LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 3 Solutions When Your Husband Is Miserable When your husband is miserable and grumping around the house or hiding in his man cave, naturally you want to help pull him out of it somehow. But what if he’s really committed to his suffering and your efforts don’t seem to do any good? What if you get exhausted trying to cheer him up? It’s lonely and irritating

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: What Keeps a Marriage Together  How do you keep a marriage alive after 20 years or more but also keep it sizzling? This is the secret sauce. On today’s episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast, we’re talking about what keeps a marriage together. I’ll share 3 simple methods I use every day for lasting peace, playfulness and passion. My guest Leann was lonely because her husband

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: How to Make Your Husband a Better Dad  When your kids are getting yelled at, insulted or called terrible names by their own father, it’s very hard to handle without interfering. It’s hard to watch any kid get treated harshly but almost unbearable when they’re your babies. It’s heart-wrenching to see their little faces fall and the tears start when you can clearly see that none

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: The Key to Creating Mind-Blowing Intimacy  If you’re longing for intimacy with your man like I used to and not getting it, you may not feel like there’s a key to creating it. If it’s just been so long since you felt emotionally, physically and spiritually intimate, you may have steeled yourself so you don’t even feel the longing anymore. That’s a logical thing to do

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: How to Accomplish More by Doing Less When everything in your marriage feels like it’s on your shoulders, it’s pretty exhausting and stressful. If your to-do list is a mile long but never gets you any closer to feeling relaxed, supported, and taken care of, then I’m excited to share a connection and intimacy superpower that will. On today’s episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast, we’re

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: How to Ask for What You Want in Marriage Getting what you want in your marriage is important. The whole world depends on strong families, which means strong marriages, which means it’s important to feel that your desires are being met. Because life gets tedious when you’re going day after day without ever feeling like you’re getting what you want. It makes everything feel gray, and

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: How to Get More Help from Your Husband It’s so lonely and exhausting when you feel like the only one responsible for everything at your house. I remember how stressful it was when I was the sole breadwinner at our house and felt like I was doing all the housework and bill paying too. Talk about overwhelmed! And resentful. Not anymore though. Now I marvel at

LISTEN TO THE SHOW:  4 Fail-Safe Secrets to a Long and Happy Romance If there really are sure-fire secrets to a long and happy romance, wouldn’t you think somebody would write them down and teach them in every high school all over the world? Is there anything more important to learn in life than how to make your marriage last and thrive? I can’t think of it. Couldn’t they

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: How to Stop Your Husband from Divorcing You When is it too late to stop a divorce? It’s not too late for you. How do I know? Well, if you’re still married and finding this podcast, that tells me you want your marriage to last and also that you still have hope, even if sometimes you forget where you put it or it’s so small you

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 2 Ways to Hear His Heart Message Imagine you could wave a magic wand to make your marriage the way you want it to be. How would it be different? Maybe your husband would do a lot more chores or be more attentive and affectionate, seeking your company and kissing you whenever he got the chance. He wants to be all of that for you so

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: How to Stop Walking on Eggshells when He Yells When you live with someone who loses his cool, it’s very scary and draining. It seems logical to try to minimize those blow-ups however you can. You try to keep the kids quiet or keep quiet yourself or just agree with him or remove yourself when you feel the tension rise. It’s exhausting to always be thinking

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 3 Ways to Deal with a Miserable Husband Do you wish your husband would help out around the house but, no matter how nicely you ask, he’s too busy binge watching Breaking Bad? Have you begged him to spend time with the kids, but he’s still more interested in his phone than his own children? Or asked him to have sex–or just spend time with you,

LISTEN TO THE SHOW:  4 Ways to Get the Romance Back Wouldn’t it be a wonderful world if saying “We need to talk” made him gaze into your eyes and describe all the ways he’s so in love with you? Or if telling him he needs to be more affectionate and attentive made him turn off the TV and gallantly sweep you off to the bedroom? Unfortunately, calling him

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: 3 Moves for Becoming His #1 Priority Does your husband always have friends over? Or talk to his best friend more than you? Whether he’s a social butterfly or a barfly, not being his number one is downright disappointing. It can feel hopeless and so lonely. And make you angry too! Going it alone surely isn’t what you had in mind when you said “I do.”

LISTEN TO THE SHOW: EW Podcast Show #107:  Insights from the Husband of a Ridiculously Happy Wife: Part 4 My guest, Matthew, is not a student on our campus but rather the husband of a new 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