Help for the Insecure Spouse | Ep. 628

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

Marriage, Awesomemarriagepodcast, Marriagepodcast, Awesomemarriage, Marriageadvice, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Christianmarriage, Christianity

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Has you or your spouse’s insecurity affected your marriage? We’re all insecure about something, and the way we see ourselves will end up spilling over into the way we relate to others. Nowhere is this more likely to happen than in marriage.

In this episode Dr. Kim and Christina share ways to address your insecurity and your spouse’s insecurity, including a surprising way Dr. Kim has learned to turn his weaknesses to strengths. Tune in for wisdom and practical tips.

We pray this episode is helpful for you and your marriage.

Episode highlights include:

How insecurity affects a marriage
Advice if your spouse’s insecurity is weighing you down
Advice if your OWN insecurity weighs you down
Practical steps to overcome insecurity
How to fight back against your insecurities

*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!

QUOTES

“How you view yourself absolutely affects how you’re going to interact with others.” - Christina Dodson
“I think the role of the spouse is to build each other up. Your marriage should be your safest place, next to your relationship with God.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
“Perfection is not what God expects from you, nor should anyone else be expecting it from you.” - Christina Dodson
“You begin to believe the things God says about you and who you are in Christ, and that changes your countenance. You will look like a different person.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
“There’s less holding you back if you’re not weighed down by your insecurities. There’s more joy, more abundance, freedom to enjoy life together. ” - Christina Dodson
“One thing God does so well for us is he loves us right where we are. Our goal is to love our spouse right where they are.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
“You can’t take it over. You can’t fix it for them. But you can come alongside and do what God wants you to do.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
“No one is thinking about you as much as you’re thinking about you. To me, that’s really freeing!” - Christina Dodson

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage.
0:09.6	I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few.
0:13.4	On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberly.
0:17.0	Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. His passion is to help you
0:23.4	strengthen your most intimate relationship. Today we are looking at insecurity issues. We all have
0:31.0	insecurities, but some of ours affect us more than others. When one spouse has a big insecurity
0:36.5	issue, it often spills into the marriage.
0:39.1	We want to give you some practical tips on how to navigate insecurities in a marriage.
0:44.0	If you are new to the show, we drop a new episode every Tuesday. And on the last Tuesday of
0:48.1	every month, it's a special guest interview. Be sure to go ahead and hit subscribe in whatever
0:52.5	podcast app you are listening so that you can
0:54.5	tune in each and every week as we help you build an awesome marriage. So, Dr. Kim, do you see a lot of
1:00.7	couples in the counseling room with insecurities? Yes, I think most couples have insecurities.
1:05.7	One or the other, probably both of them. I think it's something we probably bring into marriage.
1:10.1	It's kind of some of the baggage we usually care or carry. And then some of it occurs because of things that happen
1:15.2	in the marriage. And I think just some ways insecurity just goes with the culture we live in. I'm
1:20.2	not beautiful enough. I'm not handsome enough. I'm not skinny enough. I'm not, you know, somebody's
1:24.5	always better than me. We'll go through this comparison thing, which is so unhealthy, but it puts us in a negative
1:30.9	position and more insecure.
1:33.1	And then I think there's the things that affect a marriage directly.
1:37.3	Fear of living a spouse, jealousies that come in, electronic checking that.
1:42.6	It's my spouse checking and doing something there or there's a
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