The Save The Marriage Podcast
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The Save The Marriage Podcast
Learn how to save your marriage and improve your relationship. Stop your divorce and restore a loving relationship. Join Dr. Lee H. Baucom for this impactful podcast that can save your marriage.
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Stop Fishing!
You may just be on a fishing expedition, and not even realize it!
If you are trying to get your spouse to respond, trying to get some f...
Right Thing vs. Right Way
Today, I tackle a pretty sensitive subject: the difference between "Doing The Right Thing" and "Doing It Right."
Let me be very clear:...
Space vs. Connection??
It is such a common demand from a spouse during a marital crisis: “I need space! You just need to give me space!”
Yet here I am, tell...
For When Marriage Gets Hard
“Why is marriage so hard?” That is a question I often hear from struggling couples.
What happened? All of that love, all the connectio...
Apology ==> Reconciling
You have already journeyed to here. Maybe your relationship is hurting and in pain. Maybe your connection has gone cold. But however you got here,...
Rejection…Protection…Perception!
You are working on your marriage. You reach out toward your spouse. . . only to feel rejected.
After that stops you in your tracks. Y...
Are You Fighting for Connection?
“Should I even keep fighting for my marriage?”, asks “G.”
Oof, that word… “fighting.” I hear it often. But so many times, when someon...
Four Fails to Saving Your Marriage
First, let me be clear: if you are actively saving your marriage, working toward a better relationship... stop reading and go do something else! Thi...
What Stage is the Crisis?
In my Save The Marriage System Quick-Start Guide, I show the 8 distinct stages of a marriage crisis. But those are the stages of the crisis. There ar...
Marriage In The Kettle
You've heard the story about the frog and the kettle. It's the slowly heating water that sneaks up on the frog before it can react.
Tur...
Having Hope vs. Building Hope
Most people wait for hope to show up.
They treat it like weather — something that either arrives or doesn't, something outside their co...
When You Failed Therapy (Or Therapy Failed YOU)
She did everything right.
When her marriage hit a crisis, she and her husband went to therapy. They showed up every week. They stayed with it f...
When Your Spouse Says Divorce: What To Do In The Next 72 Hours
If your spouse has said the word divorce — or you're afraid they're about to — the next 72 hours matter more than you might think.
Not because...
CAN Every Marriage Be Saved??
People ask me this all the time. And given that my website is called Save The Marriage, most assume they already know my answer.
They'r...
Is Your Marriage Bankrupt — Or Just Overdrawn?
Most people who contact me have already decided.
They've looked at where things stand — the distance, the silence, the failed attempts — and th...
Dials and Switches
No, this isn't some electrical engineering idea. Instead, it has more to do with human nature.
We often want to find the switch, the on...
How to Stop Dysregulaton Before it Stops You – EJ and Tarah Kerwin
You weren't trying to blow it up. You weren't trying to say the thing that sent everything sideways. And yet — there you were, reactive and regretful,...
Addicted to Blame?
Are you and your spouse addicted to blame? Do you find yourself pointing your finger toward your spouse, sure that it is really your spouse's fault (...
The (Created) Past Hurts Your Marriage
Sounds so philosophical, doesn't it? Your "created past." What is that?
We all do it. We remember things based on our emotional stat...
Not Knowing vs. Not Doing
You know something is wrong. You might even know, in some general sense, what needs to change.
But you're still stuck.
M...
This Is How You “Diss” Your Marriage
Most people assume a marriage falls apart because something went wrong.
A betrayal. A blow-up. A moment where everything changed.
But th...
Momentum: The Physics of a Failing Marriage
My high school science teacher almost helped me make TNT in the chemistry lab!
That's how this episode starts. But it's not really abou...
Limiting Beliefs That Limit Your Marriage
It almost seems redundant, doesn't it? If you have limited beliefs, they could limit something -- say, for example, your marriage.
I sa...
What DOES Pickleball Have To Do With Marriage??
Probably more than you want to admit.
I've been playing pickleball for about four years. Started when my wife and I moved to a new comm...
Stop Spinning the Wheel
Einstein said we can't solve our problems with the same thinking that created them.
And if you've been working on your marriage—trying hard, pu...
“If It Were Meant To Be”… Is a Load of Crap!
I hear it a lot. Sometimes from someone in the middle of a marriage crisis, trying to make sense of the pain. Sometimes from someone who hasn't hit cr...
When Pop Psychology Destroys Your Marriage
"I'm just Type A—that's why we clash."
"I'm an Alpha male. This is just who I am."
"I'm anxiously attached. I can't help how I react."
Belonging Together??
In this episode of the podcast, I explore why marriages feel empty even when couples are still together. The answer isn't about compatibility or wheth...
The Four Failing Fears
You've decided to save your marriage. You start the process, maybe even make some progress.
Then, BAM! You hit a wall.
...
The RISE Framework: Moving From Surface Talk to Soul-Level Connection
When successful men feel powerful at work but powerless at home, something fundamental is missing. In this episode, Mitchell Osmond, leadership consul...
Resetting in 2026
Resetting in 2026
New year. Same marriage problems?
Here's the thing: most people approach a new year with good intentions but n...
“I get knocked down, I get up again…”
You started working on saving your marriage. Good for you!
And then, you hit a bump. You get knocked down. Maybe you discovered an a...
Special Holiday Edition: The Ghosts of Relationships Past
Do you settle down with a good book you have read over and over this time of year? I read my kids the exact same Christmas book every single year. A...
To-Do’s and To-Don’ts of Saving Your Marriage, Pt. 2
You want to save a marriage... but you may not be sure what to do. And I guess it is also a question of what not to do.
BOTH what TO d...
Quiet Divorce: The Truth
“Quiet Divorce.” It seems to be the topic of article after article. And the articles make it seem like, “No big deal, just happens, oh well.”
...
How You Deal with Negativity
It happens. In the middle of a marriage crisis, you can find yourself surrounded by negativity. A spouse negative about the marriage. Friends and f...
The Pause Problem (and Solution)
When did it happen? When did your marriage’s trajectory head in the wrong direction?
Probably long before you thought, long before you...
To-Do’s and To-Don’ts of Saving Your Marriage, Pt. 1
You want to save a marriage... but you may not be sure what to do. And I guess it is also a question of what not to do.
BOTH what TO d...
Distraction or Traction?
What gets in the way of you getting traction in your efforts to save your marriage?
These days, there is one very substantial reason......
The Zombie Marriage
Is your marriage infected by the "zombie virus?" Do you find your relationship to be the "walking dead?" Are emotions lost and connections missing? ...