Two Become Family
By Renzo and Monica Ortega: Catholic marriage, intimacy, and family life
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Welcome to the podcast that talks about Catholic marriage, without pretending it's easy.
We are Renzo and Monica Ortega, we've been married 13 years, we have 5 kids, and our apostolate, Two Become Family, helps Catholics who love the Church, love each other, and still have no idea why marriage feels so hard sometimes.
Through our very candid, and sometimes uncomfortably vulnerable, conversations about sex, NFP, conflict, family life, we hope to spark conversations between you and your spouse.
Visit us at https://twobecomefamily.substack.com for more resources for your marriage
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192. Can Catholics French Kiss Before Marriage?
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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191. Is AI Forming Your Family? Magnifica Humanitas and Pope Leo’s Warning for Parents
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May 26, 2026 |
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190. Your Spouse Was Never Meant to Be Your Happily Ever After
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May 19, 2026 |
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189. Why Gen Z Doesn't Think Marriage Matters Anymore
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May 12, 2026 |
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188. Why Catholic Marriage Theology Feels Unreachable
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May 05, 2026 |
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187. Why Should the Resurrection Change How Catholics Talk About Sex?
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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186. Fighting In Front of Your Kids
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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185. Unspoken Expectations and Premeditated Resentment
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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184. Ortega Life Update
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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183. Lent - Rupture and Repair
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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182. Lent - Asking for Help
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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181. Lent - Missing the Mark
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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180. Lent - Changing Our Aim
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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179. Lent - Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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178. 5 Things to Focus On During Marriage Prep
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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177. The Non-Expert Guide to living with PCOS
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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176. Is Marrying Young A Bad Idea? The 5 Questions Every Young Couple Faces
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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175. 5 Ways NFP Can Break Your Marriage (And How to Fix It)
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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174. Husbands Don’t Need Sex… But Does Your Marriage?
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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173: 5 Lies About Sex That Are Hurting Your Marriage
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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172. This one thing changed fertility awareness for us
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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171. why Catholic parents don't read the bible with their kids
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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170. Holiday Boundaries: 10 Ways to Protect Your Peace This Season
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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169. how living in story-mode is quietly destroying your marriage
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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168. becoming better lovers (inspired by Leslie Knope and Ben Wyatt)
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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167. making meals, building community (with Emily Stimpson Chapman)
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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166. 6 hidden dangers of kids having smartphones (and our favorite alternative)
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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165. getting ready for confession (with Tommy and Katie McGrady)
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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164. the best conflict resolution strategies part 2
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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163. manosphere red flags to look out for in your marriage
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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162. who gives better s3x advice: Catholic couple vs artificial intelligence
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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161. the truth about NFP that we need to tell newly weds
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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160. we tried the best & worst conflict resolution strategies here's what we think works
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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159. WE'RE BACK! and we spoke to 4000+ people in Rome!
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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SUMMER REWIND: Finding Freedom in Christ with Dr. Brueninger
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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SUMMER REWIND: Interviewing One of Our Mentors, Jen Doherty
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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SUMMER REWIND: Lessons from the School off Love with Peter and Debra Herbeck
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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SUMMER REWIND: Discernment of Spirits For Married Couples with Fr. Tim Gallagher
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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SUMMER REWIND: Choosing Forgiveness with Dr. Tim Lock
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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SUMMER REWIND: My Marriage Before Jesus with Laura Phelps
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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SUMMER REWIND: Walking with our LGBTQ Family Members with Kim Zember
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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SUMMER REWIND: How Heroic Virtue Can Change Your Life and Relationships with the Swaffords
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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158. From Maintenance to Mission: Resurrected Marriage Series Part 5
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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157. From Temperament to Character: Resurrected Marriage Series Part 4
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May 28, 2025 |
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156. ADHD Diagnosis Is Not a Label
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May 21, 2025 |
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155. Infertility and Unexpected Fruit of Marriage With Mary Bruno
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May 13, 2025 |
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154. From Lust to Love: Resurrected Marriage Series Part 3
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May 06, 2025 |
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153. From Fruit to Root: Resurrected Marriage Series Part 2
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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152. From Grit To Grace: Resurrected Marriage Series Part 1
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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151. Lenten Series Part 5: Stewardship of your Time
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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150. Lenten Series Part 4: Striving for Poverty in Spirit and Faithful Stewardship
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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149. Lenten Series Part 3: Tested Faith, Gratitude, and Hard Conversations
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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148. Lenten Series Part 2: Receiving God’s Abundance
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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147. Lenten Series Part 1: Trusting Our Father's Provision
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Marriage, the Rosary, and Lent with Refuge Rosaries
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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The Couple-Prenuer Life with Saints Alive!
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Catholic Education and All About Lent with Katie Bogner
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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When Parenting Kills Your Lovemaking
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Why Jesus Cares About Your Sex Life
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Sexual Wounds, and Healing in Marriage
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Is Your Mental Load Ruining Your Marital Intimacy?
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Why the World Needed Another Catholic Sex Book
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Countdown to Lovemaking
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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REWIND: Setting Boundaries During the Holidays and Beyond
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Are We Doing Advent Right?
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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This is What Every Man Wants
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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REWIND: The Problem With Date Nights
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Answering Your Questions and Texts
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Redemption and Fundamentalism (Mutual Submission Part 2)
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Nuancing the Patriarchy (Mutual Submission Part 1)
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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A Love That Spreads the Gospel
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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REWIND: Why All The Sex Rules?
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Play With Your Spouse!
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Don't Let Stress Break Your Marriage
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Making NFP Sexy Again
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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REWIND: Renzo's Time as a SAHD (stay-at-home-dad)
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Antidotes and Green Flags in Communication (Antidotes to the Four Horsemen)
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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The Four Horsemen of Divorce (Communication Red Flags We Wished We Learned About Earlier)
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Spontaneous and Responsive Sexual Desire
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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The Human Side of Married Sainthood
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Instagram Is My Marriage Coach (How to Apologize)
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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REWIND: Answering Listener Questions About Sex and NFP
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Marriage Is Not About Our Happiness
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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How To (Love) ADHD
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Striving for Greatness and Humility in Married Life
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Do You Tell Her She Looks Fat?
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Entering a New Parenting Era
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Being In Love and the Storm of Emotions (Reacting to the Screwtape Letters)
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Hot Mom Summer
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May 28, 2024 |
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What Harrison Butker Got Right and Wrong
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May 21, 2024 |
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Making and Molding Kids
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May 14, 2024 |
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Married Life: Expectations vs Reality
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May 07, 2024 |
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How Catholicism Can Save Marriage For Gen Z
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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111. Homeschooling and Sheltering Our Kids
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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REWIND: Am I Talking Too Much?
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Navigating Hypermasculinity (Reacting to Gavin Ortlund Part 1)
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Parenting For Success
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Tradwives Aren't Real
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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The Problem with Church Programs
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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10 Things We've Done in 10 Years of Parenting
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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How Wives Can Do Better
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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104. What is Red Pill and the Manosphere and Why Catholics Should Care
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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REWIND: Rehabilitating Chastity
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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We're Not Compatible (We Took Jordan Peterson's Personality Assessment)
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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How Healing Who We Are Changes How We Love
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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101. Why Sexual Freedom Doesn't Mean Repression or Elimination of Your Sex Drive
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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100. Celebration, BIG Announcement, and answering listener questions LIVE!
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Why Do Men Want To Have Sex All The Time (Reacting to the Catholic Gentleman)
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Is Porn In Your Marriage Really a Big Deal? (Reflecting on the Whatever Podcast)
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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REWIND: Why Husbands NEED to Share the Mental Load
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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An Episode Full of Banter and Unsolicited Advice
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Why This Communication Style Changed Our Marriage (Reacting to Therapy in a Nutshell)
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Why You Don’t Need Sex To Be Happily Married (Reacting to Ven. Fulton Sheen's World First Love)
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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When Should Wives Submit? Part 2 (Reacting to Jordan Peterson)
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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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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Nov 21, 2023 |
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When Should Wives Submit? Part 1
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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How Often Should Married Couples Have Sex? (Reacting to Jordan Peterson vs Christopher West)
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Ghost, Demons, and Essential Oils (Halloween Episode)
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Bobby Angel - Complementarity of Husbands and Wives
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Marriage and the Prosperity Gospel
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Our Marriage Is A Work In Progress
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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The Decisive Battle Over Marriage and the Family
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Why We Love Houston, and What's Next For This Show
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Is It Your Job To Get Your Spouse To Heaven?
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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You Need To Be On The Same Page! (Our Top 5 Areas in which Spouses Need to Agree)
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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What Can You Do If You Can't Have Sex?
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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REWIND: Why Doesn't My Spouse Get Me?
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Andrew and Sarah Swafford - Living a Full Life With Gift and Grit
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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What It Feels Like To Have ADHD
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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When To Call Out Your Spouse
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Damien and Monica O'Connor - Raising Children With Special Needs
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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REWIND: When Should We Start Having Kids?
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Our NFP Story: Infertility, Surprise Pregnancy, and Indefinite Avoiding
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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4 Things All Couples NEED To Do
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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The Reasons We Fight
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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The Problem with Date Nights
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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What If You're Attracted To Someone Else?
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Peter and Debra Herbeck - Lessons from the School of Love
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Parenting Through Pride Month (and everything else that's going on)
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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What To Do When Your Husband Is Gaining Weight
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May 30, 2023 |
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Millennial Parenting and Healing Generational Wounds
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May 23, 2023 |
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Alex and Melissa From Saints Alive - Taking Leaps In Marriage and Family Life
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May 16, 2023 |
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First Baby! Why You Need Sleep, What No One Talks About, and Postpartum Depression
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May 09, 2023 |
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How Do You Argue With Your Spouse?
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May 02, 2023 |
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Why You’re Worthy of Love, Even if Your Toddler Won’t Stop Crying
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Fr. Timothy Gallagher - Discernment of Spirits in Marriage
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Dr. Matthew Breuninger - Family of Origin, Boundaries, and Marriage as a Sacrament of Healing
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Will We Have Stretch Marks in Heaven?
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Why Men Need a Theology of Masculinity
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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TOB 4: Learning to Get Naked Without Shame (General Audience 11)
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Jen Doherty - Building a Catholic Family Culture
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Why You Need To Stop Complaining About Your Husband
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Is the Husband the Head of His Wife?
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Why Husbands Need To Share the Mental Load
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Dr. Bob Schuchts - Restoring Friendship, Passion, and Communion in Your Marriage
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Why All The Sex Rules?
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Why a Teacher Decided to Homeschool Her Kids
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Unpacking the Lies Holding Back Our Marriage
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Dr. Gregory Popcak - Becoming a Household on Mission
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Making Your Marriage a Gospel With Pope Benedict XVI
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Setting Marriage Goals and Avoiding Spiritual Complacency
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Resolutions with the Pope
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Setting Boundaries During the Holidays and Beyond
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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TOB 3: Why (and When) God Created Eve: Original Unity (General Audiences 8-10)
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Challenging Husbands and Men Without Chests
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Redemptive Suffering, Expectant Faith, and Praying for Miracles
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Katie Warner - Raising Faithful Children and Encouraging Vocations Through Beauty
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Sexual Desire, Sexual Dysfunction, and Sexual Human Formation
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Answering Listener Questions on Dating, Engagement, First Year of Marriage, Finances, Virtues, and Friendships
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Dr. Timothy Lock - Catholic Psychology, Spiritual Bypass, and Choosing Forgiveness
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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How To Be a Person: Why Human Formation is the Necessary Foundation of Marriage
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Beth Sri - The Good, the Messy, and the Beautiful
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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TOB 2: Adam Before Eve and Original Solitude (General Audiences 3-7)
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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TOB 1: Creation and Integrated Humanity (General Audiences 1 & 2)
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Learning to Love Your Spouse with ADHD
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Kim Zember - Walking with our LGBT Family in Christ
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Surviving Mass, Disciplining Toddlers and Answering Listener Questions About Parenting and Family Life
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Shia LaBeouf, Wait-and-See Sainthood, and Building a Shared Spirituality
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Perfectionism, Shame, and Sitting in the Hole with Your Spouse
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Passivity, and What Being a Stay-At-Home-Dad Taught Me About Being a Husband
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Katie Mossbarger (Focus Missionary) - Loss, Conversion, and Gospel Transformation
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Real Talk, Slippery Slopes, and Answering Listener Questions About Sex and NFP
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Exposure, Addiction, and Talking to Our Kids About Porn
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Steubenville, Learning Our Faith, and Getting Comfortable Talking About Jesus
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Laura Phelps - My Marriage Before and After Jesus
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Sex, Lust, and the Battlefield of the Heart
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Toxic Masculinity, JP2, and the Witness of Good Men
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Overturning Roe v. Wade, Abortion, and the Gospel of Life
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Lisa Cotter - Living From Your Feminine Genius
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Rehabilitating Chastity
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Do I Work Too Much? (Work-Life Harmony and the Gospel of Work)
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Tragedy, the Enemy, and How We Can Save the World
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May 31, 2022 |
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Why the Covenants and the Eucharist Change our Marriage
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May 24, 2022 |
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Am I Talking Too Much? And Other Questions You Should Ask To Become a Better Listener
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May 17, 2022 |
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Grace, Difficulties, and What We Do When Things Get Hard
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May 10, 2022 |
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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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May 03, 2022 |
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Why Doesn’t My Spouse Get Me? The Difference Between Ask-Culture and Guess-Culture
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Will God Really Heal Us? How God Has Met Us On Our Healing Journey
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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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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Apr 12, 2022 |
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When Should We Start Having Kids? Fertility Awareness, NFP, and Why Children Are Gifts
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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What If I Don't Feel Loved? Why The Love Languages Matter
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Who Should Do the Dishes? and Other Questions About Dividing Household Responsibilities.
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Bonus: Why go to Joseph?
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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What About Mental Illness? What St. John Paul Says About Depression
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Do You Really Marry the Family? How Boundaries Build Healthy Relationships
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Should I Ask My Husband? (Clearing Up the Marital Debt Confusion)
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Does Our Compatibility Matter?
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Do You Have Any Advice For the Wedding Night?
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Should Your Spouse Be Your Bestfriend?
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Why Does Marriage Prep Matter?
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Feb 14, 2022 |