5 Innovative Ways to Communicate With Your Spouse

Are you looking for new and better ways to communicate with your spouse? Are you a little short on time? Everyone is busy, but it’s important to make your marriage a priority. Below are 5 Innovative Ways to Communicate With Your Spouse. My personal favorite is number two! Feel free to email or message me on Instagram with the unique ways you and your spouse communicate.

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1. Create a Shared Calendar

You and your spouse both have busy schedules. It’s easy to forget to tell one another about various appointments made throughout the day. Save yourself inevitable arguments by creating a shared calendar. You can use an online calendar on Google or Apple, or hang a physical calendar in your home. Whatever works for your family. Then, make it a habit to update the calendar every day and perhaps have a calendar review once a week. This is especially helpful if you have kids with dozens of activities or a job that includes travel.

2. Hang a Notepad in the Shower

Yup, you read that right. Out of the 5 Innovative Ways to Communicate With Your Spouse, this is my favorite idea. Colton and I found a waterproof notepad a couple years ago and hung it in our shower. The original idea was to record ideas we got while showering, but the notepad quickly became a fun way for us to communicate. We now us our shower pad to exchange words of affirmation, such as “thank you for helping me with the dishes yesterday” or “you are an amazing mom/dad and I love you.” It’s the best part of my day to see what he wrote me the day before.

You can find waterproof notepads on Amazon!

3. Write Them a Letter

Speaking of writing, another innovative way to communicate with your spouse is to write a physical letter. After you are finished writing it, actually place the letter in your mailbox. Everyone loves getting mail that isn’t a bill or spam, so this will be a welcomed surprise for your loved one. What fills the letter is up to you. Be creative!

4. Ask for an Update

It might sound simple, but sometimes the simple act of asking your spouse how they are really doing is all it takes. Colton and I try to ask each other at least once a day, “How are your tanks?” Meaning, how are you physically, mentally, emotionally, etc. If one of our tanks is drained, then we let the other know. Life with a newborn has left us drained on multiple accounts, so it’s a good reminder to give each other grace and help where we can. Does your spouse feel heard? Appreciated? Just ask them and find out.

5. Pray Together

Make it an unshakeable habit to pray together every night. Colton started this practice with me when we were just dating, and at first I found it a little weird. However, over the past seven years or so I have grown so accustomed to our nightly prayer time. It feels strange when we don’t pray together. You see, spending time in prayer as a couple is a way to communicate with your spouse and include God in that conversation. There’s nothing more important than that.

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