No More Perfect Podcast with Jill Savage
Join Jill Savage here on the No More Perfect Podcast as she talks about the messy, less-than-perfect, real stuff of life. Featuring hard-earned wisdom, well-known authors and speakers, inspiring messages, and stories of real families that must be told, the No More Perfect Podcast is designed to be both inspirational and practical. An author, speaker, and coach, Jill is the founder and former CEO of Hearts at Home a ministry that served moms for 24 years. She has been featured on Focus on the Family, Family Life Today Radio, and Dr. Gary Chapman’s Building Relationships shows. She is the author or co-author of fourteen books including Professionalizing Motherhood, No More Perfect Moms, No More Perfect Marriages (with her husband Mark), and her most recent release Empty Nest Full Life. All show notes can be found at www.JillSavage.org/podcast Have ideas for subjects you need to hear about or guests you'd love to see? Send all your suggestions to resources@jillsavage.org! Love the show? Please leave a review to help others find this encouragement!
No More Perfect Podcast with Jill Savage
Are You Hinting and Hoping? | Episode 253
If you’re listening on the day this releases, then tomorrow (6/25/2025) is our 42nd wedding anniversary! We can’t believe that it’s already been more than four decades since we walked down the aisle to say our “I do’s”.
Would you believe that our first big argument occurred on our honeymoon? We had a lot of good times in those early years, but they were also the beginning of some recurring conflicts and struggles for us.
As we reflect back on 42 years of marriage, one of the things that has made a big difference in the health of our relationship is learning how to make requests instead of hoping, wishing, or hinting at what we wanted or needed. In today’s conversation, we are discussing why this was a game-changer and how you can incorporate this practice into your own marriage.
In this episode, you’ll learn about:
- The importance of discovering your needs
- How hinting and hoping can damage your marriage
- How unexpressed expectations build resentment
- And more!
We hope this skill is as beneficial for your relationship as it has been in our marriage!
Find resources mentioned and more in the show notes: jillsavage.org/hint-hope-253
Check out our other resources:
- Mark and Jill’s Marriage Story
- Marriage Coaching
- Marriage 2.0 Intensives
- Speaking Schedule
- Book Mark and Jill to Speak
- Online Courses
- Books
Marriage Resources:
- Infidelity Recovery
- For Happy Marriages
- For Hurting Marriages
- For Marriages Where You’re the Only One Wanting to Get Help
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