4 Differences We See Between Couples Who Struggle and Those Who Thrive: Episode 261
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Though you, and every other couple, face different challenges in your life and marriage; why do some struggle and some thrive? Struggling doesn't mean that you are just facing a challenge, because everyone will. Struggle then is the experience you have while facing a challenge.
Of all the couples we talk to and coach, we have seen patterns between those that experience disconnection, anxiety, and tension and those that maintain connection, togetherness and being a team during challenging times.
In this episode you will hear 4 differences that we have seen between couples that "struggle versus those that thrive". By knowing these differences, you will be able to implement a few simple things to move out of a state of struggling to one of progress and growth.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Empower Couples podcast where here you get modern, non-boring |
| 0:04.8 | relationship advice for you and your partner to communicate like pros, fight smarter, and stay |
| 0:09.9 | in the same team no matter the challenge that you face. I'm one of your host, Aaron Freeman. |
| 0:13.9 | And I'm Jocelyn Freeman, but you all just know us as the Freeman's. |
| 0:16.7 | And this episode is about four differences we see between couples who struggle and those who thrive. |
| 0:22.9 | And when we say struggle, that doesn't mean the, you know, intermittent challenges that we all face, where we have a hard day. |
| 0:30.1 | I mean, that's going to happen. |
| 0:31.3 | And that's one thing we want to invite you all to embrace is that in a marriage, in a partnership, there are going to be days that just don't feel that fun, right? |
| 0:39.1 | And challenging conversations, maybe even a few days. |
| 0:41.6 | So when we say struggle, we're talking about those who are either on a cycle of like, okay, we had a couple good days, then it's really, really hard. |
| 0:49.3 | And then it's, again, a couple days later. |
| 0:51.0 | And it feels like a lot of a roller coaster or who stay in a season of feeling |
| 0:56.7 | like they're struggling for a long period of time. Like they're not even having a break. You know, |
| 1:00.9 | it's been months of feeling like it's been hard and they stay stuck there. And the good thing is |
| 1:06.2 | the four differences that we're going to cover, you can choose to start and to do and to be now. |
| 1:13.9 | These aren't magical things that if you just are the perfect two people together, right? |
| 1:19.2 | Like you just, you know, you hit the lottery. |
| 1:22.1 | No, you can choose to implement these four differences that we're going to be covering today, |
| 1:26.9 | which is exciting |
| 1:27.7 | because the power is in your hands at any moment to create positive change in your partnership. |
| 1:34.2 | It doesn't have to be so hard or mysterious. |
| 1:39.2 | So I'm excited to dive into these four. |
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