ITL296: How to Help Your Spouse Through Difficult Times
In the Loop with Andy Andrews
Matt Lempert
4.9 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2017
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we answer a listener's question on spousal support.
Every marriage goes through hard times eventually.
- Men sometimes have a hard time opening up when they feel bad.
- Go to someone your spouse trusts and ask them to talk to your spouse.
- Sometimes the person we're closest to isn't the person we can hear advice from.
- Part of their self-doubt is wrapped up in you and feeling like they could provide for/support you better.
Be patient even when they don't deserve patience
- Hardship builds bonds.
- You're not the person to tell your spouse what book to read or what CD to listen to.
- You can take an active role by being supportive.
Tune in to hear how Andy's wife helped him during a hard time.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to In the Loop, a unique opportunity to see life from a different perspective |
| 0:06.5 | with New York Times bestselling author, Andy Andrews. Now here's your host, David Loy. |
| 0:13.4 | Hi and welcome to In The Loop with Andy Andrews. Thanks again for being a part of this show. |
| 0:19.3 | And Andy, thank you for being here. This wouldn't happen without you. You're doing all right? I'm glad to be a part of this show. And Andy, thank you for being here. This wouldn't happen without you. |
| 0:23.2 | You're doing all right? I'm glad to be. I'm glad to be a part of this show too. |
| 0:26.5 | Well, there's no show without you. So we're just glad that you're a part of this. Thank you for |
| 0:32.2 | taking the time. And I know that, you know,'s winded down. Schools already started. |
| 0:37.9 | We talked last week about how frustrated you were with school and with the boys being gone. |
| 0:44.8 | Are you coping okay with all that? |
| 0:48.3 | No, I'm still in mourning. |
| 0:51.0 | I'm still in morning. |
| 0:53.1 | You know, I take Adam to school sometimes. |
| 0:57.9 | I think they're like watching me. |
| 1:00.2 | Like, who's this guy lurking around? |
| 1:03.8 | Like trying to figure out a way to break Adam out or something. |
| 1:08.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:09.0 | They're having a great time, Austin, you know, senior year and Adam in the ninth grade. |
| 1:15.4 | And so it's fine. |
| 1:17.3 | It's fine. |
| 1:17.9 | It's only me who's sad. |
| 1:19.6 | They probably don't miss me. |
| 1:22.9 | I bet they do. |
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