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Ron L. Deal

Spend Leisure Time Together (day 4 of 5)

October 24, 2019
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All this week we’re talking about reducing the cholesterol in your marital heart. Today’s tip: Spend regular leisure time together.

You know everybody needs to relax. Well, healthy blended family couples make time for individual leisure activities and activities they can do together. Unhappy couples tend to just have individual interest but nothing they share. The cool thing is you get to define what's leisure to you and your spouse. It might be exercising together or reading and discussing a book or sky diving for that matter. Whatever is fun and enjoyable for you feeds your marriage.

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FamilyLife Blended® provides  biblically-based resources that help prevent re-divorce, strengthen stepfamilies, and help break the generational cycle of divorce.

About Ron L. Deal

Ron L. Deal is the Director of blended family ministries at FamilyLife®, and is the author/coauthor of the books The Smart Stepfamily, The Smart Stepdad, The Smart Stepmom, Dating and the Single Parent, and The Remarriage Checkup. Ron voices the FamilyLife Blended short feature and is one of the most widely read authors on stepfamily living in the country. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist who frequently appears in the national media, including FamilyLife Today® and Focus on the Family, and he conducts marriage and family seminars around the country. Ron and his wife, Nan, have been married since 1986 and have three boys.

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