This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to the love, happiness,

and success podcast.

Tell us something. and Success Podcast. That's Beach House with a song,

Dive.

Hey, friends, today on the show,

we're going to be talking about something that we need to talk about.

It is a silent killer of many relationships. And you may be experiencing this in your own.

It's feeling invalidated. Either you might be listening to this because you are feeling routinely invalidated by your partner,

which is hard, or perhaps you are listening to this because your partner is telling you that you

are making them feel invalidated. And this is a really significant issue and one that we need to address together.

And so that's going to be the focus of our time together today is talking about what

invalidation is, why it happens, and most importantly, what you can do to either feel heard

and understood by your partner in your relationship or potentially

do a better job of helping your partner feel validated and respected by you.

If this is your first time listening to the podcast, I'm so glad you found us.

I am Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby.

I am your host. I am also the founder and

clinical director of growing self-counseling and coaching. I am a licensed marriage and family

therapist. I'm a licensed psychologist. I am a board certified coach. But what I love doing more than

anything else is helping people improve their relationships.

I am very married.

I've been married for a long time.

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