This is Why Your Marriage Isn't Perfect Yet

Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)

Danielle Bean

Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 810 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Do you want a better marriage? I know I do! Today I encourage you to think about some ways in which you might be falling into bad habits or negative spirals in your relationship with your spouse, along with four ideas for improvement. Making bad assumptions. Do you assume the worst about your spouse’s intentions, especially inside of conflict? Many of us do this out of insecurity or defensiveness, but it’s not fair and hurts your relationship. Having unspoken expectations. Do you have problems, expectations, wants and desires that you fail to communicate to your spouse? And then do you wind up feeling disappointed when he fails to meet your unspoken expectations? We need to be clear in our communication, especially about expectations in marriage. Apathy Have you gotten lazy in your relationship? What small efforts and kindnesses have you let slide in recent years? Think about it and demand better from yourself. Your marriage is worth the investment! Negative Communication Habits Step outside your relationship for a moment and observe patterns of behavior, especially between you and your spouse during moments of conflict. What habits have you fallen into? What dumb arguments do you have over and over again? Find out the role you play in these habits and make a change. "It’s not your spouse’s job to make you happy. It’s their job to get you to heaven."

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0:00.0	Girlfriends, episode number 141. This is why your marriage isn't perfect yet.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to Girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom, and I'm on a mission to help you.
0:17.7	Know your worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy in family living.
0:22.8	This week, we're talking about some hidden habits that might just be hurting your marriage
0:27.1	and how we can avoid them. Come on, let's get started. Hey, girlfriends, how are you?
0:41.6	Glad you're here.
0:42.5	Thanks for showing up for another episode of the Girlfriends Podcast.
0:45.2	I'm always glad when we can connect like this.
0:47.6	First up, I want to welcome any new listeners.
0:49.9	We've had a bunch of new listeners recently, and I've been meaning to do this.
0:53.5	I just want to say hi and welcome. Welcome to the Girlfriends community. I'm glad you're here. So here at Girlfriends, if you're just getting started with us, I host different topics every week. Sometimes we have interviews with people of note or otherwise. And sometimes I just talk about
1:14.4	things that are on my heart. Because if they're on my heart, a lot of times they're on your
1:18.4	hearts too. So things about family, marriage, work and life balance. Our spirituality, I come at that
1:24.7	from the perspective of a lifelong Catholic.
1:29.5	So of course that colors my perspective.
1:32.7	But I want everyone to know that you are welcome here.
1:36.9	If you are interested in the topics we're talking about here, there is a place for you.
1:40.3	There is a voice for you here at the Girlfriends Podcast. And we're so glad that you're joining us.
1:43.0	That really is important to me that every woman
1:45.0	who turns on girlfriends feels welcomed and encouraged, regardless of her faith background,
1:52.5	her marital status, her age or stage of life, her phase of motherhood or non-motherhood,
1:59.7	all of that stuff. I think we really can come together
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