\We're often so quick to grab our phones, work the extra hours, and totally forget about the best reasons for marriage, healing and play together. Sometimes there are deeper roots of connection we've lost or never really had and sometimes it's because we've just lost sight of what's really going to refresh us both as a couple and individually. Dr. Steve and Lisa Call of the Reconnect Institute, 3-4 Glow pairing and a beautiful heart dyad, help us to reconnect to one another's hearts in beautiful ways.

What follows is both a humorous and deeply insightful conversation. Triggers can undermine a marriage relationship as a couple often does not have language or context to understand what provoked their partner, or how to engage one another after someone is triggered.

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Continuing to talk about the impact of the pandemic on relationships, Dr. Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen invite Dr. Steve Call into a conversation about the impact of COVID-19 on marriage. We do not approach this topic lightly—we know there is much heartache and brokenness in many homes. Marriage itself is full of complexity and possibility. We hope you hear encouragement, vulnerability, and playfulness as Steve invites us to hear how tension and conflict are created, how increased exposure can lead to shame, and the beauty couples can offer one another when they remind each other what is true. 

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This week Dan continues his conversation with Dr. Steve Call, a therapist and Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology at The Seattle School, about Steve’s new book, Reconnect: Insights and Tools for Cultivating Meaningful Connection in Your Marriage, and how unaddressed hurt and shame can stifle meaningful connection.

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This week Dan dives into a new series with his friend and colleague Dr. Steve Call, a therapist and Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology at The Seattle School, who has just published a new book, Reconnect: Insights and Tools for Cultivating Meaningful Connection in Your Marriage. Reconnect offers an insightful, practical overview of findings drawn from Steve’s own experiences in marriage and his years of therapeutic practice and of teaching others to work with couples and families.

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