The Conversation Couples AREN'T Having (But Need to Grow Together): Episode 440
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
There is a critical conversation many couples are missing, especially after going through a challenge or hard season together. And as we close out the first quarter of the year, this is one of the most important times to have it.
When couples are in a difficult season, the focus is to put your head down and get through it. And once you do, it can feel like a relief… but then it's right back into the logistics of daily life. This creates two problems.
First, you miss the opportunity to reconnect and truly understand each other, which is what strengthens your bond. Second, you miss the lesson from that season, which sets you up to repeat similar challenges in the future.
In this episode, we walk you through how to have the kind of conversation that not only brings you closer, but helps you take the lessons forward, so your future together is stronger because of what you've been through.
Relationship Resources:
If this episode resonated and you don't want to just move on from your last season but actually grow from it, we invite you to start our Level 2 Rebuilding Us Challenge. The prompts are designed to help you reconnect, reflect, and rebuild with intention.
Start here: https://mycoupleschallenge.com/rebuilding
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Empowered couples podcast. We're here you get modern, non-boring |
| 0:05.5 | relationship advice for you and your partner to communicate like pros, fight smarter, and stay on |
| 0:10.3 | the same team no matter the challenge that you face. I am one of your hosts, Aaron Freeman. |
| 0:14.1 | And I'm Jocelyn Freeman, but you all just know what says the Freeman's. |
| 0:17.0 | And this episode is about a conversation couples aren't having what should be. They really should be having it. And you're going to have it after hearing this episode is about a conversation couples aren't having what should be. |
| 0:21.4 | They really should be having it. And you're going to have it after hearing this episode |
| 0:25.2 | because really as a reminder, the quality of your conversation and the depth of your |
| 0:31.6 | connection and the experience of emotional intimacy in the relationship, it comes down to the quality of the questions |
| 0:39.6 | that you're asking each other. So what that means is if your conversation stay at the |
| 0:44.7 | surface level of just, how is your day or how is your week, or we need to get this done, |
| 0:48.7 | or we're headed here, or just, again, the details, then of course you're not going to feel |
| 0:53.9 | very connected. |
| 0:55.2 | And we know coming out of what's been a little bit more of a rough patch for us in life |
| 1:00.9 | these last few weeks. And really not because we were turning on each other. |
| 1:06.7 | Just because life was handing us kind of these surprise experiences that we were not expecting |
| 1:12.9 | all at once. And I talked about that in last week's episode so you can go listen to that. |
| 1:17.6 | But it's really easy to almost just get into survival mode and just try to get through it, |
| 1:24.2 | get on the other side, and then miss out on really the goal, which is the lesson. |
| 1:31.3 | And we're going to give you some specific prompts to be asking each other. |
| 1:34.8 | But that's where I really believe, and Aaron and I live this in our lives together for many |
| 1:40.0 | years, is if you really take a moment to pause from the go go go from the getting things done |
| 1:47.0 | from trying to just get through this season and all the things coming at you and actually |
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