3 Mistakes Men are Making in Marriage (and what to change): Episode 437
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
This week we're starting a two-part series on three mistakes we're seeing in marriages right now. And we're beginning with men. Before you brace yourself, this isn't about blame. It's about awareness. In almost every struggling relationship, there's a pattern both partners are participating in. And often, the very things a husband thinks are helping or protecting the relationship are the same things quietly creating distance.
In this episode, we unpack three subtle but powerful dynamics we're seeing men fall into — patterns that impact emotional safety, initiative, and shared ownership in the marriage. These aren't character flaws. They're habits. And when you understand how they're affecting your partner everything can shift. If you want to stop repeating the same cycles and start feeling more connected, respected, and aligned as a team, this conversation is a must-listen.
Next week, we're turning the lens the other direction. Because this is not about men being the issue or women being the issue. It is about the pattern between you. If you want to fully understand the dance happening in your marriage and how to actually change it, make sure you listen to part two.
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| 0:00.6 | Hello and welcome to the Empowered Couples podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | We're here you get modern, non-boring relationship advice for you and your partner to communicate like pros, |
| 0:08.7 | fight smarter, and stay on the same team. |
| 0:10.6 | No matter the challenge that you face, I am one of your host, Erin Freeman. |
| 0:13.5 | And I'm Jocelyn Freeman, but you all just know us as the Freeman's. |
| 0:16.5 | This is a part one of a two part on three mistakes both men and women are making in marriage |
| 0:24.2 | right now and what to change. |
| 0:25.8 | And we'll start today with the mistakes that men are making. |
| 0:29.4 | And don't worry, like Aaron said, next week we're going to be talking about the women so we're |
| 0:33.1 | not biased here. |
| 0:34.3 | We truly do see in our conversations with couples that both people play a role. |
| 0:41.0 | And that's our approach. That's our mindset. The way that Aaron and I show up in our marriage |
| 0:45.7 | and conversations is, hey, there's something each of us can work on here. We do not point |
| 0:51.2 | fingers, blame each other, think it's all on one. And same thing with couples that we |
| 0:55.7 | meet with. Whenever we're coaching a couple, we even tell them for the first time, hey, we are going to |
| 1:01.6 | help you look at the pattern and see how each of you are playing a role. And so that's what we want |
| 1:08.4 | you to think about as you hear these two episodes is not, oh, see, this is proof. |
| 1:14.2 | This is proof that my partner is to blame. The Freeman's are, they're saying it for me. |
| 1:19.2 | Oh, you're like, hmm, I'm going to listen to one of these and not the other one. |
| 1:23.1 | No, instead, it's okay, wow, by hearing these two episodes together, I really do see that I'm |
| 1:31.6 | playing a role, my partner's playing a role, and we have a team mindset. We're looking at how we |
| 1:36.2 | can each get better. And it's interesting because on Friday, just actually a few days after |
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