personal responsibility

Supporting versus Enabling - Ep. 118 (Responsibility Series)

Do you know the difference between supporting and enabling? Or what it means to take responsibility for carrying your own load while sharing in each other’s burdens? Listen in to find out - your action step is below:

Questions to Ask Yourself:

  1. In what ways am I encouraging and empowering the growth and development of my spouse? My kids?

  2. What do I find myself doing for my spouse (and my kids) what they can and should do for themselves?

  3. How can I take personal responsibility this week to live out of my integrity and to share in my family’s burdens…but while carrying only what’s mine to carry?

To work with Kensi, visit bravemarriage.com.

Thanks to John Tibbs for the amazing music each week; my husband, Evan, for podcast editing; & YOU, the listener, for tuning each week to make your marriage even better! May God be glorified in you and through your marriage.

Acting Out of Integrity versus Deception - Ep. 117 (Responsibility Series)

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Lasting change requires more than behavior modification. Are you taking responsibility for yourself and the inner work required to make lasting change in your marriage? Listen in to find out.

3 Ways to Know When You’re Acting Out of Deception:

  1. You feel like you’re “playing the part,” but you haven’t taken on the new identity for yourself.

  2. You’ve modified your behavior, but you haven’t addressed your thoughts or feelings.

  3. You feel proud or satisfied when something you say or do elicits YOUR desired response from your spouse (rather than their truest response).

3 Ways to Know When You’re Acting Out of Integrity:

  1. Your behaviors, thoughts, and feelings are all aligned.

  2. You think of others…not in terms of how they’ll respond to you, but out of genuine care, concern, and compassion for them REGARDLESS of how they respond to you.

  3. You experience inner freedom and peace.

Questions to Ask Yourself:

  1. Where are you noticing a tendency to act out of deception instead of integrity?

  2. Is it a matter of not quite being where you want to be and needing the perseverance to keep going, to move from first order, surface-level change to second order, lasting change? Or is it a matter of beginning to notice where you might be deceiving yourself and taking responsibility for that?

  3. In order to take greater responsibility to act out of your integrity, what’s the next right thing for you? Individual counseling? Journaling and prayer? Perseverance when marriage feels hard? Courage to show up more fully in your own life?

To work with Kensi, visit bravemarriage.com. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage.

Thanks to:

  • John Tibbs for the amazing music each week.

  • Evan Duszynski for podcast editing.

  • You, the listener, for tuning each week to make your marriage better.

You're Responsible To (Not For) Your Spouse - Ep. 116 (Responsibility Series)

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You’re responsible to your spouse, not for your spouse. So what does that look like in marriage? How do you do life as a team without taking on too much (or not enough) responsibility? Listen in to learn more.

To work with Kensi, visit bravemarriage.com.

Thanks to:

  • John Tibbs for the amazing music each week.

  • Evan Duszynski for podcast editing.

  • You, the listener, for tuning each week to make your marriage better.

May God be glorified in you and through your marriage.

Aiming Toward a Better Normal - Ep. 096 (COVID-19 Series)

Aiming Toward a Better Normal
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In our sixth and final episode of this series, we discuss how to make decisions, establish healthy routines, and form better habits as we aim toward a better normal - while addressing 3 of our core existential desires as we do.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Thanks to:

  • John Tibbs for the amazing music each week.

  • Evan Duszynski for producing and editing.

  • You, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage.

Personal Growth - Ep. 081 (Recasting the Vision Series)

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If this podcast has been helpful to you in any way, please share it with a friend. And if you’d like to take this work deeper, I’d be honored to get to know you through couples coaching, workshops, or WedWell.

Thanks to: John Tibbs for the amazing music each week; Evan Duszynski for producing, editing, and being the incredible husband that you are; and you, the listener, for tuning each week in service of making your marriage better. May God be glorified in you and through your marriage.