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Podcast 125: Facing Burnout within the Family
Podcast 125: Facing Burnout within the Family To help spouses and families better support and understand those in the family facing emotional collapse or physical exhaustion. Focusing on what they can...
Podcast 124: Family Crises—Where is God When It Hurts?
Podcast 124: Family Crises—Where is God When It Hurts To help couples and families face the dark and challenging seasons in life and to gain perspective and draw strength from a...
Podcast 122: The Impact of Substance Abuse
Podcast 122: The Addiction Dynamic—Grasping the Impact of Substance Abuse To help spouses and couples better face their addiction to drugs and alcohol and grasp the effects it is having on...
Podcast 121: RECOVERY 13—The 12-Step Program
Podcast 121: RECOVERY 13—Recovery Mechanics: “What" & “Why" of the 12-Step Program To help people understand and embrace the process and the benefits of the 12-Step Recovery Program used in our...
Podcast 120: The Power of Shared History in Marriage
Podcast 120: The Power of Shared History in Marriage—What Amazing Benefits Long-Lasting Love Brings To help couples appreciate the depth, impact and richness of a married life of shared memories, events...
Podcast 119: Facing the Challenges of Aging Parents
Podcast 119: Parents in Transition—Facing the Challenges of Aging Parents To help couples better support their aging parents through their later years discussing how to cope with growing parental needs, demands...
Podcast 118: When Your Spouse has an Affair
Podcast 118: Affair Discovered—What to Do When All Hell Breaks Loose? To help a spouse with the best first steps to take after finding out that their mate has had an...
Podcast 117: RECOVERY 12—How Sexual Addicts’ Choices Hurt Their Partners
Podcast 117: RECOVERY 12—Cutting Your Losses—How Sexual Addicts’ Choices Hurt Their Partners To help the partner of a porn or sexual addict realize the multiple ways that they have been hurt...
Podcast 116: Getting Your Marriage Out of Debt
Podcast 116: Seeing Red—Getting Your Marriage Out of the Black Hole of Debt To help couples understand the core principles and practical steps of getting their marriage back on track financially....
Podcast 115: RECOVERY 11—Sexual Addiction Recovery Groups
Podcast 115: RECOVERY 11—It’s Time to ReGroup To help individuals understand the purpose and see the value of regular attendance at one of DFR’s Sexual Addiction Recovery groups called ReGroup. Listen...
Podcast 114: Aging Graciously—Embrace Growing Older
Podcast 114: Aging Graciously—Learning to Embrace the Inevitability of Growing Older To help individuals and couples grow old in a way that reflects that God is in control of every part...
Podcast 113: RECOVERY 10—Recover Well After an Addiction Relapse
Podcast 113: RECOVERY 10—Corrective Measures: How to Recover Well after a Porn/Sexual Addiction Relapse To help individuals and couples take redeeming recovery steps after one falls back into porn or sexual...
Podcast 112: Facing Depression in a Life and Marriage
Podcast 112: Soul Pain—Facing Depression in a Life and Marriage To help individuals and couples find a way beyond the difficult and challenging effects of one spouse facing depression. What to...
Podcast 111: Dealing with My Past before God, My Spouse and Myself
Getting Current: Dealing with My Past before God, My Spouse and Myself One of the most challenge podcasts you’ll listen to as we help individuals and couples experience a new level...
Podcast 110: Understanding Lasting Marital Intimacy
Loving in 3D: Understanding Lasting Marital Intimacy Dr. Dave and Donalyn share one of their favourite concepts on how to keep a marriage strong and last long! Loving in 3D –...