LISTEN TO THE SHOW: Insights from the Husband of an Empowered Wife: Part 3 Brian is not a student but rather the husband of a podcast guest and Laura Doyle certified relationship coach. He generously agreed to be part of our Man Panel series, and today I’m going to get his perspective on the changes in his family as a result of his wife using the Connection Framework and the

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 165: Insights from the Husband of an Empowered Wife: Part 2 Dwight is not a student but rather the husband of a podcast guest and coach trainee. He generously agreed to be part of our Man Panel series, and today I’m going to get his perspective on the changes in his family as a result of his wife using the Connection Framework and the Six Intimacy

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: Insights from the Husband of a Ridiculously Happy Wife: Part 1 Samuel is not a student but rather the husband of a podcast guest and coach trainee. He generously agreed to be part of our Man Panel series, and today I’m going to get his perspective on the changes in his family as a result of his wife using the Connection Framework and the Six Intimacy

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: How to Become an Adored Wife: The 5-Day Challenge If you’ve been listening to the podcast for a while then you have heard a thing or two about The Six Intimacy Skills™. Well, I have a confession. When I first heard about the Skills, I thought they sounded stupid.  I remember thinking, “I am NOT going to do THAAAAT!” I thought they were old-fashioned and just

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 3 Secrets for Preventing an Empty Nest Divorce? When your kids leave home to spread their wings, it’s exciting! And bittersweet. It’s exactly what you raised them to do but also a letdown because you won’t get to see them as much and they no longer need you as much—which is great but can leave you feeling empty.  If co-parenting was a big part of the

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 161: How Does Chronic Pain Affect Your Marriage As you already know if you or your husband has chronic pain, it can put a big strain on a marriage! When one of you is always hurting, it’s an ever present challenge to emotional and physical intimacy. Just like when you’re sick, it’s very hard to be at your best when you’re going “ouch ouch ouch” all

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 4 Steps to Fight for Your Marriage when Separated If you’ve ever been separated, I don’t need to tell you what a stressful, heartbreaking experience it is. It’s also awkward and embarrassing to have to explain to everybody what’s going on. You don’t want their pity or for the kids to get scared or start asking really hard questions. You just want to fix what’s broken

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 3 Signs Your Marriage Is in Trouble When you’re wondering whether the relationship is over for him, you’re worried that you are going to be left. You’re scared of being abandoned and you want to know the future so you can prepare and somehow soften the blow to your heart. If you just knew one way or the other, you could cut your losses and stop

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 2 Cures for an Emotionally Detached Husband When your husband is there but not there, it’s lonely. It’s also stressful and exhausting. When you’re reaching out trying to get reassurance and he doesn’t respond, it only reinforces how disconnected you are, which hurts. A lot. If this goes on for a long time, you feel a wave of hopelessness that it will never get better because

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: This Happens When Your Marriage Drama Ends When my marriage was full of drama, it was incredibly taxing. I felt so overwhelmed and consumed by our problems. It was painful and exhausting to fight all the time and to feel so hopeless that it would ever get better. It robbed me of energy for other relationships, work, and having fun.  What I know now is that

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 3 Actions to Take if Your Husband Looks at Other Females Online When you fell in love with your husband, he made you feel beautiful, sexy and special. So it can be crushing to find out that he’s looking at other women online. It can make you feel undesirable, disappointed and less-than, not to mention lowering your opinion of him. Why would he sink so low

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: What to Do if He Doesn’t Want You Anymore and It Hurts If he doesn’t want you anymore, it does hurt—really bad. Whether his actions are speaking louder than words and he’s too busy to spend time with you or he’s saying he doesn’t want you and making plans to leave or has already left, it can give you the excruciating impression that you’re unlovable. And

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 5 Ways to Maintain Balance in a Relationship When things were out of balance in my marriage, I was seething with resentment about my husband not doing enough chores or making enough money, which left me having to make up for him in both areas. I also had to control the finances since we were always so close to the edge and I knew he wouldn’t

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 3 Tips to Deal with Relationship Doubts Everybody has doubts about their relationship from time to time. It’s painful when you feel like your values don’t match, or he’s engaging in behavior that you never would have condoned, or his parenting is not at all what you see your children needing to thrive.  What if those doubts make you question your own judgment about having said

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: The Adored Wife Roadmap A student named Gigi told me she wanted intimacy in her marriage but didn’t really know what it looked like. “I’ve been married for over 20 years,” she confessed, “and I feel like I just don’t even know what intimacy is.” I knew what she meant because I was similarly baffled early in my marriage. Was intimacy purely physical–just another way to