Faith in a Divided Home

What should you do when your spouse won’t quit drinking? How do you pass on the faith to your children when your spouse is resistant?   Listener questions and comments: Stephanie - My husband wants to stop drinking and my son doesn't believe that he will. I've seen my son cry about this. My son h…

Growing Together in Marital love

Nathan Bartel, founder of Cana Feast joins Doug to discuss things men need to know about their wives and the marital embrace.   Listener questions and comments: Mary - What should a wife do if the wife is not wanting or willing to have sex so she is in the other bed room for days and days. (33:47…

Healing the Wound of Abortion

Kathy Burkes and Fr. John McNamara join Doug to discuss Project Rachel and post abortion healing.   Julia - So many people pushed me to get an abortion when I was 22 and I didn’t go through with it. I’m so glad I didn’t. (18:12) Walt - When we separate the word ‘mother’ from the term 'woman who ha…

Standing by your Marriage Vows

Doug unpacks a case study about a “stander” from Impossible Marriages Redeemed. A “stander” is a victim of divorce who chooses to continue to live a life faithful to their wedding vows.   Listener questions and comments: Jeannie - We are called to faithfulness, not happiness. (20:40) Jennifer - T…

Breaking Cycles of Verbal Abuse

Should you get involved to help your parents’ marriage? What can you do if your reversion to the faith is causing more tension in the marriage? Doug answers these questions and more.   Listener questions and comments: Hellen - My husband and I have been married for 42 years and the Holy Spirit fi…

Helping Loved Ones Through Marriage Crises

Doug takes calls from listeners facing difficult family and marriage situations, including divorce, a child marrying outside the faith, and helping a spouse who spirals into worst-case thinking. The conversation also touches on emotional affairs and second marriages outside the Church. Listener qu…

Taking Back Manhood for Our Sons

Doug welcomes Jason Craig to discuss the history of adolescence and how modern culture lost the idea of rites of passage for boys. They explore how families can reclaim the path that forms boys into strong, virtuous men.   Listener questions and comments: Joe – As a 55-year-old man, I struggle w…

Love is not Self-seeking

Doug continues his discussion of St. Paul’s letter to the Corinthians on the meaning of love [Encore]   Listener questions and comments: Andrea - My parents have marital problems and I feel like I am getting sucked in. I want to balance helping them without crossing the line into their relationsh…

Rebuilding Trust and Recommitting to Your Marriage

    Doug explores how couples can face change, rebuild trust, and recommit to their marriage when relationships feel broken. With guest Greg Schutte, the conversation also looks at forgiveness, the Eucharist, and why some spouses resist change or struggle to remain faithful to their vows.   Lis…

Will Conspiracy Theory's Ruin a Marriage?

Doug explores how conspiracy theories can create division and distrust in marriage and how couples can stay grounded in truth. He also answers a question about dating again after the loss of a spouse. Listener questions and comments: Jo – I am a widow who began dating again, but the relationship e…