031: 15 Signs You're Not Controlling
The Empowered Wife Podcast: Marriage Help with Laura Doyle
Laura Doyle
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever been told that you were controlling when all you were trying to do was help? Sometimes it can be tough to tell the difference between the two. On today's episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast we're talking about how to recognize the 15 signs you're not controlling.
My guest Ann found that fights with her angry, distant husband often landed her crying in the bathroom and left her marriage feeling like a minefield. Her husband didn't seem to care about her and always wanted sex, resulting in Ann feeling used and unheard. Today, her marriage is filled with peace and passion, and she's going to tell us exactly what she did to transform it.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Empower Wife podcast where it's all about fixing your relationship without your man's conscious effort |
| 0:14.9 | so that you feel desired, taking care of, and special, even if your relationship feels completely |
| 0:20.7 | hopeless. |
| 0:21.7 | I'm Laura Doyle, and today we're talking about 15 signs |
| 0:25.1 | that you're not controlling. I'm going to share the unexpected pleasant |
| 0:29.7 | side effects from my world famous system for relinquishing painful control. My guest Ann spent a lot |
| 0:35.5 | of time crying in the bathroom wondering why her distant angry husband would never open up |
| 0:40.4 | and only cared about home projects and not her. |
| 0:43.8 | Every conversation felt like a minefield where he might blow up for absolutely no reason. |
| 0:48.8 | On top of everything, he always wanted sex, which made her feel used. used but today and and her husband of deep |
| 0:54.7 | conversations that don't become angry and they enjoy a great sex life she's going to |
| 0:59.9 | tell us how she made peace and passion the hallmarks of her marriage. Then I'll be giving |
| 1:04.7 | out the worst relationship advice of the Week Award, which includes a tiny, teeny little |
| 1:09.2 | word that will torpedo your relationship. |
| 1:12.6 | I'll tell you what that dangerous word is. |
| 1:15.6 | All that's coming up, but first, let's talk about the 15 signs you are not controlling. |
| 1:21.6 | Let's say you are in the habit of giving your husband helpful suggestions like I was. |
| 1:27.2 | You do this to be supportive, not to be critical or controlling, of course. |
| 1:31.6 | But let's parse out the difference between being helpful to your man and |
| 1:35.5 | being controlling. You're ready? The difference is, there's no difference. Being helpful, also known as being controlling and critical, |
| 1:46.1 | is bound to cause conflict and defensiveness |
| 1:49.1 | and hostility in your relationship. |
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