Marriage University With Tina Haisman

How would you like to feel happier and more joyful? Would you like to feel more fulfilled? Would you like to have more energy? How about some more fun? If you answered yes to these questions, I’ve got your solution! No, it’s not a magic pill! Sorry! It’s way more exciting than that — it’s your life purpose that is calling you and waiting for you to step into it! People who are living in alignment with their life purpose, are happier, more intentional and more content. In this week’s podcast I’ll teach you how to find your purpose and start living it! If you need more inspiration, I have a free gift for you that I am so excited about -- my Cultivating Healthy Communication in Marriage Masterclass. This class is for you if you’re tired of fighting with your husband and you want to feel more connected. I hope you'll check it out! Also, if you are in need of some positivity, join us in A Life Designed on Facebook.

Many people ask me about my connection with God. I feel like this story is one of the stories from my life that helps show how having a relationship with God can bring peace in the midst of chaos or hurt. I offer this story to you with the hope and prayer that it buoys your faith and that it inspires you to look for the blessings, no matter what trials you may face in life. If you need more inspiration, I have a free gift for you that I am so excited about -- my Cultivating Healthy Communication in Marriage Masterclass. This class is for you if you’re tired of fighting with your husband and you want to feel more connected. I hope you'll check it out! Also, if you are in need of some positivity, join us in A Life Designed on Facebook.

What is wrong with that person? How could she do that? How could she NOT do that? What was he thinking? These thoughts seem harmless. And rational. And we are sure we’re right when we think them. But they are actually toxic. They are causing you to feel terrible. It’s not your fault these thoughts come into your head, they’re pretty automatic for most of us. But you don’t have to be at their mercy. In this episode, I will share several tips to help you eliminate judgement from your life so you can feel happier and have better relationships with everyone in your life. If you need more inspiration, I have a free gift for you that I am so excited about -- my Cultivating Healthy Communication in Marriage Masterclass. This class is for you if you’re tired of fighting with your husband and you want to feel more connected. I hope you'll check it out! Also, if you are in need of some positivity, join us in A Life Designed on Facebook.

Date night with your spouse was tough enough before COVID, but now with COVID date nights have been pretty non-existent for many couples. This is a problem, because dating is important. Our marriage relationship is the foundation of our family — we need to take good care of it. I know it can be hard to think of creative things to do with hubby, so in this episode of the podcast I will share with you 10 date night ideas for out of the house and 20 date night ideas for at home. I hope it inspires you! P.S. The appetizer I couldn’t remember the name of was calamari.

We are all looking for more of something. More love from our spouse. More time to get everything done. More Fun. More friends. But how do we get it? This is something I help my clients with on a daily basis. The concept is simple, but not necessarily easy at first. But once you get going, you will be unstoppable! Let’s get you started today on getting more of what you want! Tune in to the podcast, and I’ll share three client examples to help you. I have a free gift for you that I am so excited. My Cultivating Healthy Communication in Marriage Masterclass. This class is for you if you’re tired of fighting with your husband and you want to feel more connected. I hope you'll check it out! Also, if you are in need of some positivity, join us in A Life Designed on Facebook.

I was talking to a client the other day when she started telling me a story about her experience at one of her volunteer opportunities. As soon as she arrived for her shift, one of the other volunteers notified everyone else that the leader was here and they should follow her. She wasn’t officially the leader, but when she showed up to volunteer, the very best in her came out. She shined bright. As she told me that story she shined brightly too. Her whole face lit up and her body language was excited. My friends, this is a pure sign that you are living in your God-given gifts. What a beautiful place to be. In this episode of the podcast I am going to teach you how to live from this place more often. I hope you’ll join me! I have a free gift for you that I am so excited. My Cultivating Healthy Communication in Marriage Masterclass. This class is for you if you’re tired of fighting with your husband and you want to feel more connected. I hope you'll check it out! Also, if you are in need of some positivity

“I stink at marriage thing.” Or “I’m not very good at this motherhood thing.” Or “I’ll never measure up to her.” Do you ever think negative thoughts like these? They may seem minor, but they aren’t. Negative self-talk is a problem that causes us to feel defeated and less than. And it takes us away from God’s plans for us. Tune in to this episode of the podcast, and I will show you where you might be suffering form negative self-talk and how you can overcome it so you can feel like your best self every day. If you would like more inspiration, download my Ultimate Guide to Guilt-Free Self-Care HERE! And join us in the Life Designed Community on Facebook!

If you feel like you’ve lost yourself in motherhood and marriage, this episode is for you. I am going to share with you: Why this happens. Why we should do something about it. What we can do about it. And the amazing benefits of taking the time to rediscover our beautiful selves. I recorded this message for you from my heart - one mom to another — I hope you’ll tune in. If you would like more inspiration, download my Ultimate Guide to Guilt-Free Self-Care HERE! And join us in the Life Designed Community on Facebook!

Many times women ask me how they can improve their marriages and influence their husbands. The power of prayer is usually one of the first tools that comes to my mind. Prayer is so powerful. Never underestimate it. In this episode of the podcast I will share how I learned to pray and rely on God to rescue my marriage. And how I continue to use it today for everyday life. We will also talk about how to use prayer to grow closer to your husband. I hope it helps you in your marriage, as well. If you would like more inspiration, download my Ultimate Guide to Guilt-Free Self-Care HERE! And join us in the Life Designed Community on Facebook!

When I speak on marriage, I often try to encourage women to take the lead on improving their marriage relationship. But I often hear a common complaint about this theory — “It’s not fair.”  I get it. I’ve been there. I know how overwhelmed many of us moms are. And so often, it feels like we can’t take on one more thing. Why should we have to be the one’s to “work” on our marriage? In today’s podcast, I’d like to show you what to do when you are feeling like it’s not fair in your relationship. It’s not about taking on more work, it’s about changing the type of effort you are putting in and receiving massive results. I hope this helps! If you would like more inspiration, download my Ultimate Guide to Guilt-Free Self-Care HERE! And join us in the Life Designed Community on Facebook!

If you have ever told your husband … What to wear What he should eat How he should drive What he should or should not buy How to take care of the kids That he should lose weight Or how to do or handle anything for that matter … this podcast is for you. What most women don’t realize is that when we tell our husband how he should do something it sends a message to him that we don’t think he is capable of handing the situation himself. This deeply hurts his heart. It’s not at all what we mean. We are only trying to make things easier for everyone. But it’s important that we know the message our husband is hearing if we want more connection and love in our relationship. So, in this episode, I’m going to share a few of my classic control freak stories so you can see how it plays out in real life. And I hope to convince you that letting go of control will actually make life better, not worse. This shift is absolutely critical to having a great relationship! If you would like more inspiration, download

In the last episode of A Life Designed I made a case for why we should practice gratitude and how it can help us feel more at peace — even in difficult times. In this episode, I’m going to share with you the incredible benefits of practicing gratitude, then I’ll lead you through a short gratitude meditation, and teach you several more ways you can practice gratitude. I hope you’ll tune in! If you would like more inspiration, download my Ultimate Guide to Guilt-Free Self-Care HERE! And join us in the Life Designed Community on Facebook!

In early March 2020 the world came to a grinding halt when COVID-19 shut down life as we know it. The virus brought with it a crazy amount of worry, stress, fear, disappointment and heartbreak. In this episode I am going to make a case for how you can use gratitude to cope with all of that, and I’ll also share some of the blessings my family has experienced during this time. Then, in the next episode I’ll share with you several different ideas for how you can intentionally start a gratitude practice. I hope you’ll tune in! If you would like more inspiration, download my Ultimate Guide to Guilt-Free Self-Care HERE! And join us in the Life Designed Community on Facebook!

I was talking to a client the other day and she realized she was constantly questioning her worthiness in her marriage. She realized that if her husband did or said the things she needed him to, she felt worthy and loved. She felt complete. But if he didn’t do them, she subconsciously took that as a sign that he did not love her and she was not worthy. That reminded me of the infamous line in the movie Jerry Maguire where Jerry says to his estranged wife, “You complete me.” In today’s podcast I’ll teach you where your true worth and completion come from and help you take that pressure off of your husband and your marriage. If you would like more inspiration, download my Ultimate Guide to Guilt-Free Self-Care HERE! And join us in the Life Designed Community on Facebook!

We have all been through things in our lives that hurt. And we tend to carry that pain around with us throughout our lives. Telling and retelling the story of what happened to us and how bad it hurt. If you’re not telling your story publicly, you are telling it to yourself over and over again. Some of us do both. In this episode of the podcast I am going to teach you how to heal your past so you can feel better and move on with your life. If you would like more inspiration, download my Ultimate Guide to Guilt-Free Self-Care HERE! And join us in the Life Designed Community on Facebook!

I once had a super-vivid dream that I had a new boyfriend. The love was fresh and new and fun. It was that honeymoon phase of love. Do you remember that from your own relationship? Ahhhh…those were the days, right? In this week’s podcast, I’ll give you one tip on how you can get some of those loving feelings back into your relationship no matter how long you’ve been married! If you would like more inspiration, download my Ultimate Guide to Guilt-Free Self-Care HERE! And join us in the Life Designed Community on Facebook!

Have you ever felt like your husband doesn’t listen to you? I think many of us have at one time or another. What we might not realize is that we are the ones causing that to happen by how we approach conversations. So, in this week’s podcast, I will share a personal story and a simple tool to help you communicate with your husband so he listens to you. If you would like more inspiration, download my Ultimate Guide to Guilt-Free Self-Care HERE! And join us in the Life Designed Community on Facebook!

My client’s husband had a problem with being chronically late for dinner. They always planned for dinner to be at 6:00 p.m., but he hardly ever made it home on time, and he never called or texted. My client was feeling disrespected and unimportant. She wanted to work it out with him, but every time they talked about it their conversation ended in a fight. In this week's podcast, I am going to teach you how to have a difficult conversation with your husband that doesn’t end in a fight! If you would like more inspiration, download my Ultimate Guide to Guilt-Free Self-Care HERE! And join us in the Life Designed Community on Facebook!

Many women reach out to me for help in their marriage because they feel lonely. They are not alone, a national survey conducted in 2018 found more than 30 percent of married people report feeling lonely. Isn’t that crazy? 30 percent. Well, help is here. I brainstormed and came up with 7 ideas to help you if you are feeling lonely in your marriage. We’ll talk about practical things you can do, logistical things you can do, how to communicate with your husband about it and how to wrap your mind around it in a healthy way. I hope you’ll tune in. If you would like more inspiration, download my Ultimate Guide to Guilt-Free Self-Care HERE! And join us in the Life Designed Community on Facebook!

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I needlessly get stuck in negative thinking patterns.   Say, your husband does something that bothers you, and you keep ruminating on it and thinking about it and have trouble letting it go.   I’ve learned to notice these negative patterns and pull myself out of them, and I’d like to help you do the same thing.   So, on today's podcast, I thought I’d share a time with you when I got stuck in a negative thinking pattern and show you how I got out of it.   If you would like more inspiration, download my Ultimate Guide to Guilt-Free Self-Care HERE!   And join us in the Life Designed Community on Facebook!