Ep 165. Meeting Your Own Needs in Marriage
Better Than Happy
Jody Moore
4.8 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2018
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The idea that we should get married, then try to meet one another's needs sounds like a nice one in theory, but in reality, it causes more problems and puts distance and resentment in homes and families. Today I'm breaking down the concept of meeting your own needs. I want to clarify what this means and why I believe this is what Heavenly Father wants for us. We'll touch on the Family Proclamation and I'll explain why this helps couples be closer and stronger than ever.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Jodie Moore and this is Better Than Happy, episode 165, meeting your own needs and marriage. |
| 0:14.0 | This is the podcast for people who know that an extraordinary life is not easy or comfortable. |
| 0:19.0 | It's so much better than that. |
| 0:21.0 | This is Better Than Happy and I'm your host Jodie Moore. |
| 0:25.0 | Hey, hey! |
| 0:27.0 | How are you doing today? |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to episode 165. |
| 0:33.0 | We're going to talk about why I teach this concept that you should be meeting your own needs |
| 0:39.0 | and your spouse should be meeting his or her own needs and it's not your job to meet each other's needs. |
| 0:44.0 | Whenever I talk about this, people get very worked up, which is why I, of course, I want to talk about it some more. |
| 0:50.0 | But before I get into that, I have to preface that I have a cold. |
| 0:54.0 | I woke up a couple days ago with a pretty intense cold. |
| 0:58.0 | Yesterday was really rough. |
| 1:00.0 | Today I feel like I'm still going to live. |
| 1:03.0 | But if I sound a little bit different, a little bit deeper voice or if I get sniffly or something, that's all that is. |
| 1:11.0 | I just have a cold. No big deal. |
| 1:14.0 | I also like to share with you guys what's going on in my life. |
| 1:18.0 | My kids finally started school. Start pretty late here. |
| 1:22.0 | But everybody's in school now, including all of our starting preschool, poor little buddy was so nervous. |
| 1:28.0 | I did an Instagram post about that and I also talked about it and take Tuesday. |
| 1:32.0 | So if you don't follow me on those two places, go check that out. |
| 1:36.0 | But I'm so glad to have everyone back in school, back in the routine, back in the flow of things, |
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