Why Saying "I'm Sorry" Isn't Enough and What to Say or Do Instead Episode 105
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2020
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
"I said I'm sorry, can't we just move past this?" Is this a statement that you hear from your partner, or even one that you have said to them before? It most likely is and for some reason saying "I'm sorry" just doesn't seem to cut it to resolve a conflict all the way and reconnect you both. Any idea why this is or what you can say (or do) instead?
Well that is exactly what we are going to cover this episode today, as "I'm sorry" on its own is just not enough. During this episode you will hear the 7 reasons why it's not enough, we will share our story of moving (yes we are still waiting on the trucking company over a week later) and how "sorry" was not enough for us, and then the first two steps of the "5 R Process" to being to reconcile and connect with your partner.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Empowered Couples podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | We're here you get modern, non-boring relationship advice for you to communicate like pros, |
| 0:08.4 | fight smarter, and stay on the same team no matter the challenge you face. |
| 0:12.3 | I am one of your host, Aaron Freeman. |
| 0:14.0 | And I'm Jocelyn Freeman, but you all just know us as the Freeman's. |
| 0:17.3 | And today, such an important topic. |
| 0:19.4 | We are talking about why saying I'm sorry isn't enough and then what to say or do instead. |
| 0:24.6 | Now, normally I would say Jocelyn, where does this come from? |
| 0:27.6 | But this is actually from, first of our, our real life. |
| 0:32.6 | So let's give some background of even where we're at, like where are we actually sitting. |
| 0:36.6 | So I want you to imagine you guys we're in this loft upstairs with our friend's house |
| 0:41.7 | and we'll tell you why and we're sitting on the ground talking to Aaron's iPhone using |
| 0:47.4 | the recorder, hoping that you guys don't hate the way it sounds. But here's the thing. We |
| 0:52.9 | are moving across the country. Many of you know |
| 0:55.7 | this from listening to our last episode. And we thought the moving company would bring our stuff to us |
| 1:01.4 | six days ago now, something like that. Oh, this would be a whole other podcast. The first available |
| 1:07.2 | delivery date was supposed to be the 28th. Do not get confused when a trucking company tells you that that is the first available delivery date, |
| 1:15.6 | that is not when you're going to get it. |
| 1:17.6 | They lie. |
| 1:18.6 | They're not even. |
| 1:19.6 | They didn't lie. |
| 1:20.6 | They just are super unclear. |
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