What If My Partner & I Want Different Things? : The Freemans
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
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🗓️ 20 December 2017
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
It is on our hearts to speak on this topic about "What if my partner and I want different things?" as we have heard this from a number of the couples that we have mentored in the last few months.
This may seem like a depressing question to have come up, as it gives the feeling of "SHOOT" are we not on the same page? This can even lead to the thought of: "is this not the right relationship for me?"
Have no fear or dismay, at some point we think most couples will ask this question, as its just a natural function of life... expansion and growth. We are not the same people form year to year so why would your relationship stay the same? This question just points to that its time to revisit and clarify what you both desire and how that fits into your vision together.
Questions asked in this interview:
1) What is your Partnership Vision Statement?
2) What would you like more of in your relationship?
In this episode you will learn:
1) Its about asking better questions
2) The importance of clarity around your vision together
3) If something doesn't seem to be working, go more general
4) Its all about growth, so find out what area in life your partner is interested in growing themselves. This can be anything!
Quotes:
"Trade expectation for appreciation."
Resources:
Connect more with The Freemans at www.MeetTheFreemans.com and follow them on instagram: @meet_thefreemans
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Empowered Couples Podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | Tune in to hear inspiring and unique interviews with couples around the world |
| 0:08.5 | and hear how they create a thriving relationship in business, health, spirituality, |
| 0:14.7 | communication, intimacy, family, and more. |
| 0:18.9 | We are your hosts, The Freemans, authors of the book The New Power Couple, Speakers, and Marriage Mentors. |
| 0:25.6 | Let's get started so you can fulfill on your dreams as a couple. |
| 0:36.5 | In this episode, we are not interviewing anybody, but interviewing ourselves. |
| 0:42.1 | We are really passionate about this episode, as this question seems to have come up for us with |
| 0:47.6 | couples quite a bit recently, and that is, what if my partner and I want different things? |
| 0:56.6 | Yes, take a look for yourself. Maybe this has shown up where you feel I really want to start a business. I want to be an entrepreneur. I want |
| 1:03.0 | to travel the world and my partner. They just want a simple, quiet life at home. They're really |
| 1:09.7 | just focusing on building a family what if we want |
| 1:12.2 | different things maybe that's a version for you or another version i've heard is someone saying |
| 1:17.9 | i'm really excited about spiritual growth and personal growth and i want to go to workshops and |
| 1:25.5 | seminars and my partner won't go with me. Do we just want |
| 1:29.3 | different things in life? And I know for a lot of couples, Jocelyn, you know, let me know if this is the |
| 1:34.1 | case in the couples you've talked to, but this seems to be a barrier. This seems to be almost a point |
| 1:39.1 | where couples or a partner starts to ask themselves, am I really supposed to be in this relationship? |
| 1:45.3 | Is this the right one? And that's why we really want to address this question. I was going to say |
| 1:50.7 | issue, but it's really not an issue. It really is a question, something to work through. As we |
| 1:55.0 | have said, relationships are for growth. Your partner is your greatest teacher, a mirror. |
| 2:00.6 | And so this is just one of those opportunities where you get to see more about yourself |
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