Hello and welcome to the Empowered Couples podcast. We're here you get modern, non-boring relationship

advice for you and your partner to communicate like pros, fight smarter, and stay on the same team

no matter the challenge that you face. I am one of your hosts, Erin Freeman. And I'm Jocelyn Freeman,

but you all just know us as the Freeman's. And this episode is covering five reasons marriage feels

hard sometimes and the positive changes

you can make.

I read a quote recently.

It says, character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition

inspired, and success achieved. That quote is by the inspirational

Helen Keller. Now, that might just sound nice, right? But we're not talking about just success

in your career. And that's where a lot of people put their motivation. We are talking about your

marriage and character. I love this quote because it's not just developed when things are good.

Who you are and how you handle challenges shows your true character. Are you someone who kind of

backs down and has more of a victim mentality when you face challenges? Or do you have the mindset

of this is actually where we come together and we get

better and I'm going to rise to the occasion and we're going to overcome this as a team. So your

character is shown in those hard moments. And a lot of the times you might not be that person yet.

So going through that challenge is going to build the character that you need,

that you came here to earth to be a certain person.

It's going to build that character.

So I love what you're saying.

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