About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of staying committed to a marriage when one spouse has emotionally or physically checked out.

Enjoy the episode? Send us a text! Everyone around you is starting to ask the same question. Why are you still trying? Your spouse is checked out. Maybe they've stopped sleeping in the same bed. Maybe they've moved out completely. Maybe there's someone else. And nothing you've tried has moved the needle even an inch. So the people who love you start looking at you sideways. They think you're standing in a graveyard. Here's what they're missing. Standing for your marriage doesn't require certa...

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Joe Beam, Kimberly Beam Holmes

Topics covered

• marriage
• relationship challenges
• emotional support
• commitment
• divorce prevention

Keywords

• marriage
• spouse
• commitment
• relationship
• divorce
• emotional support
• standing for marriage

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