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Marriage iQ

Marriage iQ

By: Dr. Heidi Hastings and Dr. Scott Hastings
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Could your marriage use a tuneup or an overhaul? Welcome to Marriage IQ, a podcast dedicated to helping you intelligently transform your marriage into a scintillating one! Marriage/sex researcher Dr. Heidi Hastings and her medical doctor husband, Dr. Scott Hastings, share the secret sauce of transforming marriages through their own real life experiences and research based concepts. With over 20 years of combined experience working with couples and diving into the intricacies of human relationships, they have gained valuable insights you won’t want to miss! New episodes release every Tuesday!495868 Relationships Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Episode 71 - From the Brink to Best Friends (Part 2): How Core Values and Creative Solutions Save Marriages
    Jul 25 2025

    In Part 2 of our conversation with Robert and Sharla Snow from Master Your Marriage, we dive deep into the power of core values, emotional maturity, and creative problem-solving. From perpetual conflicts to emotionally charged reactions, we explore how learning to regulate, reflect, and realign can transform even the most persistent struggles.


    💡 You’ll learn:

    ✅ Why 70% of marital conflicts are perpetual (Gottman)

    How to find the “dream within the conflict”

    ✅ What a values alignment ritual looks like (and why it changed their marriage)

    ✅ Why emotional reactions don’t make you broken—they make you human

    ✅ How “scintillating marriages” are built through intentional connection

    🎧 Tune in and take the next step in becoming an intelligent spouse.
    📄 Get Robert & Sharla’s free values worksheet at marriageiq.com/freebies
    🔗 Follow them on Instagram @masteryourmarriage

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    30 mins
  • Episode 70 - From the Brink to Best Friends (Part 1): Reinventing Your Marriage
    Jul 22 2025

    What if the marriage you’re in isn’t the one you need to stay in—but instead, it’s time to build a new one with the same person?

    In this heartfelt episode of Marriage IQ, we sit down with Robert and Sharla Snow, a couple who beat the odds (and the statistics) after a rocky start full of contempt, control, and stonewalling. With 33 years of marriage and deep friendship now under their belts, they share how they’ve rebuilt their relationship—three times.

    We explore Gottman’s Four Horsemen, Terry Real’s stages of marriage, and how emotional maturity can transform a disconnected marriage into a thriving partnership.

    If you've ever felt stuck in patterns that don’t serve you or wondered if it’s too late to change, this episode is for you.


    🎧 Listen now and discover how to turn struggle into strength—and your marriage into something better than you imagined.


    YOUTUBE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MarriageIQ/videos⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    FREE PDF DOWNLOADS : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.marriageiq.com/freebies⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    WEEKLY TIPS NEWSLETTER: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.marriageiq.com/daily⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    40 mins
  • Episode 69 - The "M Word" (Part 2): Calm the Mind, Heal the Marriage
    Jul 18 2025

    Can a few quiet minutes a day actually improve your marriage?In this insightful episode of Marriage IQ, we unpack how meditation isn’t just good for your body—it’s powerful for your relationship, too.

    You’ll learn:

    ✅The science behind meditation’s effects on blood pressure, pain, and brain aging

    ✅How mindfulness reduces anxiety and boosts emotional resilience

    ✅Why couples who meditate experience more empathy, better communication, and deeper intimacy

    ✅How to get started (even if you think you’re too busy or bad at it)

    Whether you're a skeptic or curious to try, this episode will help you see mindfulness as a simple tool to build a stronger, more connected marriage—one breath at a time.

    DR. SHAUNA SHAPIRO TED X TALK: THE POWER OF MINDFULNESS

    YOUTUBE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MarriageIQ/videos⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    FREE PDF DOWNLOADS : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.marriageiq.com/freebies⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    WEEKLY TIPS NEWSLETTER: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.marriageiq.com/daily⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    22 mins
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