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What do you do if your husband isn't living up to your expectations? Many wives don't know what to do with their disappointment and how to nudge their husbands to change. Clinical psychologist Dr. Juli Slattery says your efforts to fix your marriage may actually be undermining it.

Find out more as Dr. Juli Slattery talks about her book, Finding the Hero in Your Husband.

You'll hear:

4:20 A challenge that all wives face

5:20 What is the cycle of intimacy? And how do we get into that cycle?

7:00 What is the cycle of self-protection?

8:30 What if I don’t feel valued by my husband?

11:30 How has submission been misapplied? What does Biblical submission look like?

15:20 Why is physical intimacy such a struggle for many marriages?

22:15 But I want to be the boss of the relationship…

Learn more about Dr. Juli Slattery and her book, Finding the Hero in Your Husband.

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