Some seasons of life leave you running on empty.

Main message: When life becomes a busy, draining season, marriages can drift into independence and emotional distance; creating margin and intentionally stepping away to work on the relationship can restore and redirect the marriage.

Key points:

• Seasons of crisis or heavy busyness leave couples running on empty and disconnected.
• Drift often shows up as living independently rather than interdependently, not always overt conflict.
• Lack of margin prevents prioritizing the marriage until things feel urgent.
• Intentionally pulling away for focused time (e.g., a few days) allowed the speaker and spouse to reset.
• Concrete agreements and commitments made during that time helped steer the marriage onto a better trajectory.

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