Impact Iowa's Heroes - TAG Team Podcast

In this episode Aaron and Tricia sit down with Dale and Heidi Hight to discuss their marriage as a military couple. The Hights share the challenges of multiple military deployments, dealin with anger, and how their faith reconciled and healed their marriage.

Don't  skip this episode! Aaron and Tricia share their testimony of how they did marriage without Christ and then found joy and fulfillment in their marriage with Christ. Going deeper with God allows you to go deeper in your marriage.

We all have love needs, what are they and are they being met? In this episode Aaron and Tricia go through Dr. Gary and Barb Rosberg's research of the top 5 love needs of men and women.

Communicating our needs and desires is essential in marriage and makingthe effort to meet your spouse's needs is critical. In this episode Aaron and Tricia talk about intimacy in their own marriage and how they work at connecting with each other in the ways that they connect.

What does it look like to raise a family in the first responder and military world? Being the child of a hero is unique and being the parent or spouse in a hero career is challenging! Listen in as Aaron talks about growing up as a cop's kid and how he and Tricia raised their own kids in today's world.

It's important for couples to find intentional time, put it on the calendar,and connect with their spouse! Hero schedules are crazy and sometimes it's self induced! Listen in as Tricia and Aaron talk about how to be intentional with scheduling time for each other in your marriage.

The relationships in your life and in your marriage matter. We become a product of the environment we subject ourselves to and the people we allow influence to. In this episode, Aaron and Tricia discuss the importance of having a positive influence for their marriage, inside and outside of work. They share how they had to let go of some old relationships and build some new ones in order to build their own marriage. Listen in as they discuss that process and how it impacted their marriage.

Communication in a marriage is essential. It’s essential for working through conflict, it’s essential for possessing empathy, and it’s essential for finding joy in your marriage. Studies show, your marriage has a higher chance for success and enjoyment if your positive communication exceeds your negative communication. In this episode, your TAG Team coaches talk about communicating feelings and breaking down walls that inhibit communication. As first responder and military service members, we know your jobs can affect your ability to communicate and connect on an intimate level with your spouse. Aaron and Tricia share some of their own communication struggles early on in their first responder marriage and how they overcame those struggles in order to grow in their marriage.

Every marriage has conflict. It’s what we do in the midst of the conflict that matters. Do you choose to run from conflict or do you choose to engage in it and work through it? Unresolved conflict inhibits connection in a marriage. Dr. Gary and Barb Rosberg have coached thousands of people on the importance of closing the loop of conflict in order to build back connection. And guess what, it works! In this episode, join Aaron and Tricia as they work through the Rosberg’s loop of conflict, they discuss how your past affects your ability to work through conflict today, and they share how a couple can effectively “close the loop” to build back connection.

Reconciliation in marriage comes through the act of forgiveness. Sometimes we need to seek forgiveness from our spouse for wronging them, and sometimes we need to offer forgiveness to our spouse for something they’ve done to us. Studies show that choosing to forgive leads to a healthier life both physically and mentally. Listen in as Aaron and Tricia talk about their own struggles to forgive early on in their marriage and how they have found freedom from bitterness and anger through the act of forgiveness in their marriage.

In our lives what we give the most time, energy, and resources to, reveals what we prioritize most. A lot of times we can prioritize the wrong things above our marriage. Listen in as Aaron and Tricia talk about what they prioritized over each other in their own lives and how they work to keep each other a priority over their kids, their careers, and even their friends. Visit our website at http://www.impactiowasheroes.org/resources/ click on the podcast link to view or print the questions with each episode. The questions are for you to engage in conversation as a couple, spurring discussion before conflict arises!

In this episode Aaron and Tricia Groves introduce themselves and share their testimony of the struggles in a law enforcement marriage. They also touch on Impact Iowa's Heroes and its mission to honor Iowa's First Responder and Military heroes.