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Welcome to the Pilot's Wife Podcast! This is a show for authentic couples who want to get an even more enriching relationship, and want to be a better spouse, without becoming a doormat! Learn from and with Amy McLaren, marriage educator and wife of jet pilot Joshua McLaren. Both Josh and Amy have been running non-religious pre-marriage education courses for over 10 years, and have had to overcome more than their share of challenges. Inside each episode, Amy shares her biggest "ahas" and proven relationship enrichment tips with complete honesty.
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Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
#40 How To Stop A Relationship From Going In A Downward Spiral
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Happy New Year! If you're anything like Amy, you've experienced a number of relationships around you, maybe including yours, suffering from some kind of argument or tension over Christmas.
It brings about the topic of when relationships feel like they are going in a downwards spiral, how to recognise if this is the pattern or if it's just a temporary, seasonal phenomenon, why it's happening and what to do about it.
Be encouraged by the normality of relationship grumpiness and that there is something you can do about it and here is an answer for you.
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
#39 Let's Not Argue This Christmas!
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Amy and Josh don't argue too often, but every couple has their hiccups. Amy has decided to have a break from arguing at all over Christmas - and has come up with a strategy she is going to try out.
She invites you to partner with her in trying this method and explains how it would work.
This is the final episode for 2020, episodes will re-ignite in early January 2021.
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
#38 Getting the Result You Want From Something That Annoys You
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
This 100% foolproof, totally successful technique will get you results and a resolution from anything that your partner does that annoys you. Try it for yourself!
In Amy's humourous run-through of the techniques, complete with examples, you'll learn everything you need to know to stop that annoying thing from happening again.
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
#37 Argumenting & Resilience - Bouncing Back Lessons From Kids
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
How do you avoid that heavy feeling after a yucky argument with your spouse? How do you move past it and get on with living together?
Amy was making some observations of her 5 and 3 year old girls recently. What she discovered was a lesson we can all learn from as adults, and they seem to do it pretty easily. Why do we find it more difficult as adults? Amy gives her best answer, and issues a challenge to try something new in the week that follows.
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
#36 The Pilot's Wife Quiz Night
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
It's time for... How well do you know your spouse? Tonight Amy has a little quiz for you. But just to be fair, she answers them at the same time she puts them out there... with no prior preparation for the answers!
Next week, Amy will report back on her results, after Josh has had a listen and tells her how many facts about him she got wrong.
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
#35 Will Marriage Die Out?
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Yes the marriage rate is declining, and there are those who have put the question: at the current rate of decline, will marriage become a thing of the past entirely?
With a lesson from a Russian tradition, Amy discusses the possible reasons behind why less people are getting married and explains why they've got the wrong end of the stick before they even try it.
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
#34 Microwaves and Crockpots: Two Keys to Improving Intimacy In Your Marriage
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
One of the more common marriage struggles is about intimacy. Instead of laying on you ten or twenty things to try, Amy gives you just two strategies.
Understanding and applying these two things will make the biggest difference not only to your intimacy now, but also will help you over and over in future when intimacy hiccups arise again.
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
#33 Communicating Better (And It's Not A Matter of Communication)
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
When couples seek counselling for help with their communication, they often think they aren't communicating effectively.
Amy proposes they are communicating fine, it's just that they each don't like the message their partner is sending.
Listen to this episode for tips on communicating at a different level than the default, all inspired by the help Amy and Josh sought and received when struggling with the parenting of one of their daughters.
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
The #1 Top Tool You Need In Your Marriage Toolbelt
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
#31 How to Rebuild Trust
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
A tough topic, but listen to this episode for some tips you won't hear much anywhere else. :)