Hello and welcome to the Empower Couples podcast, where here you get modern, non-boring relationship advice for you and your partner to communicate like pros, fight smarter, and stay in the same team no matter the challenge that you face.

I am one of your hosts, Aaron Freeman.

And I'm Jocelyn Freeman, but you all just know us as the Freeman's.

This episode is right in line with our total theme of this podcast and it's

coping with life's obstacles and hardships as a couple. And to be honest, this might be one of

those episodes where you hear me not as chipper or as bold as possible because I'm actually

still present to the impact of a hardship in our life that we'll, you know,

very briefly share about.

But I wanted to come on and be real with you all.

You know, we went for a walk.

We said, you know, what about this week's episode?

And there were other great topics we could have covered.

But I said, not only is this real for us, as in we're facing something that feels really hard,

but also the clients we've been talking to, right, are facing things.

And it's funny because it's like month one into the new year.

And, you know, you're like, new year, new you, right?

Like all those goals.

Oh, no.

And then it's like, you know, these

hardships. And if that is the case for you, then no, you are not alone if that's coming up.

So just some examples of what's been coming up for clients, challenges with adult children,

you know, some really hard conversations with them, hard relationships

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