Tony & Alisa DiLorenzo: From Nearly Divorced to Helping Couples Build Extraordinary Marriages

About this episode

Tony and Alisa DiLorenzo discuss the challenges of marriage and share their framework for building intimacy.

What happens when two people who genuinely love each other slowly drift apart without realizing it? Why do so many couples look successful on the outside while quietly feeling disconnected behind closed doors? In this powerful episode, bestselling authors, marriage coaches, and hosts of the acclaimed One Extraordinary Marriage Show , Tony and Alisa DiLorenzo unpack the real reasons marriages struggle—and what couples can do to reconnect before it’s too late. After facing serious challenges in their own marriage, including moments where divorce felt like a real possibility, Tony and Alisa chose a radically different path. That decision eventually led them to create the transformational 6 Pillars of Intimacy® framework that has now helped thousands of couples strengthen emotional, physical, financial, spiritual, recreational, and sexual intimacy. With over 900 podcast episodes and decades of experience coaching couples, they bring honesty, vulnerability, humor, and practical wisdom to every conversation. In this episode, they reveal why busyness is quietly destroying marriages, how distractions are replacing true connection, why “surviving” marriage is not enough, and what…

People in this episode

Host: Matt Beaudreau

Guests: Tony DiLorenzo, Alisa DiLorenzo

Topics covered

• marriage
• intimacy
• relationship coaching
• communication
• personal growth

Keywords

• marriage
• intimacy
• relationship advice
• couples coaching
• emotional connection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: One Extraordinary Marriage Show

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