How to Become a Supercommunicator in Your Marriage and Deepen Connection with Charles Duhigg: Episode 397
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
What if the key to a deeper, more connected marriage wasn't just about communicating more, but communicating in the right way? In this episode I sit down with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and bestselling author Charles Duhigg, whose newest book Supercommunicators breaks open the science of how real connection happens. We explore how couples often end up having two totally different types of conversations — practical, emotional, or social — without even realizing it, and how that mismatch can quietly erode understanding and intimacy.
Charles also shares how vulnerability and mirroring build emotional closeness, but how quickly that connection can be disrupted by subtle patterns of judgment or control. These hidden dynamics don't always show up as shouting or criticism. Sometimes they sneak in through trying to fix, correct, or redefine how your partner sees themselves. Whether you're navigating everyday stress or deeper conflict, this episode reveals how to shift from disconnect to understanding, and how to communicate in ways that sync both your brains and your hearts.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Empowered Couples podcast. We're here you get modern, non-boring |
| 0:04.8 | relationship advice for you and your partner to communicate like pros, fight smarter, and stay on the |
| 0:10.0 | same team no matter the challenge that you face. I am one of your host, Aaron Freeman. And today, |
| 0:15.4 | I'll be welcoming Charles Dewig, the author and journalist whose work at the New York Times, |
| 0:20.6 | was recognized with a Pulitzer Prize. |
| 0:22.6 | He has three bestselling books. Most notably is The Power of Habit, which was on bestseller list for three straight years. |
| 0:30.6 | Now he is the author of Super Communicators. This book came out in 2024. It's unlocking the secret language of connection. |
| 0:41.0 | And that is what him and I dive into more today. So get ready for becoming a super communicator |
| 0:47.4 | in your own marriage and deepening your connection with your partner. |
| 0:52.7 | Well, hello, Charles. Welcome to the Empowered Couples podcast. We're |
| 0:55.9 | really excited to have you on here today. Thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me on. I really |
| 1:00.2 | appreciate it. Now, what I'm excited to talk to you about specifically is being a super communicator |
| 1:07.5 | in your marriage. So I have your book right here, super communicators. So for all of those |
| 1:12.9 | listening, I really invite you to get a copy of his book here. Because from one logical person, |
| 1:20.1 | maybe to another or all the listeners out there, I love the practical tips and tools that any married |
| 1:26.5 | couple can just take away and implement. |
| 1:29.2 | So I'm excited to dive into what it's like to be a super communicator in your marriage with you, |
| 1:34.3 | Charles. |
| 1:34.8 | And so a number of places I want to go. |
| 1:37.4 | So I'll just kind of summarize parts of my takeaway of the book. |
| 1:41.3 | Because communication, as you probably find yourself yourself can become this soundbite thing online |
| 1:47.8 | where oh the thing you need in your marriage is communication and it is but i like how you started |
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