How To Stay Married -ep 2 - Learning To Be A Married Couple

Tina and Chris answer seven questions you might have fun answering with your spouse. (Yes, the goodbyes are cut off.)

Tina and Chris were rocked today by the news that Charlie Watts died at the age of 80. We remember him here and hope the discussion helps those of you who feel like we do today.

This week Tina drops a bombshell! Or just announces something she's been inching us towards for about a year. Will our spousing survive? Will Chris have to leap to the rescue, Cheerios close at hand? Find out how we negotiate this subtly huge change in our marriage.

Tina and Chris check in on international superstar Poppy Rebel, recommend some great summer reading, and then discuss the value of the names we call each other, and why it is important to respect what your spouse wants to be called.

In this episode, Tina and Chris discuss the unique and often fiery challenges of menopause. We explore hot flashes, becoming a human torch, and other aspects of the "change of life" and what husbands and wives can do to survive the ordeal together.

Tina and Chris go to a wedding long delayed by Covid and come back with some great insights about what such a ceremony means to Spousers.  #wedding #newlyweds #staymarried #BillyIdol #MaryJane #JessicaAnyaBlau #ThePersonalLibrarian #MarieBenedict #elegance #familyredefine

We're back! Tina and Chris return, refreshed, reformatted, and rededicated to bringing you thoughts on how to stay married. This week we introduce a new opening segment, "What Caught Tina's Eye", discussing entertainment, social media, brain work, books, and food. Our main feature is about trying new things to keep the marriage fresh. In our case, we went to the Van Gogh Exhibit and the Museum of Ice Cream to varying, and sometimes funny, degrees of success.  Enjoy and let us know what you think in the comments below.

In this episode Tina the goddess and Chris discuss how to keep Valentine’s Day fresh after 35 years. With some help from students we’ve come up with some great fun ideas that we hope you enjoy.

When the goddess Tina hears that Chris is experimenting with intermittent fasting, things get very active in the kitchen. And we talk about how cultural differences can present challenges to spousing.

Tina and Chris discuss the blessing of understanding each other‘s needs during tense times like this past Wednesday. Sidestepping politics, they talk about the virtues of being there for each other and knowing how each other processes crisis.

in this episode, Tina and Chris get serious. Chris brings up concerns about what to do when the January blues hit and Tina’s calm guidance gives us all a hint of why Chris calls her the goddess.

In this episode, Tina and Chris discuss exercising together and separately, and the need to set realistic expectations. And yes, Chris has to get better at the introduction.

SPOUSING is a podcast done by a couple married for 34 years. They don’t have doctorates, clinical training, or are specialist in any field other than staying married. In this episode, Tina and Chris discuss a New Year’s resolution that might actually be able to succeed and make both partners happier and healthier in their marriage and in this new year. (With a nod to the Pixar movie SOUL.)

Tina and Chris Ryan have been married for over thirty-three years and have faced many challenges, but quarantined together for almost a month? That takes some doing, and they offer suggestions on how to get through flattening the curve without flattening each other. 

Married for 31 years, Chris and Tina explore what it takes to Stay Married. This episode: introductions and key elements