Intentional Marriage

In this episode of the Intentional Marriage Podcast, Cresta and Justin discuss the power of belonging in a marriage and how it serves as the foundation for a fulfilling relationship. They share personal experiences and insights, highlighting the importance of building mutual trust and transparency. Emphasising the significance of feeling a sense of belonging in a marriage and how it can positively impact the overall health and success of the relationship. They also encourage couples to invest in their marriage and seek resources, such as coaching, to improve their connection and create a thriving partnership. KEY TAKEAWAYS The power of belonging in a marriage is significant and can greatly contribute to a strong and healthy relationship. Building mutual trust and transparency is essential in creating a sense of belonging in a marriage. Starting a gratitude journal can help couples appreciate and recognise the positive aspects of their spouse and their relationship. Taking time apart and engaging in activities outside of the marriage can actually strengthen the sense of belonging and appreciation for one another. Couples need to take ownership of their marriage and be willing to invest time, effort, and resources into improving it, rather than accepting the status quo. BEST MOMENTS "I've never felt like that in a relationship at all, not even close."  "You've got to determine what anything is to you. I would do anything for my wife. What does that really mean to you?"  "Be the leader in your family. Take the initiative. Don't make excuses for things being the way they are."  "I would do anything for my wife. I'd do anything for my wife. That is awesome to be able to say."  "We know where we want our marriage next year. We know where we want our marriage in five years. And we know that it's not going to get there by just coming home, plopping on the couch, flipping on that TV."  Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching/ Justin and Cresta Burt are marriage coaches who specialize in helping couples regain their intimacy inside and outside the bedroom. They share how their Intentional Marriage principles can help couples find their "Happily Ever After." Though they have a great sense of humor and enjoy making people laugh, Justin and Cresta take their work seriously. They know that marriages can be healed and relationships can be restored when both partners are intentional about making things better.marriage,counselling,support,improvement,relationship,advice,partner,help: https://deviationbydesign.com/This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

Justin is joined by his youngest son, Derek, to discuss the topic of doing the right things for the right reasons. Derek reflects on his upbringing and how he has always been disciplined and strived to do the right thing. They delve into the influence of their family values, the importance of discipline, and the impact of sports on Derek's character development. They also touch on Derek's future plans, including his interest in cybersecurity and his desire to join the military. Overall, this episode offers a heartfelt conversation between a father and son, exploring the values and aspirations that shape their lives. KEY TAKEAWAYS The importance of instilling discipline and doing the right thing for the right reasons: Derek attributes his strong sense of discipline and desire to do the right thing to his upbringing and the values instilled in him by his parents. The impact of consistent discipline and consequences: Derek mentions that being disciplined and facing consequences for his actions as a child helped shape his character and taught him the importance of taking responsibility for his actions. The value of setting goals and working hard: Derek's dedication and commitment to giving his best effort in football and other areas of his life demonstrate the importance of setting goals and working hard to achieve them. The influence of parental role models: Derek looks up to his father and credits him for being a positive influence in his life. He mentions that seeing his father deal with the consequences of not taking care of his back injury has influenced his own decision-making process. The uncertainty and excitement of the future: Derek expresses both excitement and uncertainty about his future plans, particularly regarding his decision to join the military and his career path. He acknowledges that his goals and aspirations may change over time, but he is focused on finding happiness and building a family. BEST MOMENTS "I just feel like that's weird. Like I wonder how I was raised to be like that."  "You have to be a follower to be a good leader as well."  "I think it'd be really cool to work for the NSA or like work inside the Pentagon or do some cool government job like that."  "Personally, emotionally, I feel like if I just had a wife and kids, I'd be a happy family." "I'm excited for you. I'm proud of you. And yeah, words just can't describe how proud I am of you."  Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching/ Justin and Cresta Burt are marriage coaches who specialize in helping couples regain their intimacy inside and outside the bedroom. They share how their Intentional Marriage principles can help couples find their "Happily Ever After." Though they have a great sense of humor and enjoy making people laugh, Justin and Cresta take their work seriously. They know that marriages can be healed and relationships can be restored when both partners are intentional about making things better.marriage,counselling,support,improvement,relationship,advice,partner,help: https://deviationbydesign.com/This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

Justin and Cresta are joined by special guest Nikki Gianni, an experienced coach and former military leader. They discuss the challenges and importance of effective leadership in various contexts, from corporate environments to entrepreneurial ventures. Nikki emphasises the need for leaders to genuinely want the role and to establish trust with their team members. They also explore the significance of accountability and setting clear expectations for employees. Through personal anecdotes and insights, the episode highlights the impact of strong leadership on organisational culture and success. KEY TAKEAWAYS The lack of proper training and preparation for new leaders is a common issue. Many leaders are promoted based on their technical skills rather than their leadership abilities, which can lead to challenges in effectively managing and leading a team. Trust is a crucial element in leadership. Micromanaging employees can be detrimental to their performance and motivation. Leaders should trust their team members and empower them to do their jobs whilst providing guidance and support when needed. Accountability is often lacking in the workplace. Leaders should set clear expectations and hold employees accountable for their actions and performance. This includes addressing issues promptly and providing constructive feedback. Effective communication is essential for successful leadership. Leaders should clearly communicate expectations, changes, and goals to their team members. Regular check-ins and open dialogue can help foster a positive and productive work environment. Leading by example is important. Leaders should demonstrate the behaviours and values they expect from their team members. This includes being punctual, following through on commitments, and treating others with respect and fairness. BEST MOMENTS "You have to want to do it. That's the first step, right?" "People micromanage because they're afraid people aren't going to do what they're supposed to do." "You just have to be able to put your trust in other people and that will pay off exponentially if you are sincere." "Accountability, what's that? That's like a whole series of conversations that we could have, right?" "You can't just expect that somebody knows what you expect. You have to communicate it." Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching/ Justin and Cresta Burt are marriage coaches who specialize in helping couples regain their intimacy inside and outside the bedroom. They share how their Intentional Marriage principles can help couples find their "Happily Ever After." Though they have a great sense of humor and enjoy making people laugh, Justin and Cresta take their work seriously. They know that marriages can be healed and relationships can be restored when both partners are intentional about making things better.marriage,counselling,support,improvement,relationship,advice,partner,help: https://deviationbydesign.com/This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

In this episode of the Intentional Marriage Podcast, host Justin is joined by his eldest son, Ethan. Justin reflects on his past struggles with balancing work and family life, particularly during his time working long hours for a company. He shares how every decision he made during that time seemed to be the wrong one, as he desperately tried to save his family. However, this experience led him to prioritize his children and become more present in their lives. Justin and Ethan discuss the importance of fatherhood and the impact it has on a child's upbringing. They also touch on the significance of setting boundaries and instilling healthy habits in children, such as limiting screen time. Ethan shares his perspective on his father's parenting style and offers advice to new fathers on being involved in their children's lives, particularly in activities like sports. The episode concludes with Justin expressing his pride in his son and excitement for his future endeavours. KEY TAKEAWAYS The importance of being present and involved in your children's lives: The podcast emphasizes the significance of being actively engaged in your children's activities and spending quality time with them. This can create lasting memories and strengthen the parent-child bond. Balancing work and family life: The host shares his personal experience of struggling to balance his demanding job with his family responsibilities. This serves as a reminder to prioritize family time and consider the impact of work on family dynamics. Setting boundaries and limits: The host mentions implementing rules and limits for his children, such as screen time restrictions. This teaches them the importance of self-discipline and helps them develop healthy habits. Reflecting on past decisions: The host acknowledges that some of his decisions as a father may not have been ideal, particularly in terms of work-life balance. This highlights the importance of self-reflection and learning from past mistakes to improve as a parent. The impact of parenting on children's future choices: The host discusses how his parenting style and values have influenced his son's decision-making process, particularly in terms of choosing a career that aligns with his desired family life. This emphasizes the role parents play in shaping their children's values and priorities. BEST MOMENTS "I don't want my picture taken. I don't want to be on video."  "I'm trying to build a business and while yes there are some selfish implications in there, the end goal is not that. The end goal is to help out you and Derek and that is kind of the driving force behind it."  "Every decision I made was a bad decision." - Justin reflecting on his struggles during his marriage. "I paid more attention to my kids after this."  "I guess just make sure you're involved in their life… make sure you're there for that because when they get older they remember that."  Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching/ Justin and Cresta Burt are marriage coaches who specialize in helping couples regain their intimacy inside and outside the bedroom. They share how their Intentional Marriage principles can help couples find their "Happily Ever After." Though they have a great sense of humour and enjoy making people laugh, Justin and Cresta take their work seriously. They know that marriages can be healed and relationships can be restored when both partners are intentional about making things better.marriage,counselling,support,improvement,relationship,advice,partner,help: https://deviationbydesign.com/This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

In this episode of the Intentional Marriage podcast, hosts Justin and Cresta discuss the five pillars of a successful marriage. They delve into the importance of fatherhood, partnership, leadership, being a provider, and being a lover. Justin emphasizes the significance of being a good dad and the positive impact it has on a marriage. They also stress the importance of being a supportive and equal partner, taking the lead in decision-making, and actively providing for the family. The episode concludes with a discussion on the importance of maintaining a strong physical and emotional connection as lovers. Listeners are encouraged to prioritise these pillars to strengthen their relationships and create a successful marriage. KEY TAKEAWAYS The five pillars of a successful marriage discussed in the podcast are fatherhood, partnership, leadership, being a provider, and being a lover. Being a good father involves not only loving and caring for your children but also providing discipline and guidance. Being a good partner means being an equal in the relationship and actively supporting and serving your spouse. Leadership in the household involves taking responsibility for making decisions and being a servant leader, putting the needs of your family first. Being a provider means contributing financially to the family and continuously striving to improve your financial situation. Additionally, taking care of your physical health and appearance is important in being a lover to your spouse. BEST MOMENTS "If you're not having sex with your wife, this could be one of the reasons why they find fatherhood attractive." "We are on the same team and we're fighting for the same goals." "You are going to become the average of your five closest friends." "The dad bod is not cool. Get the fat off your body. Get some muscle on you." "Implementing these things is life-changing. The rewards are going to be so outrageous." Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching/ Justin and Cresta Burt are marriage coaches who specialize in helping couples regain their intimacy inside and outside the bedroom. They share how their Intentional Marriage principles can help couples find their "Happily Ever After." Though they have a great sense of humour and enjoy making people laugh, Justin and Cresta take their work seriously. They know that marriages can be healed and relationships can be restored when both partners are intentional about making things better.  marriage,counselling,support,improvement,relationship,advice,partner,help: https://deviationbydesign.com/This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – give a brief health update of Cresta before talking about the main topic of this episode which is very much linked to the health update and what Cresta and Justin are going through right now. KEY TAKEAWAYS You have to be intentional. How easy would it be to neglect things by just coming home from work or from the hospital and going straight to bed because we’re tired? We neglect a lot of things – like the dishes or the vacuuming – but not each other or our marriage. Are we eating out more than we should right now or neglecting some things around us right now? Absolutely. But, as far as we and our relationship goes, we’re having to make sure that those things are staying intact, and while it doesn’t look the same as it did 6 months ago, the core is still there. It’s all about making the time to just be together and taking the little opportunities with your family, with your kids and make the most of them because you don’t know what life holds. As much as we want it, we’re not guaranteed tomorrow, we’re not guaranteed the next minutes so you’ve really got to take every opportunity and moment you have an just enjoy it. How have you been showing up in your marriage? Husbands, I’m specifically talking to you. If you do the things you know you’re supposed to do in your marriage to take care of your wife and be the leader you’re supposed to be in the marriage your marriage is going to go a lot better because, correct me if I’m wrong, your wife (most wives) is looking for a leader. She’s not looking for somebody who is desperate for her attention, or is needy and is lost like a puppy-dog without it. I want to be wanted not needed. Showing up takes work, effort, energy and thought initially to constantly show up. But after a while, like everything else, it becomes routine (but still intentional), and after a while it’s part of who you are and becomes naturally ingrained in you. Once it’s who you are you can do it with ease and it’s not work any more.   BEST MOMENTS‘I don’t know if it’s the courage Cresta has, or the digging down deep to find it, but there’s something about it that makes her that much more attractive.’‘Your last excuse was yesterday. Stop making excuses.’‘I’m tired of being a strong, independent women – I didn’t that for too long before you – I’m sick of picking what I want for dinner.’ ‘Part of the joy of marriage are the little differences between us and having fun with it.’ ABOUT THE HOSTS Justin and Cresta Burt are marriage coaches who specialize in helping couples regain their intimacy inside and outside the bedroom. They share how their Intentional Marriage principles can help couples find their "Happily Ever After." Though they have a great sense of humor and enjoy making people laugh, Justin and Cresta take their work seriously. They know that marriages can be healed and relationships can be restored when both partners are intentional about making things better. CONTACT METHOD Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching/marriage,counselling,support,improvement,relationship,advice,partner,help: https://deviationbydesign.com/This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, Justin Burt is going solo as his wife, Cresta, isn’t feeling great after her recent breast cancer diagnosis to talk about the situation he finds himself in: Looking after your spouse when they aren’t feeling well as well as advocating for medical care. KEY TAKEAWAYS Cresta is doing well. She had her first chemo session about a week ago which went as well as could be expected. She’s journaling her experience almost every day on Tik Tok @crestaburt. A couple of days ago she got a shot to stimulate bone marrow and we think that was what knocked it outta her for today’s recording. As a partner who has a spouse who is sick, it’s really important that you be there for them for support, especially when you’re dealing with medical stuff. Those of us who aren’t medical staff can really be at a loss on what to do and lean on the advice of the professionals. For men that can be hard because we like to take charge and be in charge. Be your advocate for your medical care. There’s a lot of people out there that don’t want to go the chemotherapy route because of the toxins, and that’s fine, but whatever route you go down whether it's holistic or modern medicine just be your advocate.  If you’re not staying on top of it, at the end of the day, you’re the one responsible, it’s your life, it’s your health, it’s your well-being that’s being messed with. The squeaky wheel gets oiled – be the squeaky wheel when it comes to your health and well-being.  BEST MOMENTS‘Just seeing her there helpless and knowing I can’t do anything for her really hit home and was probably the hardest time I’ve had through this process.’‘If you have a spouse who is sick long-term, you’re going to have to plan the small things – like grocery store visits, washing the dishes, laundry – around their needs and to make sure they’re done without them having to worry about doing them.’‘The end goal is getting through it together and being there for each other.’ ‘We invest in our retirement, vehicles, homes, but how much do we invest in our marriage? Maybe a couple bucks here and there, but really, we should be investing in our marriage like we invest in other parts of our lives.’ ABOUT THE HOSTSJustin and Cresta Burt are marriage coaches who specialise in helping couples regain their intimacy inside and outside the bedroom. They share how their Intentional Marriage principles can help couples find their "Happily Ever After."Though they have a great sense of humour and enjoy making people laugh, Justin and Cresta take their work seriously. They know that marriages can be healed and relationships can be restored when both partners are intentional about making things better. CONTACT METHODFacebook page - https://www.facebook.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching/  marriage,counselling,support,improvement,relationship,advice,partner,help: https://deviationbydesign.com/This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk about some of the challenges that couples can face when parenting.

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk about Cresta’s recent breast cancer diagnosis and how they’re both dealing with it. KEY TAKEAWAYS I guess you could call it a miracle, some would call it coincidence or happenstance, but in February I was having heart condition issues that I’d never had before. They did and echocardiogram (an ultrasound on the heart) and found a spot on my liver, so I was sent to have a CT scan to figure out what that was. Eventually we got results and found out the ‘spot’ was just a glitch on their machine but found a mess in my breast. I was then sent for a mammogram. I had a biopsy about a week later and we were told that it was late stage 2/early stage 3. Today we went back in to have a PET scan and, all things considered, got the best news we could have gotten: that’s it’s early stage 2A because it’s gone to the lymph node but had not metastasised outside of that. There are so many questions. You hear so much about cancer and about what people go through, and everybody has advice because everybody’s had somebody close to them go through it. One thing we’re learning early on is it’s good to be there for people for support, but just keep your mouth shut about other people’s experiences because everybody’s experiences are so different. Doctors are far more educated than we are. That’s not to say you don’t want to do your own education or maybe you have an alternative method that you want to try. I’d encourage everyone to take the lead in their own healthcare, but also listen to the advice of doctors.   BEST MOMENTS‘You don’t ever want to talk to a cancer patient about somebody else that’s died. At some point I’m going to do a list of things you don’t say to a cancer patient!’‘Somebody telling you their mother had it and they got through it real quick doesn’t take your fear away, it doesn’t ease your concerns, and everybody’s cancer is different, there are so many different possibilities and variables.’‘Somebody said to me today: “It’s not your cancer, it’s cancer, and it’s your diagnosis not both of yours diagnosis.” So, Justin has no part in it. Justin gives her the benefit of the doubt that she made a bad job of saying what she was trying to say.’ ‘We would encourage everybody to is to go get yourself checked out on a regular basis, annual physicals.’ ABOUT THE HOSTS Justin and Cresta Burt are marriage coaches who specialize in helping couples regain their intimacy inside and outside the bedroom. They share how their Intentional Marriage principles can help couples find their "Happily Ever After." Though they have a great sense of humor and enjoy making people laugh, Justin and Cresta take their work seriously. They know that marriages can be healed and relationships can be restored when both partners are intentional about making things better. CONTACT METHOD Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/intentionalmarriagecoaching/marriage,counselling,support,improvement,relationship,advice,partner,help: https://deviationbydesign.com/This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

On this episode of Intentional Marriage, co-hosts and married couple – Justin and Cresta Burt – talk about how we sometimes let emotions dictate the course of our lives and how it’s important to try not to.