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This will be the final episode of the Should You Get Married Podcast.  In this final episode, I will break down the top five lessons I've learned from the podcast over time and a sixth bonus lesson that, if you ignore the other five, will at least ensure you won't end up in a bad marriage. If this podcast has helped in any way and/or you would like me to continue it in the future, feel free to leave a review at the link below. It only takes a simple click.  Thanks for everyone's time and remember, "Whether you say I don't or whether you say I do, the only person that can answer that question for your life, is YOU..." How to Leave a review

In this Featured Friday episode of the Should YOU Get Married podcast, I interview Lauren Temin, experienced marriage counselor, who uses hypnotherapy to get to the bottom of what is causing a marriage not to work.  She touches on how a person's background and upbringing can have a HUGE impact on their ability to have a loving relationship and how something you needs to dig deeper than what your conscious self will allow to undercover what truly need to be addressed. If interested in contacting Laura to discuss her practices, please use the contact information below. Website: https://achieve-able.com Phone: 770.998.3881 How to leave a review link.

Jimmy is one of those guys who doesn't learn easily apparently, as he his story that will amazing and even confuse you at times. Listen to the story of five-time married Jimmy from Atlanta, in which he was cheated on multiple times and even had to get a divorced TWICE from one fo them before he learned his lesson.  Interesting and entertaining at the very least so enjoy! How to leave a review link.

In this first Featured Friday episode, John Weiman, licensed counselor out of Baltimore, MD shares his expertise on the four critical behaviors in a marriage that can predict a divorce rate with 95% accuracy. He shares a number of different strategies one can implement to ensure they prevent these behaviors from creeping into their marriage, as well as discuss how kids and sex plays a huge role in the overall happiness and ability for relationships to last. Connect with him at any of the links below if you are interested in engaging him for his expertise. Gottman cards lifebridgecoaching.com Facebook page Phone: 410.419.8148

Steve's initial correspondence with his former spouse was platonic enough, as he had a girlfriend at the time and wasn't looking for to start a relationship with someone on another island. However, when his then-girlfriend moved across the country to Seattle, he found himself strangely falling for his pen pal from the Carribean.  Feeling outside pressure from his friends and society, he decides he loves this person and should spend the rest of his life with her.  Man, was he wrong...!

Dee Dee wouldn't consider herself the fighting type (even though she admits she's a little crazy) but when her long-time boyfriend's previous girlfriend wanted to test her, she felt she needed to do so to protect her relationship as well as the dignity of her child. She found out later, however, that this anger was probably warranted towards the wrong person and it was her future husband that probably should be the object of her anger. Numerous mistakes shared to help you prevent from making the same ones. Enjoy. How to leave a review! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_xz5XbWQTg

Shana thought she met the man of her dreams on her first date with her first husband and she loved the bad boy image. After he went to prison, however, and infidelity ended their first marriage, she decided it was time to go the complete opposite direction with her second one, but boy was she wrong, as this turned out to be even worse!

Kelly from Atlanta really liked Mario when she first met him on OK Cupid, but she didn't like him enough to be ready to marry when within a year of just meeting him. However, when he is threatened by being deported back to Mexico, she has to make a decision that she would soon regret. How to leave a review! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_xz5XbWQTg

Chef thought God put him and his former spouse together because there were so many things they had in common on a spiritual level when they met, so he didn't hesitate to jump the broom after only three months of dating. It didn't take long, however, before he realized he had made a TERRIBLE mistake. How to leave a review! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_xz5XbWQTg

Could kids be the reason a marriage doesn’t last?  Listen to the story of Khris who talks about a marriage that seemed to be fine until they decided to add a third wheel to the party with their first kid.  From there, everything changes and he notices some strange behaviors from his wife until he learns the shocking truth.  Lots of lessons to learn and red flags to catch! How to leave a review! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_xz5XbWQTg EFT (Tapping) technique website – https://eft.mercola.com/ One extraordinary marriage podcast – https://oneextraordinarymarriage.com/

What do you do when you're a Caucasian woman in love with someone from Trinidad whose family seems to hate you? Apparently, you marry him anyway and hope it works out. You can probably guess what happens next. Check out this 42nd episode in which we have high drama when the girlfriend calls the house to talk to her husband and Carrie's entire life shatters. Lots of lessons to learn here. Don't make these mistakes!

As an Asian American daughter, one of the best things to make a mother proud is to marry an Asian doctor. But what do you do when your husband doesn't appear to be faithful, but you know your mom would be mad if you break up the marriage? Listen to the story of Carrington from Virginia and hear what she did in this scenario and the lessons she learned from it.

After one month of dating, Holly decided to marry what she thinks is the man of her dreams.  He's a Pastor and appears to be everything she ever wanted in life. It only takes her two weeks, however, to realize she may have made a terrible mistake and then another three years trying to get out of it. Great 40th episode. 

When Sam met his former spouse at work, his friends warned him that she was not the woman for him.  He was smitten by her beauty and felt that she was the woman of his dreams.  Ignoring his friends, he decides to ask her to spend the rest of her life with him after only two months.  It doesn't take long before the nightmare begins! Slowly, this woman who he thought was an angel sent from God turned into the absolute opposite.  Lots of lessons to learn and enjoy!

When you marry your best friend, you always think things are going to work out because love conquers all right?  WRONG! Jason thought he made the right decision when he jumped on board with his former spouse, but after years of marriage and no major red flags, things STILL didn't work out and you have to learn WHY.  Lost of lessons to learn. Enjoy!

Some people think at 18, they have arrived and have all the answers.  That was pretty much what Sam thought when she decided to marry her former spouse WITHOUT telling her parents.  She thought all was well, but when she wanted to go to school to improve herself and her overall life, she realized that she may have made a terrible mistake. Listen to the story of lies, infidelity, and abuse that ultimately ended in divorce. If you are young or know someone who is young that is considered marriage, you HAVE to listen to this or SHARE it with them.  Enjoy!

Joseph knew that his wife was very strong-willed when they were dating, but thought that she was still the woman for him. After they got married, however, the dominance that she put on the marriage put him in a situation that put a strain between him and his family and took away his masculinity a bit.  While he felt like he always supported her and had her back, it was this actual support that turned out to be the reason their marriage ended. Listen to find out why.

Josh thought he met the woman that he should spend the rest of his life with, as they were in the "foxhole" together in the military.  When you find someone he understands your world and you have so much in common with, you think it's going to work. However, there are things you have to watch out for to make sure that it is a long-term opportunity.  Listen to how Josh learned this the hard way and make sure that you don't make these same mistakes in what may SEEM like the perfect relationship.

When Chay met her former husband overseas, she thought he was cute, had a great singing voice, and was her ticket to the United States.  She was pretty and knew that she could use this beauty to make a better life for herself if she just played her cards right. Listen to this candid interview of how one woman used her best "assets" to marry someone she "liked" but didn't love and how she is not a better person from it.  Lots of lessons to be learned on both sides to prevent this 90-day fiance scenario from happening in your life. 

Most people don’t think that they will get married twice much less three times…and what about a fourth!  Listen to the story of Aliyah from Syracuse who decided to jump into the marriage world for the first time at 19 and then had children ASAP.  From there, she began to regret her decision to grow up so early and decided to do something about it.  Some infidelity and two additional marriages later, Aliyah has a lot of lessons that she can share of what NOT to do when you are young and how to see the red flags to make sure you don’t make these same mistakes.