Field Guide for Marriage- A 24/7 Marriage Podcast
Field Guide to Marriage with Shannan & Javier Labrador is on a mission to pave the way for healthy, thriving marriages—one podcast at a time. As authors, speakers, and hosts of marriage conferences and 24/7 Marriage Bootcamps, they bring over 33 years of real-life experience to every conversation. With a backpack full of stories, setbacks, and successes, they share wisdom that inspires, challenges, and encourages couples to build stronger connections.
Today, you’ll find the Labradors traveling the country in The Marriage Lab, meeting couples where they are and offering practical tools for every season of marriage. Tune in each week for honest conversations, proven strategies, and a dose of humor as they help marriages everywhere grow and flourish.
Follow along on social media @247marriage or visit 247marriage.org to learn more.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 185
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Why having alone time is vital to your marriage.
When was the last time you got away on a fishing trip with the guys? When did you last have a day or two with your close girlfriends? Listen as Shannan & Javier break down the importance of having a…
I just want to be with you!
Is one of you always rushing? Is the other relaxed and laid back? How do you work together for the greater good of your marriage?
Javier shares a recent trip to the Farmers Market and the new tempera…
You want a great sex life?
This hot topic can be the source of contention for so many married couples. However, creating a fulfilling and thrilling sex life involves many things. Listen to Shannan and Javier unpack how you cre…
Are you grateful for your spouse?
Javier shares how gratitude can change our daily lives and marriage. When we begin each day with thanksgiving, it helps us value what and who is around us. You want your marriage to soar, begin eac…
Walking alongside your spouse in a valley.
This week Javier and Shannan talk about the season when Javier was walking through depression and how they worked through that season together. Shannan shares what a challenging and dark couple of y…
LIVE on Instagram, taking your questions.
The Labs went live on Instagram and answered marriage questions from all over the world. Thank you to all who were on Instagram Live and part of our first live podcast recording.
The…
An emotionally available husband creates a sexually available wife
The Labs share stories from the Tennessee Bootcamp they just wrapped on. Javier discusses what it means to be emotionally available for your wife and how that can create an atmosphere for her to be s…
Is your marriage like Groundhogs Day?
If you keep rejecting and attacking each other, you will live the SAME day for the rest of your life. Javier and Shannan discuss breaking the behavior cycles that keep us from moving on and helping o…
30th Anniversary Episode
Shannan and Javier look back at 30 years of marriage. Taking turns, they share their most adored qualities with one another. Get ready for laughter and tears.
The "Original" Marriage…
Is divorce the easy way out?
Why do so many couples choose to divorce? Does it really solve all your problems, and are people today afraid of hard work? Javier and Shannan discuss this and much more.
The "Origin…
Your vows start in the valley
Your vows don't start at the altar. Your vows begin in the valley, the low parts, the hard times, and in the mud. You can promise that you will love and pursue your spouse all day, but when the goi…
Ownership, personal responsibility,and sin
Shannan, from 24/7 Marriage, shares her behavior during the first five years of marriage. It's a trend in today's culture to replace the word sin with sickness and leaves no personal responsibility f…
Marriage is just the beginning of the race
Javier and Shannan share what it means to run the race of marriage well. Marriage is not a destination, it's a lifelong journey. What things keep you down or keep you from running well in marriage?…
Bootcamp Highlights
Shannan and Javier just returned from the first 24/ Marriage Bootcamp of 2023. Listen as they share highlights, takeaways, and transformative moments they had.
If you want to attend a 24/7 Marriage B…
Stop Scrolling!
This episode is from way back in the vault. Shannan and Javier discuss social media and the effects it has on your marriage.
The "Original" Marriage Flippers
Restoring Hope. Redeeming S…
Men, Stop Avoiding and Lead!
What has happened to all the men? Society and culture have allowed men to become weak and soft. Javier and Shannan talk about what masculinity looks like through a Biblical lens and how men have beco…
What Story are you Living?
We all have these ideas and expectations of what married life will be like. And then we get married! Life smacks us in the face, and we find ourselves living a life we didn't want or thought would b…
Slow down and pay attention!
Javier and Shannan labrador talk about how we arrive at the desired outcome we wish for our marriage. Sometimes we can get fixated on making our marriage better we forget to slow down to help our sp…
What have you planted?
Shannan and Javier ask the tricky question, What kind of marriage do you want, and what have you planted to yield that kind of marriage? Shannan opens up and shares about her past which planted some …
Javier turns 50! Reflections on life, love, & parenting.
Shannan sits down to interview the one and only Javier Labrador. Shannan dives into his childhood, his relationship with his parents, and the most significant lessons he's learned. He also shares w…