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Surviving Marriage Podcast
Surviving Marriage Podcast
Author: Rufus and Jenny Triplett
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MUSLIM, MARRIAGE, LIFESTYLE from 35 years of relatable experiences! Rufus and Jenny Triplett, Ebony Magazine’s Couple of the Year 2012, discuss marriage tips, in their own humorous way from the male and female viewpoint. While tackling hot topics, they keep it 100 and on point. SURVIVING MARRIAGE, three and a half decades later, has never been so much fun!
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#SurvivingMarriage Abundance while Balancing Islam
Ep 041 – This is the first episode back for SZN 5 after a two and a half year hiatus. Life be living but we are happy to be back.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and also visual via their YouTube Channel, sit down with financial and hip hop guru Ash Cash and his with and author Amina Phelps. What does it take to work as a team, stand firm on Islam and continue to find the money? It's all discussed in this conversation.
This is the first episode of Season Five. The podcast is found on Pandora, Amazon Music, Heart Radio and also on YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, Muslim or non Muslim, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment sometimes peace requires you to be quiet even if you are right. This is the forty-first episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media, Instagram and Facebook @survivingmarriage and share with a friend.
ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE
"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"
You can find our guests via social media @iamashcash and @aminalee
Show Notes:
0:00 - Intro - Live from YouTube
0:26 - Welcome
1:18 - SUBSCRIBE. LIKE. FOLLOW
2:06 - Where have we been?
2:55 - Mom diagnosed with cancer
3:57 - Things happen in marriage that comes at you fast
5:45 - Celebrating 35 Years of Marriage - Couples Card Games
7:38 - www.survivingmarriagetips.com
8:04 - Welcome Ash Cash and Amina Phelps
10:48 - "I didn't know they were Muslim"
17:52 - Islam gives you principles
19:19 - Abundance and Islam
23:26- Not compromising yourself from Islam
27:00 - Quran and Sunnah
30:34 - How much is enough to walk away?
34:56 - Is there a plan for retirement?
36:40 - "We love the work"
38:20 - Are you guiding your children to entrepreneurship?
41:16 - www.ashlovescash.com
42:15 - Generational Wealth
45:01 - Book Rich
47:01 - Haitian Immigrants
48:56 - Question from Surviving Marriage Card Game
50:18 - Speed Round
52:03 - Food for Thought - Sometimes peace requires you to be quiet even if you are right
53:14 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Support Our Podcast. Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
54:12 - Ride Out... "Marriage is a marathon not a sprint, we are surviving it and so can you" "Until the next episode, y'all be cool."
#SurvivingMarriage - 5 Reasons Why Our Marriage is Rich
Ep 040 – This is it for SZN 4! The last show and it's a wrap!
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, close out SZN 4 with a list of 5 reasons why their almost 33 year marriage is rich. Listen closely cause it's not what you think!
This is the tenth episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment Pills vs Shots. This is the fortieth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend.
ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE
"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"
Want to Write a Book? Grab the Self Paced Course HERE
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - Our marriage is rich
0:36 - Intro
1:00 - Let's Get Checked - see link above
2:21 - BetterHelp - see link above
4:05 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above
5:01 - Welcome
6:14 - Five Reasons Why Our Marriage is Rich
7:08 - #1 Faith/Prayer
8:01 - #2 Our support system
11:39 - #3 GOALS
13:27 - #4 We don't compete and we don't compare
16:01 - #5 We are at Peace
17:49 - Let's Get Checked - see link above
19:11 - BetterHelp - see link above
20:57 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above
21:52 - Food for Thought - PILLS vs SHOTS
24:05 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
25:22 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - From Our Dm's
Ep 039 – We are back for SZN 4 and 10 news shows! ONLY two shows left and this season will be a wrap.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, spill some of the tea from their DM's. They receive numerous inbox messages across social media and some are quite extensive. Marital problems cannot be solved via DM. Couples should schedule consultations.
This is the ninth episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment Put some Respect on the Group Chat. This is the thirty-ninth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend.
ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE
"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"
Want to Write a Book? Grab the Self Paced Course HERE
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS:
Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - DM's was not a factoring the 80's
0:37 - Intro
1:01 - Let's Get Checked - see link above
2:22 - BetterHelp - see link above
4:06 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above
5:06 - Welcome
6:14 - Living past 50 is a blessing
7:25 - Secretaries and Receptionists were gatekeepers
9:06 - Doing someone does not guarantee a response
10:06 - Sis can I ask you a question?
10:50 - We help couples
12:03 - Schedule an Appointment
13:18 - Value your marriage enough to get check up
14:52 - Reciprocating
16:32 - Our Dm's are open but so are our Consultations
18:01 - Let's Get Checked - see link above
19:24 - BetterHelp - see link above
21:09 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above
22:04 - Food for Thought - Put Some Respect On The Group Chat
23:49 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
25:22 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - Freshman Year to PhD Marriage
Ep 038 – We are back for SZN 4 and 10 news shows! ONLY two shows left and this season will be a wrap.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, break down the years of comparisons of high school and college from freshman year to PhD as compared to the years of being married. If you set the right marriage goals you can actually accomplish numerous things by the time you get 20 years of marriage.
This is the eight episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment Asking People for Advice You Don't Respect?. This is the thirty-eight episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend.
ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE
"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"
Want to Write a Book? Grab the Self Paced Course HERE
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS:
Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - What we had to label our marriage based on high school or college years?
0:58 - Intro
1:22 - Let's Get Checked - see link above
2:42 - BetterHelp - see link above
4:26 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above
5:21 - Welcome
6:04 - Send Me That Recipe Book Tour - Booked and Busy
8:21 - The first few years of our marriage
9:00 - Freshman Year - 1-5
11:28 - We argued a lot!
12:13 - Marriage changed everything
13:10 - We didn't know where to start with two becoming one
14:31 - Hindsight being 20/20
15:48 - Sophomore Year - 6-12
18:31 - Work on your marriage without family influence
19:54 - Junior Year - 13-19
20:59 - Teenagers bring in more arguments between parents
22:00 - Boys get to a certain age where they can take dad
24:20 - Senior Year - 20-24
26:17 - We didn't write our best selling book until our senior year
27:07 - PhD - 25 years and beyond!
29:31 - Let's Get Checked - see link above
30:54 - BetterHelp - see link above
32:38 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above
33:33 - Food for Thought - Asking People for Advice You Don't Repsect
34:55 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
36:29 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - How To Build A Stronger Marriage Bond During Ramadan
Ep 037 – We are back for SZN 4 and 10 news shows! ONLY three shows left and this season will be a wrap.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, detail a list of tips that a married couple can do to build a stranger bond during Ramadan. The most blessed month in Islam often proves challenging for newly married and even couples that have some years into their marriage. The common sense tips are about consideration and communication. That will help make Ramadan blessed and peaceful.
This is the seventh episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment Definition of Happy. This is the thirty-seventh episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend.
ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE
"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"
Want to Write a Book? Grab the Self Paced Course HERE
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS:
Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - Marriage is a whole test especially during Ramadan
0:59 - Let's Get Checked - see link above
2:19 - BetterHelp - see link above
4:03 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above
5:00 - Intro
5:46 - Send Me That Recipe Book Tour - Booked and Busy
6:45 - Our book was delayed due to the pandemic
8:13 - Our energy transcends more in person
10:03 - Our Ramadans are peaceful
12:50 - Clean House Together
13:56 - You should be doing as much as you can to get rewards during Ramadan
14:55 - Decide on Meals days in Advance
16:48 - We chose not to go to the Masjid a few times due to a shortage of food
18:10 - Set a Daily Study Schedule
19:37 - Find Duas to Put on the Refrigerator
20:42 - Discuss visitation and iftar
21:53 - RufusandJennyTriplett.com/blog
22:35 - Let's Get Checked - see link above
23:56 - BetterHelp - see link above
26:41 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above
26:36 - Food for Thought - Definition of Happiness
28:53 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
31:32 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - Send Me That Recipe
Ep 036 – We are back for SZN 4 and 10 news shows! AND a new book! How did this whole thing start? Before the podcast there was and still is a best selling book.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, discuss their new book in the Surviving Marriage series, Send Me That Recipe. Also, they discuss the timeline to them becoming 6x published authors.
This is the sixth episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment Defending Your Wife's Honor. This is the thirty-sixth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend.
ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE
"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"
Want to Write a Book? Grab the Self Paced Course HERE
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS:
Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - Oops We Did it Again!
0:53 - Let's Get Checked - see link above
2:14 - BetterHelp - see link above
4:00 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above
4:57 - Intro
6:05 - Send Me That Recipe
7:38 - Surviving Marriage in the 21st Century
9:03 - Writing a book is a true discipline
10:34 - How to Write a Book Course
11:31 - How we wrote a book as a couple
12:54 - We're about 20 years away from the golden years
13:24 - Do you start with the title?
14:27 - Surviving Marriage is what stuck
15:31 - 6x author book timeline
16:41 - Royalties
17:26 - February 13, 2013
18:19 - Surviving Parenting in the 21st Century
19:26 - Jobs for Felons Books
20:33 - How to Get Back to the Swoon of the Honeymoon
21:10 - Send Me That Recipe Hardcover Cookbook
22:37 - Po Man Cookies
24:33 - Chef Ru'fus
25:42 - Pepper Steak
27:10 - I couldn't cook
28:19 - 10 Things Not To Do At A Wedding
30:26 - Book Tour after Ramadan
31:12 - Let's Get Checked - see link above
32:33 - BetterHelp - see link above
34:18 - How To Write A Book Course - see link above
35:13 - Food for Thought - Defending Your Spouse's Honor
39:37 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
42:01 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - We Got 100K!
Ep 035 – We are back for SZN 4 and 10 news shows! What is the obsession with 100K? Does having $100,000 answer all of your problems? Does it distinguish you in a way that people should respect you?
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, tackle the strange vibe on social media about making six figures or showing people how to make six figures and those that perpetuate that goal. As well as if there is a standard on how much money someone should make that qualifies them as a good mate.
This is the fifth episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment Humanity. This is the thirty-fifth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend.
ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE
"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS:
Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - We got 100K!
1:25 - Better Help - see link above
3:06 - Let's Get Checked - see link above
4:28 - Intro
5:24 - Have you Subscribed, Rated or Reviewed our Podcast?
7:36 - Find us on Apple Podcasts
8:01 - Find us on Spotify or iHeart
8:31 - Find us on Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Pandora, Amazon Music
10:44 - 100K Syndrome
11:55 - You can be anything or anybody behind a mic
12:41 - Fake it til you make it
13:48 - Someone is always going to know you
14:18 - Some people fake it and never make it
15:14 - How important is for someone to make a certain dollar amount?
16:29 - We made the best of our situation
18:02 - Money is not a determining factor
19:11 - Money can be a controlling factor in a marriage
20:00 - We made 100K
22:37 - Our book course
24:43 - Sometimes you need to keep how much money you make under wraps
26:34 - Muslims don't beg
27:46 - 100K Followers
29:57 - BetterHelp - see link above
31:47 - Let's Get Checked - see link above
33:06 - Food for Thought - Humanity
34:15 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
36:53 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - Marriage Events
Ep 034 – We are back for SZN 4 and 10 news shows! After a few weeks off to tighten up on their new book, Send Me That Recipe, this show delves into various types of marriage events.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, list several events which you may not realize is a marriage event, indirectly. They also discuss the benefits of attending formal marriage events, such as marriage boot camp and how rewarding being in the company of other healthy marriages or a professional counsel can be.
This is the fourth episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment What the World Needs Now. This is the thirty-fourth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend.
ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE
"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS:
Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - A state of disconnect
0:56 - LetsGetChecked - see link above
2:19 - Intro
3:30 - Send Me That Recipe
5:57 - TikTok didn't even exist 9 years ago
7:00 - Covid Delays
8:19 - Marriage Events
9:10 - A wedding is a marriage event
10:34 - Marriage at its best
11:05 - Nobody says anything bad about marriage at a wedding
12:34 - Couples Weekends
14:08 - Hanging out with couples is not counseling
17:02 - Marriage Boot Camp
18:38 - Left Right Left Competition
19:58 - Faith Based Events
21:56 - Neutral spaces
22:42 - Marriage is 1/2 our faith
23:29 - Islam is for everybody
25:38 - BetterHelp - see link above
27:23 - Food for Thought - What the world needs now...
29:43 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
31:55 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - Gangsta Parenting
Ep 033 – We are back for SZN 4 and 10 news shows! If you ever thought of your parents as gangsta or you're just wondering what could qualify as a gangsta parent, you will enjoy this conversation.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, discuss various parenting styles, concluding their parents, different ethnic backgrounds, statistics of parental dynamics and how they have changed and even their own parenting style as showcased inter book, Surviving Parenting.
This is the third episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment If you can't say anything nice. This is the thirty-third episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend.
ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE
"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS:
Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - Better parents than mates
0:52 - LetsGetChecked - see link above
2:38 - Intro
3:56 - How do you say that in Urdu
4:36 - Indian parents have been known to be gangsta
5:39 - My momma didn't play
6:15 - Momma had a good back hand
7:03 - Surviving Parenting in the 21st Century
8:50 - You got to have balls to roll up on a gangsta
9:30 - Single Parent Family Statists from Statista
11:20 - Single mother homes outnumbered single father homes
12:36 - Single mother households have dropped
13:14 - Mothers baby Fathers maybe
14:10 - Marriage and divorce in the United States
15:24 - Social Media and Reality TV
16:33 - There's always that one child that will test yo gangsta
19:03 - Being a stepparent will test yo marriage and parenting
20:37 - What is the most gangsta thing your mom or dad did?
21:43 - LetsGetChecked - see link above
23:06 - Food for Thought - If you can't say anything nice...
24:04 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
26:12 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - Counseling vs Therapy
Ep 032 – We are back for SZN 4 and 10 news shows! This show delves into the real verzuz, counseling vs therapy. These two terms are used even more frequently now but are their really understood in their context.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, define counseling, who it's good for and how they got thrown into the parenthesis of counseling. The also define therapy and how those symptoms of those that need it may be revealed during counseling sessions.
This is the second episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment How Would Our Lives Be Without Social Media. This is the thirty-second episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend.
ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE
"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS:
Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - Counseling
0:54 - LetsGetChecked - see link above
2:15 - Intro
3:12 - Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to out YOUTUBE Channel
4:04 - A lot of people weren't into podcasting 9 years ago
7:59 - Subject Matter Expertise
9:17 - Counseling vs Therapy
11:00 - You talk too much
12:04 - Definition of Counseling
13:32 - Certification is a western philosophy
14:51 - Elders are the counselors in Africa
16:10 - Give wise counsel
17:34 - Therapy
20:44 - something may be mentally wrong with your mate
22:08 - LetsGetChecked - see link above
23:29 - Food for Thought - How Would our Lives be Without Social Media
26:06 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
28:17 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - I'll Drink to That
Ep 031 – We are back for SZN 4 and 10 news shows! Starting out this season with a bang, talking about drinking and how it plays into your marriage for the good, for the better or for the worse.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, discuss the challenges of growing up with an alcoholic parent and how it effects who you are and could effect your relationships and also some good "dranks" to put in your body that will help you stay high on life.
This is the first episode of Season Four. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment Mine is Better Than Yours. This is the thirty-first episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media @survivingmarriage and share with a friend.
ANNOUNCEMENT - The Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game is now available! Pick it up HERE
"99 Problems but a card game aint one!"
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS:
Bread And Butter Farms: Zero Chemical, Organically grown produce, grass fed meats and free Range Chicken and Eggs. Join their Farm share now! You get 10 weeks of vegetables for you and your family. They also accept EBT. www.breadandbutterfarms.com for more information.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - Drinking
0:33 - LetsGetChecked - see link above
2:16 - Intro
3:40 - Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to out YOUTUBE Channel
4:07 - We counsel couples
4:54 - Alcoholism
7:10 - You'll always be a recovering addict
7:34 - My dad was an alcoholic
9:38 - Functional Alcoholics
10:28 - The benefits of water
11:24 - We are water snobs
12:13 - Coconut water is an acquired taste
14:17 - You put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up
16:38 - Favorite place to go and favorite travel story
14:58 - TEAS
18:08 - COFFEE
21:17 - LetsGetChecked - see link above
22:38 - Food for Thought - Mine is better than that
23:34 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
26:01 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - Tristen & CC Sutton - Curators of Couples Experiences
Ep 030 – Yo Adrian, we we made it! Only a few will get that. It symbolizes the end of a journey. SZN three comes to an end with ten straight episodes of discussing couples in business.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, welcome guests, Tristen and CC Sutton, curators of couples experiences, for a fun and educating discussion about running a business that allows you to plan travel and travel with other couples. They are working and living a very cool existence.
This is the tenth and last episode of Season Three. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment lists five people you should surround yourself with. This is the thirtieth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - Travel Goals
1:07 - Intro
1:28 - YO Adrian, we did it!
2:13 - Go back and binge listen!
3:07 - New Book Coming 2020
3:33 - The dynamic of your marriage changes when in business together
4:54 - People don't understand
5:26 - Couples experiences
8:49- Best trip to date
11:18 - Tristen and CC Sutton
13:10 - Making Marriage Great Again
16:17 - Dubai will make you feel...
16:38 - Favorite place to go and favorite travel story
19:45 - Dealing with problem couples
21:37 - Covid killed travel
23:23 - Get in touch with Tristen and CC
26:33 - Food for Thought - Never Compromise Yourself
27:46 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
30:07 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - Entrepreneurship With or Without Kids
Ep 029 – Did you miss the last episode? If so, listen to this one and then go back and listen to that one. Why? Because it talks about entrepreneurship and how you can get it done with kids.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, frankly discuss how you can become an entrepreneur with kids, tips on how you can get things done and also how they are thriving with an empty nest based on the choices and moves they made years prior.
This is the night episode of Season Three. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment lists five people you should surround yourself with. This is the twenty-ninth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - How did we get it all done with kids?
:55 - Intro
1:40 - Everything is a reboot
2:49 - NEW BOOK COMING 2022
4:04 - Royalty payments
5:11 - Didn't want to work for the man
6:45 - A product or business will continue to pay your family
7:25- How to get it done with children
8:05 - Social media can be a huge distraction
9:33 - Work on your goals after the kids go to bed
10:11 - Our kids were disciplined
11:38 - Prioritize while building
12:21 - 8 Streams of Income
18:27 - Food for Thought - Five Types of People You Want To Surround Yourself With
21:16- ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
23:19 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - The Real Estate Game with John and Nikkia Holmes
Ep 028 – It seems like everyone has red Rich Dad Food Dad, but is everyone about that life? Real Estate has changed so many lives and now it has become a reality for a younger, more colorful generation.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, are joined by real estate agent, brokers, investors and husband and wife team, John and Nikkia Holmes, to discuss the good, the bad and the ugly about real estate investing.
This is the eight episode of Season Three. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment gives tips on making a happy home. This is the twenty-eight episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - Who do you know flip houses back in the day?
:45 - Intro
2:20 - Talking about the real estate game
3:13 - Most people grew up in rental homes
4:46 - The man was keeping us down
5:55 - Collecting the Rent
6:14 - We thought about flipping houses
7:18- Some people have made real estate their full time business
8:45 - Coming up the good, the bad and the ugly about real estate
10:10 - John and Nikkia Holmes
11:29 - Who qualifies for Social Security?
12:22 - Why Real Estate?
15:19 - What has been some fo the biggest challenges?
16:04 - Is it recession proof?
18:01 - A lot of people have tried and given up
19:29 - Who has more say in what you do?
21:29 - We lost everything
22:17 - A real hustler can lose it and get it back
23:16 - What is the first step to real estate?
26:08 - Get in touch with John & Nikkia - OH & J2 Investment
28:06 - Food for Thought - Make you house a home
32:13- ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
34:43 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - Entrepreneurship, Retirement, Social Security
Ep 027 – What is the retirement plan for an entrepreneur? What happens to couples when one of them passes away and the other has to carry on without life insurance? What happens to the business?
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, discusses the responsibilities of making sure the family is taking care of even if there is no retirement plan. Also, with all of the changes to social security, couples need to know the benefits of a surviving spouse. Financial education is an ongoing conversation.
This is the seventh episode of Season Three. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment asks the question, do you bring an insurance policy to the table? This is the twenty-seventh episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - Don't you dare start a Go Fund Me to bury me
1:19 - Intro
2:56 - Dinosaur sounds
4:04 - Cover all the bases of Entrepreneurship
5:25 - Social Security Benefit
5:46 - The American Dream
6:09 - Retirement
8:25- Financial Education is lacking
9:12 - Why do people have to die in confusion?
10:27- Death is all around us
11:29 - Who qualifies for Social Security?
12:16 - Ask Larry
14:40 - Three ways to protect yourself financially as an entrepreneur
16:25 - Insurance Policies
17:23 - Trusts
19:04 - You have to talk about it in order to put things in place
19:20 - Food for Thought - Are you bringing and insurance policy to the table?
21:33- ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
23:15 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - Jocelyn & Aaron Freeman - The Argument Hangover
Ep 026 – Writing a book is something that is on a lot of to do lists or bucket lists. Actually completing a book is a great accomplishment. Completing a couples of books puts you in a very small club. Writing them with your spouse, well, that makes you extra special.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, welcome Jocelyn and Aaron Freeman, also a husband and wife team and authors of the books The Argument Hangover and The New Power Couple. This discussion gets interesting as the reasons why couples are having problems in the 21st Century is voiced from a younger married couples perspective.
This is the sixth episode of Season Three. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment asks the question, what did our parents do? This is the twenty-sixth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - It's hard to write a book together as a couple
1:05 - Intro
2:08 - Reducing our Resume bullet points
3:22 - Ebony Magazine Couple of the Year
4:21 - Book about Marriage
5:32 - We have a new book coming!
6:08 - Joycelyn & Aaron Freeman
9:18 - What are your qualifications?
11:59 - New Power Couple
14:32 - The Argument Hangover
16:42 - Deeper Dive
19:57 - I think I'm about to start an argument
23:33 - Get in touch with The Freemans
24:55 - Food for Thought - If you know, you know
27:06- ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
29:35 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - Notable Couples That Worked Together
Ep 025 – History has provided us with great role model couples that have worked together for the greater good. Besides what people would call the "famous" ones, like Martin and Coretta, Malcolm & Betty and even Barack and Michelle, there are several notable ones that deserve mentioning along with their contributions to society.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, discuss several couples that made historic moves in history and are leaving or have left a legacy from their partnerships. Great movements have started with a man and a woman. It's actually how creation started. Great legacies stem from couples that have worked together,
This is the fifth episode of Season Three. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment asks the question, what did our parents do? This is the twenty-fifth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - Did you know there are a lot of famous couples that have worked together?
0:49 - Intro
2:17 - Internationally known...
3:15 - Notable Couples
4:25 - Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee
6:00 - The foundation of family starts with marriage
7:40 - Marcus & Amy Garvey
10:42 - People think we stupid
12:04 - George & Joan Johnson
14:29 - John H & Eunice Johnson
16:25 - Robert & Sheila Johnson
18:15 - Prophet Muhammad (saw) & Khadijah
19:40 - Food for Thought - Defining your Marriage Mission
21:42- ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
24:09 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - with OL & Sway of MarriedPreneur Life
Ep 024 – What in the world is a married preneur? Well, obviously it's a merging of a married person and an entrepreneur but in this case it's a married couple and entrepreneurship. It's a new day and people can be any and all things.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, welcome OL & Sway Buckley to discuss their platform MarriedPreneur Life. The Buckleys are also a husband and wife team that help other couples with systems and strategies to increase their success in business and marriage.
This is the fourth episode of Season Three. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment asks the question, what did our parents do? This is the twenty-fourth episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - What in the world is a married preneur?
0:46 - Intro
1:50 - MARRIED PRENEUR
3:01 - One of the hardest things to do as a married couple
3:27 - Entrepreneurship is a pathway to generational wealth
5:24- OL & Sway Buckley
7:23 - Fruits of legacy building
9:05 - All couples can't work together but can be a helpmate
11:09 - I ain't gone be Mr. Belvedere
12:34- Couplepreneurs can become cellmates
13:37 - GOALSETTING
15:59 - Surviving Marriage Couples Card Game
17:15 - Couples Vision Boards
17:47 - How do you maintain your individuality and still work together?
20:20 - You wanna be Bruce Lee?
20:39 - Get in touch with OL & Sway - www.marriedpreneurlife.com
22:18 - Food for Thought - What did your parents do?
25:28- ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
27:52 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - Is Your Spouse a Clean Freak?
Ep 023 – It doesn't matter what marriage dynamic you examine, 9 times out of 10 there is going to be one person that is cleaner than the other. It just happens that way. Germaphobes will find a lot of what is said in this episode relatable.
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, tackle the headlines of confessions of those lacking in hygiene by relating the cleaning habits of married couples. They share their own pet peeves and particulars about cleaning as well as how things different b between men and women. Cleanliness is next to godliness and that includes body and place of abode.
This is the third episode of Season Three. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment dives into cleanliness quotes. This is the twenty-third episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - Who is talking about they don't take a shower...
0:48 - Intro
1:12 - SURVIVING MARRIAGE - Book, Podcast, Workshop, T-shirt, Card Game - TRADEMARKED
3:29 - Idiosyncrasies...
4:53 - Clean Freaks
5:42- Apartment Survey about Cleaning
6:19 - 66% of Americans says a dirty home makes them feel stressed or anxious
6:44 - 63% of Americans say they do their own home cleaning
9:19 - Clean Freaks travel with their own chemicals
11:00- Dirty homes cause stress
11:43 - 27% of the people that took the survey said clutter bothered them
12:43 - 18% of the people that took the survey said pet hair or human hair bothered them
14:29 - Crumbs and Spills
15:40 - Only 12% of the people surveyed says the stains bother them
16:42 - Women cleaning vs Men cleaning
19:02 - Women have a lot to do
20:59 - Bacterias, yeasts and molds
24:21 - Change your toothbrush!
27:34 - Food for Thought - Cleaning Quotes
29:53 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
31:08 - Ride Out...
#SurvivingMarriage - Surviving Vegan with Snooty Vegans
Ep 022 – Have you ever thought about going VEGAN? Like for more than a day? Like seriously turning your life over to a plant based diet? Still have reservations? You're going to enjoy this show!
Co-hosts Rufus and Jenny Triplett, husband and wife team, back on the mic and now also visual via their YouTube Channel, welcome husband and wife team and vegan coaches, SNOOTY VEGANS. They are on a journey of living that plant based life and are helping others ease into it as well.
This is the second episode of Season Three. The podcast has expanded to YouTube. Thanks for sharing it around social media. Be sure to share and tell a friend. If you are married, engaged or single, this episode is for you. Also, the insightful Food for Thought segment talks about Marriage Tip #119. This is the twenty-second episode of the Surviving Marriage Podcast. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE. RATE. and REVIEW. Oh, and follow on social media and share with a friend.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Teaser - A bad diet can wreak havoc on a marriage...
0:51 - Intro
1:32 - According to the Vegetarian Times there are 9.7 million vegetarians in the US
3:20 - INTERLUDE...
3:50 - SNOOTY VEGANS
6:47- Healthy Vegan vs Vegan Junk Food...
8:18 - A Bad Physical will scare you straight
9:10 - Leaving the meats but heavy on the sweets
11:12 - Eating whole food vegan is cheaper
13:16 - WE AINT GOIN VEAGAN!
13:57 - Accountability in a Marriage
15:29 - Mistakes happen!
17:58 - Label snobs
20:29 - Best Vegan Dish
25:08 - Get a Snooty Vegan Tshirt - CLICK HERE
26:26 - Food for Thought - MARRIAGE TIP #119
27:28 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - Be Sure to Subscribe. Share. Rate. Review.
30:08 - Ride Out...



