Episodes

Jan. 26, 2026

What does abuse look like in marriage?

We are talking about some heavy things today. Spousal abuse is far more common than people want to admit. While some of it is definitely physical, I think the bulk of it is emotional and psychological. Today we discuss some b...

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Jan. 19, 2026

Annoying tendencies that benefit your marraiage

Does your spouse ever annoy you? You don't have to answer that, of course they do. Now I'm not talking about pet peeves, or habits that need to go away. I'm talking about topics that get brought up too often for your taste, o...

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Jan. 12, 2026

Learning to dream again

Welcome back! Today we are talking about learning to dream, plan, and set goals again as a couple after being in survival mode. We speak from experience on this one. Last year, we kept our heads down and lived life one day at...

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Jan. 5, 2026

New year, same us

We are NOT talking about resolutions or even specific goals today. Shocking, I know. Everyone seems to want to talk about those, but we are taking a different approach this year. We are looking back at 2025. We had a lot of b...

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Dec. 23, 2025

You're practically GIVING it away

Merry Christmas to all of our listeners! We're so happy you chose to listen to us this week. We are staying in the season by talking about practical gift giving. Some see it as boring, impersonal, or even lazy, but the receiv...

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Dec. 16, 2025

The stories we tell (about each other!)

Welcome back to Prime Marriage Podcast! If we were to ask you work bestie about your spouse, what would they say? What about your friend from college? Your parents? Not everyone would want to answer those questions. How you t...

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Dec. 9, 2025

The secret language of sighs

Happy Podcast Day! Today we are back in the "studio" for a new episode. We are talking non-verbal communication. Whether it be a sigh, an eyeroll, tone, body language, we hit it all. Learning your spouse's non-verbal cues can...

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Dec. 2, 2025

Different seasons, same reason.

On today's episode, we have a couple of special guests. We are talking with our oldest Tyler and his beautiful wife Courtney. While they have only been married for 3 years, they have been through a couple of decades worth of ...

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Nov. 24, 2025

The Gratitude Games

Happy Thanksgiving! We hope all of our listeners have a blessed holiday and are able to spend some quality time with family and friends. We keep it light this week and do some rapid-fire questions about some things we are tha...

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Nov. 17, 2025

Love, Patience, and Other Spiritual Cardio

Welcome back to Prime Marriage Podcast! Today we're wrapping up our series on biblical marriage perspectives (for now at least). Today we hit I Corinthians 13. The Love chapter. If you thought the last two subjects were tough...

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Nov. 10, 2025

Passivity isn't passable

Welcome back! On today's episode we are discussing passivity. This one cuts a little close to the bone for one of us. Most of my (Chris) life, I have told myself I am just laid back. I'm chill. That's a nice way to remove any...

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Nov. 3, 2025

More Than a Checklist: Rethinking the Proverbs 31 Wife

Welcome back everyone! We are continuing the mini-series that deals with biblical views of marriage. Today we are discussing the Proverbs 31 wife. Many of you are inwardly groaning but take heart! When you dig into this chapt...

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Oct. 27, 2025

Bad Marriage Advice

Have you ever received bad marriage advice? We have. Go searching the web for marriage advice and you will find some spectacularly bad nuggets of "wisdom". Well today, we discuss some of these. Some are ridiculous, but most h...

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Oct. 20, 2025

Your marriage CAN survive messy!

On today's podcast, we get a bit personal. Okay, REALLY personal. We talk about a time in our marriage where many people would have called it quits. This episode is quite vulnerable for both of us, but we hope that you can se...

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Oct. 13, 2025

I do not think it means what you think it means

Today is the first episode in a mini-series that we'll be recording (not consecutively though). We are going to be looking at the biblical picture of marriage and what that looks like in this series and we are starting off wi...

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Oct. 6, 2025

Grief comes dressed as Thursday

Whenever someone mentions grief, we always tend to think of major loss. Death in the family or maybe a loss of a relationship are things that come to mind, but grief and mourning can occur because of seemingly insignificant e...

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Sept. 22, 2025

Spousekeeping 101: Stewarding your marriage well

What is stewardship, and how does it relate to marriage? Well, that's what we discuss today. Being a good steward of your marriage is being a keen observer, a good manager, and a selfless companion. And it is on BOTH spouses ...

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Sept. 15, 2025

Love doesn't cost a thing... but groceries do

Today, we are tackling some money saving tips for couples and families. Trust me when I say, we are not experts or even doing well in this. However, we don't have to have it all figured out to see what is wise and what is was...

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Sept. 8, 2025

What's in a Name? (Apparently a whole episode)

On today's podcast, we explain our name. No, not Chris and Brandi, but the name of the podcast itself. We were pretty intentional about the name we chose because we both love clever wordplay, but when we dove in, we discovere...

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Sept. 1, 2025

Letters to our Younger Selves

Would you like a do-over? Well, you aren't going to get one. However, today we write a letter to our 18-year-old selves and give that younger version of ourselves some advice. No, not like invest in bitcoin, but getting in on...

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Aug. 25, 2025

It isn't REALLY a lie, right?

There are many people that think as long as there aren't false words coming out of their mouths, they are being honest. If you've lived enough life and especially if you've been married for very long, you know this isn't the ...

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Aug. 18, 2025

The Mirror You Didn't Expect

Anyone who anyone will tell you that self-reflection is good. We all need to take a hard look at ourselves and make changes accordingly. However, sometimes the truest reflection you can see is the one you see from your spouse...

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Aug. 11, 2025

Game Night: 6

We've been meaning to have a little fun and do another game night for a while, but life gets in the way. So today, we play a couple of new (to us) games and end up with our Let's Get Deep card game as per usual. Join us for t...

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Aug. 5, 2025

Hot Takes: Marriage Edition

Today, we give some of our marriage hot takes. Not all of these are "spicy " hot (but a few of them are!!), but these are some things that society and culture are becoming more accepting of, and we do NOT agree. Come along fo...

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