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 Pillow Talk 2021

It's time to elevate your nighttime conversations with your spouse.

Visit here for new conversations every Monday & Friday.

AGREE TO DISAGREE?

SEEING IT FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW

SEEING IT FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW

 In your marriage you will have disagreements! 

Is it okay if you are unable to reach a compromise and agree to disagree?

SEEING IT FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW

SEEING IT FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW

SEEING IT FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW

If you and your spouse can’t come to a resolution on a disagreement- you may need to better understand your spouses perspective. 

Would you be willing to switch sides and argue their point of view?

INTIMACY OUTSIDE THE SHEETS

INTIMACY OUTSIDE THE SHEETS

INTIMACY OUTSIDE THE SHEETS

 

Intimacy in marriage is about more than sex.

How can you be more intimate with your spouse outside the sheets? 

COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY

INTIMACY OUTSIDE THE SHEETS

INTIMACY OUTSIDE THE SHEETS

 

Good communication is the key to intimacy in marriage.

Share with your spouse a sensual fantasy you’ve never before shared with them.

BEING A GOOD LISTENER

BEING A GOOD LISTENER

BEING A GOOD LISTENER


 Being a good listener is important in marriage but it is also a difficult skill to learn. 

What every day distractions prevent you from really listening to each other?

ACTIVELY LISTENING

BEING A GOOD LISTENER

BEING A GOOD LISTENER


It’s important for spouse’s to actively listen to one another.

Can you restate your spouse’s opinion on the last subject you talked about?

VOLUNTEER TOGETHER

VOLUNTEER TOGETHER

VOLUNTEER TOGETHER

 

Volunteering is a great activity that allows couples to bond and grow closer together. 

What ways can you volunteer as a couple in your community?

K-I-S-S-I-N-G

VOLUNTEER TOGETHER

VOLUNTEER TOGETHER


Kissing is the first thing you do as a married couple. 

Why is kissing important to your marriage?

BRIDGING THE SPIRITUAL BOND

BRIDGING THE SPIRITUAL BOND

BRIDGING THE SPIRITUAL BOND

 

Experts tell us that kissing bridges the spiritual with the body, the body with the soul.

Discuss the connection you feel when you kiss your spouse.

R E S P E C T !

BRIDGING THE SPIRITUAL BOND

BRIDGING THE SPIRITUAL BOND

 

 Respect in marriage = Recognizing Each Spouse’s Personality Traits Experiences Character and Talents

What are the differences your spouse has that makes your marriage stronger? And which does your spouse have that causes conflict?

BE ACTIVE IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP

WHAT YOU BRING TO YOUR MARRIAGE

WHAT YOU BRING TO YOUR MARRIAGE

 

Respect in marriage is about being active. Which means each spouse actively values and appreciates the other every day! 

In what ways do you show each other appreciation on a daily basis?

WHAT YOU BRING TO YOUR MARRIAGE

WHAT YOU BRING TO YOUR MARRIAGE

WHAT YOU BRING TO YOUR MARRIAGE

 

How we were raised leaves a lasting imprint on who we are as people and as spouses.

What habits, traditions, communication styles, and ways of expressing emotion from your families do you each bring to your marriage? 

FAMILY ORIGIN

CELEBRATE EACH OTHER

CELEBRATE EACH OTHER

 

Family of origin is a gift that helps form each of us into the people we are and into the person we fell in love with. 

Question: What do you find unusual about your spouse’s family practices and traditions? And what do you find inspiring? 

CELEBRATE EACH OTHER

CELEBRATE EACH OTHER

CELEBRATE EACH OTHER

 

Celebrating your spouse daily helps them be their best self!

What is one positive thing your spouse does daily that builds you up?

SHOW IT SO THEY KNOW IT

SHOW IT SO THEY KNOW IT

SHOW IT SO THEY KNOW IT

 

Celebrating your spouse daily helps them be their best self!

What is one positive thing your spouse does daily that builds you up?

A HOLY MARRIAGE

SHOW IT SO THEY KNOW IT

SHOW IT SO THEY KNOW IT

 

A Holy Marriage = racing to the Cross when stuff gets rough.

Discuss the tough times in your marriage when you’ve invited God into that brokenness?

DIFFICULT TIMES

MARRIAGE IS A COVENANT

MARRIAGE IS A COVENANT

 

Holiness in marriage involves spouses resurrecting their marriage after a difficult time.

Have you been able to offer graces to your spouse during difficult time? if not, why? 

MARRIAGE IS A COVENANT

MARRIAGE IS A COVENANT

MARRIAGE IS A COVENANT

 

 When marriage gets tough remember…you can’t return your spouse; marriage is a covenant not a contract. 

Discuss how your spouse has lived out their marriage covenant? 

INVITING GOD

NATIONAL INFANT LOSS MONTH

NATIONAL INFANT LOSS MONTH

 

Inviting God into your marriage is your super power! 

Discuss how God has helped your marriage leap a tall building, have super strength and become bullet proof?

NATIONAL INFANT LOSS MONTH

NATIONAL INFANT LOSS MONTH

NATIONAL INFANT LOSS MONTH

 

October is National Infant Loss Awareness Month. Inviting each other into the heartache of grief keeps one another from suffering silently. Are you able to discuss openly and authentically your feeling of loss with your spouse?

GRIEF HAS NO DEADLINE

GRIEF HAS NO DEADLINE

GRIEF HAS NO DEADLINE

 

Spouses handle grief differently and on their own timeline; because grief is personal and has no deadline. How do you each process loss? How can your spouse show up for you when you are grieving?


LAUGH TOGETHER

GRIEF HAS NO DEADLINE

GRIEF HAS NO DEADLINE

 

Couples who laugh together, last together!

Discuss how each of you bring humor to your marriage. What activities you do together that make you laugh? 


LAUGHTER HELPS IN TOUGH TIMES

LAUGHTER HELPS IN TOUGH TIMES

LAUGHTER HELPS IN TOUGH TIMES

 

 Laughter is often the glue that helps you endure the messiness in marriage. 

Discuss how laughter played a key role in helping you through the tough times in your marriage? And has humor ever backfired and caused hurt feelings between you and your spouse?


MARRIAGE VOWS

LAUGHTER HELPS IN TOUGH TIMES

LAUGHTER HELPS IN TOUGH TIMES

 

 

Marriage vows are personal but not private!

How would the world describe how you live out your vows ?


SAYING "I DO" EVERY DAY

14 DAY GRATITUDE CHALLENGE

14 DAY GRATITUDE CHALLENGE

 

Your wedding vows mean saying “I Do” every day!

What have your vows taught you since your wedding day?


14 DAY GRATITUDE CHALLENGE

14 DAY GRATITUDE CHALLENGE

14 DAY GRATITUDE CHALLENGE

 

This month is all about being thankful. Express your gratitude for your spouse with our 14 Day Gratitude Challenge!

How do you feel when your spouse expresses gratitude for you? What are your favorite ways they show gratitude?  


REFLECTING ON THE GRATITUDE CHALLENGE

REFLECTING ON THE GRATITUDE CHALLENGE

REFLECTING ON THE GRATITUDE CHALLENGE

 

Gratitude in marriage helps couples remember why they fell in love in the first place.

Describe what feelings the Gratitude Challenge has rekindled in your marriage.

GRATITUDE IS FUN

REFLECTING ON THE GRATITUDE CHALLENGE

REFLECTING ON THE GRATITUDE CHALLENGE

 

Couples who show gratitude in their marriage love more, have more fun and forgive more often. 

How has your perspective changed about each other and your marriage while doing the Gratitude Challenge?

HAPPY PEOPLE MAKE HAPPY MARRIAGES

HAPPY PEOPLE MAKE HAPPY MARRIAGES

HAPPY PEOPLE MAKE HAPPY MARRIAGES

 

Take part in our 14 Day Gratitude Challenge. Research shows that gratitude in marriage makes happy people; and happy people make happy marriages! 

What compliments does your spouse give you that make you smile and feel good about yourself?

THANKSGIVING DAY

HAPPY PEOPLE MAKE HAPPY MARRIAGES

HAPPY PEOPLE MAKE HAPPY MARRIAGES

 

The secret to keeping two lives beautifully blended is being THANKFUL for each other. 

On this Thanksgiving Day tell your spouse 3 things they’ve done in 2021, that you are thankful for and why?

SHOWING GRATITUDE

SHOWING GRATITUDE

SHOWING GRATITUDE

 

 Take our 14 Day Gratitude Challenge. Spouses who feel grateful are more likely to express gratitude. 

In what new ways can you show your spouse gratitude? What things does your spouse do every day that you forget to say thank you for!

ADVENT ACTIVITIES

SHOWING GRATITUDE

SHOWING GRATITUDE

 

In Advent couples need to quiet the world’s noise and chaos and prepare together for Christ’s coming.

What activities will you do as a couple this Advent?

SWING INTO ADVENT

CREATE MEMORIES & CELEBRATE

CREATE MEMORIES & CELEBRATE

 

Slow down and swing into Advent by drowning out the Christmas frenzy together.

Celebrate Advent together by setting up your nativity in stages or by reading an Advent series. Which will you choose?

CREATE MEMORIES & CELEBRATE

CREATE MEMORIES & CELEBRATE

CREATE MEMORIES & CELEBRATE

 

Most couples find the holiday season to be busy and chaotic. 

This Advent, how will you and your spouse slow down and create memories and celebrate traditions?

INCREASE YOUR SPIRITUAL INTIMACY

INCREASE YOUR SPIRITUAL INTIMACY

INCREASE YOUR SPIRITUAL INTIMACY

 

Advent helps couples increase their spiritual intimacy with God and with each other. 

So let’s talk: Discuss ways you and your spouse can come together this Advent in shared prayer time.

STARTING FRESH THIS NEW YEAR

INCREASE YOUR SPIRITUAL INTIMACY

INCREASE YOUR SPIRITUAL INTIMACY

 

At the start of each year couples can refresh their marriages.

Discuss how to get closer, be more understanding and embrace more passion as a couple.

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