The Difference Between Repair and Resolution After a Conflict: Episode 296
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we unravel the crucial distinction between repair, finding a solution, and resolution in relationships. Repairing conflicts, rather than simply reducing the frequency of them, is a powerful indicator of a healthy and lasting partnership. You will hear the misconception that finding a solution automatically leads to resolution, and why the emotional aspect of repair is equally vital. By understanding the formula of Repair + Solution = Resolution, we provide you with the tools to navigate conflicts more effectively and create lasting harmony.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Empowered Couples podcast. We're here you get modern, non-boring relationship |
| 0:05.8 | advice for you and your partner to communicate like pros, fight smarter, and stay in the same team |
| 0:11.7 | no matter the challenge that you face. I am one of your host, Aaron Freeman. And I'm Jocelyn Freeman, |
| 0:16.0 | but you all just know us as the Freeman's. And this episode is the difference between repair and resolution after a conflict. |
| 0:23.9 | Yes, it might seem like those are the same terms. |
| 0:27.1 | Doesn't repair and resolution? |
| 0:28.2 | Aren't those the same things? |
| 0:29.1 | But we're going to actually distinguish it for you. |
| 0:31.1 | And it's going to make a lot of sense because it actually came up in a session with a couple |
| 0:35.2 | where they were actually really trying to discover the difference. And I don't want to spoil it, but really quick, before we jump in, |
| 0:41.9 | just have to give you a last minute, last call. It's your only opportunity to join the July |
| 0:49.2 | couples challenge, the 30-day couples challenge that's all about prioritizing us. And the way I like to define it |
| 0:55.8 | is that it really is about simplifying, making positive changes in your relationship. And this came |
| 1:02.0 | from a lot of couples going, oh my gosh, I see so many pieces of content and I see all these courses, |
| 1:07.4 | but then what do we do on a day-to-day basis? Or we go to a therapy session every other week |
| 1:12.4 | and the couple's challenge gives you daily prompts that either falls into the category of being |
| 1:18.2 | a love deposit, a conversation starter, or a communication tip. And we get every day messages from |
| 1:24.8 | people who've done a previous one because we had one in June. Like, this is helping us so much. We look forward to the message every day messages from people who've done a previous one because we had one in June like this is |
| 1:28.6 | helping us so much we look forward to the message every day it's exactly what we needed so it's very |
| 1:34.3 | realistic no matter how busy you are we wanted it to be possible whether you have a newborn baby |
| 1:38.9 | and you're exhausted or you work a job traveling like whatever it is or you're traveling for July 4 like whatever it is, or you're traveling for July 4th, |
| 1:46.5 | that it is possible for you. |
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