{"podcast":{"title":"The Marriage Life Coach Podcast","slug":"the-marriage-life-coach-podcast-744023","podcast_index_feed_id":744023,"rss_url":"https://themarriagelifecoach.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://maggiereyes.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/0/7/b/907bc913e530786ed959afa2a1bf1c87/TMLC_Podcast_2025_COVER_3000_x_3000_px-20250602-agpsq6y56f.png","author":"Maggie Reyes","episode_count":213,"summary":"Do you feel like you are always doing all the heavy lifting in your marriage? If you have a lot going on at work and home, and you're tired of going at it alone, you need a simple approach to start having a better marriage now. Life Coach Maggie Reyes helps smart, high achieving women just like you every day in her coaching practice. Maggie turns the most effective psychological principles into simple, practical, fun steps so you can listen to a podcast episode today and put what you learned into practice tomorrow and actually create the change you want. Visit https://www.MaggieReyes.com to download The 5 Power Questions Every Woman Should Know to Improve Her Marriage Today.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-marriage-life-coach-podcast-744023"},"episode":{"title":"Your Marriage Should Feel Like a Sanctuary","slug":"your-marriage-should-feel-like-a-sanctuary","published_at":"2025-06-30T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-marriage-life-coach-podcast-744023/your-marriage-should-feel-like-a-sanctuary","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-marriage-life-coach-podcast-744023","url":"http://maggiereyes.com/podcast/189","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/themarriagelifecoach/TMLC_-_Ep189_-_Final.mp3?dest-id=1807352","summary":"In today's episode, I am dropping a brand-new framework—straight from my own mental oven—showing you how to tell if your marriage feels like a nourishing refuge or a never-ending war zone. I am sharing a raw story about crying in the car with her task-focused engineer husband and turns it into a masterclass on collaboration, personal responsibility, and the power of a single re-frame. ✨ EPISODE AT A GLANCE Sanctuary vs. Battleground—what those vibes actually feel like day-to-day, leaks in the roof and all. The 80 % Rule for \"safe enough\" and why thriving might ask you to raise that bar. Maggie's Three R's: Re-IMAGINE, Re-NEGOTIATE, or Re-LEASE when things stop feeling safe. The Sanctuary Scale (1 = war zone, 10 = oasis) + game-changing coaching questions. Two ways to \"release\": shift expectations or lovingly exit the relationship. How to know if you need specialized support instead of another communication tip. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Questions for Couples Journal Private Coaching with Maggie Episode 58: The Power of One Episode 181: Compound Stress Syndrome, The Stroy/State Cycle & Turning into an Opportunity for Connection in Your Marriage","meta_description":"In today's episode, I am dropping a brand-new framework—straight from my own mental oven—showing you how to tell if your marriage feels like a nourishing…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2484,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-marriage-life-coach-podcast-744023/episodes/your-marriage-should-feel-like-a-sanctuary/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-marriage-life-coach-podcast-744023/your-marriage-should-feel-like-a-sanctuary.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}