#142 - Ways Your Relationship Changes After You Get Engaged

Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

Marriage, Mental Health, Success, Emotionalintelligence, Selfhelp, Wellness, Mentalhealth, Selfimprovement, Career, Health, Society & Culture, Careerdevelopment, Mindfulness, Lifeadvice, Dating, Parenting, Breakups, Relationships, Productivity, Positive, Happiness, Goals, Health & Fitness, Communication

4.6 • 849 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Although many people say, "marriage is just a piece of paper that doesn't really change a relationship," as a premarital counselor (and long married person) I often smile to myself when I hear this.

What I've found to be true is that becoming engaged to marry most definitely does change a relationship, often in positive ways. Engagement also affords thoughtful couples opportunities to build their relationship's strengths, as well as take proactive action to prevent possible relationship problems in the future.

On this edition of the Love, Happiness and Success Podcast I'm speaking with expert premarital counselor Rachel Harder about the changes that happen in a relationship once couples get engaged, plus the skills and strategies that she teaches her premarital couples to help set them up for success.

If you're recently engaged, want to be, or know someone who is, listen to our interview to hear about the most important domains of your relationship to focus on in order to build the foundation for a happy, successful and satisfying marriage.

And, CONGRATULATIONS!

Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, LMFT and Rachel Harder, M.A., LMFT-C

www.growingself.com

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0:00.0	This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success
0:10.2	podcast.
0:11.0	When you laugh, I'll be around.
0:22.2	I'll wait for you.
0:29.6	So pretty.
0:31.6	That's Marissa Nadler with a song Wedding.
0:35.9	I thought that was a great fit for our topic today. We are steaming towards
0:42.3	wedding season, y'all, and I know this because here at Growing Self, we've had all kinds of
0:48.4	engaged couples showing up for premarital counseling and really wanting to get a head start on the very best
0:55.8	relationship at marriage they can create. And I'm hearing from people that this is on your mind.
1:02.0	So I wanted to talk about this today on the Love, Happiness, and Success podcast. We're
1:07.7	going to be talking about ways that your relationship really does change once you get engaged.
1:14.6	There are things that shift emotionally.
1:18.3	There is a dynamic that shifts after you get engaged.
1:22.6	It's often extremely positive.
1:25.0	And also, there are some doors that open up for couples once they cross
1:30.1	that line from dating or cohabitating to saying, yes, I choose you. We're going to spend the rest of
1:37.7	our lives with each other. So now we have some things to figure out. So that's what we're talking
1:43.1	about today on the show.
1:44.7	If this is your first time listening to the love, happiness, and success podcast, welcome.
1:50.4	I'm so glad you're here.
1:51.9	I'm Dr. Lisa Marie-Bobby.
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