Welcome to the Empowered Wife podcast where it's all about fixing your relationship

without your man's conscious efforts that you feel desired, taken care of,

and special even if your relationship feels completely hopeless.

I'm Laura Doyle and today we're talking about how to get more

compliments from your man. I'm going to share three steps to inspiring him to say sweet things to you.

After being abandoned by her first husband my guest Deb was

hopeless that she could ever fix her second marriage to a pastor which had grown

unbearably tense, hostile, and lonely. With a blended family of nine children, she had a lot at stake.

A solo road trip was the start of a journey in healing and growing her marriage, which is now

a source of strength.

Then I'll be giving out the award for the worst relationship advice of the week, which no joke, pretends

to prevent blow-ups, but actually causes them. All that's coming up, but first let's talk about how to get more

compliments from your man. When you were dating, your husband probably wooed you with words. He most likely told you how pretty you looked, how nice you are,

and that he found himself thinking about you at work. Maybe he said he thought

you were so sexy it was distracting and that he loved your beautiful smile and he liked you better than anyone he'd ever dated.

Then he even said he thought you were so much smarter than the average bear and that he liked your sense of style, your

humor, or the way he smelled. But your man hasn't said any of those things for a long

time and you're starving to hear praise from him now. Here are three simple steps to inspire him to

compliment you again. Number one, stop lying about how your husband never

compliments you. Okay, so that was a little harsh just now

when I accused you of lying about your husband never complimenting you.

What I was trying to say is that never is a long time. It's very hard for anybody to live up to. That's why I

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