This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and forgetter. Got you cut to let it.

I'm out of feeling.

New topic.

Today we're talking about power struggles and gridlock conflict.

That was the coat hangers with a song,

Down Down, setting the mood for us today because

Downward Spiral is basically what happens in

summary when couples get stuck in these power struggles gridlock issues they're

budding heads no one is compromising no one is budging and it's a stalemate not Not a fun place to be in, but a very common situation

in relationships and, believe it or not, a solvable problem. And one that I've been hearing,

a lot of you are struggling with lately. I've been hearing from your comments on the blog at

growingself.com on Instagram at Dr.

Lisa Marie Bobby that this is turning into a pretty major pain point in your relationship.

So we are talking about this today on the show and I hope by the end of our time together

you have some clarity and some direction and maybe even some new ideas

for things to try to break through the impasse and cultivate compromise and agreement with the

one you love most.

If this is your first time listening today, hello, I am Dr. Lisa Marie-Bobby.

I'm the founder and clinical director of growing self-counseling and

coaching. And this is a love, happiness, and success podcast. Every week we tackle topics that are

important to you and that are helpful in your quest for love and exciting, happy, fulfilling relationships, both romantic and platonic.

Happiness, meaning that you are feeling good about yourself and your life and also success, that you are being who you were put here to be and creating success according to your own definition. So every week

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