I think if you asked most guys, they would say, yes, my wife has helped me become a much

better man.

There's just no way I am who I am today if she's not in the picture.

And I think one of the best ways to meet your husband's needs is to know what they are.

Maybe even before he can express those.

I'm John Fuller along with Greg Smolley and his wife Aaron.

They leave the focus marriage team here in Greg.

What does it mean to you?

Does it mean to you when Aaron tries to encourage you?

Oh, it means the world.

I think encouragement really validates me as a man and as a husband, you know, Aaron,

when you encourage me, I think as a man, it helps me to know that I have what it takes

to be successful in all the different roles.

You think, you know, as a husband, as a father, as a provider, a protector, a friend, a lover.

When you really encourage me, affirm me, offer those, those words of thankfulness, gratitude,

all that, it just, it's saying to me that, that, that mean you're doing it, that, that's

a big part of how I hear that.

And I think that that's such a big part of when we hear this word, men love to feel respected.

Or I think a big part of feeling respected is to be affirmed in, in those roles.

So we end up really going, I do have what it takes.

And yesterday we had talked on an earlier episode about having just this long week of filming

and taping and I went home and put my pajamas on and got in bed and fell asleep.

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