Breaking Pain Cycles in Marriage: The Mindful Marriage with Ron Deal

Blended families, conflict cycles, and the power of humility are the focus as Aaron chats with Ron Deal, licensed marriage and family therapist, author, and founder of Smart Step Families and FamilyLife Blended. Married 39 years with more than 30 years in family ministry, Ron explains why healthy families are about the Spirit producing fruit, not family structure, and challenges the church to invest in marriage ministry. Drawing on his book The Mindful Marriage, he shows how feeling unloved triggers blame, shame, control, or escape, creating couple pain cycles, and how neuroscience affirms biblical truth. His remedy starts with humility, personal agency, and nurturing your marriage's shared “usness.”