How To Balance Being A Parent And A Strong Spouse: Figs + Teale O'Sullivan Episode 59
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2019
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
For all the parents out there! Have you ever thought it was too difficult to balance being a great parent and a great partner to your spouse? Do you feel this is a season that you have to sacrifice some areas of your own life or relationship to 'make it all work'?
If so this is THE episode for you as you introduce you to Figs and Teale O'Sullivan are a powerful couple, both of whom are marriage and family EFT certified therapists from SF, CA. They are the founders of Empathi, a company that provides affordable and convenient relationship support for both individuals and couples. Empathi offers online courses as well as live support from a whole team of licensed and certified therapists; through fun, effective, and simple solutions to help couples stop fighting, stop suffering, and snuggle more. Figs designed Empathi to be available for everyone, no matter their socio-economic status, orientation or station in life. So all couples can "Love better with Empathi"!
In this episode you will:
know that even as you enter into more demanding seasons of life as a parent, that you can truly be a strong individual and strong spouse. You will have ways to create intentional time for you and your spouse, no matter how little time you really have and tools to have arguments in a way that actually benefits your own kids. So that you can feel connection, compassion, and empathy in your relationship no matter how busy (or dirty with kids) your life feels.
Questions asked in this interview
- What is the biggest challenge for couples to maintain connection and a strong relationship with each other when they are raising kids?
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- Is any parenting season more difficult than others?
- Have you found that most couples experience being limited in their time and focus toward each other, or to things they want to experience, when they are parents?
- Since family dynamics have evolved and many more women are working or starting businesses AND wanting to be a mother, are you noticing any new levels of 'overwhelm'? And what can do about that
- What are some ways couples can still connect when they have young children?
- Should a couple argue in front of their kids or shelter them from disagreements?
- Traditional parenting roles were seen in a hierarchy (patriarchy) model. In modern parenting, is there a better model to follow that empowers the entire family to contribute?
- Why is it important to have empathy and what is it in practice anyway?
- What is Emotionally Focused Therapy and how can parents best use it to lead and connect with both their spouse and children?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ultimately, that's the greatest gift we could give our children to see that even when love or |
| 0:06.7 | relationship breaks down temporarily, there is a path back. You don't have to give up on yourself |
| 0:13.4 | or give up on the other person. You can find your way back into a loving, empathic, compassionate |
| 0:20.1 | connection again. |
| 0:21.6 | That's Figgs and Teal O'Sullivan, and they are truly a powerful couple, not just for what they do, |
| 0:27.6 | but for who they are as parents and partners to each other. |
| 0:31.6 | But they are marriage and family EFT certified therapists from San Francisco, California, and they are both co-founders of empathy, |
| 0:40.3 | a company that provides affordable and convenient relationship support for both individuals and couples. |
| 0:46.3 | This organization is amazing. |
| 0:47.3 | All of you have to go check out what they are creating. |
| 0:50.3 | They've got great assessments, tools on their website. |
| 0:53.3 | They really are out to support |
| 0:56.2 | couples and individuals to have the relationship that they truly want with empathy, right? That is |
| 1:01.4 | their word all about empathy. You're going to love this interview because they are focusing on |
| 1:06.1 | how to be a great parent and a great partner. And we know many of you are trying to be great |
| 1:12.4 | in both areas of life, right? You want to be great with your kids and you want to be great |
| 1:16.7 | with your partner and you also want to be great with yourself. In this interview, we dive into |
| 1:21.4 | all those things that you want to know about being a great partner and a parent. So let's dive |
| 1:26.0 | into this interview. Isn't it funny that when |
| 1:31.4 | it comes to getting our education, degrees, and certifications, we're willing to invest time and |
| 1:36.7 | money. And yet, when it comes to the most important relationship of our lives with our partner, |
| 1:42.8 | we get little to know education or guidance. |
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