Isn't it funny that when it comes to getting our education, degrees, and certifications,

we're willing to invest time and money.

And yet, when it comes to the most important relationship of our lives with our partner,

we get little to know education or guidance.

That's why in this podcast you will get the insights, tools, and strategies to

manifest your goals as a couple. You will hear powerful and practical advice from couples who share

authentically their challenges, lessons learn, and victories. So you can strengthen your

relationship, feel more clarity, connection, and

enjoyment on your journey together. Welcome to the Empowered Couples podcast. I am Jocelyn Freeman.

And I'm Aaron Freeman. Let's get started. Hello and welcome to this episode on how to deal with the unexpected without getting

frustrated and boy do we have a story for you today. Yes and we're sitting across from each other

just having a little chat between the two of us reflecting on our morning and I think there was a

really great lesson when we realized it. Yeah. Well we're about to get into it and just to let you know

it's going to be a little sad as it was for us Yeah. Well, we're about to get into it and just to let you know it's going to be

a little sad as it was for us initially. But what we learned was really powerful, hence why we're

bringing you this episode. Yeah. And if you can think throughout this episode about your life,

like we're going to share our story, which is one moment in one day, but also think about all of these moments in your life where this comes up. So what we normally do, and if you listen to this podcast, you also know that we rescued a dog named Ellie. Ellie. She's about to turn one on Jocelyn's birthday. We actually made them the same birthday. Which I thought was cute. We're going to get like matching cupcakes or something so that we, or maybe little hats. Yeah. We knew her birthday was in the same birthday. Which I thought was cute. We're going to get like matching cupcakes or some things so that we, or maybe little hats. Yeah. We knew her birthday was in the same month, so why not just have it on your birthday? Oh, thanks, hubs. So we normally walk Ellie in this trail here in Arizona on Sundays, but we didn't get the chance to do that. So we went on Mondayay today monday which was today when we're recording

this podcast so we've been letting her get some extra freedom right yes she likes to be off the leash

she's a wild woman so there's a particular part of the trail that we've found is narrow enough

that she'll sort of stay on the trail so we let her off the the leash. Now, she has been taking it further and further, going a little bit further, chasing birds.

We're really having to practice our ability to call her to come back.

But today, she jumped off the trail and got into some really sharp cactus plants. Yeah, it was the type of cacti. I've loved to

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