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, taken care of, and special, even if your relationship feels completely

hopeless.

I'm Laura Doyle and today I'm talking about three genius marriage life hacks.

My guest Rivka felt like she buried the wrong man and that she and her husband just couldn't connect.

She constantly felt criticized and defensive.

After 36 years of marriage, she felt like she was just going through the motions, but not feeling

loved like she always wanted to be.

But she started a practice that changed her experience completely. Her husband is no longer critical and he tells

her he has the wife of his dreams and she has the husband of her dreams. How did she do it?

She's going to tell us. Then I'll be giving out the worst

relationship advice of the week award which a counselor charged money to tell a

struggling couple. Oof, wait a year this one.

All that is coming up, but first I want to share these three

genius marriage life hacks.

You've been working really hard on your relationship maybe and at least it feels like hard work if it's

draining and takes up so much time and energy and the bad news is you may have been working on fixing the wrong things.

The good news is that no matter how bad it seems now, it's not too late to save the relationship

and get the fulfilling one you set out to have when you first fell in love.

That's true even if you're separated, even if there's been an affair, even if the divorce has already

been started, here's what you can do to restore the peace,

the passion, and the connection you once shared. Number one, duct tape. Not only does it hold the universe together,

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