102: Should You Fake it Sometimes?
The Empowered Wife Podcast: Marriage Help with Laura Doyle
Laura Doyle
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast we're talking about whether you should fake it. When I say "fake it," of course I'm talking about pretending you respect your husband even if you're not feeling it because he doesn't seem to deserve your respect. Wait, what did you think we were going to talk about? Oh, faking it in the bedroom! Funny you would bring that up while we're talking about respect because respect and passion are so thoroughly intertwined, in my experience. But what if you're struggling to muster respect when your husband has made so many bad choices or is so hostile or is always disappointing you or has hurt you so much? Then what? I'll share how to bring back the capable, considerate guy you married and get to relax more while you're at it.
My guest Amber's husband was so full of anger and rage that she and her son lived with a lot of verbal and emotional abuse. Affection and physical intimacy were scarce, but there was plenty of name-calling, yelling and disrespect. She was overwhelmed at the prospect of fixing her marriage. But she took action, which she's going to tell us all about, and today they are happy and constantly telling each other "I love you" and sharing gratitudes. Even the relationship between her husband and son is fun and kind. She's going to describe exactly how she transformed her marriage into something beautiful.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Empowered Wife podcast where it's all about fixing your relationship |
| 0:14.3 | without your man's conscious effort so you feel desired, taken care of, and special |
| 0:19.9 | even if your relationship feels completely hopeless. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm Lord Doyle, and today we're talking about |
| 0:26.6 | whether you should fake it. |
| 0:29.4 | My guest Amber's husband was so full of anger and rage that she and her son lived with a lot of verbal and emotional abuse. |
| 0:38.0 | Affection and physical intimacy were scarce, but there was plenty of name calling yelling and disrespect. |
| 0:45.0 | She was overwhelmed at the prospect of fixing her marriage, |
| 0:49.0 | but she took action and she's going to tell us all about that and today they are happy and |
| 0:56.0 | constantly telling each other I love you and sharing gratitude even the |
| 1:00.9 | relationship between her husband and her son is fun and kind. |
| 1:05.0 | She's going to describe exactly how she transformed her marriage into something beautiful, |
| 1:09.0 | so you can do it too. |
| 1:11.0 | The worst relationship provides us of the week award is about what to do if you're |
| 1:16.1 | married to a narcissist according to one misinformed clinical psychologist. Wait to you hear this uninspiring and unoriginal bit of |
| 1:26.8 | un-wisdom. All of that's coming up but first let's talk about this important |
| 1:31.9 | question. Should you fake it? But first let's talk about this important question, |
| 1:32.8 | should you fake it? |
| 1:35.1 | And when I say fake it, of course, I'm talking about |
| 1:37.7 | pretending you respect your husband, |
| 1:40.8 | even if you're not feeling it, |
| 1:42.3 | because he doesn't seem to deserve your respect. |
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