How Do I Get My Spouse On Board With Personal Development?: The Freemans Mini Episode 60
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2019
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to another 'Mini Chat with The Freemans'. This time we are talking about this subject of personal development, but as a couple. How do you get your partner on board with first growing as an individual AND THEN doing it together as a couple? Of course without them getting defensive, feeling something is wrong, or thinking you need counseling.
That is exactly what we'll cover, and by tuning into this episode you will learn that progress = happiness, and growing (getting better at anything) is the most fundamental and natural thing in life. You will have 3 steps to actually bringing up this kind of conversation with your partner, in a way that has them feel open and curious about how you can both make positive progress in any area of your life together. Which will have you feeling at ease and a contribution to both your partner and the direction of your relationship. This is the path of happiness and fulfillment throughout your life!
Summary of The Steps To Have The Conversation:
- Work on your delivery
- Lead by example
- Get curious about them
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello there, everyone. Welcome back to another mini chat with the Freemans. |
| 0:04.0 | We are excited about this topic and it's going to be much more free flowing, very bursty. |
| 0:09.0 | So get ready for an exciting episode here as we dive into. |
| 0:12.3 | Yes, this subject is so relevant right now, everyone. |
| 0:15.8 | It is, how do I get my spouse on board with personal slash self-development? |
| 0:22.5 | Honestly, we have gotten probably 20, 30 questions, whether it's been Instagram messages, |
| 0:28.6 | or it has been people on podcasts asking us, saying, how do I get my spouse on board with personal |
| 0:35.1 | slash self-development? |
| 0:36.7 | And you might be here. And I think this is so |
| 0:39.1 | relevant because- And one thing to say real quick, without it sounding like counseling or like there's a |
| 0:43.7 | problem, because that's to me as a male, the first thing I would hear, which will share a funny story. |
| 0:48.5 | That's actually how I heard it in the beginning. But how do you have this personal development |
| 0:52.6 | conversation, this progress towards |
| 0:54.7 | growing together without your partner, i.e. I can speak for the males, without us hearing it like |
| 1:00.2 | you want us to be different. That's so true. I mean, I think that's one of the big blocks before we get |
| 1:04.9 | into the how to, because we're going to give you three tangible steps that you can implement so that |
| 1:10.1 | you're more effective at getting them on |
| 1:12.1 | board. But before that, I think one of the things that's blocking them is that oftentimes our |
| 1:17.6 | approach or maybe even the way they perceive self-development is that they need to fix themselves. |
| 1:23.2 | But Aaron, why is this so important that people are pursuing self-development as a couple? |
| 1:30.1 | Oh, well, personally, there's self-development. |
| 1:33.0 | So the first thing you have to get is progress equals happiness. |
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