Hello and welcome to the Empower Couples podcast.

We're here you get modern, non-boring relationship advice for you and your partner to communicate

like pros, fight smarter, and stay on the same team no matter the challenge that you face.

I am one of your host, Erin Freeman.

And I'm Jocelyn Freeman, but you all just know us as the Freeman's.

And this episode is about the four Ds that create division in marriage.

And you probably notice that division is a major issue in the world. It's quite heartbreaking.

But today we're talking about division that comes into the home, into families. And this is

truthfully the thing that breaks my heart more than anything is that

families are not staying united, connected, having each other's backs. And what we're seeing so much,

you probably see it, whether it's in your own relationship, friends, I mean, we've found out

even this week that, you know, people in our world,

our realm that never came to us for support are parting ways. And it's really sad to see

couples turning on each other, no longer acting like a team, not having each other's back,

prioritizing tasks over connection, all of it and the four days that we're

going to go into in this episode are really contributing to the division and disconnection.

And here's the key thing to remember. Your home, any home, is meant to be peaceful.

It's meant to be a rejuvenating place and your marriage is such a big

part of what home feels like. So if your interactions are draining each other more than lifting

each other up or filling each other up, it's really discouraging. Now, don't worry. It's not about every interaction being

perfect or that you can't ever have off days or be in an off mood. It's not about that, but it's

about the consistency, what's happening day in and day out. And there may be seasons where you feel

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