progress

122

The Decisive Battle Over Marriage and the Family

123

Why We Love Houston, and What's Next For This Show

124

Is It Your Job To Get Your Spouse To Heaven?

125

You Need To Be On The Same Page! (Our Top 5 Areas in which Spouses Need to Agree)

126

What Can You Do If You Can't Have Sex?

127

REWIND: Why Doesn't My Spouse Get Me?

128

Andrew and Sarah Swafford - Living a Full Life With Gift and Grit

129

What It Feels Like To Have ADHD

130

When To Call Out Your Spouse

131

Damien and Monica O'Connor - Raising Children With Special Needs

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REWIND: When Should We Start Having Kids?

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Our NFP Story: Infertility, Surprise Pregnancy, and Indefinite Avoiding

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4 Things All Couples NEED To Do

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The Reasons We Fight

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The Problem with Date Nights

137

What If You're Attracted To Someone Else?

138

Peter and Debra Herbeck - Lessons from the School of Love

139

Parenting Through Pride Month (and everything else that's going on)

140

What To Do When Your Husband Is Gaining Weight

141

Millennial Parenting and Healing Generational Wounds

142

Alex and Melissa From Saints Alive - Taking Leaps In Marriage and Family Life

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First Baby! Why You Need Sleep, What No One Talks About, and Postpartum Depression

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How Do You Argue With Your Spouse?

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Why You’re Worthy of Love, Even if Your Toddler Won’t Stop Crying

146

Fr. Timothy Gallagher - Discernment of Spirits in Marriage

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Dr. Matthew Breuninger - Family of Origin, Boundaries, and Marriage as a Sacrament of Healing

148

Will We Have Stretch Marks in Heaven?

149

Why Men Need a Theology of Masculinity

150

TOB 4: Learning to Get Naked Without Shame (General Audience 11)

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Jen Doherty - Building a Catholic Family Culture

152

Why You Need To Stop Complaining About Your Husband

153

Is the Husband the Head of His Wife?

154

Why Husbands Need To Share the Mental Load

155

Dr. Bob Schuchts - Restoring Friendship, Passion, and Communion in Your Marriage

156

Why All The Sex Rules?

157

Why a Teacher Decided to Homeschool Her Kids

158

Unpacking the Lies Holding Back Our Marriage

159

Dr. Gregory Popcak - Becoming a Household on Mission

160

Making Your Marriage a Gospel With Pope Benedict XVI

161

Setting Marriage Goals and Avoiding Spiritual Complacency

162

Resolutions with the Pope

163

Setting Boundaries During the Holidays and Beyond

164

TOB 3: Why (and When) God Created Eve: Original Unity (General Audiences 8-10)

165

Challenging Husbands and Men Without Chests

166

Redemptive Suffering, Expectant Faith, and Praying for Miracles

167

Katie Warner - Raising Faithful Children and Encouraging Vocations Through Beauty

168

Sexual Desire, Sexual Dysfunction, and Sexual Human Formation

169

Answering Listener Questions on Dating, Engagement, First Year of Marriage, Finances, Virtues, and Friendships

170

Dr. Timothy Lock - Catholic Psychology, Spiritual Bypass, and Choosing Forgiveness

171

How To Be a Person: Why Human Formation is the Necessary Foundation of Marriage

172

Beth Sri - The Good, the Messy, and the Beautiful

173

TOB 2: Adam Before Eve and Original Solitude (General Audiences 3-7)

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TOB 1: Creation and Integrated Humanity (General Audiences 1 & 2)

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Learning to Love Your Spouse with ADHD

176

Kim Zember - Walking with our LGBT Family in Christ

177

Surviving Mass, Disciplining Toddlers and Answering Listener Questions About Parenting and Family Life

178

Shia LaBeouf, Wait-and-See Sainthood, and Building a Shared Spirituality

179

Perfectionism, Shame, and Sitting in the Hole with Your Spouse

180

Passivity, and What Being a Stay-At-Home-Dad Taught Me About Being a Husband

181

Katie Mossbarger (Focus Missionary) - Loss, Conversion, and Gospel Transformation

182

Real Talk, Slippery Slopes, and Answering Listener Questions About Sex and NFP

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Exposure, Addiction, and Talking to Our Kids About Porn

184

Steubenville, Learning Our Faith, and Getting Comfortable Talking About Jesus

185

Laura Phelps - My Marriage Before and After Jesus

186

Sex, Lust, and the Battlefield of the Heart

187

Toxic Masculinity, JP2, and the Witness of Good Men

188

Overturning Roe v. Wade, Abortion, and the Gospel of Life

189

Lisa Cotter - Living From Your Feminine Genius

190

Rehabilitating Chastity

191

Do I Work Too Much? (Work-Life Harmony and the Gospel of Work)

192

Tragedy, the Enemy, and How We Can Save the World

193

Why the Covenants and the Eucharist Change our Marriage

194

Am I Talking Too Much? And Other Questions You Should Ask To Become a Better Listener

195

Grace, Difficulties, and What We Do When Things Get Hard

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Can I complain about my kids? Why Parenthood Can Be Hard and a Gift at the Same Time.

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Why Doesn’t My Spouse Get Me? The Difference Between Ask-Culture and Guess-Culture

198

Will God Really Heal Us? How God Has Met Us On Our Healing Journey

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What Are We Saying "Yes" To? Why Marital Vows Are Hard and It's OK to Struggle

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When Should We Start Having Kids? Fertility Awareness, NFP, and Why Children Are Gifts

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What If I Don't Feel Loved? Why The Love Languages Matter

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Who Should Do the Dishes? and Other Questions About Dividing Household Responsibilities.

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Bonus: Why go to Joseph?

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What About Mental Illness? What St. John Paul Says About Depression

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Do You Really Marry the Family? How Boundaries Build Healthy Relationships

206

Should I Ask My Husband? (Clearing Up the Marital Debt Confusion)

207

Does Our Compatibility Matter?

208

Do You Have Any Advice For the Wedding Night?

209

Should Your Spouse Be Your Bestfriend?

210

Why Does Marriage Prep Matter?