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Designed to Last: Taking it to 11

Author: Ashley and Dino Petrone

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We’re Dino and Ashley Petrone. We’re not professional podcasters, but we have a passion for advocating for marriages. After 18 years of marriage, we’ve seen God move in mighty ways through our lives. We've navigated multiple moves, parenting four children, owning businesses, experiencing a miscarriage, living the influencer life, and even living in a trailer.

We’re excited to take this journey with you on our podcast, "Designed To Last." We’ll be sharing boldly and openly in the hopes of connecting and growing with you. Tune in for new episodes every Friday at 9 a.m. EST. Instagram: @designe
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#29 - House Undivided

#29 - House Undivided

2025-02-1433:38

After a great week and driven by The Word, Dino and Ashley of @arrowsandbow are officially diving into the new year after a crazy busy and trying 2024. Their goal? Get on the same page of ‘understanding and not convincing’ one another during the trials and hard times.After 19 years together, the authors of ‘Designed To Last’ talk about leaning on the Lord for not only a path through issues but how to respond as well. Throughout their marriage, the pair chooses to keep fixated on Him over fixating on things out of their control. Listen this week as they talk through how they too, fall into the trap of ‘fighting different fights’ and how they come together to be a house undivided.
This week, Dino and Ashley of @arrowsandbow are discussing ‘hardening of the heart’ in marriage. What can you communicate to your spouse to bring the life - the spark - back into your union and break down the ‘we’ve become roommates’ mentality? The couple speaks on the fact that each spouse must put in the work, have humility and submit your hearts to God. Join them as they talk to what works for them and how they come together to find their vision for the future and how they shut away from the ‘transactional marriage’.
As Dino and Ashley Petrone of @arrowsandbow dive into episode #27, they are met with an - often thought to be overwhelming - question: How do you apply meekness within your marriage? After much discussion, the Designed to Last authors, share purging their own reflections on ‘who’s right or who’s wrong’ in their relationship and leaning on the Lord’s guidance and direction is a path to meekness. Together they realize that having their own relationship with Him followed by connecting with each other on the Word, only leads to a stronger marriage and finding the ‘common goal’.
Ashley of @arrowsandbow and husband Dino are getting real and raw about the chemical bond through sex in marriage and how serving your spouse brings connection and cohesiveness. 'Christian couples should be having the best sex' and with that, they share their thoughts on maintaining passion, desiring your spouse and setting the intention of being physically close, even with the young children - 'get creative!' Listen as they discuss the importance of sex for creating a bond and depth of intimacy. Making your spouse a priority and having empathy for what they need is the perfect way to create the upward spiral in your marriage.
Dino and Ashley of @arrowsandbow and authors of “Designed To Last” receive an email from a follower sharing their experience of going through an emotional affair and how from listening to the podcast, he found a clear path of how to repair and restore his relationship with his wife. After a stressful week for Dino, he realizes he is shutting off communication and feelings from Ashley - similarly to their follower and. Through thought and process, Dino looks to Ashley to break down the barrier and communicate his thoughts while he looks for guidance, empathy and strength. Through episode #25, Ash and Dino share how letting go of control in marriage, showing support to your partner how they wish to receive it and trusting in Him will indefinitely bring you closer together.
They’re back! Dino and Ashley Petrone of @arrowsandbow discuss what they are working towards to ‘simplify’ in 2025, practically. The authors of ‘Designed to Last’ are asking themselves ‘what do I want my days to look like?’ and recognizing priorities in order to break through the unrealistic rules that are put on us through society standards. They discuss how to break down what is working and what is not working and when to take that leap to simplify. The pair shares advice on making small but impactful changes to bring you closer to Him, your family and grow deeper in your marriage. Stay tuned for more as they build on sharing ‘practical advice’ in the New Year!
This week, Dino and Ashley Petrone of @arrowsandbow are answering your submitted questions. They are diving deep into their secret unlocking vulnerability to dream as one, the challenge and gift of raising teens, building and maintaining intimacy together and breaking the 'taboo' topic of sin of sex within christianity and marriage. Sharing their own personal stories, and years of learning, this is one you don't want to miss. The Petrtones have big life changes ahead for 2025, and the duo returns January 10th with updates and a fresh take on the new year! 
On Designed to Last Podcast this week, Ashley and Dino, of @arrowsandbow, have a busy, but fulfilling week ahead. Ashley is being called by Him to stretch and grow and with an impending speaking engagement acting as both a motivator and vision for the duo, they find themselves really leaning into listening and who and where to ‘pour everything into’. During this season of life and beyond, who do they want to surround themselves with and why? Gear up as they throw themselves into the season, gear up for a break and see where saying ‘yes’ to Him and sharing more on ministry will lead them.
Piggybacking off of last week’s episode, Ashley and Dino continue the conversation of what it means to impress your spouse. They get specific about what they each love that the other does to impress them and give general examples of what that could look like for others. As we head into the holiday season the two touch on being thankful and showing appreciation for your spouse and end the episode with the fateful story of Christmas’ past (their first Christmas as a married couple).
Kicking off this episode with a hot take, Ashley and Dino of @arrowsandbow are talking about the importance of rest before moving into their intended topic of the episode: impressing your spouse. They discuss the balance of being your own person, while also wanting to impress your spouse and how it's an overall mentality. And they drive home the fact that you shouldn’t be doing it out of fear, obligation, or guilt, but out of love for your spouse.
For this week’s podcast, Ashley and Dino, of @arrowsandbow, are touching on a topic that often comes along with marriage, and that is parenting. What is their parenting style? Would they consider themselves strict parents? How are they raising their four children to protect them, but also equip them for the world? Hint, it involves a LOT of talking. The two explain how they’ve combined aspects of their own upbringings in order to ensure they are raising godly children who are able to self-monitor and self-adjust.
Ashley and Dino are getting a little nostalgic and taking it back to when they were newly married, aka children. They are looking back on the commitment they made over 18 years ago and how it's only grown and been made stronger since then, with the help of the Lord, of course. They also touch on how the world often looks at marriage as a sacrifice when in reality there is so much to be gained, what it means to “love the wife of your youth”, what depth of intimacy really means, and how to ask God for the desire to want to make changes in your marriage.
With The Mercantile reopened, Ashley and Dino (of @arrowsandbow) sit down to give a recap of everything God has shown them in the past month. From the blessings, to the hardships, to the opportunities for growth, they’re covering what they’ve experienced and how they’ve seen God working firsthand in their lives and the people around them. They dive into the topic of growth and how you can ask God for things, but it’s up to you to be on the look out for opportunities to flex that muscle you’re asking for. And they also touch on how even though the natural inclination is to recoil from hard scenarios, the only way to really experience the blessings of the Lord and His grace is to lean into them. To end, the two give examples of how these learnings can be applied to your marriage.
Diving back into their financial series and wrapping it up with a fourth and final part, Ashley and Dino are getting into their current chapter with The Fox Mercantile. Ash shares where her desire to create a gathering and community space came from, and then the two break down the challenges they’ve had to face while learning how to open and operate a retail space. They admit that while running The Merc has been one of the hardest things they’ve done with the least financial reward, it’s been the most fulfilling spiritually. And while it may not make sense to some, they share why they’ll continue to pour into it until God says otherwise.
#15 - Hurricane 2.0

#15 - Hurricane 2.0

2024-10-1839:17

Ashley and Dino are back after yet another big hurricane. Two weeks after all three properties were hit by Helene, the duo recounts being directly in the eye of Hurricane Milton. They explain why you definitely shouldn’t make decisions in the midst of a hurricane, the importance of not leaning on your own understanding, and how they’re continuing to be obedient to Him in hard times. They also give a little insight into where the future of the @arrowsandbow businesses lie when it comes to rebuilding.
.This week Ashley and Dino are giving insight into the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. They discuss the ways they’ve seen God in this time, whether it’s through their employees, the community, people He’s handpicked and placed in their lives, or even situations He’s protected them from. The two breakdown the impact the storm has had on the @arrowsandbow businesses and what’s next as far as rebuilding goes. And through it all, they give the reminder to always look for the good in difficult times.
Continuing on with part three of their financial journey, Ashley and Dino break down their financial learnings as they continue telling their story from the purchase of Chateau Petrone (the black house). They then go into their cross country move, the calculated risk that is now Joie Inn and the birth of The Fox Mercantile. They also touch on how they handle renovations as a couple and even give insight into where the earnings from @arrowsandbow are redirected to. Stay tuned next week for the final part of this financial series!
Ashley and Dino are getting into part two of their finance discussion this week. They continue the story where they left off: their move into the trailer, how much money they lost, everything they gained, and would they do it again. The two really get into how that move allowed God to transform them into completely different people and posture their hearts into each other. Ash touches on how that allowed @arrowsandbow to come to be. And then the pair discusses their move into the Spanish Bungalow and how that completely transformed their financial lives.
This week is part one of Ashley and Dino’s journey as a couple when it comes to finances. The pair take it back to their very beginnings as a newly married couple, before kids, before @arrowsandbow, trying to navigate finances for the first time. They start with their differing financial views, what flipped the script, and what they would recommend to their younger selves. Ash and Dino then emphasize the importance of getting on the same page as your spouse when it comes to your financial goals. Stay tuned next week for part 2.
Kicking off this week’s episode with a hot take, Ashley and Dino of @arrowsandbow are talking about flexing the muscle of apologizing, before getting into the fun topic at hand: The Pancake Challenge. They break down how it came to be, how their first ever try at the challenge went, and what they learned from it. Ash and Dino also share how dying to ourselves and serving other people leads you to real joy and why the goal of the challenge is to love serving your spouse the way Christ loves the church. Then they encourage you to take the challenge as well.
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