Dear young married couple, do you sometimes not feel like a team with your spouse?

We know a lot of people and we've been there too where you just don't feel like a teammate.

You feel maybe like worlds apart.

Yeah.

What a lot of couples tell us when they see us through counseling, when we talk about goals,

they often say something like, I want to feel like a team or I want to know the other person

has my back when we're working together. So teamwork and feeling like a team is a really big deal

for couples that want to achieve big things in the world.

So today we're going to share with you at least one tactic that will help you actually feel like a team.

There are probably many ways, but we're going to focus on one specific way.

Before we get there, by the way, we're going to get really practical.

We're going to talk about some hows and some what's and you're going to know what to do by the time you finish this

episode. But before we get there, let's talk about why people don't feel like a team.

Well, I think a lot of times people get stuck in their own roles and responsibilities.

And we just expect the other person to perform their role or responsibility.

You go to your work, come home and just be happy when you get home, you know, and make money

for us or, you know, just take care of the kids and have the house clean.

And then we get frustrated by the things that you got home late from work

or the house isn't exactly clean when you're watching the kids. Whatever those are, they're kind

of thankless jobs sometimes. Yeah. So when we do that, of course, we're not recognizing what the other

person brings to that team. So it's kind of like

we're playing, we're not playing teams. We're playing individuals. Right. I think another reason is

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