Welcome to the Empowered Wife podcast where it's all about fixing your relationship without your man's conscious effort so that you feel desired and taking care of and special.

Even if your relationship feels completely hopeless.

I'm Laura Doyle and today I'm talking about how to stop resenting your husband

in three simple steps.

My guest Anne Marie resented that her husband could dip in and out of home life while she was left with all the responsibility of it falling apart if she didn't manage it.

They were so disconnected, they only communicated about practical things.

She told them very seriously that they should split up.

But instead, she made some changes that resulted in her husband delighting

in making her happy and wanting to talk to her again.

Today her marriage is supportive, fun, warm, and peaceful.

She's going to describe the steps she took to transform her marriage for the better.

So you can do the same thing.

And then I'll be giving out the worst relationship advice of the Week Award, which is about

how to solve problems together.

And it's something that I tried a lot and it not only didn't work, it made things worse, much worse.

All that is coming up, but first let's talk about how to stop resenting your husband in three simple steps.

When your husband lets you down again and again, it's discouraging.

You don't want to feel so resentful, but how can you help it when you can't count on him to do what you know

would make things so much better for your marriage? What if it's been years that you've felt

resentful toward him? How are you going to just wash that away?

Even if you feel like you should just forgive him, how the heck do you do that?

Fortunately, there are practical tools that actually work

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