Loving Well

About Loving Well

The secret sauce to the success of your marriage! Every season of this bingeable podcast series is chock -full of heartwarming love stories and practical marriage advice you can put into practice every day. The series from Focus on the Family will inspire you and your spouse to put Christ’s love at the center of your relationship. Along the way, marriage experts Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley will get you thinking about healthy boundaries in a romantic relationship, about how to respect and cherish one another, and about honoring God in your most important relationship.

Publisher

Focus on the Family

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Jan 2018

Latest episode

13 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

5 of 47 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   13 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Season 9, Episode 4: How God & Prayer Build Trust

   Arlene Pellicane and Pastor Scott Kedersha explore how gratitude and spiritual alignment strengthen marriage, while Greg Smalley and Erin Smalley discuss prayer's role in building trust, in this interview with Jim Daly.

2. 

   6 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Season 9, Episode 3: Meaningful & Deep Conversations

   Relationship experts Greg Smalley and Erin Smalley emphasize the importance of couples having meaningful conversations, while Jim Daly interviews Dr. Heather Holleman and Ashley Holleman about maintaining connection through communication.

3. 

   30 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Season 9, Episode 2: Romance, Sex & Date Nights

   Relationship experts Jay Laffoon and Laura Laffoon join Jim Daly to explore the importance of regular date nights in marriage, while Dave Willis and Ashley Willis discuss the changing nature of physical intimacy across different seasons, in this interview episode.

Inside a recent episode

Season 9, Episode 4: How God & Prayer Build Trust

Published 13 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So I'm not going to do that for you. But then if you look at the gospels, right? It's like, Jesus came to serve. The son of man came to serve you like, oh, man. So it is this idea that, well, wait, if I serve my spouse, well, they're going to walk all over me, you know, like, how's that going to work? Right. But guess what happens? You don't have power over what your spouse does, but you do have power over what you do. And if you ask the question, well, what have you done for me today, you're going to be pretty grumpy and not very much. But if you twist it, thinking of serving your spouse and say, well, what can I do for you today? […]

Who has been a guest on Loving Well

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Arlene Pellicane
• Scott Kedersha
• Greg Smalley
• Erin Smalley
• Heather Holleman

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

77,469,614

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

275 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

53 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

20

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

99

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