Welcome to Candlelit Coffee!

How much does it cost? - Part 1

Welcome to Candlelit Coffee, the #1 podcast focusing on discovering and cultivating the authentic friendship in your marriage. We are your hosts, Eric and Kasie Hayes. During this episode, we will respond to the chat GBT results when we searched how much a marriage costs mentally, physically and emotionally. This episode is a precursor to the next conversation that we will have about how much it costs to have a healthy marriage.  Thanks for joining us for a cup of coffee and good conversation. As always, we hope that you feel encouraged and inspired to unlock the authentic friendship in your marriage as we share our story with you.  Life is hard, marriage is hard but anything worth having is worth fighting for. So find ways to fight for friendship with your spouse this week.  Don’t forget to like, subscribe and share. Until next time, peace.

Are You A Good Friend?

Welcome to Candlelit Coffee, the #1 podcast focusing on discovering and cultivating the authentic friendship in your marriage. We are your hosts, Eric and Kasie Hayes. In this episode, we share some raw moments from this week. Let's just say we didn't have the best week and our friendship was tested on a very real level. We will share details surrounding Eric's frustration with his job situation and Kasie's recent trip to the emergency room for stress related high blood pressure. This episode is raw, it's real and we hope it sheds a little light on how we navigate hard moments in our marriage. And as always, we hope it encourages and inspires you to stay committed and fight for unity and friendship in yours. Below are a few time stamps for the different components of the today's show.    00:00 - 00:57: Introductions 00:57 - 17:53: Funnies and Bummies (Kasie's ER Visit) 17:53 - 21:26: Today's Topic - Are you a good friend?  21:26 - 22:35: Our Kid's Crash the Show  22:35 - 50:42: Characteristics of a good friend 50:42 - 52:00: Conclusion 52:00 - 52:25: Outro    Thanks for joining us for a cup of coffee and good conversation. As always, we hope that you feel encouraged and inspired to unlock the authentic friendship in your marriage as we share our story with you.  Life is hard, marriage is hard but anything worth having is worth fighting for. So find ways to fight for friendship with your spouse this week.  Don’t forget to like, subscribe and share. Until next time, peace.

Love in Spite of Trauma

Welcome to Candlelit Coffee, the #1 podcast focusing on discovering and cultivating the authentic friendship in your marriage. We are your hosts, Eric and Kasie Hayes.  In this show, we will share part of our pasts with you to set the stage for where we were when we first met. We will share some hard truths about some of the things that happened to us and things that we were exposed to prior to getting married. It is important to us that you understand that we were not perfect when we met, our pasts are very heavy, but God still allowed us to find love in spite of trauma. We hope that you will find hope in our story. No matter where you come from, if you are committed to your personal growth and pursuing wholeness, there is hope for you and your marriage doesn't have to suffer because of past trauma.   You will find the timestamps for each portion of the show below:  00:00 - Intro 01:45  - Funnies and Bummies (The demon roach) 13:45 - Today's Topic 16:45 - Eric's Story 25:03 - The joke that conencted us 27:08 - Kasie's Story 38:00 - You can do it  39:55 - Conclusion  41:20 - Outro Thanks for joining us for a cup of coffee and good conversation. As always, we hope that you feel encouraged and inspired to unlock the authentic friendship in your marriage as we share our story with you.  Life is hard, marriage is hard but anything worth having is worth fighting for. So find ways to fight for friendship with your spouse this week.  Don’t forget to like, subscribe and share. Until next time, peace.

Welcome to Candlelit Coffee!

Welcome to Candlelit Coffee, the #1 podcast focusing on discovering and cultivating the authentic friendship in your marriage. We are your hosts, Eric and Kasie Hayes.  In this show, we would like to formally welcome you to our journey as podcasters! You will hear us joke with one another, detail the meaning of Candlelit Coffee, talk about our transistion from family vlogging to podcasting and the reasons we chose to start our podcast, and we will share a few fun facts about our family. You will find the timestamps for each portion of the show below:  00:00 - Intro 00:22  - Banter 02:30 - Today's Topic 03:00 - The Meaning of Candlelit Coffee 05:03 - Our Transition from Youtube Family Vlogging  06:55 - Why Candlelit Coffee 10:26 - Fun facts about us  14:12 - Conclusion  16:30 - Outro Thanks for joining us for a cup of coffee and good conversation. As always, we hope that you feel encouraged and inspired to unlock the authentic friendship in your marriage as we share our story with you.  Life is hard, marriage is hard but anything worth having is worth fighting for. So find ways to fight for friendship with your spouse this week.  Don’t forget to like, subscribe and share. Until next time, peace.