Ask Dr. Gina

The holidays are supposed to bring families together, but for a lot of couples, they bring old tension right to the dinner table. A comment from your mother-in-law, a fight over whose family gets Thanksgiving, a partner who goes quiet instead of speaking up. In this episode, Dr. Regina Ransom talks about why in-law stress hits so hard during the holidays and how to walk into every gathering as one team instead of two sides.

You’ll learn:

• Why the real hurt is rarely the comment, and what’s underneath it
• How to talk to your partner about their family without it turning into “you hate my parents”
• A fairer way to decide where you spend the holidays
• How blended families can handle schedules, exes, and kids without ruining the day
• The 15-minute holiday huddle to do with your partner before the first gathering

Have a question about your relationship? Send it through Fan Mail and it may be answered on a future episode. Learn more at adeeperus.com.

A Deeper Us is for education and encouragement and is not a substitute for counseling.

Not sure where your relationship stands? Take the free 3-minute quiz: Are We Stuck, or Starting Over? https://nbfc-couples-quiz.netlify.app/

Ready to reconnect? The 30-Day Reconnection Plan, 15 minutes a day for couples: https://stan.store/newbirthfamilycounseling/p/the-30day-reconnection-plan

Want months of progress in days? Learn about private couples intensives with Dr. Ransom at adeeperus.com

Ask Dr. Gina

What happens when one of you prays every morning and the other isn’t sure anyone is listening? Or when you grew up in different faiths, different churches, or different ideas about what God expects from a marriage?

In this episode of A Deeper Us, we talk about how couples can share a spiritual life even when they don’t share every belief. We explore why prayer can feel so vulnerable between partners, how pressure to “get on the same page” can push couples further apart, and what it looks like to make room for each other’s faith without losing your own.

You’ll hear practical ways to pray together (or simply sit together in a sacred moment) that honor both of you, how to talk about faith differences without it turning into a debate, and how to protect your connection when spiritual conversations get tender.

Whether you’re newly married, years in, or navigating a shift in belief, this conversation is an invitation to go deeper with the person beside you

Not sure where your relationship stands? Take the free 3-minute quiz: Are We Stuck, or Starting Over? https://nbfc-couples-quiz.netlify.app/

Ready to reconnect? The 30-Day Reconnection Plan, 15 minutes a day for couples: https://stan.store/newbirthfamilycounseling/p/the-30day-reconnection-plan

Want months of progress in days? Learn about private couples intensives with Dr. Ransom at adeeperus.com

Ask Dr. Gina

Ever watched your partner react to something small like it was something huge? Or felt your own reaction come out of nowhere? Sometimes the fight happening today started long before you met. In this episode, Dr. Regina Ransom talks about how past wounds from family, old relationships, and painful experiences can quietly shape the way we love, and answers some of the questions she hears most from couples living with it.

You'll learn:

• Signs the past is driving reactions in your relationship
• Where these patterns come from, and why the body remembers
• Answers to real-life questions, like "How long do I have to pay for what someone else did?"
• What the partner carrying the past, and the partner beside them, can each do
• A simple "then and now" conversation to try this week

Have a question about love or marriage? Send it through Fan Mail and it may be answered on a future episode. Learn more at adeeperus.com.

A Deeper Us is for education and encouragement and is not a substitute for counseling. If you are in danger, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. If you are in crisis, call or text 988.

Not sure where your relationship stands? Take the free 3-minute quiz: Are We Stuck, or Starting Over? https://nbfc-couples-quiz.netlify.app/

Ready to reconnect? The 30-Day Reconnection Plan, 15 minutes a day for couples: https://stan.store/newbirthfamilycounseling/p/the-30day-reconnection-plan

Want months of progress in days? Learn about private couples intensives with Dr. Ransom at adeeperus.com