The Redeemed Marriage Podcast
Rusty and Heather guide couples as they encourage healthy marriages, heal wounded marriages, and begin restoration of broken marriages.
When Disappointment Damages Your Marriage
Disappointment is something every marriage will experience. But what happens when our response to that disappointment causes even more damage? In this episode, we’re talking about unmet expectations, disappointment in […]
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My Spouse Won’t Change. Now What?
Have you ever wished you could change something about your spouse? Maybe it’s a habit that drives you crazy or something you’ve been asking them to work on for years. […]
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“I’ll Never Do It Again” Isn’t Enough
After betrayal, one of the questions we hear most often is, “How do I convince my spouse that I’ll never do it again?” We understand that question because we’ve been […]
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What If I’m Not Attracted to My Spouse Anymore?
What happens when you love your spouse, you’re committed to your marriage, but you just don’t feel that attraction anymore? Maybe you’ve been hurt by betrayal. Maybe you’ve slowly drifted […]
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When You Can’t Forgive Yourself
This week, we’re talking about one of the most difficult parts of healing after betrayal: learning to forgive yourself. A question we recently received from a listener reminded us just […]
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When Your Marriage Feels Lonely: You’re Not the Only One
We’re back from an incredible week in Montana where we had the opportunity to spend time with four couples at our Redeemed Marriage retreat. And once again, we were reminded […]
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30 Years, 30 Lessons: What Marriage Has Taught Us – Part 2
We’re back with Part 2 of our 30 Years, 30 Lessons series, sharing more of the things three decades of marriage have taught us along the way. Just like last […]
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30 Years, 30 Lessons: What Marriage Has Taught Us – Part 1
After 30 years of marriage, we’ve learned a few things along the way—some the easy way and plenty the hard way. In this first episode of a two-part series, we’re […]
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How Long Do We Have to Keep Talking About the Betrayal?
How long should you keep talking about a betrayal after it’s over? At some point, are you supposed to stop bringing it up and move on? In this episode, we […]
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When Your Spouse Doesn’t Like What You Like
College football is back—and if you know us, you know that’s a pretty big deal in our house! But what happens when the thing you love isn’t something your spouse […]
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What Does It Really Mean to Be Broken?
There are three dates we talk about often in our story: August 23, when Heather confessed. August 26, when everything became public. And September 2, when something finally changed inside […]
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August 23: How the Darkest Day of Our Marriage Became a Story of Redemption
August 23, 2011, is a date we will never forget. It was the night Heather confessed her affair, and in a matter of moments, everything about our marriage and our […]
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What If the Affair Never Happened?
As we get closer to the 15th anniversary of Heather’s confession, we’ve been thinking about a question we’re not sure we’ve ever really talked about before: What would our marriage […]
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Can You Affair-Proof Your Marriage?
Is it actually possible to affair-proof your marriage? We know better than most that no marriage is completely immune to temptation or failure. After all, Adam and Eve lived in […]
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Not All Heroes Wear Capes
This week we’re sharing one of the most meaningful nights of our lives. As we celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary, we got a surprise when we walked into a room […]
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Not All Heroes Wear Capes
This week we’re sharing one of the most meaningful nights of our lives. As we celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary, we got a surprise when we walked into a room […]
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15 Years Before. 15 Years After.
This week marks our 30th wedding anniversary, and as we look back, we realize something that still amazes us: we’ve now spent exactly half of our marriage before Heather’s confession…and […]
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Can Intimacy Ever Feel Safe Again?
Last week we began a conversation about restoring intimacy after betrayal. This week we’re taking it a step further by talking about one of the hardest parts of healing: the […]
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Can the Marriage Bed Be Redeemed After Betrayal? (Intro)
This week we’re answering a question that we’ve never addressed quite like this before, and we know it’s one that many couples quietly wrestle with after infidelity. What happens when […]
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How Can We Help Your Marriage? Here’s Where to Start
This week, we’re answering a question we hear often: “What exactly do you offer, and where should I start?” Whether your marriage is in the middle of a crisis, you’re […]
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The Redbirds in Our Winter
This week in our Summer Shorts series, we’re answering a listener question that took us back to one of the hardest seasons of our lives: What were some of the […]
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Can Triggers Become Triumphs After Betrayal?
In this week’s Summer Short, we tackle a question that comes up more often than people realize after infidelity: What do we do with the things that now carry painful […]
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Should We Tell the Kids?
This week, we’re continuing our Summer Shorts series by answering one of the questions we hear most often: Should we tell our children about marital struggles, broken trust, or even […]
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What Does Pursuit Look Like to Your Spouse?
This week, we tackle a listener question that sparked a really honest conversation in our own marriage: How do you pursue your spouse without making them feel like your pursuit […]
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You Hear Me, But You Don’t Hear Me
This week we’re celebrating a huge milestone—250 episodes of The Redeemed Marriage Podcast! To mark the occasion, we’re answering a question about one of the most practical tools we’ve ever […]
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Once a Cheater, Always a Cheater?
This week in our Summer Shorts series, we’re answering a hard but honest question that so many couples wrestle with after betrayal: “Once a cheater, always a cheater?” We talk […]
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Summer Shorts: The “Even-If” Kind of Love
This week’s episode is a special one for us. We just walked through one of the most meaningful weeks of our lives as we celebrated our son Luke’s wedding, and […]
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Dating Then vs Now: When Love Took Effort
In this episode of The Redeemed Marriage Podcast, we found ourselves feeling a little nostalgic. With our oldest son’s wedding just days away and a Chicago concert on the calendar, […]
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When Life Gets Chaotic, Stay Connected
Are you in a busy season of life where everything feels overwhelming and your marriage is starting to feel the strain? In this episode, we share what it looks like […]
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Why Your Marriage Isn’t Changing
We used to believe that if we prayed hard enough, stayed hopeful enough, and just waited long enough… our marriage would eventually get better. But what we’ve learned—both personally and […]
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You Didn’t Choose Them…You Chose You
In this episode, we talk about one of the hardest questions that comes up in marriage, especially after betrayal: how could you choose that over me? We’ve come to realize […]
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Resurrection Is Possible in Your Marriage
Resurrection is not just something we celebrate at Easter. It is something we can experience in our marriages. We know what it feels like to be stuck. We know what […]
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24 Hours Can Change Your Marriage
Sometimes we look at our marriage and feel overwhelmed by everything that needs to change. The conversations. The habits. The distance. The hurt. And if we’re honest… it can feel […]
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The Conversations You’re Afraid to Have
In working with couples, one of the things we hear over and over again is that communication is their biggest struggle. But when we slow that down and really look […]
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Breaking the Chains of Shame: Rewriting Your Identity After Infidelity
This week we’re sitting down to talk about something that can feel absolutely suffocating — shame and guilt. During a recent Q&A, someone asked how you move forward when it […]
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Breaking the Chains of Shame
This week we’re sitting down to talk about something that can feel absolutely suffocating — shame and guilt. During a recent Q&A, someone asked how you move forward when it […]
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Build the Fortress: Boundaries That Protect What You Love Most
In this episode, we’re talking about something that can make people uncomfortable pretty quickly: boundaries. Over the past few months, we’ve received a lot of questions about opposite-sex friendships, digital […]
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How to Pray For Your Marriage (Without Trying to Control the Outcome)
This month, we’ve had the privilege of praying for marriages every single day — reading names, lifting up stories, and standing in the gap for couples who are hurting, hoping, […]
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The Wait Is Over: Our Story Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
After years of being asked for a way to share their story in a deeper way, Rusty and Heather Bryant are finally unveiling something that has been over six months […]
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Why Your Expectations Are Killing Your Intimacy
In this episode of The Redeemed Marriage podcast, Rusty and Heather Bryant address one of the most common sources of frustration in marriage: unmet expectations. Using Valentine’s Day as a […]
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