{"podcast":{"title":"Long Haul Marriage Roadcast","slug":"long-haul-marriage-roadcast-7112794","podcast_index_feed_id":7112794,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6421588/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/long-haul-marriage-roadcast--6421588","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/089f25f2b310a9a65b51c907a85fc149.jpg","author":"Long Haul Marriage","episode_count":68,"summary":"Brian and Jamie Hackney, founders of Long Haul Marriage, discuss all things marriage in this raw, real, casual, and fun podcast. Married for 35 years, and having coached over 3000 couples, they share what they've learned, mostly the hard way, hoping to encourage couples, giving them tools that will strengthen their relationship, so they can be in it for the long haul! To schedule a coaching session with Brian and Jamie: https://calendly.com/longhaulmarriage Follow LHM on IG, FB, and TikTok. To donate to LHM: https://longhaulmarriage.betterworld.org","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/long-haul-marriage-roadcast-7112794"},"episode":{"title":"Does Real, Passionate Love Truly Exist, and Does It Ever Last?","slug":"does-real-passionate-love-truly-exist-and-does-it-ever-last","published_at":"2025-11-18T11:30:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/long-haul-marriage-roadcast-7112794/does-real-passionate-love-truly-exist-and-does-it-ever-last","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/long-haul-marriage-roadcast-7112794","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/does-real-passionate-love-truly-exist-and-does-it-ever-last--68610270","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68610270/roadcastnov18_11_17_25_5_08_pm.mp3","summary":"Looking for a good cause and a year end tax deduction? We would be honored if you would consider supporting Long Haul Marriage. A huge thank you to our supporters! As a nonprofit organization, we rely on the generosity of our listeners, so if you have been positively impacted by this podcast or our ministry, would you consider supporting Long Haul Marriage with a tax deductible donation? To give, just visit ⁠longhaulmarriage.org⁠ , and hit the donate button in the top right corner. Thank you so much for considering, and make sure to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with all your friends. In today's episode, Brian and Jamie listen to a young, 20-something woman, ask questions that many young women are asking...\"Is there really such a thing as passionate, romantic, even \"obsessive\" love that can last a lifetime?\" \"If it does exist, can it truly last, forever?\" The deep questions reflect the fears that are prevalent among many, born from models of marriages and relationships where the honeymoon phase faded quickly, and one or the other bailed, getting tired of their partner, or where people chose to stay, but ended up resenting each other, and constant bickering or bitterness became the norm in a loveless marriage. Brian and Jamie dispell the myth that such \"fairy-tale\" love (with no ups and downs) truly exists, but also discuss the value in choosing to love, making the decision to stay, even during the natural hard times that inevitably come in every relationship. They talk about the incredible rewards of true love that is expressed in gratitude and forgiveness, loving even during tough times, which yields great gains through the pain. It's not either/or - either it's amazing forever, or it ends up \"sucking.\" They share how they are now in the most passionate, rom…","meta_description":"Looking for a good cause and a year end tax deduction? We would be honored if you would consider supporting Long Haul Marriage. A huge thank you to our su…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2111,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/long-haul-marriage-roadcast-7112794/episodes/does-real-passionate-love-truly-exist-and-does-it-ever-last/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/long-haul-marriage-roadcast-7112794/does-real-passionate-love-truly-exist-and-does-it-ever-last.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}