212. What to Do When Your Partner is in a Bad Mood

HERself

Abby and Amy

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🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Today’s topic idea came from a friend of ours. She explained that her partner is going through a rough stretch at work and it’s trickling into their home life. She was wondering how she can help him and how she can make sure this issue is not taken out on their kids. We decided to dedicate an entire episode to what happens if one of the two of you has a tough stretch of life.

We give real life examples from both ourselves and our partners. Both of us have been there. We know what it’s like to go through tough seasons as individuals and what it’s like to have a partner go through a rough patch. We help break it down into three parts; finding the root cause, pulling the other person out of their rut, and how to stop their bad mood from bringing you down.

A common theme that comes up throughout this episode is the importance of self-awareness. We get it that it’s not your responsibility to make sure your partner is happy all the time. It is up to them to recognize what their triggers are and to communicate with you what will help them during this tough time. And the way to help your partner out in times of need is going to be different for everyone.

You and your partner are two different people. When they are going through a rough patch it’s just not easy. We have to normalize that as humans we are going to go through hard things. It’s important to ask ourselves how can we help each other, how can we best support each other, and be there for one another? How can we take some things off their plate while also knowing that we exist outside of them too?

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0:00.0	You know when you grow a little bit wiser in your relationship you know when it's the time to bring up the thing and work through it and I talked to drew about this in parenting Sometimes the correction it's not the in parenting.
0:13.0	Sometimes the correction, it's not the time for it
0:16.0	because their emotion is too heightened
0:18.0	or they're too tired or whatever.
0:20.0	I find that in relationships too.
0:22.0	Sometimes it's not the time to debrief about that.
0:25.0	Sometimes it's just the time to like cuddle and support them.
0:29.0	I'm Amy and I'm Abby and as women we are constantly comparing ourselves to others
0:40.0	but your life isn't supposed to look like hers. Being your best self means
0:45.4	standing firm in your decisions and always being willing to grow with a purpose.
0:49.4	We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into the challenges and
0:54.0	triumphs we all face. Every woman listening gets the opportunity to choose
0:58.6	what life looks like for herself. Okay, you guys, today we're coming to you with an episode. It's just Abby and I and our friend brought us this topic idea.
1:15.0	She said what's happening in her marriage right now is that her partner is in a tough stretch of work
1:23.1	and that trickles into their home life.
1:26.5	And it's been very hard for her to navigate,
1:29.2	okay, how can I help him?
1:32.0	How can I hold a
1:33.3	hold a boundary so that like this tough stretch
1:36.7	doesn't get taken out on our kids.
1:39.3	What does that look like?
1:40.5	Because she knows that Abby and I have touched on this subject
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