# Accepting When Your Mate Says "No" Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/focus-on-the-family-marriage-podcast-716584/accepting-when-your-mate-says-no Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/focus-on-the-family-marriage-podcast-716584/accepting-when-your-mate-says-no.md Podcast: [Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/focus-on-the-family-marriage-podcast-716584) Published: 2026-06-11T06:10:53+00:00 Episode link: https://omny.fm/shows/focus-on-the-family-marriage-podcast/accepting-when-your-mate-says-no Audio file: https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/6b62b447-e557-44a9-ae88-af6300da5440/b7184d84-8fd3-4e20-bf5a-af88014d8e5a/9474e56e-aef3-4cad-a659-b47100f4b956/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=269b25e5-2e13-4b0e-ac60-af88014d8e64 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/focus-on-the-family-marriage-podcast-716584/episodes/accepting-when-your-mate-says-no Duration seconds: 789 ## Resource If you want a good relationship, you sometimes have to tell your spouse, "No." Arlene Pellicane talks about a time where she had to have a tough conversation with her husband on learning to accept her "No." Also, Greg and Erin share how working through tough scenarios can lead to better friendship with your mate.   Find us online at focusonthefamily.com/marriagepodcast or call 1-800-A-FAMILY.   Focus on Marriage Assessment   How To Avoid Bad Influences On Your Marriage     Practice Makes Parent Podcast     Hope Restored   Support This Show!   If you enjoyed listening to the Focus on Marriage Podcast, please give us your feedback. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/focus-on-the-family-marriage-podcast-716584/episodes/accepting-when-your-mate-says-no/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/focus-on-the-family-marriage-podcast-716584/accepting-when-your-mate-says-no.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.