Why Get Married? The Health Benefits of Marriage | Ep. 631

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

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

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that marriage can be good for you? Marriage is not always viewed as the gift from God that it actually is, but He has designed this relationship to provide some *amazing* benefits to both spouses.

Today Dr. Kim is sharing several of the ways a healthy marriage supports health and wellness for you, your spouse and your family. Tune in to learn more!

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

Episode highlights include:

The benefits of a good marriage for mental and physical health
Health effects on kids and families
The damaging effects of loneliness - even in marriage
Steps you can take to combat loneliness
Hidden benefits of the process of working on things you need to work on

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QUOTES

“There’s all kinds of incentives to work on your marriage, and this is one of them: If you have a healthy marriage, you have a healthier, longer life.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
“We hear about so much depression; so much anxiety. Everybody’s under stress. Marriage can help your mental health.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
“I was out of my comfort zone, and any time you do that is uncomfortable, but on the other side there might be something really helpful.” - Lindsay Few

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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.
0:09.9	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. Did you know that marriage can actually be good for you
0:31.2	and for your physical health? Marriage is not always viewed as the gift from God that it actually
0:35.9	is, but he has designed this relationship to provide
0:38.6	some amazing benefits for both spouses. So today, Dr. Kim will share several of those, but before we
0:44.4	get into this conversation, I want to let you know about an amazing resource we've created to
0:48.5	help you get more out of your marriage. We've compiled 17 questions every couple needs to ask about tech. Tech is ever
0:56.2	present. I mean, you're listening to this on your device or whatever you use for podcasts, but it does
1:01.1	affect marriages. So we created this great freebie as a starting place to handle this pressing issue.
1:07.4	Make sure you check the link in today's show notes to get that or you can find it at
1:10.9	awesomemarriage.com slash resources. So Dr. Kim, let's talk about health benefits of marriage. Are you
1:17.1	ready? You had to do a little homework for this one. I am ready. There's a lot of data, a lot of
1:21.5	interesting studies, right? Yeah. So who studies marriage and marriage benefits?
1:28.3	Where do these stats come from?
1:29.3	I think it's, well, I think anybody that it would benefit them to know more about marriage.
1:35.3	So you get health researchers that are trying to see, you know, what white people help, some people, more healthy than others, those kind of things.
1:43.3	You get sociologists they're
1:45.0	specialized in family studies things like that economist you know economic benefits and the stability
1:52.8	associated with marriage you know and i think i know i talked to a guy a few years ago and he had
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