Sam Malone Show Marriage Talk With Sam Malone And Honor The Vow's Robert Cossick

When you’re sunburn you’re hypersensitive to everything around you. The wind irritates you, your clothes irritate you, and don’t even think about letting someone touch you. Then you discover aloe vera. It feels cool on your skin, it takes away most of the pain, and it helps accelerate healing. When your marriage gets a bit sunburned you become hypersensitive to everything around you as well. When that happens all you need is some aloe vera to cool things down and start the healing process.

Hurricane Harvey displaced more than 150,000 families. Now that most of the water has receded, what comes next? For most, the rebuilding phase begins, but for some it will be a time of emotional flooding. Emotional flooding is when the reality of ‘everything was lost’ kicks in, it’s when the ‘be strong for my family’ wall comes crumbling down, and it’s when the floodgate of emotions, anxiety and fear kick in at full force. Unfortunately, the stress of these times will be more than some marriages will be able to bear…that is, if they are left to bear it on their own.

This past week has been devastating, strenuous, nerve-wracking, etc., due to Hurricane Harvey. Lives were lost, homes and cars disappeared and America's 4th largest city came to a screeching halt. It was a time when husbands and wives really leaned on each other. Many married couples prayed, cried and cleaned up together. Some were literally stuck together for days….

Every now and then you should take a step back and assess how you are doing as a husband. In this segment we present a merit / demerit test to help the guys in that effort.

Every marriage will experience bumps to some degree or another. Sometimes it will feel like hitting a pothole which knocks everything out of whack. Other times it will be more like a speed bump, no damage but it does cause you to slow down.

Boredom occurs when we decide that we’ve arrived; that this all there is to marriage. As long as you see an adventure ahead of you, there will always be the opportunity for excitement. In this segment we also have a G-Rated discussion about how to suggest something new when it comes to intimacy.

Guys, have you ever said something that sounded great in your head, but somehow when you actually said it, your wife heard it in an entirely different context? In this segment, Sam and the crew answer the question: Can a husband recover after hearing his wife say, “Wait, what did you just say?”

Couples who have packed schedules may find themselves slowly drifting apart from each other. Eventually, they wake up one morning and realize they don't even know the person they married. The rock band Journey sang about such a couple and offered a first step in reversing that cycle…welcome your spouse back into your life with ‘Open Arms.’

We all have bad days, and for some, bad months or even years. No matter how bad things get, the 1989 release by Bad English, ‘When I See You Smile’ captures the power of a happy home. In this segment, we discuss the power of a smile and in part two, we discuss how the hand is a great place to get started.

A marriage that has been engulfed by emotional flames will need to be rebuilt, not just repaired with patchwork. To do that you’ll need to tear everything down and rebuild on the foundation of your wedding vows. In this episode, we discuss three things to understand as you begin to rebuild your marriage. The Hot & Heavy tip is Mirror, Mirror…hugging in front of a mirror.

Segment 1: Most guys understand their role as the provider for their family, but often forget or ignore the other side of their sword…the encourager. Whether a person of faith or not, these two Bible references can help anyone to be a better father and husband. Segment 2: Also, for most women, her family is an extension of her, so showing affection toward the family is the same as showing affection toward her.

If you were to stop and honestly visualize having to tell your spouse, your kids, and your in-laws that you had an affair, it may just change your decision to destroy your marriage. In this segment we discuss conversations that will follow after an affair is exposed. We also discuss decompressing to make our evenings more enjoyable and relaxing.

A survey of over 5,000 couples found an interesting rule of fives. 74% of couples who got divorced said they had a great marriage 5 yrs earlier. 66% of those who did not get divorced said they had a great marriage 5 yrs later. In this segment we discuss why that is and how to avoid facing divorce in the first place.

We likely hear it several times a day and probably even say it ourselves, "Hi, how's it going?" And we give or get the same standard response every time, "Great, how are you?" Why do we answer that way? Because we all know that the person asking, doesn't really care. Wives ask a similar question, "How was your day?" The difference is, she really does care

Al Green (the singer), in his song 'Let's Stay Together', suggests a very simple way to have a great marriage…Just commit to stay together, forever. In this segment we discuss why committing to stay together 'forever' is important.

We’ve all heard the phrase, ‘A woman’s intuition” but is it an old wive’s tale or does she really have mystical powers? We discuss how to leverage her 'powers' and why intimacy, in marriage, should not make you feel guilty.

Tip #1: If your wife isn’t complaining anymore and you haven’t changed anything, bad things are about to happen. Tip #2: If a guy thinks his marriage is in bad shape, it’s likely a lot worse than he thinks. In this segment we discuss why that's the case and how to play peekaboo with your husband.

They say you should never go to bed angry with each other. However, staying up all night is not a good option either. So, when you just can’t resolve the issue, at least follow the advice of Jenny and Manny who have been married 65 years…“No matter how mad you are, always touch toes when you go to bed to say, ‘I still love you.’ ”

If you want to keep your marriage fresh and exciting, sometimes you're going to need to do a little updating. This includes updates to you personally as well as to your surroundings. Three areas to remodel in your marriage and how to make her feel sexy.

Contrary to popular belief, a yellow traffic signal actually means the light is about to change to red and you should prepare to stop, not accelerate. The same in true in marriage. When you’re presented with signals that indicate the situation is about to turn red hot, you should prepare to stop, not increase your effort to prove your point.