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Your Marriage Matters

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This podcast is for couples that are engaged to be married or seriously dating with an eye on getting married. We are here to help you prepare for a long life together before you even say I do!

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YMM #045 ... 4 Questions To Ask Yourself To Make 2019 YOUR Best Year Ever!

December 26, 2018 09:00 - 19 minutes - 19.9 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz podcast episode #044 4 Questions To Ask Yourself To Make 2019 YOUR Best Year Ever! This is Week 4 in the series ... the last week of the series and the last week of 2018! We wrap up the series and the year with a great question - "what do you want to do that is BIG in 2019"? This question is a lot like last week's question but focuses on something that would be a game changer for you! Remember we are asking ourselves this question: Individu...

YMM #044 ... 4 Questions To Ask Yourself To Make 2019 YOUR Best Year Ever!

December 20, 2018 15:37 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to YOUR Marriage Matterz podcast episode #044 "4 Questions To Ask Yourself To Make 2019 YOUR Best Year Ever"! We are in week 3 of this 4 week series and our question this week is ... "What do you want to do in 2019 that is NEW"! We love this question for a lot of reasons including ...  It allows us to plan for exciting new things in 2019 It gives us the opportunity to enlist the blessing and support of our spouse for what we want to do new.  It gives us great i...

YMM #044 ... 4 Questions To Ask Yourself To Make 2019 YOUR Best Year Ever!

December 19, 2018 09:00

Hey gang ...  Welcome to YMM episode #044 ... 4 Questions To Ask Yourself To Make 2019 YOUR Best Year Ever! In Week 3 of this 4 week series our question of the week is "What do we want to do that's NEW in 2019"?  This question helps us in a couple of ways ...  It allows us to plan for exciting things we may want to do together! It allows us to be able to plan things we want to do individually but want or need our partners blessing or help to make it successful! It gets us on the sam...

YMM #043 ... 4 Questions To Ask Yourself To Make 2019 YOUR Best Year Ever!

December 12, 2018 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to YMM episode #043 ... 4 Questions To Ask Yourself To Make 2019 YOUR Best Year Ever! In Week 2 of this 4 week series our question of the week is "What's not working in your life and how do you get rid of it, or make it work"?  This question helps us in a couple of ways ...  It allows us to get rid of the things in our life that no longer bring us value or don't bring us enough value to justify the time we are investing. It allows us to examine how to male these ...

YMM #042 ... 4 Questions To Ask Yourself To Make 2019 YOUR Best Year Ever

December 05, 2018 09:00 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to YMM episode #042 ... 4 Questions To Ask Yourself To Make 2019 YOUR Best Year Ever! In Week 1 of this 4 week series our question of the week is "What's working in your life and how can you do more of it"?  This question helps us in a couple of ways ...  It assists us in looking for patterns of things that are working because we will see some commonalities in the good! It assists us in increasing our satisfaction in life that we can do more of or add to!  We ar...

YMM #041 The Power Of Personality Styles and How They Impact YOUR Marriage!

November 27, 2018 22:16 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz with Jim & Christie Jacobus! This week's episode is titled The Power Of Personality Styles and How They Impact YOUR Marriage! This is a two part podcast and is the last in our series of 4 Ways To Be Intentional About YOUR Marriage! This is one of our favorite topics to teach on marriage. It is the source of a lot of marital conflict when couples fail to see how God made them and their spouse. It can become a great strength as we learn that G...

YMM #041 Bonus Downloads and link to video ...

November 27, 2018 22:14

Hey gang ...  Below you will find both the downloadable Cheat Sheet for Episodes 41 & 42 as well as a link to the video's for both 41 and 42. Note: The video for 42 will not be added until YMM #042 is published ... no jumping ahead! If you have any questions or difficulty with the downloads or the videos reach out to us [email protected]. We trust you will enjoy this episode!  Here is the link to the downloadable Cheat Sheet - Click Here Here is the link to the Week 1 YMM #041 video - ...

YMM #040 The Power of Thanksgiving In Marriage ... and Life!

November 21, 2018 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to YOUR Marriage Matterz episode YMM#040 The Power of Thanksgiving In Marriage ... and Life! We feel so blessed to be able to do this work that we do and blessed that you would follow us. We are prayerful this Thanksgiving for all of the marriages out there and wanted to pass on a Thanksgiving 2018 podcast to encourage you! As always, we do have a great exercise at the end of this podcast and encourage you to take some time to do it. And then, share it on the Face...

YMM #039 Introducing "The 5 Love Languages"

November 14, 2018 09:00 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to YOUR Marriage Matterz with Jim & Christie Jacobus. This episode is Introducing "The 5 Love Languages" And How You Can Use Them To Strengthen YOUR Marriage! We are going to plug everyone into this awesome work done by Dr Gary Chapman and the folks at www.5lovelanguages.com! This is another in our series on how to be intentional about building your marriage! In this episode we talk about the 5 Love Languages: Gifts Quality Time Physical Touch Words of Affirm...

YMM #038 ... Where Will YOU Spend The Holidays!

November 07, 2018 09:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MB

Hey gang ... With Thanksgiving just 2 weeks away we wanted to run one of our most popular podcasts ever on "How Will You Decide Where To Spend The Holidays"! We think you will enjoy how we, as Team Jacobus, go about making those tough decisions even after 31 years of marriage! We trust you will enjoy ...  Welcome!  Today’s episode is about Holidays.  Where will you spend them?  Have you and your spouse had this important conversation?  This topic involves the expectations you have of y...

YMM #037 ... How To Make YOUR Spouse Feel Loved!

October 31, 2018 08:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to YOUR Marriage Matterz podcast episode YMM #037 ... How To Make YOUR Spouse Feel Loved! Getting the Most From YOUR Survey ...  We have a great show for you this week as we dig into being intentional about building strong, vibrant marriages and learning what our relational needs are and how they give us the keys to making our spouse feel loved! This week we are digging deeper into last week's podcast and going through a debriefing process that will bring a lot of...

YMM #036 ... How To Make YOUR Spouse Feel Loved!

October 24, 2018 08:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to YOUR Marriage Matterz podcast episode YMM #036 ... How To Make YOUR Spouse Feel Loved! Understanding Relational Needs In Marriage! We have a great show for you this week as we dig into being intentional about building strong, vibrant marriages and learning what our relational needs are and how they give us the keys to making our spouse feel loved! We have a Relational Needs Survey you can download at ...  Our Your Marriage Matterz Facebook page - Click Here ...

YMM #035 ... 5 Fundamental Principles For Building A Vibrant Healthy Marriage!

October 17, 2018 08:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to a replay of one of our most downloaded episodes from the archives of the Your Marriage Matterz podcast! Today we are going to tackle 5 Fundamental Principles For Building A Vibrant Healthy Marriage! Our definition of a principle is that it "will work anywhere, any time and for anybody"! The principles in this podcast will make us better business men and women, better golfers or tennis players, better men, women, mothers, fathers and yes ... better husbands and wi...

YMM #034 The Power of Prayer In A Marriage ... 4 Keys To Success!

October 10, 2018 08:00 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to YOUR Marriage Matterz podcast episode YMM #034 The Power of Prayer In A Marriage ... 4 Keys To Success! We are following up on our podcast last week on 4 Ways To Be Intentional About Growing YOUR Marriage by diving off into the power of prayer in a marriage.  This week we give you 4 Keys To Success as you introduce prayer or, if you are already praying together, into your relationship! This has been a game changer for us and we know it will be for you as well! ...

YMM #033 ... 4 Ways To Be Intentional About Growing YOUR Marriage!

October 03, 2018 08:00 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz podcast YMM #033 ... 4 Ways To Be Intentional About Growing YOUR Marriage! And, something you can do RIGHT NOW! Time is flying by! In the process it is easy to overlook those we love and even take for granted they are even going to be here another day. This episode is focused on 4 Ways You Can Be Intentional about your marriage, getting to know your spouse at a deeper level and growing the quality of your relationship.  As always, grab a p...

YMM #032 ... How To Get YOUR Spouse To Change!

September 26, 2018 08:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to YOUR Marriage Matterz episode YMM #032 ... How To Get YOUR Spouse To Change! Lately Christie and I have heard a lot of "our marriage would work if he/she would just (fill in the blank)! So, we said, let's do an episode on just that! How do you get YOUR spouse to change.  We trust you will enjoy this episode!!! PS ... you might want to get out a pencil, something to write on and a mirror for this one! Jim & Christie Jacobus 

YMM #032 ... 4 Dangers Of Social Media!

September 19, 2018 08:00 - 21 minutes - 21.4 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to the Your Marriage Matterz podcast episode #031 ... 4 Dangers Of Social Media (And, What To Do About Them)! First things first! We love social media. We love our Facebook communities, Twitter followers, Instagram followers and our LinkedIn followers! There is nothing wrong with any of the social media platforms! Nothing! That said, there are inherent dangers and we see them impacting marriages in a negative way every day. In this podcast we are going to discuss ...

YMM #030 ... We Are Finally Back!!!

September 05, 2018 08:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

Hey there gang ...  Welcome to YOUR Marriage Matterz podcast episode #030 ... We Are Finally Back! And yes, we hope you noticed that we missed the entire month of August doing the podcast and for that we apologize. We had a really scary health episode where Jim spent 8 days in ICU and just the experience itself was tough but the recovery period has been tough as well.  That said, every challenge has a silver lining to it and for all of you that follow the podcast we believe it will bri...

YMM #029 ... Marriage At the Speed Of Life!

August 01, 2018 08:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MB

Hey there ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz podcast #029 ... Marriage At the Speed Of Life! This week we recap a 6 week study of Dr's Les and Leslie Parrott's awesome book The Time Starved Marriage!  This was an awesome opportunity to look at time from so many different perspectives and really focus on a couple of key factors ...  Be intentional about the time we have in our marriage When we are so busy focus on quality instead of quantity Making our marriage a priority We cert...

YMM #028 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ... 5 Reasonable Expectations Every Couple Need To Agree On!

July 25, 2018 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

Hey folks ...  Welcome to the YOUR Marriage Matterz podcast episode YMM #028 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ... 5 Reasonable Expectations Every Couple Need To Agree On! Making Your Life Together Work.  In this episode we wrap up our look at marital expectations. We focus on how we divide up all of the tasks and responsibilities that make up how we run our households!  We provide you with a formula, a process, for making sure everything gets done and that we are fairly sharing the load!  ...

#027 MONEY ... 5 Reasonable Expectations Every Couple Need To Agree On!

July 18, 2018 08:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz podcast episode #027 MONEY ... 5 Reasonable Expectations Every Couple Need To Agree On! WARNING: #4 may be something you don't really want to hear.  This is the next in our series on reasonable expectations that apply to every marriage. We agree, right from the start, that money is tough to talk about. That said, being able to agree on some fundamentals is the foundation for productive conversations! Grab a pen and a piece of paper because...

#026 Friends ... 6 Reasonable Expectations

July 11, 2018 08:00 - 23 minutes - 23.7 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to the YOUR Marriage Matterz podcast episode #026 Friends ... 6 Reasonable Expectations Every Couple Need To Agree On! This is the 4th in our series on Marital Expectations. Along with these baseline expectations: If the bible speaks to it that is our starting point We will learn how to communicate openly and transparently We will learn how to solve problems together We are bringing you 3 more very reasonable expectations when it comes to our friends! Get ou...

YMM #025 FAMILY ... 4 Reasonable Expectations Every Couple Need To Agree On!

July 04, 2018 08:00 - 39 minutes - 20.5 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz podcast YMM #025 FAMILY ... 4 Reasonable Expectations Every Couple Need To Agree On! We are going to be looking at the second episode in our The Power of Expectations In Our Marriage series.  In this podcast we are going to discuss 4 very reasonable expectations every couple needs to agree on when it comes to dealing with our families. When we said "I Do" we took on each other's families as well and at times that can be difficult! We are g...

YMM #024 SEX ... 5 Reasonable Expectations Every Couple Need To Agree On!

June 27, 2018 08:00 - 37 minutes - 36.5 MB

Hey gang ... Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz podcast #024 SEX ... 5 Reasonable Expectations Every Couple Need To Agree On! Sex Tips For A Vibrant Healthy Marriage.  In this episode we continue on in our series on expectations by tackling the expectations we have about sex in our marriages! There are countless "what if's" every couple has about sex and we could do a podcast for days trying to answer them all. What we have done in this episode is give you 5 Reasonable Expectations that sh...

YMM #023 The Power of Expectations For Good (and Bad) In Your Marriage!

June 20, 2018 08:00 - 32 minutes - 32.2 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz podcast #023 The Power of Expectations For Good (and Bad) In Your Marriage! In this episode we are beginning to unpack the role that marital expectations play for good, and bad, in our marriages! All of our expectations come from somewhere ... family, culture, past relationships, friends and on and on. Our job is to decide if the expectations are good, reasonable, add to our marriage(or take away) and learn to communicate them effectively to...

YMM #022 5 Myths About Marriage

June 13, 2018 08:00 - 31 minutes - 31.5 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz podcast #022 5 Myths About Marriage - Crushed By Team Jacobus!  This week we look at 5 common things that create problems in marriage and are myths created by our culture and misinformation in general! The myths are ...  Happy couples never argue My spouse should "just know"  If you loved me you would change I have a right to privacy I would be better off alone, or with someone else Check and see if you struggle with any of these! ...

YMM #021 Marriage At the Speed Of Life!

June 06, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutes - 29.4 MB

Hey there ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz podcast #021 ... Marriage At the Speed Of Life! This week we recap a 6 week study of Dr's Les and Leslie Parrott's awesome book The Time Starved Marriage!  This was an awesome opportunity to look at time from so many different perspectives and really focus on a couple of key factors ...  Be intentional about the time we have in our marriage When we are so busy focus on quality instead of quantity Making our marriage a priority We cert...

YMM #020 6 GREAT Date Night Questions To Ask Each Other!

May 30, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutes - 29.4 MB

Hey there ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz podcast #020 6 GREAT Date Night Questions To Ask Each Other ... Making "Date Night" Great again! This week we are going to give you 6 excellent date night questions you can ask each other to get to know more about ...  Your spouses history! Your spouses present! And, your spouses past! After last week's "Listener Question of the Week" ... how often should we have date night we got tons of feedback wanting to know more about date night. ...

YMM #019 The 5 Most Common FAILS We See In Marriage Today!

May 23, 2018 08:00 - 33 minutes - 32.7 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to the Your Marriage Matterz podcast episode #019! We are asked all of the time what are the most common mistakes we see married couples make? So, to answer that question here is our podcast titled The 5 Most Common FAILS We See In Marriage Today And, What To Do About Them!  Through the years we have seen these same 5 things pop up over and over again ...  Fail #1 - unreasonable marital expectations Fail #2 - not investing in the marriage Fail #3 - not working ...

YMM #018 ... Turning Your Marriage Into A Team That Can't Lose!

May 16, 2018 08:00 - 28 minutes - 28.3 MB

Hey folks ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz and YMM #015 - Turning Your Marriage Into A Team That Can't Lose! This is the last session in our Couples At the Crossroads series. In this episode we discuss 5 things that will help you create a team atmosphere within your marriage.  You hear us constantly refer to our marriage as Team Jacobus and that we take on the world shoulder to shoulder as a team. Our 5 keys this week are: Be committed, or all in, on your marriage The Team comes ...

YMM #017 ... Conflict Resolution and How To Effectively Solving Problems Together!!

May 09, 2018 08:00

Hey there gang ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz episode #017. Today's topic is Conflict Resolution and How To Effectively Solving Problems Together!  Conflict in a marriage is inevitable! It is part of the deal when two people growing up with different backgrounds live together, play together and are focused on building a life together.  How we handle this inevitable challenge will determine whether the conflict drives a wedge between us or actually strengthens our relationship. L...

YMM #017 ... Conflict Resolution and How To Effectively Solving Problems Together!!

May 09, 2018 08:00

Hey there gang ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz episode #017. Today's topic is Conflict Resolution and How To Effectively Solving Problems Together!  Conflict in a marriage is inevitable! It is part of the deal when two people growing up with different backgrounds live together, play together and are focused on building a life together.  How we handle this inevitable challenge will determine whether the conflict drives a wedge between us or actually strengthens our relationship. L...

YMM #016 The Power of Effective Communication In YOUR Marriage

May 02, 2018 08:00 - 38 minutes - 38 MB

Hey folks ...  Welcome to our Couples At the Crossroads series episode The Power of Effective Communication In YOUR Marriage. This week we discuss the critical marital skill of communication. And ... we are going to focus in on how important it is to be both a communicator and a listener by sharing our "Communication Rules of the Road"! Check it out ...  Speaker Rules of the Road ...  Right place, right time, right mood Use "I" language instead of "You"  Focus on one subject at a ti...

Sharing the Household Chores LQOW ...

April 25, 2018 12:19

Hey gang ...  Our Listener Question of the Week was about how to share the household chores. Attached you will find a couple of checklists you can use to decide whether ...  He does it She does it We do it together We hire someone to do it for us!   Let us know if you have any questions ... Jim & Christie Jacobus [email protected] 

YMM #015 Creating A Shared Vision For YOUR Marriage ...

April 25, 2018 12:11 - 29 minutes - 29.2 MB

Hey there gang ...  We are in Part 2 of our Couples At The Crossroads - How To Reset Your Marriage series. This week we are talking about getting on the same page. When our marriage isn't flourishing the way we want it to or is stuck we have to go back to the beginning and reset it! Today we talk about resetting our marriage at a 30,000 ft level and at ground zero. We will be discussing ... Money Sex Marital Expectations Parenting Roles and Responsibilities Faith and Spiritual...

YMM #014 ... The ONLY 3 Reasons Why Marriages Fail!

April 18, 2018 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MB

NOTE: Jim and Christie have laryngitis this week so we are pulling one of our most popular podcasts over from The Man Up Project 2020 podcast. The idea that there are ONLY 3 Reasons Why Marriages Fail amy seem a little simple but we believe you will find they are accurate! We trust you will enjoy this crossover episode of YMM #014!  Hey guys! While the title may seem a little ominous there really are only "3 Reasons Why Men Fail"! It is that simple. This podcast is going to cover those r...

YMM # 013 ... Couples At The Crossroads!

April 11, 2018 15:18 - 37 minutes - 36.9 MB

Hey folks ...  Welcome to a new Your Marriage Matterz series - Couples At The Crossroads ... How To Reset YOUR Marriage! This is going to be a 5 part series focusing on how we can sort of stop where we are, assess where our marriage is and reset the direction and trajectory of our lives together.  We all get to that place sometime where we are stuck, or struggling or ... at a crossroads! Most of the time we don't even know how we got here but we want more than our current relationship pr...

YMM #012 - The 6 Things EVERYONE Needs To Know About Their Spouse!

April 04, 2018 08:00 - 38 minutes - 37.9 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to this week's podcast where we are going to learn The 6 Things EVERYONE Needs To Know About Their Spouse! This podcast is in response to so many comments we received regarding "what the heck do you guys talk about when spending 3,600 miles+ in the car together?" While talking may or may not come easy to your and your spouse it is a skill set you can build and improve on! We are going to give you not just the process for great conversations but also the mindset that...

YMM #011 10 Tips For Traveling Together

March 28, 2018 08:00 - 38 minutes - 37.2 MB

Hey gang ...  There are a lot of things to learn when you take a 3,600 mile road trip that covers 7 days and 5 states! Here are 10 Tips For Traveling Together ... Across Town, Across Country Or Just Through Life In General!  Here are just a couple of bullet points from the podcast: First, plan the trip way in advance, do your homework and research. If you are going to spend the money and time make sure you get a great ROI!  Plus ... you get to enjoy the anticipation of the trip! Sec...

YMM #010 Lessons From the "Bucket List" Road Trip!

March 21, 2018 08:00 - 27 minutes - 13.5 MB

Hey folks ...  Today we come to you from our make shift studio in sunny West Palm Beach, Florida! Our trip is coming to a close but we still have one adventure left we will share with tomorrow.  That said, we sat down and asked each other what have been the pluses of this road trip! And we came up with a bunch. They fell into a couple of categories: Memories - we have tons of these! Just time to talk - about nothing and about everything Planning - especially where we are going with ...

YMM #009 7 Powerful Communication Skills

March 14, 2018 14:26 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MB

Hey folks ...  What are the top 3 skills we need to have a vibrant, healthy marriage? Communication, communication and communication!  All kidding aside we have found that great communication works to solve a wide variety of marital problems while poor communication exacerbates them! So recently we spoke at the Connect Marriage Conference up in the Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas area and one of the topics we covered were the 7 Powerful Communication Skills! In this podcast we are sharing with ...

YMM #007 - Building a Great Team At Home!

March 07, 2018 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MB

Hey gang ...  First we wanted to thank you for all of the support we have received in these first few weeks! The podcast is growing like crazy and we are so appreciative! In this week's episode we are going to talk about why it is so important to build YOUR Team and what all goes into that. While tons of people know us as Jim & Christie there are a growing number of folks that call us "Team Jacobus" and we love it.  We believe and teach that in successful marriages the entity, the marr...

10 Reasons Why YOUR Marriage Matterz!

February 28, 2018 09:00 - 24 minutes - 23 MB

Hey folks ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz podcast #006! This week we tackle 10 reasons why YOUR Marriage Matterz. Not just why marriage itself matters but specifically why YOUR individual Marriage Matterz! We don't want to give away the list here in the show notes but we will share with you that one important way YOUR Marriage Matters is the fact that it matters to us! If you ever think no one cares about you and/or your marriage we want you to know that we do! The Jacobus' care ...

YMM #005 Parenting ... A Master Class!

February 21, 2018 08:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MB

Hey there YMM gang! When we started this thing we promised we would come at you with all kinds of resources ... including interviews! Well, we did our first interview this past weekend on location at a marriage conference we were speaking for and it was with our good friends Matt & Julie Barnhill! We could have interviewed them on a dozen different topics regarding marriage and they would have blown it out of the water. That said, we decided to talk with them about how intentional they...

Why the "Z"?

February 15, 2018 21:58 - 6 minutes - 5.58 MB

Hey folks ...  Yesterday, February 14th, Valentine's Day and our 31st anniversary, was an awesome day! We thoroughly enjoyed our day together both working and playing. And ... we launched our podcast and Facebook page for YOUR Marriage Matterz! To say we had a successful launch is an understatement! We had ... 263 downloads of the podcast and 116 people followed our Facebook page  All in 1 day!!! That said, there were a lot of questions and tons of great feedback. The most common w...

Christie and Jim Could Use Your Help!

February 14, 2018 16:45

Hey gang ... It is February 14th, Valentine's Day as well as our 31st anniversary!  AND ... we could use your help with something! As most of you know we are passionate about marriage and committed to doing all we can to build vibrant healthy marriages. With that in mind we have started a new journey in pursuit of that calling by launching a podcast, on Valentine's Day, titled "Your Marriage Matterz"! (We will explain the reason for the Z at a latter date)  We really need, and would app...

Why A Bucket List Is Important For Your Marriage

February 12, 2018 17:10 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz podcast #003! As we started out we promised that we would share with you, our audience, "strategies, tactics, skills and mindsets that would help in building a vibrant healthy marriage.  In today's episode we are going to get into one of our favorite strategies and tactical topics ... creating a "Bucket List" and how that can be beneficial to you both individually and as a couple! We will discuss ...  Ground rules for creating bucket list...

#002 Keys To Building A Vibrant Healthy Marriage

February 12, 2018 16:57 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to episode #002 of the Your Marriage Matterz podcast! Today we are going to tackle some fundamental principles for building a vibrant healthy marriage! Our definition of a principle is that it "will work anywhere, any time and for anybody"! The principles in this podcast will make us better business men and women, better golfers or tennis players, better men, women, mothers, fathers and yes ... better husbands and wives! They will make us better, even extraordinary,...

#001 Getting To Know Team Jacobus

February 12, 2018 16:42 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to Your Marriage Matterz episode #001! We are both professional speakers and trainers and we know that every audience we stand in front of wants to know the following: Who are you? Why are you here? Why do I care? In YMM Podcast Zero we answered the second and third questions in detail and added a little about who we are. In this podcast we go into detail about Christie, about Jim and about the two of us as a couple ... or, what we refer to as "Team Jacobus"! ...

Your Marriage Matterz Podcast Zero

February 11, 2018 18:57 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB

Hey gang ...  Welcome to the very first "Your Marriage Matterz" podcast! We are calling this particular episode Podcast Zero as it is just an introduction to our podcast. And, in this episode we want to answer 3 important questions: Who are we? What are we doing with this podcast? Most important ... why do you care? So we actually start out with what are we doing with this podcast and the simple answer is we are committed to doing everything we can to "build healthy vibrant marriages...