How to come back to each other after years of drift
About this episode
Carl and Laura discuss how couples can reconnect after years of drift in their marriage.
Want to submit questions? Email us at hello@carlandlaura.com Last week Carl and Laura opened up the biggest question in marriage recovery: how do you stop being lonely in your marriage? This week, they pick up right where that left off with the follow-up question thousands of couples are quietly asking. How do we actually come back to each other? In this episode of Lights On, Carl and Laura tackle three real listener questions that get to the core of reconnection. How long does it take to come back after years of drift? What is a husband missing when his wife says she wants to reconnect but still feels miles away? And the big one: is it possible to fall back in love with the same person, or is that just wishful thinking? You'll hear why connection has to be consistent, not complicated, and why every couple has to stop copying someone else's rhythm and find their own. Laura gets specific about why understanding is the single biggest step in reconnecting, and how comparing your marriage to what you see online is quietly stealing joy from a marriage that's actually working. Carl walks through the reframe that changes everything for a husband still waiting to see results: separate…
People in this episode
Hosts: Carl Lentz, Laura
Topics covered
- marriage recovery
- reconnection
- loneliness
- communication
- understanding
- personal growth
Keywords
- marriage
- reconnection
- loneliness
- communication
- understanding
- personal growth
- couples
- relationship advice
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