325: When is it time to Divorce
The Empowered Wife Podcast: Marriage Help with Laura Doyle
Laura Doyle
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Alicia couldn't trust her husband to handle anything that mattered.
They could barely go a single day without a fight. He stayed distant and unavailable through a serious health crisis and multiple surgeries, leaving Alicia to care for herself and the kids alone.
They tried marriage counselors, retreats, and workshops, but nothing worked. The fighting got more explosive. Eventually, even a marriage counselor told them to divorce for the sake of their children. Alicia felt alone, unsafe, and convinced she'd married the wrong man.
But then she did something unexpected. She experimented with "duct tape" and chose silence over control. That radical decision changed the entire dynamic between them.
Today, Alicia's husband is magnetized by her. He chases her around like they're newlyweds. He plans family dinners, books trips the moment she shares a desire and is her biggest supporter. Alicia feels cherished, supported, and spoiled rotten by him.
If your husband feels distant or unreliable, Alicia's story shows what becomes possible when you let go.
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| 0:00.0 | You should get divorced for the sake of your children. |
| 0:04.2 | That's what the marriage counselor told my guest Alicia, and honestly, part of her agreed with him. |
| 0:09.7 | She and her husband couldn't get through a single day without a fight. |
| 0:12.8 | The tension in their home was suffocating. |
| 0:16.2 | But then Alicia tried something radical. |
| 0:18.7 | She put duct tape over her mouth. Real women, real marriage |
| 0:24.4 | transformations. This is the Empowered Wife podcast. That duct tape was the beginning of everything |
| 0:31.1 | changing. Alicia discovered that what she wasn't saying was just as powerful as what she was. |
| 0:39.2 | And once she learned a few more simple skills, her husband transformed right before her eyes. Now their house is peaceful. Her husband |
| 0:46.1 | chases her around like their newlyweds. And she sometimes feels guilty about how cherished |
| 0:51.8 | she is. So how did Alicia go from a marriage counselor recommending |
| 0:56.6 | divorce to having the marriage she'd always dreamed of? She's going to walk us through |
| 1:01.0 | exactly what she did so you can do it too. Stay till the end for the try it tonight takeaway. |
| 1:08.7 | My guest Alicia and her husband had been to marriage counselors, retreats, and workshops, |
| 1:12.9 | but she could not stand the guy who was always so condescending, unsupportive, and distant. |
| 1:19.3 | But she discovered a game changer, and today she received so much adoration and support from |
| 1:25.5 | him, she sometimes feels guilty. She's going to tell us how she did |
| 1:29.3 | it so you can do it too. Alicia, welcome to the Empowered Wife podcast. Thank you, Laura. Such an |
| 1:36.4 | honor to be here. Thank you. Thank you. I'm so excited to hear your story. Let's start from the |
| 1:42.5 | beginning. How did you know your husband was the one? |
| 1:46.6 | Well, it's a funny story. We met online, actually, and the first date, he walked up and said, |
| 1:56.7 | are you her? And I thought, maybe. He began to date and he was very persistent and he pursued me |
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