Skip to content
HeyJared

Beyond I Do

The Beyond I Do Podcast is where married couples come to stay connected, communicate better, and build lasting friendship.

Podcast · By Byron and Margaret McKie · English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
5
Latest publication
Sep 22, 2026
Audience
Checking…
Earliest in this view
Jul 16, 2026

Latest episodes

  1. Episode · Sep 22, 2026

    Am I Being Unreasonable? Rest Days, Spare Keys & a $4,000 Motorcycle (opens the original)

    Episode notes

    Read excerpt

    Is it unreasonable to want one lazy day a week? Should your mother-in-law have a key to your house without you knowing? And can your husband dip into the kitchen fund for a vintage motorcycle if he promises it'll "go up in value"? In this episode of The Beyond I Do Podcast, Byron and Margaret react to three real "Am I being unreasonable?" stories from married couples. We talk about the husband who treats every weekend like a second job, the wife who came home to find her mother-in-law unloading

  2. Episode · Sep 9, 2026

    The Doctor Said She'd Be a Widow by Christmas, but she's Still Married 41 Years Later (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Positive tone

    Read excerpt

    In this episode of The Beyond I Do Podcast, Byron and Margaret sit down with Angela and Surie Alexander, married 41 years, to talk about a love story tested by two life-altering crises: a brain aneurysm two years into their marriage, and a car accident 15 years later that took the lives of two of their sons. Angela shares how she turned unimaginable grief into purpose by becoming an author, speaker, and subject of a documentary film, and what she believes actually holds a marriage together when

  3. Episode · Aug 25, 2026

    Are You Staying Together for the Kids? Ask Yourself This First (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Neutral tone

    Read excerpt

    In this episode of The Beyond I Do Podcast, Byron & Margaret sit down with Jennifer Struffert, founder of Enduring Connections and Advocacy, a divorce coach, relationship coach, and co-parenting mediator who went through the same coaching training program they did. Jennifer gets real about the difference between healthy and unhealthy conflict, why "how you show up" matters more than what your partner does, and the one question she asks clients who are stuck trying to decide whether to stay or go

  4. Episode · Aug 11, 2026

    The 5 C's Every Marriage Needs More Of (opens the original)

    Episode notes

    Read excerpt

    In this episode, we break down the 5 C's every marriage needs more of — connection, conversation, compliments, collaboration, and care — and get real about two we've struggled with. Plus, two new segments debut: the Marriage-First Minute and What We're Reading, where we crack open our own book to talk about the season when a lack of communication almost cost them everything. This episode is based on an article posted here .

  5. Episode · Jul 16, 2026

    The Marriage Rule That Kept Them Together 31 Years with Terry and Shari Doherty (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Positive tone

    Read excerpt

    What happens after the kids grow up, careers settle down, and it's finally just the two of you again? For Shari and Terry Doherty, the answer is simple: they're falling in love all over again. In this conversation, they share what 31 years of marriage has taught them about friendship, forgiveness, conflict, parenting, and building a relationship that keeps getting better with time. They also talk about raising children who actually want to model their marriage, working together, handling disagre

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Not enough subject data for this period yet.

Audience

No verified audience measurement yet.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about Beyond I Do