How Roleplaying Can Save Relationships

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🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Dr. Laura teaches Michelle how putting herself in her husband's shoes can help resolve their ongoing dispute. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:11.6	Michelle, welcome to the program.
0:15.7	Hi.
0:16.8	What can I do for you?
0:19.3	I guess I'm kind of nervous.
0:22.6	It's all right. It'll pass.
0:23.8	Well, I'm calling her to, I've been married.
0:26.4	It'll be 25 years coming up.
0:29.1	We have three beautiful children.
0:32.8	I still have one in high school.
0:34.7	One is graduated from college and is getting her master's. One is
0:37.9	in still in college. But my husband and I, I'm starting to become resentful and just not having
0:49.2	the same respect I had for him. He changed careers about seven years ago and did a startup and just has been
0:57.5	kind of wishy-washy about things and then just doesn't want to go on trips, doesn't want to
1:03.2	do anything. And I just, I feel like he's depressed and I've talked to him about it, but
1:09.8	he doesn't seem to want to do anything to help the situation.
1:15.1	And I don't know what to do anymore.
1:18.8	Well, I'm not sure there's anything you have to do.
1:23.5	Sometimes we just need to survive stuff.
1:28.3	So just keep hanging in there?
1:31.6	Well, you've got a child at home.
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