Trauma in a marriage relationship often leads to triggers- those unwanted thoughts, places, things, and people that cause us to relapse into the traumatic world we left behind. If you and your spouse are struggling with moving beyond the pain of the past, you will need to work through the triggers that plague you both.

In this episode, Michael and Shana share their conversational approach to dealing with triggers In healthy ways and learning how to move beyond the trap of living in the past.

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Let’s be honest — there are days when praying together as a couple feels more like a chore than a sacred connection. Maybe there’s tension between you, disappointment with God, or just plain exhaustion. In this episode, we’re talking about what to do when you don’t feel like praying together — and why doing it anyway can be one of the most powerful decisions you make for your marriage.

You’ll hear practical encouragement, relatable stories, and a fresh perspective on spiritual intimacy — especially in the moments you least want to pursue it.

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• (00:01:21) - Praying With Your Couple
• (00:01:47) - Praying Together For Yourself
• (00:06:49) - Stake the House Out
• (00:10:54) - Praying Together As A Couple
• (00:15:25) - How to Pray With Your Husband
• (00:19:39) - How to Pray When You're Exhausted (Psalm
• (00:24:04) - Prayer for Suits
• (00:28:01) - The Spirit Intercedes for God
• (00:30:49) - I Thought I Was Dying During Intercession
• (00:35:11) - Why Prayer Matters in a Relationship
• (00:40:17) - How to Ask the Lord for Money
• (00:43:13) - How to Pray When You Don't Feel Like It
• (00:45:19) - Using the Bible as a Prayer
• (00:49:37) - 10 Simple Prayers for Couples in Hard Seasons
• (00:51:54) - 7 Quick, Spiritual Prayers For Your Couple
• (00:55:37) - Praying With Your Husband
• (01:00:14) - Prayer for Reconciliation With My Spouse
• (01:01:12) - God Will Meet You When You're Half-Ready

When tensions rise, the way you talk to each other can either pull you closer or push you farther apart. In this episode of The Marriage Altar Podcast, we’re getting real about how to have hard conversations without slipping into defensiveness, accusations, or complete shutdown.

You’ll learn:

• Why high-stress moments trigger the “fight, flight, or freeze” response in marriage

• Practical ways to keep tone and timing from sabotaging the conversation

• How to regulate your emotions before you re-engage

• The power of “we” language in solving problems together

• 5 conversation starters you can use right away to talk without tearing each other apart

Whether you’re navigating everyday stress or the aftermath of a deeper crisis, these tools will help you stay connected, heard, and united — even in the heat of the moment.

Press play and discover how to fight for your marriage without fighting against each other.

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• (00:01:10) - A Marriage Reboot in Houston
• (00:03:53) - How To Talk Without Tearing Each Other Apart
• (00:08:37) - How To Win An Argument With An Anxiety Disorder Partner
• (00:11:36) - How To Win A Fight With Your Wife
• (00:16:11) - How To Talk To Your Partner
• (00:21:16) - How To Have A Quality Conversation In A Marriage
• (00:25:14) - You gotta Die to Yourself in Your Marriage
• (00:30:54) - How to Win an Argument With Your Partner
• (00:32:42) - The Touching Impact of Communication
• (00:35:50) - How to Communicate With Your Partner Better
• (00:37:04) - How to Cope With Your Partner (
• (00:40:53) - How To Have a Conversation When You're Angry
• (00:42:45) - Cruise Ship Anxiety
• (00:44:02) - Veterans 988
• (00:45:26) - Happy Birthday to Me

1. In this powerful and practical episode of The Marriage Altar, Shana and Michael get real about one of the biggest threats to modern marriages: busyness. If your calendar is full but your connection with your spouse feels empty, you're not alone—and you're not without hope.

We dive into what burnout looks like in marriage, how constant hustle can slowly erode intimacy, and why guarding your relationship requires more than just scheduling date nights. You’ll hear biblical wisdom, personal reflections, and real-world strategies for protecting your covenant from the chaos of an overloaded life.

What We Talk About:

• The subtle ways busyness pulls couples apart

• Recognizing the signs of marital burnout

• Why being “productive” doesn’t always mean being purposeful

• The spiritual cost of always being in a hurry

• Practical rhythms for rest, reconnection, and renewal

• How Sabbath and margin can strengthen your marriage

Key Scripture:
“Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10

Takeaway Challenge:
Choose one thing to say “no” to this week so you can say “yes” to your marriage.

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• (00:01:09) - Spiritual Warfare
• (00:02:46) - How To Guard Your Marriage Against Busyness & Burnout
• (00:07:28) - American pastor: Our bodies are an idol
• (00:12:08) - How to Prioritize Your Life
• (00:17:28) - Marriage: Contempt and Physical
• (00:21:50) - Married Couple on a Controversial Situation
• (00:26:05) - How to Prioritize Your Marriage
• (00:28:21) - Marriage is a Spiritual Battle
• (00:33:15) - God's Design for Rest and Relationship
• (00:36:54) - Getting Away From the Crowd
• (00:41:41) - Six ways to guard the marriage
• (00:44:10) - How To Keep Your Marriage Together
• (00:49:44) - How to Detox From Digital Life
• (00:52:22) - Stop Striving and Be Still
• (00:54:52) - What Did We Have To Do To Stop Our Marriage
• (00:57:17) - How We Righted The Wrong in Our Marriage
• (00:58:10) - How to Get Out of Work With Love
• (01:01:51) - Challenge for Married People

Let's face it...most marriages are full of monotonous day to day operations of child rearing, working, attending to other dutes that can suck the life out of a marriage. Most marriages are not usually full of laughing and just plain old having fun with one another. In this episode, we chat about the importance of having fun and carving out time for play in your marraige, and the dire consequences of NOT creating space for it.

Do you need creative ideas for your marriage to bring more fun and laughter into it? We dive into that as well.

Check out this free download for 40 FREE date night ideas! https://drive.google.com/file/d/145M3oVtB2SQ5UmZBojz5XyioiCdbObAK/view?usp=sharing

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• (00:07:07) - Having Fun With Your Family
• (00:10:05) - Married Man On An Internet Dating Site
• (00:12:57) - Wedding Hike In The Ozarks
• (00:16:37) - I Should've Seen The Vinella
• (00:20:26) - Married Couple Talk About Their Love
• (00:23:41) - Oh, The Dogon Tribe!
• (00:26:11) - Benefits of Play in Marriage
• (00:30:55) - Married Couples Talk About Fun Things
• (00:34:46) - Can You Get On Your Wife's nerves?
• (00:38:03) - Gen X couples: Put Your Phone Down
• (00:42:09) - Married People: What Are Some Barriers To Fun?
• (00:46:05) - Married People Talk About Getting Out Of The Rut
• (00:48:47) - How to Cope in a Stressful Marriage
• (00:49:30) - Challenge to Plan a Fun, Light-Hearted Activity With
• (00:50:59) - Have A Little Fun In Your Marriage
• (00:53:55) - Getting Renewed
• (00:57:13) - QUESTION & A REVIEW

Tell me lies....or actually, DON'T tell me lies! In this episode of The Marriage Altar, we dive into the lies we tell ourselves, the lies we tell each other and the huge negative impact they have on the marriage. How can you come clean and move into restoration? What does it look like to have an honest marriage with God at the center? We also share practical ways to deal with lies in your marriage and how to create a marriage of transparency and full honesty.

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• (00:13:08) - Why We Lie in Our Relationships
• (00:18:50) - How to Win a Marriage With a Lie
• (00:19:30) - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Marriage
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• (00:23:32) - How to Cut a Hackberry Tree Down
• (00:26:35) - Ways to Cut a Tree Down
• (00:31:32) - How To Stop Lying To Your Wife
• (00:36:30) - The Lie of the Christian Marriage
• (00:38:40) - Forgiveness After A Cheating Spouse's Lies
• (00:43:45) - Living in the Mercy Seat
• (00:46:13) - Real Christians Don't Lie
• (00:51:20) - Ways to Ruin a Marriage
• (00:52:15) - How to Overcome Lies in Your Marriage
• (00:56:36) - Talking About Communication in Your Marriage
• (00:58:07) - How to Overcome a Cardiac Aneurysm
• (01:02:45) - How to Help Your Partner When They're Having a Hard Time
• (01:08:19) - How to Help a Divorced Veteran Get Back Together!

In this powerful episode of The Marriage Altar, we're digging into a question every couple in crisis has asked: Is this spiritual warfare? You'll learn how to discern when your marriage is under spiritual attack, how the enemy strategizes and uses confusion, division and exhaustion to weaken your covenant, and what the Bible says about how to fight this battle.

Whether you're dealing with betrayal, emotional distance, addictions, or just can't seem to get on the same page, this episode will help you identify the invisible war behind the visible problems- and equip you to fight with truth, faith and authority.

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• (00:00:28) - The New Jurassic Park: Episode 1
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• (00:05:11) - Spiritual Warfare
• (00:09:39) - When You Can't Join a Church
• (00:11:41) - God Bringing It Out of Commercialism
• (00:13:18) - Disillusionment in Spiritual Warfare
• (00:17:37) - Christian Warfare: Schisms and Plans of the Devil
• (00:22:24) - How I Could Have Stopped My Suicide Attempt
• (00:28:13) - Satan Attacks My Husband Nonstop
• (00:33:15) - How to Defeat the Devil (Ephesians 6)
• (00:36:44) - Adam Hartley on Living in Sin
• (00:40:44) - How To Overcome Insecurity In Your Relationship With God
• (00:46:04) - How to Win an Alcoholic Marriage
• (00:49:34) - Alcoholics Talk About Their Problems
• (00:53:01) - God Will Hold You Accountable For Drinking Alcohol
• (00:57:51) - 11 Confessions From An Intimate Relationship With God
• (01:02:04) - Couple Spiritual Warfare
• (01:03:23) - Another Blessings for Couples

Join us as we explore this topic in detail to uncover the connection between trauma and marital problems. We will answer your questions and give insight into the role it plays as well as how to recognize issues in your marriage that are directly related. We dive into Michael's life to reveal the role that trauma played in his addictive behaviors that resulted in marital strain and damage to the relationship. If you or your spouse are struggling with addictive behavior, this episode can really shed some light on getting to the root of it.

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• (00:12:51) - "I'm Going To Heaven In My Family"
• (00:13:08) - The Trauma of Child Sexual Abuse
• (00:13:24) - What is Trauma?
• (00:16:46) - Drug Abuse and Sexual Addiction
• (00:22:55) - Sexual Addiction in the Military
• (00:26:26) - How Sexual Addictions Play Into the Marriage
• (00:32:01) - What An Addict Needs To Know About Adrenaline
• (00:37:26) - In the Elevator With Alcoholics
• (00:39:10) - March is Mental Health Awareness Month
• (00:40:37) - The Suicide Rate of Men
• (00:45:54) - Veteran Suicides
• (00:49:31) - "What Have You Let Go Of Your Marriage?"
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