What Creates Emotional Connection & Intimacy: Episode 363
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
One of the most common questions we get is "how do we create more emotional connection" with each other. The most popular question is about repair, but this is in second place! This is a great question because there isn't a single answer because it often depends on the season a couple is in and what the most meaningful needs are for each partner in that given season. Nevertheless, the constant creation of emotional connection is one of the single most important elements for having high satisfaction in a marriage.
In this episode, we will reveal what we see as the 5 key components of emotional connection. Though you will have to use each of these aspects and determine how it fits into your current season, you will be much more clear and confident that you can create more closeness with your partner at any time. Being able to do this, you will also feel more secure about facing challenges that arise as a true team!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Empowered Couples podcast. |
| 0:03.2 | We're here you get modern, non-boring relationship advice for you and your partner to communicate |
| 0:08.2 | like pros, fight smarter, and stay on the same team. |
| 0:11.3 | No matter the challenge that you face, I am one of your host, Erin Freeman. |
| 0:14.4 | And I'm Jocelyn Freeman, but you all just know us as the Freeman's. |
| 0:16.9 | And this episode is what creates emotional connection and intimacy. |
| 0:22.2 | So none of us want to feel like roommates with our spouse. |
| 0:26.4 | Now, there certainly might be seasons where you feel that. |
| 0:29.3 | That's okay. |
| 0:30.0 | We're going to talk about it. |
| 0:31.6 | But when you think about what makes your partnership unique, isn't it intimacy? Right? You might feel really close with your |
| 0:41.4 | best friends, but we would all hope that there's truly another depth of connection that we get |
| 0:47.5 | with our spouse. And that's also what opens up physical intimacy and really being able to withstand challenges in your life together. |
| 0:57.1 | Now, before we get to the points, I want to just share personally that we're in a very full |
| 1:02.8 | season of life. I mean, of course, there's always things going on. I don't think any of us |
| 1:07.1 | get to a place where we're like, wow, I really just have nothing going on. I'm, |
| 1:11.4 | you know, able to relax all day long, right? There's always stuff in life, but this season is |
| 1:17.0 | really quite full. And definitely with lots of great fun things and things we welcome and |
| 1:23.7 | wanted to create, like time with our family. You want to share? I feel like you're holding back here. Well, I mean. It's vague for the listeners. There's definitely like just the normal life things. Like, for example, just loving our new home and time with our daughter. Like those are all things that are yes, part of our life being full. I guess are you talking about this new vacation house that you're |
| 1:44.6 | mentioning? I'm trying to refer to. I mean, yeah, that's exactly right. We are moving on, |
| 1:51.0 | I guess it would be a longer story, huh? We're just moving on a new smaller summer place in Ohio, |
| 1:57.2 | which is where my family is from, many different reasons for that. |
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