Being a stepparent can be challenging. You’re either the hero or the villain. Today, marriage and family therapist and founder of SmartStepFamilies.com, Ron Deal, is here to help stepparents succeed. We’re going to discuss two of his books, The Smart Stepdad and The Smart Stepmom.
Learn ways to stop talking past each other and to each other instead. Our guest, marriage and family therapist Dr. Corey Allan, has created a unique “He Said She Said” workshop where he helps those who have trouble understanding each other and handling each other’s messages.
Money is a big argument for many couples. Financial expert Greg Johnson, founder of New Era Financial Services, offers some advice on how to stop those arguments on this episode of Mad About Marriage.
Words can harm, even unintentionally. Our guest, Deborah Smith Pegues, author of 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue, reveals how to get our tongues under control so that our words can heal instead of hurt.
Mike and Gayle Tucker sit down for an interview with Australian-born Nashville singer songwriter, Jaime O’Neal, who has written Top Ten and #1 hits for herself as well as other stars like Reba, Martina McBride, and LeAnn Rimes. Jaime’s husband, Rodney Good, joins the conversation to discuss some of the bigger issues in their lives. Also joining Mike & Gayle in this episode are Kathie Baillie and Michael Bonagura of Baillie and the Boys, to talk about their marriage and career together for nearly 4 decades. They are joined by their daughter Alyssa Bonagura for a family moment in song.
Dr. Terri Orbach, also known as The Love Doctor, is here to share why we don’t understand the opposite sex. She’s also the author of the book, 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great.
Roland Warren, President of the National Fatherhood Initiative, has some wonderful resources for struggling dads. The National Fatherhood Initiative is a place where men who want to be strong fathers can turn for help.
He’s won 14 Grammy awards and has been named Male Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association. On today’s program we are honored to have country great Ricky Skaggs and his wife, Sharon White Skaggs, member of the Grammy Award-winning and Dove Award-winning group The Whites.
On this episode of Mad About Marriage, Scott Stanley, Ph.D., co-director of the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver and author of The Power of Commitment and Fighting for Your Marriage, shares how committing to a lifetime partner can be powerful and rewarding in many ways.
They say opposites attract – but what happens if they stop? David and Teresa Ferguson, authors of Never Alone – Devotions for Couples, show how couples can overcome and look beyond their differences once the novelty of their attraction wears off.
