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LISTEN TO THE SHOW: Should You Fake It? And when I say “fake it,” of course I’m talking about pretending you respect your husband even if you’re not feeling it because he doesn’t seem to deserve your respect. Wait, what did you think we were going to talk about? Oh, you thought I was going to talk about faking it in the bedroom! Funny you would bring that up while … Read more…

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: Using the Six Intimacy Skills™ with Everybody!  Can you think of someone you have a difficult time with? Whether it’s a family member, colleague, someone in your circle of friends, who in your life is driving you buggy? If you have someone in mind, good! Because today’s episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast is about using the Six Intimacy Skills with everybody. You get to be … Read more…

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: The Magic of Telling Your Marriage Story  When you have unpleasant things happening at your house, things that seem embarrassing or shameful, you tend to keep them a secret. At least that was my strategy early on and that of many of my students. We didn’t want anyone to know that our marriages were dysfunctional, distant, and falling apart. There aren’t many places you can go … Read more…

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: How to Cope When He’s Mentally Ill Let’s say you get a diagnosis for your husband. So you finally know What’s Wrong with Him. Now what? Let’s imagine that the problems in your marriage are NOT because of your husband having a mental illness. Let’s say him being passive aggressive, bipolar, exhibiting adolescent syndrome, or having ADD, OCD or NPD is not what keeps you sleeping … Read more…

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 3 Ways to Break Your Family Patterns If you’re having a breakdown in your marriage, you may be playing out a pattern you learned in your family. Whether your parents are divorced, never married or are married to this day, maybe they don’t have the kind of marriage you want to emulate. There probably was no Relationships 101 at school, so where were you supposed to … Read more…