It's Episode 214 of the Bare Marriage podcast, looking at some typical pieces of advice given to evangelical women about how to never, ever be upset and grumpy--and how that advice backfires.

Links to things mentioned:

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The article where you can find the Elisabeth Elliot quote on the essence of femininity: https://www.crossway.org/articles/the...

Holly Furtick’s reel on being grumpy: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtnHKV...

Holly Furtick’s reel on not fussing and just praying:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cm1oSd...

The study on why sweating the small stuff is important:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18361...

John Gottman’s book The 7 Principles for Making Marriage Work:
https://amzn.to/3Mxzc8h

Our podcast on the problems with Power of a Praying Wife
https://baremarriage.com/2023/06/podc...

And our one-sheet download going over the problems with Power of a Praying Wife
https://baremarriage.com/2023/06/the-...