The Save The Marriage Podcast
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The Save The Marriage Podcast
Learn how to save your marriage and improve your relationship. Stop your divorce and restore a loving relationship. Join Dr. Lee H. Baucom for this impactful podcast that can save your marriage.
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Can AI Save Your Marriage… Or End It??
Are you an AI user? Do you find yourself chatting with AI about things in your life?
How about regarding your marriage??
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Myths of Saving Your Marriage
Do you ever start on some new habit you heard about, maybe about the best diet or exercise, only to find that it isn’t true later on? And have you ev...
Affairs and Their Aftermath
Question: does an affair cause marital problems or do marital problems cause affairs?
Answer: YES.
Longer answer: for...
Why You’re Fighting… and What to Do
Have you found yourself in the middle of an argument, toe-to-toe with your spouse, with that little part of your brain saying, "why am I even arguing...
Feeling Stuck?? No Closer??
What do you do when your spouse has shifted back toward you… some… but is still distant? More distant than you would like?
Do you have...
Getting Better or Getting Bitter
I often watch people move toward one of two possibilities when a marriage is in trouble: Getting Better or Getting Bitter. One letter difference, bu...
Getting Your Spouse to Agree?? Dangerous!
I know. You want to convince your spouse to see things your way. So, you set out to "get" your spouse to agree with you.
...And you ha...
The 3 Layers of Connection
Connection is the lifeblood of marriage. In fact, we are wired for deep connection. And while the connection works best within the marriage relation...
How Steep?
“How hard is it to save my marriage?” the email started. The writer wanted my opinion on whether my System would work. There was a problem, though. ...
Can It Be Saved?? How to know…
Can you save your marriage??
That is, to be honest, probably the biggest "speed bump" for someone who wants to save their marriage.
Having Hope
Your spouse thinks it’s hopeless. You may even be wondering that, too. But is it? Is it hopeless?
Or is the problem that your spouse...
5 Reasons Why Your Plan is Stalled
Are your efforts to save your marriage getting stalled? Maybe we should take a look at your plan.
You do have a plan, don't you?
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Are You Getting Dragged Under??
Every marriage crisis starts as a crisis of an individual. As it expands into the marriage, the question is whether you, the spouse, will get pulled...
What Makes A Marriage Great?
What makes a marriage work?
What makes a marriage GREAT?
Maybe you are trying to save your marriage, and aren't sure if...
Are You Dragging a Spouse to Therapy??
The email said, “I talked my spouse into going to therapy.” Another one asked, “How do I drag my spouse to therapy?” Oof. The first person was proud o...
The Clarity of a Crisis
Nothing gets your focus and attention like a crisis. But sometimes, that Crisis Clarity isn't so helpful.
Let's backtrack just a minut...
Proving Your Viewpoint (Is Dangerous!)
I can’t count how many times a couple has come to me for “help with our communication skills.” Funny thing is, they communicate just fine.
Wrong Focus: 3 Places People Focus… and Shouldn’t
At the beginning of a coaching session, my clients often tell me what they have been focused on in their marriage crisis. Almost always, they are foc...
The NMF Path to Failure
The email was pages long, all about the problems in her marriage. Each line was about how her husband had ruined the marriage. She pointed out actio...
Dangerous Approaches to Saving Your Marriage
Have you done an online search for info on how to save your marriage? Were you overwhelmed with the results?? And the crazy amount of different appro...
Rewiring Your Relationship
Does your brain help or hinder your efforts to save your marriage?
If you are like most people, your brain is actually a barrier in you...
Stuck in Limbo??
Do you feel like you are stuck in limbo? That crazy spot where you can’t move forward, but aren’t ending things? Is it a spouse who has you stuck th...
Should True Love be Effortless??
Maybe you have heard these lines:
"Love should just happen."
"This is just too much work."
"I'm not feeling it, so...
The Problem(s) with Marital Therapy (the Therapist WON’T Tell You)
Let me say it here, in writing: I am NOT opposed to marital therapy. I am quite concerned, however, on how marital therapy happens now. I am concer...
Malice vs. Neglect
Many times, I watch couples caught in a spiral of accusations, each convinced of maliciousness on the part of their spouse. But I don't think that is...
Forgiveness – NOT a Blank Check
Just to be clear, I am ALL FOR forgiveness. I have talked about on the Save The Marriage Podcast and on my Thriveology Podcast.
And in...
It’s NOT the Event!
I used to notice how often an engaged couple would become so focused on getting married -- the wedding -- that they had a hard time focusing on what t...
Big Mistake #3 People Make
There are lots of mistakes people make in their efforts to save their marriage. This particular mistake is what I consider to be the 3rd biggest. I...
Facing the FACTs of Your Crisis
Sometimes, just a hint or trick will do it. Maybe you want a trick or hint for an online game. Or even a trick for a better pancake. A hint for a b...
5 Things You Must STOP Doing
I know it hurts. And I know that the pain, the anger, and the frustration can get you to act in ways that are not helpful.
Lots of peo...
Dealing with Apathy
So, what DO you do when apathy strikes? It might be YOUR apathy. But more likely, it will be your spouse's apathy. (And it might be both of you!) It...
Choosing Your Response
Have you ever been sucked into a situation or argument, then realized your actions were not what you wanted?
There is that split second...
You Have A Choice
“It’s your choice,” I reassured her. It was a call I picked up between sessions. The person told me she had been following my System, but wasn’t sur...
Don’t Fall for Bad Advice
I wish this only happened every now and then.
Imagine, for a second, that someone is working on saving their marriage. In this case, t...
On The Team??
One more argument. One more struggle. They sat on my couch, facing each other down as opponents in some contest to... win... well, to be honest, I d...
2 Big Fears and Insecurities
Fears. They can certainly derail us humans!
But what about relationship fears? Just those basic fears and insecurities that we all car...
Games Couples Play
Games should be fun. But the games we are talking about today are NOT fun.
These are patterns of interaction and communication.
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Hot or Cold??
Is your marriage crisis marked by heated arguments or cold distance? Hot or cold?
Are they really that different? Or is it all a part...
Blame… who’s the problem??
Maybe your spouse has been saying, "This is ALL YOUR FAULT!" Or maybe it is just you... wondering... torturing yourself... about whether this marriag...
Hopeful or Hopeless??
Miranda asked me, “What do I do? My spouse is hopeless that we can save our marriage. I’m losing hope, too."
A while back, I did a tra...