For years I sought to fit in to my marriage only to find I didn’t actually belong. My mixed faith marriage helped me to see that my efforts to belong (i.e. fitting in) were actually stopping me from belonging.

Ready to get some help for your mixed faith marriage? Go here to learn how to work with me. ⁠https://brookeboothcoaching.com/work-with-brooke/⁠

 

This episode is for those of you who have had the faith transition. If you are like me, after your faith transition you believed that your spouse didn’t approve of you anymore or didn’t like you. I certainly believed both. This led me to create distance and withdraw even though I wanted to be close and belong. Here I talk about how to lean back into love and fall in love again.

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In this panel discussion myself (@BrookeBoothCoaching), Chris Rich (@ChrisRichCoaching) and Suzette Halterman (@SuzetteHaltermanCoaching) talk about partnership. In this discussion we talk about definitions of partnership, how to develop a partnership (even if your spouse is not interested), and compare partnership to other types of relationships. We share our own experiences with partnership in our individual mixed faith marriages.

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Most of the time our intention is very good in our mixed faith marriage. We want what’s best for our spouse and we love them. However, we stop there and do not look closely at the impact of our words and behavior.

Good intention does not nullify bad impact.

In this episode I give some examples of language that is probably from a good intention but may create a bad impact.

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Self care is a bit of a cliche but also essential.

A mixed faith marriage and a faith transition are not light lifts. They can be really intense.

Are you taking care of yourself?

In this episode I talk about the four pillars of self care:

1. Boundaries

2. Self Compassion

3. Value Based Decisions

4. Self Empowerment

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One of the reasons a mixed faith marriage can be so challenging is because we place our marriage on a pedestal. In this episode I talk about the impacts of placing our marriage on a pedestal. Here I talk about how to take your marriage off a pedestal to prevent or release a build up of stress and pressure.

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Suzette Halterman (@SuzettelHaltermanCoaching), Chris Rich (@ChrisRichCoaching) and myself (@BrookeBoothCoaching) continue our conversation on mixed faith marriages. The combined insight of three coaches all in their own mixed faith marriages provides many invaluable insights.

In this episode we discuss: Alcohol.

We address some of these questions:

Why is alcohol such a hot topic/ scary?

How to communicate about alcohol?

Tips for those you drink and those who do not drink… and much more.

 

Here I share some pretty common marriage advice. A lot of advice is great. A lot of advice is not so great. I talk about how to know if the advice you are getting or receiving is worth keeping. Learn about working with me here: https://brookeboothcoaching.com/work-with-brooke/

 

I want to revisit communication. Here I share what I consider to be the four pillars of communication.

1. Know your preferences

2. Communicate Desires

3. Clarity Expectations

4. Repair

I explain each of the four pillars and how they apply to a mixed faith marriage.

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I hear two phrases on the regular in my coaching practice.

This is not what I signed up for.

This is not how it’s supposed to be.

I want to suggest that you are right. This is not how it’s supposed to be and not what you signed up for.

AND staying in that mindset is like staying in waves that keep crashing you against the rocks.

Here I talk about leaving the “supposed to’s” behind if that makes sense to you.

If you want to work with me on your mixed faith marriage, you can learn more here: ⁠https://brookeboothcoaching.com/work-with-brooke/