Hello and welcome to the Empowered Couples Podcast.

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and hear how they create a thriving relationship in business, health, spirituality,

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We are your hosts, The Freemans, authors of the book The New Power Couple, Speakers and Marriage Mentors.

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Jocelyn, how many times have you heard about honeymoon phase?

Oh gosh.

And it seems like this is a temporary period in people's relationships, right?

Oh, absolutely.

Is that the case?

I'm really interested.

Does the honeymoon phase just go away after some period of time?

Is that only in the beginning?

Is that only in dating?

Is that only when you first get married?

Or is there something we can shift?

Is there something we can look at to have this experience of each other in a relationship

to be, dare I say, our whole relationship.

It's so funny. I'll never forget the day I was actually talking to someone that I'd gone to

high school with. And I remember I like cringed after I asked him, hey, oh my gosh, congrats. You're

married. I think it's been a year. How is it? And he literally said, oh, you know,

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