You're probably pretty good at the logistics. Who's getting the kids, who's making dinner, who remembered to call the plumber. But when's the last time you and your spouse slowed down long enough to ask: where are we actually going?

In this episode, we're talking about the one conversation that tends to get skipped in even the healthiest marriages — casting a vision for your family. Not a financial roadmap or a five-year career plan, but the deeper stuff: What do we want our family to be known for? What culture are we building? Are we actually living out what we say we value?

We get into why this conversation stays missing for most couples (spoiler: it's not laziness), what it actually looks like to sit down and do it, and we model it live with our own answers so you can hear how messy and real it can be.

In this episode:

Why even great marriages skip the vision conversation — and the three reasons it stays off the table
How to start this conversation if your spouse isn't exactly jumping at the idea
The one question that cuts to the heart of it: "If our marriage was in the same place in three years, how would you feel?"
What a family mission statement actually is, and why we're changing ours after years of saying you should never change it
Four vision-casting questions you can bring to a coffee shop, a playground, or your kitchen table this week
A live, unscripted demo of us answering every question ourselves

The one degree shift: put something on the calendar. Even 20 minutes with a few intentional questions can start shifting the trajectory.

Resources mentioned:

Free Weekly Marriage Meeting Template: https://onedegreemarriage.com/meeting
Weekly Marriage Meeting Journal: https://shop.onedegreemarriage.com/
Daily Marriage Challenges: https://onedegreemarriage.com/challenge

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