Family Meetings (and Why You Should Do Them)

Does your quality time with your spouse sometimes/always devolve into discussions about finances, kids, or future plans? Here's how focused weekly meetings—both for our partnerships and for our families—can strengthen, deepen, and save the sanity of our relationships.

Amy and Margaret discuss:

• How marriage/family check-ins improve the day-to-day health of relationships
• Best practices for successful marriage/family check-ins
• How they tailor their own marriage/family check-ins to work for them

Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:

• MARRIAGE MEETINGS FOR LASTING LOVE by Marcia Naomi Berger
• Brett and Kate McKay for Art of Manliness: How and Why to Hold a Weekly Marriage Meeting
• Julia Ries for Self: Scheduling a Weekly ‘House Meeting’ With My Partner Changed My Damn Life
• Jo Piazza for Bustle: The HR-ification Of Marriage

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What Fresh Hell is co-hosted by Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson.

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