How To Communicate Your Needs To Your Partner Without Rocking The Boat: The Freemans Mini Episode 58

EmPowered Couples with The Freemans

Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman

Education, Society & Culture, Relationships, Self-improvement

5.0 • 589 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

We received a message last week on instagram that powerfully portrayed how many of you might feel about expressing your needs to your spouse. The question said, 'how do I tell my partner I really want (and need) for us to proactively work on our communication and that I want to start working on us more? I don't want to upset her.'

Now the content of what you want to say or ask of your partner might be different, the context is likely similar: you want to share something important to your partner without rocking the boat. So this episode will dive into ways that we bring up these subjects with each other:

In this episode you will:

Know the 3 easy to make mistakes you might be making when trying to communicate your needs to your partner now.

Have 3 game changing ways to better communicate your needs so that keep you both on the 'same team'.

So that you feel empowered to make requests to each other that have you be the best partners you can be!

Quotes:

"The goal of a relationship is to grow, and to grow you need to have tension (just like lifting weights)" - Jocelyn

Other Resources:

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P.S. The Family Meeting Worksheet mentioned in the episode can be given to you on the coaching call, scheduled with the link above. Because of demand, the call is now a $97 placeholder to book your breakthrough session.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Isn't it funny that when it comes to getting our education, degrees, and certifications,
0:06.5	we're willing to invest time and money.
0:09.2	And yet, when it comes to the most important relationship of our lives with our partner,
0:14.0	we get little to know education or guidance.
0:18.1	That's why in this podcast, you will get the insights, tools, and strategies to
0:23.1	manifest your goals as a couple. You will hear powerful and practical advice from couples who share
0:30.1	authentically their challenges, lessons learn, and victories. So you can strengthen your
0:36.2	relationship, feel more clarity, connection, and enjoyment
0:41.1	on your journey together. Welcome to the Empowered Coupled podcast. I am Jocelyn Freeman. And I'm
0:48.0	Aaron Freeman. Let's get started. Well, hello there, everyone. Welcome back to a mini chat with the Freeman's. I think that they're going to love this topic, Aaron. I think so. This is a big one. It is. I know this is one for the beginning of our relationship as well. Absolutely. And the title is how to communicate your needs to your partner without rocking the boat. How would you like that? How many of you are like, that's exactly what I've needed? Yes. And this came actually from an Instagram message that we received, which by the way,
1:15.2	we respond to everyone. So don't hesitate to message us with questions. And the question said,
1:20.8	how do I tell my partner I really want and need for us to proactively work on our communication
1:27.2	and that I want to start working
1:29.6	on us more, but I don't want to make her upset. And this question is really powerful because
1:35.2	we receive different versions of this pretty often of how do I bring this up with my partner?
1:40.4	How do I tell them this without making them upset? And so your content of the question
1:45.3	might be different, like what you want to tell them, but you might also be feeling this hesitation
1:50.9	of, I don't want us to go down that normal pattern. I wouldn't want them to feel like I'm pointing
1:56.0	the finger at them. I don't want them to get upset. So this is a great episode for you to learn about how to
2:01.7	communicate even more effectively, those needs and desires that you naturally have in a relationship
2:07.2	because you're human. Yeah, and it really could be in any area of your relationship. All too often,
2:12.6	we just think of a relationship as one area, but it could be in your intimacy, in your communication,
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