How to Heal and Rebuild After Trust is Broken | Ep. 616

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Your marriage needs trust in order to be healthy. Without it, your connection with your spouse will fade, and you’ll experience more conflict and tension, and less of the closeness and intimacy marriage is meant to have. Don’t stay stuck like this! Turn things around by closing the trust gaps between you and your spouse and make your marriage a safe refuge for both of you.

Episode highlights include:

• Areas where you might not realize you lack trust

• How to address it effectively with your spouse - without blaming

• How to have grace in the rebuilding process

• Tips to building financial trust

• Practical tips to become more trustworthy with completing tasks

*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!

QUOTES

• “Without trust in a marriage, the marriage just crumbles.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling

• “We don’t realize how valuable trust is until it’s broken.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling

• “Trust can be unique to the person and the situation.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling

• “We have to own what’s driving our trust-breaking behavior.” - Lindsay Few

• “The budget isn’t a prison, it’s a plan. But sometimes it will be uncomfortable.” - Lindsay Few

• “The sooner you go to counseling, the sooner you’ll resolve your issues.” - Lindsay Few

• “If you get stuck, you don’t have to stay stuck.” - Lindsay Few

• “Your spouse may make some mistakes, so look for Jesus in your spouse.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling

• “I felt like he should trust me … but my action was not giving him anything to trust.” - Lindsay Few

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Sign up HERE to get the Couple’s Conversation Guide for each week’s new episode

• We are bombarded with negative messages about marriage. FIGHT BACK with our Reframing Challenge

• If your marriage has been damaged by porn, the 5 Steps to Healing After Porn Betrayal webinar is a great first step to healing. Learn more or grab your spot here.

• Warm Up Your Marriage (Past Episode)