93: 6 Relationship Lessons From The Netflix Movie Marriage Story (Part 2)

March 30, 2020

Can a movie about divorce really teach us important lessons about marriage? Most certainly! We recently watched the Netflix movie, Marriage Story. While it is heartbreaking to watch a marriage literally crumble, the movie highlights some very important relationship lessons that can make or break a marriage.

In Episode 93, Daniel and Christina continue their discussion about the 6 crucial relationship lessons from the Netflix movie, Marriage Story. If you have not listened to Part 1 yet, make sure to go back and do so.

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In This Episode, You Will Hear About:

Crucial marriage lessons from the Netflix movie Marriage Story
What intruders are and how to protect your marriage from them
How men and women are wired differently when it comes to physical intimacy
Why you and your spouse should have more sex
The importance of counseling and how it can help strengthen your marriage

Resources Mentioned During the Episode:

Listen to Part 1 of 6 Relationship Lessons From The Netflix Movie Marriage Story
Tune into our previous episode about How To Strengthen Your Marriage in 15 Minutes
Check out Episode 74: Blended Families: Strategies to Help Your Stepfamily Blend and Episode 75: Common Pitfalls in Blended Families and How to Overcome Them
Interested in learning more about Stone Walling? Listen to Episode 76: 4 Things to Remember When Marriage Is Hard
The Enneagram is an incredible tool to help strengthen your marriage! Listen to Episode 69: Enneagram and Communication Styles and Episode 70: Resolving Conflict with the Enneagram to find out more.
Want to find out more about bids? Read Dr. John Gottman’s books The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work and The Relationship Cure: A 5 Step Guide to Strengthening Your Marriage, Family, and Friendships and What Makes Love Last? How to Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal
Interested in finding out more about intruders in your marriage and how to have healthy marriage boundaries? Read Dr. Henry Cloud’s Boundaries in Marriage
Deb Hirsch’s book Redeeming Sex: Naked Conversations About Sexuality and Spirituality

Quotables & Tweetables:

Intimacy is an important part of a romantic relationship and one of the first areas to suffer if the marriage is going through a difficult season. @imbetweenshow
God designed both spouses to invest continually in their attachment to each other. Couples need to work to keep their love secure and safe. @drhenrycloud
When a marriage contains conflict or hurt, we tend to busy ourselves in other people and activities. Busyness is less painful than facing some seemingly unsolvable problem in love day after day. @drhenrycloud
The reality is that marriage is only as good as the investment people make in it. @drhenrycloud
Living in unconditional grace is never an excuse to be irresponsible or hurtful. @drhenrycloud
There are other issues surrounding the fact that you do not want to be physically intimate with your spouse. @imbetweenshow
Never make the one you love feel alone, especially when you’re there. @GottmanInst
Every positive thing you do in your relationship is foreplay. @GottmanInst