Is This a ME Thing or a WE Thing? Distinguishing Personal Growth from Relationship Growth: Episode 359
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
When there is tension or an upset in your marriage, it's easy to point the finger at your partner as the source of the discomfort. But this often leads to further conflict. It also does not address this critical aspect of being in a marriage for a long time… that growth is a part of it! The common question for those that see these events as places to grow is "well, is this a me thing, a you thing, or a we thing"!
Today's episode is more motivational (and aspirational) about growth in your relationship. You will hear how you can quickly distinguish between the necessary individual work that needs to be done as well as the relationship work that needs to be focused on. After listening to this episode you both will feel more grace for each other with the reminder that you are in this to grow and you are in it together!
Relationship Resources:
1) Discover all our online resources here: https://www.meetthefreemans.com/links
2) Join us at the in-person Couples Workshop on Oct 6th, 2024. As of this episode, the event is 60% sold out so don't wait to grab your seats for this relationship changing event!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Empower Couples podcast. We're here you get modern, non-boring relationship |
| 0:04.8 | advice for you and your partner to communicate like pros, fight smarter, and stay on the same team. |
| 0:10.4 | No matter the challenge that you face, I am one of your hosts, Erin Freeman. |
| 0:13.5 | And I'm Jocelyn Freeman, but you all just know us as the Freeman's. |
| 0:16.4 | And this episode is titled, Is this a me thing or a we thing? |
| 0:20.3 | We're distinguishing today about personal growth from relationship growth. |
| 0:24.2 | I have a funny confession to make to all of you. |
| 0:27.7 | I enjoy the kind of silly, lighthearted dating relationship shows on TV, in particular, Netflix. |
| 0:38.3 | I like to watch them in a sense to kind of just tune out, right? |
| 0:43.0 | Not have to read the academic things and just some of the more like research and personal |
| 0:49.2 | development books and all those things. |
| 0:51.0 | I love that part of my brain. |
| 0:52.6 | But I also like just relaxing, right, |
| 0:54.4 | and watching these things. But I can't help but watch these shows and see where each participant |
| 1:02.4 | has the things to work on individually, which we're going to describe some very specifics, |
| 1:07.9 | and as a couple where they have not learned how to create a secure and solid |
| 1:14.7 | partnership. |
| 1:16.0 | And sometimes I wish, like, being able to go on the show and say, hey, guys, here's what |
| 1:20.8 | I know to, like, pop out of nowhere, right? |
| 1:22.8 | And be like, hey, let me just share with you an observation of what I see that you each |
| 1:26.7 | can work on as individuals |
| 1:28.6 | that might be coming from your past, for example, and here's something you may not understand |
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