Challenging Your Partner To Grow Outside Their Comfort Zone: Lon + Sandy
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2018
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
What an honor it is to connect with Sandy and Lon in this episode, as not only have they committed themselves to a 54 year marriage, but they have given their past 15 years to helping couples design their own relationship.
Relationships are all about growth as individuals and as a couple, so join us as Sandy and Lon share about how to "challenge" your partner to grow outside their comfort zone.
Questions asked in this interview
- What would you say is the purpose of a romantic relationship?
- What do you see is one of the biggest challenges in the current idea of relationships?
- If a couple feels their life is far off from their ideal design, where can they begin?
- How can you challenge your partner to grow, when uncomfortable or reach any limitation?
- How do you handle tense conversations or disagreements? Does it get easier over time?
- Is there anything you wish you could go back and tell yourselves 20 years ago?
In this episode you will learn:
- What the highest level intention is for your relationship.
- How to "challenge" your partner to grow beyond their comfort zone to strengthen your relationship.
Quotes:
"Previously, relationships were seen as a way to get something, that otherwise you wouldn't obtain"
Bio of guest:
Joining us today is Lon and Sandy Golnick, co-founders of Relationship By Design, together they have been leading workshops, seminars and trainings in the fields of relationships, families and business relations for over 40 years. They bring 53 years of marriage, plus their experience as parents of two daughters and six grandchildren.
Lon and Sandy have the unique skill to listen intently and compassionately to engage people in being full partners to generate new opportunities in their relationships. They are dedicated to you experiencing being intimately related, appreciated and fulfilled. Lets jump right in to hearing from them how to Challenge Your Partner To Grow Outside Their Comfort Zone!
Resources:
Connect more with this incredible guest here: http://relationshipbydesign.com
Connect more with The Freemans at www.MeetTheFreemans.com and follow them on instagram: @meet_thefreemans
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Empowered Couples Podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | Tune in to hear inspiring and unique interviews with couples around the world |
| 0:08.6 | and hear how they create a thriving relationship in business, health, spirituality, |
| 0:14.8 | communication, intimacy, family, and more. |
| 0:19.0 | We are your hosts, The Freemans, authors of the book the new power couple speakers and |
| 0:24.4 | marriage mentors let's get started so you can fulfill on your dreams as a couple joining us today |
| 0:32.1 | is lon and sandy goldnick co-founders of relationship by design. Together they have been leading workshops, |
| 0:40.1 | seminars and trainings in the fields of relationships, families, and business relations for over 40 years. |
| 0:47.7 | They bring 53 years of marriage, plus their experience as parents of two daughters and now six grandchildren. |
| 0:55.3 | They are dedicated to you experiencing being intimately related, appreciated, and fulfilled. |
| 1:02.0 | Let's jump right in in hearing from them how to challenge your partner to grow outside |
| 1:07.1 | their comfort zone. |
| 1:08.5 | Sandy and Lon, thank you so much for joining us on this podcast today. |
| 1:12.7 | Well, we're delighted to be here with you guys. |
| 1:15.1 | Our pleasure. |
| 1:16.3 | I was thinking about this today. |
| 1:17.9 | I was excited to connect with you both. |
| 1:20.4 | And this has been coming up for Jocelyn and I this week. |
| 1:23.1 | You know, we both know that relationships really are the foundation of life and yes now you can go get a degree |
| 1:31.3 | no one can go to college and get trained and certified in relationships and it's yet so funny because |
| 1:37.1 | of how important relationships are to the foundation of life and i'd like to actually start by asking you |
| 1:43.6 | both what would you say is the |
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