Sam Malone Show Marriage Talk With Sam Malone And Honor The Vow's Robert Cossick

How trustworthy are you? Studies found that you must follow through on 90% of your promises to be considered trustworthy. Below 55% and you are not at all trustworthy. If you want to build or rebuild trust in your marriage, you’ll need to take extra care to think through your ability to honor your word. Unfortunately, just intending to do something is not worth much.

We have 24 hours in a day of which sleep, work, routine chores, activities, meals, and kids will burn up most of that time leaving only an hour or two eat day for your spouse, maybe. It’s no wonder so many marriages are falling apart when all that our spouses hear us telling them is to, “Take a number and we’ll get to you as soon as we can.”

A puppy love marriage is built on short-lived interactions of affection toward each other. When our spouses give us their attention, we get excited, energetic, and much more affectionate. However, when their attention is consumed by something else, we can feel abandoned, lethargic, and unaffectionate toward them. The latter can lead to resentment and divorce

The original design for marriage is quite simple, leave your father and mother and become one with your wife. This plan was penned over 3,000 years ago and yet we still struggle with what it means. In this segment we discuss the two parts of becoming one: physical and emotional union.

In this special edition of Marriage Talk, Sam’s wife Denise joins the show to discuss Valentine’s Day gift ideas.

Within marriage, entrapment is when you set up a situation whereby your spouse is almost guaranteed to fail. In other words, you put your spouse in a situation where there is a high probability they will disappoint you. In the segment we identify the top 3 entrapments spouses fall into. We also discuss changes in our bodies in the weekly Hot & Heavy discussion.

Do you remember your wedding vow? Regardless of whether or not you remember exactly what you said, do you at least remember what the vow represented? The wedding vow is an important part of the marriage ceremony but to be honest, most couples don't really understand what the vow represented. We break it down for you in this segment.

A bellhop’s role is to help guests enjoy their stay. They start by taking your luggage when you arrive, so you can start enjoying your time there from the minute you walk in the door. We can’t afford a bellhop at our homes, but we can enjoy the same benefits by getting rid of our baggage before we go inside.

What does lemonade have to do with Marriage? A lot, actually, since both have ingredients that are a bit sour. In the episode, learn how much sugar is needed for the sweet times to overpower the sour ones. In part two, we use the metaphor of House Hunting to help couples improve intimacy in their marriage.

January first brings with it a new start and for many, renewed resolutions. Resolutions are fun, but unless they are made with a plan, they are really nothing more than a wish. When it comes to putting together a plan, especially for a great marriage, there are three tricks… In this segment we'll discuss all three. We also added an extra tip that every guy will request of his wife.

The urban use of the term ‘Gold Standard’ identifies something as the model of excellence, the highest standard, and the best something can be. The ‘Gold Standard’ for the expression of love in marriage is found in the Bible in First Corinthians chapter 13.

A 2011 study found that December is the most stressful month for couples. Amongst divorcees, 1 in 5 made that decision in the month of December. The main culprits are money worries, family & friend gatherings, and work schedules. To help avoid stress the next two weeks or so, you just need to do a little planning.

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, most people have shifted gears and are now focused on the quickly approaching holidays that include gift giving as part of their celebration, such as Hanukkah and Christmas. Since we will get gifts, we might as well get the gifts we really want, right? In the segment we discuss how to get the gifts you really want.

Communication is marriage is more about how the issues make your spouse feel and less about the facts. We also discuss how planning a trip to San Antonio can greatly improve your intimacy.

Endurance training is applicable to marriage as well. Every marriage has periods of intense activity, especially around holidays and kids events. In order to avoid burning out, you need frequent periods of recovery.

Nobody in a marriage should feel like a doormat. By doormat, we mean feeling like you’re the one who does everything at the full sacrifice of your own needs and wants being met. However, sometimes one spouse becoming a doormat for a few days is exactly what your marriage needs.

200th Segment Celebration, Picture Perfect Marriage and Top 20 Analogies. Every picture doesn't have to be perfect to create perfect memories.

If couples could see what the depth of their pain really means, many of them would understand just how much they actually do love each other. If they could just learn to measure the depth of their love by the depth of their pain they may just be willing to give it one more shot at turning their marriage around.

The question, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg” has been debated for centuries. A similar debate has occurred amongst couples for just about as long: Which comes first…a GOOD marriage produces a HAPPY spouse … or … A HAPPY spouse produces a GOOD marriage. We discuss these two on today’s segment.

We hear it all the time: Marriage is difficult, it's hard work, and it's complicated. Well, I don't think marriage is difficult or hard work or even complicated. At least it wasn’t designed to be that way. The simplicity of marriage is expressed in the wedding vow. The wedding vow is only 46 words, that’s pretty simple. So, why do so many couples feel that marriage is so complicated?