SC 52 - Marriage After Kids, Are You Doomed?
The Jayson Gaddis Podcast
Jayson Gaddis
4.7 • 999 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2016
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Does having children ruin your marriage? The stats are against most of you who get married and choose children. But why is this, and what can you and your spouse do about it? Find out this and so much more as Jayson & Ellen use their own story as another example of what’s possible during the hardest of times.
SHOWNOTES
- A powerful definition of a mature person. [2:20]
- The gloomy article on parenting that got Ellen and Jayson fired up. [6:15]
- The negative view of marriage. [7:50]
- How women are impacted after having a baby. [9:20]
- The defining moment that Ellen remembers, but Jayson blocked out. [11:30]
- The biggest factor that will impact your overall happiness in life [17:30]
- What Ellen said to Jayson that hit him in the gut like a truck and woke him up big time. [21:45]
- Ellen shares what Jayson does consistently that helps her show up more fully in their marriage and their family. [24:45]
- An important perspective that can help you deliver your truth more effectively. [28:00]
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | and I was crying and I was saying I hate our marriage. So, Hello there and welcome back to the Smart Couple |
| 0:27.5 | podcast episode number 52. I'm grateful to have your time here, your energy, and your hearts listening |
| 0:36.8 | intensively. I love podcasts and I love learning from podcasts myself and I'm honored that you choose this podcast as one that you learn from. |
| 0:49.0 | I get a lot of feedback and comments supporting us and I really appreciate that. |
| 0:57.6 | Feel free to challenge us also, right? We welcome that here too as we talk about. |
| 1:03.0 | Love is both support and challenge. |
| 1:05.0 | So feel free to challenge me in some weird way or direct way if you want. |
| 1:10.0 | Just send me an email. |
| 1:11.0 | Info that Jason Gatis.com. |
| 1:13.0 | Now, I love our growing tribe. |
| 1:16.0 | Smart couple fans you get that it requires some effort to have a great relationship. You're into the fact that relationship is everything in your life. |
| 1:29.0 | It's at least it runs through everything. Okay? Maybe it's not the thing you sit and think about all day long, |
| 1:35.2 | but you get that your life is enhanced by having not only an amazing long-term relationship, |
| 1:42.2 | but great friendships, right? |
| 1:44.6 | Great family relationships. |
| 1:46.5 | And that when things are strained, you also get that you can address those by addressing yourself. |
| 1:55.0 | I'm a big fan of be the change. |
| 1:58.0 | Look in the mirror and deal with your shit if you want to deal with other people. |
| 2:05.0 | The more we develop ourselves in terms of human development, |
| 2:08.0 | this is where I'm a big fan of Ken Wilbur, |
| 2:10.0 | the more perspectives we can hold. The more you develop yourself, the more |
| 2:18.0 | perspectives, even seemingly contradictory perspectives you can hold. And that to me is a mature person. More |
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