"How Do I Get My Partner to ____"? Steps to Better Influence Your Partner: Episode 209
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
It's a part of all relationships, at one point you have said (to yourself or aloud) "how do I get my partner to _____"? There is something that your partner does that makes you feel well... not the most stellar! Because you feel a certain way you want them to change something.
We are all about growth and change, that's what being in a relationship is all about. However there are better ways to "influence" your partner to make changes, that won't put them on the defensive or have them shut you out.
In this episode you will get 2 steps to take that will help you create influence with your partner so that you both see the change that you desire in the relationship.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | 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 host, Aaron Freeman. |
| 0:13.4 | And I'm Jocelyn Freeman, but you all just know us as the Freeman's. |
| 0:16.5 | This episode is about how do I get my partner to blank? |
| 0:23.9 | And it's the steps to better influence your partner. |
| 0:26.0 | Now, Jocelyn, why are we talking about this? |
| 0:30.1 | Well, we get a lot of questions that start with something along the lines of, how do I get my partner to? |
| 0:32.3 | And it could end with... |
| 0:33.7 | Fill in the blank with anything, really. |
| 0:34.6 | Yeah, work on the marriage. |
| 0:36.5 | See this decision we're trying to make my way. |
| 0:39.9 | Get them to do this thing. |
| 0:42.0 | Change of behavior. |
| 0:43.0 | Be on this web class. |
| 0:44.1 | How do I get them to listen to me better? |
| 0:46.1 | How do I get them to want to be more engaged in the relationship? |
| 0:51.4 | Exactly. |
| 0:51.6 | Whatever it is, fill in the blank, we have literally gotten this question now quite a bit, |
| 0:57.2 | even in the past few weeks. |
| 0:58.9 | Yes. |
| 0:59.3 | And before we dive into the content, this is our first live episode back from maternity leave, |
| 1:05.7 | what you were listening to the last four weeks. |
| 1:07.8 | You know, we obviously recorded before Baby Sky came into the world. |
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