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Why Your Marriage Needs Community with Jeff and Alyssa Bethke
Manage episode 482675032 series 2536158
Is your marriage missing the crucial element of community? In this heartfelt conversation, Rebekah and Gabe Lyons welcome Jeff and Alyssa Bethke to discuss how inviting others into your relationship can transform your marriage from isolated to thriving. The Bethkes, who recently moved from Hawaii to Franklin, Tennessee, share their journey of building community in each new season of life and the vulnerability required to make those connections meaningful.
Jeff reveals three research-backed elements that create strong relational bonds: proximity, unplanned interactions, and vulnerability. Throughout the conversation, both couples share powerful personal stories of how having trusted friends to process challenges with has been pivotal in their marriages. They discuss the courage it takes to initiate relationships, the healing that happens when others help you gain perspective on your conflicts, and practical ways to build community even when you feel isolated.
Whether you're in a thriving marriage looking to pour into others, feeling stuck in marital drift, or desperately needing support through a difficult season, this episode offers hope and practical guidance for fighting for your marriage by building relationships that can help carry you through the challenges all couples face.
Order The Fight for Us:
https://a.co/d/aJehu4f
Listen to Pierce’s Song “It is Well (In the Wilderness)”:
https://open.spotify.com/track/4KbSkLkzQ8lbhgu1jn6ptL?si=KBschBMrQ4amNMYmkPgmpw
Follow Pierce on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ibYqSMIViWj9BJUHznMMR?si=HfJ7C4pZQdqe3GpSDnTStw
Join the Marriage May Challenge:
https://www.rebekahlyons.com/marriagemay
Register for the Marriage & Parenting Retreat: November 20-21, 2025 at
https://www.rebekahlyons.com/retreat
Participate in the THINQ resource, Let's Talk Relationships:
https://events.thinqmedia.com/relationships
216 episodes
Manage episode 482675032 series 2536158
Is your marriage missing the crucial element of community? In this heartfelt conversation, Rebekah and Gabe Lyons welcome Jeff and Alyssa Bethke to discuss how inviting others into your relationship can transform your marriage from isolated to thriving. The Bethkes, who recently moved from Hawaii to Franklin, Tennessee, share their journey of building community in each new season of life and the vulnerability required to make those connections meaningful.
Jeff reveals three research-backed elements that create strong relational bonds: proximity, unplanned interactions, and vulnerability. Throughout the conversation, both couples share powerful personal stories of how having trusted friends to process challenges with has been pivotal in their marriages. They discuss the courage it takes to initiate relationships, the healing that happens when others help you gain perspective on your conflicts, and practical ways to build community even when you feel isolated.
Whether you're in a thriving marriage looking to pour into others, feeling stuck in marital drift, or desperately needing support through a difficult season, this episode offers hope and practical guidance for fighting for your marriage by building relationships that can help carry you through the challenges all couples face.
Order The Fight for Us:
https://a.co/d/aJehu4f
Listen to Pierce’s Song “It is Well (In the Wilderness)”:
https://open.spotify.com/track/4KbSkLkzQ8lbhgu1jn6ptL?si=KBschBMrQ4amNMYmkPgmpw
Follow Pierce on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ibYqSMIViWj9BJUHznMMR?si=HfJ7C4pZQdqe3GpSDnTStw
Join the Marriage May Challenge:
https://www.rebekahlyons.com/marriagemay
Register for the Marriage & Parenting Retreat: November 20-21, 2025 at
https://www.rebekahlyons.com/retreat
Participate in the THINQ resource, Let's Talk Relationships:
https://events.thinqmedia.com/relationships
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