Dear Young Married Couple

🎄🔋 Ever leave a holiday gathering feeling totally energized… while your spouse is completely wiped? Hear Adam and Karissa unpack why the holidays can feel magical for one spouse and exhausting for the other—and why introversion has nothing to do with being antisocial or unloving. They talk about social “battery life,” common myths that quietly fuel marital tension, and how couples can plan and protect each other’s energy without resentment. Are you accidentally misreading your spouse’s quiet as rejection? Do your expectations around family events need a reset this season? You’ll walk away with practical ways to navigate packed calendars, set loving limits, and actually enjoy December together - whether you’re an introvert, extrovert, or somewhere in between. Get counseling with Adam and/or Karissa HERE: https://www.dearyoungmarriedcouple.com/counseling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🎄✨ The ache you feel during the holidays is likely an invitation to something deeper. In this conversation, bestselling author Donna VanLiere invites YOU to slow down, step away from the noise, and rediscover the quiet wonder of Christmas in the middle of real life - grief, busyness, loneliness, and all. From the ordinary people of the nativity to the ordinary pressures of modern marriage, Donna reminds us that God still does extraordinary things in everyday stories.  Are you rushing past the peace your soul is craving? What might change if you let your “no” protect your family’s “yes”? This episode will stir your hope, steady your heart, and reframe how you enter this season together.  Resources: Looking for Christmas by Donna VanLiere https://amzn.to/3XFgGjN Looking for Christmas podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/looking-for-christmas/id1858043877 7-day Looking for Christmas devotional on the YouVersion Bible App https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/61210-looking-for-christmas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🎄✨ Ever wonder what your kids actually remember about the holidays? Hear Adam & Karissa hand the mic to their own kids for a full “holiday audit,” asking what traditions matter most, what feels boring, and what their family would win a trophy for. Their unfiltered answers will make you laugh, but also get you thinking: what if the moments you stress about aren’t the moments your kids cherish? And what small, simple traditions are already shaping their hearts? Tune in and take your own holiday audit—your kids might just surprise you.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

⛪️ Ever wondered if you’ve accidentally slipped into a “ministry-first” life instead of a God-first one? Or why pursuing “success” in the name of Jesus can sometimes leave your home drained, your marriage stretched thin, and your soul strangely empty? In this episode, we sit down with Gary Thomas to unravel the subtle but powerful lies that derail intimacy with God and quietly distort family rhythms. This conversation will make you rethink control, redefine calling, and reimagine what a spiritually alive home could look like. Resources :The Life You Were Reborn to Live by Gary Thomas https://www.amazon.com/dp/031036065X?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_WEEGZVBTHRSH81Z8F438 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

👀 Ever wonder what a truly healthy home looks like when no one’s watching? This week, Kaleb and Ellerie Saucer pull back the curtain on discipleship in the everyday chaos: waffles and devotions, tech boundaries that actually work, playful connection, repentance-as-teachable-moment, and the small rhythms that slowly shape a family’s spiritual culture. What if the most meaningful spiritual formation isn’t happening at church…but at your dinner table, in the car, or during a meltdown? And what would it look like to celebrate process instead of perfection? Resources: Healthy Homes book + God’s word for families newsletter https://www.healthyhomes.org/ The Tech Wise Family https://a.co/d/7vje2u1 Habits of the Household  https://a.co/d/0C9qHiM The Anxious Generation https://a.co/d/dKDvlxu Family Devices Charger https://a.co/d/3GVgGnQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices