Empowered Marriage Helen Harrison

Love brought you together, but how you work as individuals can tear you apart.
Empowerment is the key to living a fulfilling life. So how do you heal adversity and challenges? What exactly is empowerment and how do you build more of it in your marriage?
Season 4 of the Empowered Marriage Podcast and I am interviewing empowered individuals.
I have inspiring conversations with individuals who know their happiness is their responsibility and change starts with them first.
Today I will talk about:
How do you heal adversity and challenges? What does it mean to be an Empowered Individual? How do you build more empowerment in your marriage? Interested in more articles, tips, and advice? Click here for Facebook and here for Instagram.
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Dawn Parker-Jones, a Mum’s journey of loss and love, her adult child’s transition and her Empowered Marriage.
What happens when, aged 52, your son informs you he’s entering the process of gender transition? This was the news that confronted Dawn, on Mother’s Day 4 years ago.  
Meet Dawn Parker-Jones who was forced to grapple with the knowledge that her son was transitioning into a female and moving out of the family home.
In this episode, Dawn shares her journey.  A very honest account of the grief that Dawn felt, understanding that she had to grieve her past and then welcome her future in, her gorgeous daughter Lily.
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Even the best of us get triggered. The first step is noticing that your triggered which for some can be the hardest part. Noticing that you're less open, contracted, or you’ve suddenly had a change of mood /emotion to the person or situation you’ve been interacting with.
For some of us, it can be severe where you drastically change as you may shut right down and go into your shell or become vocal and attacking of your partner. 
The emotions need to run - transform - let go - to move on. 
It can be unresolved trauma, conditioning, grief, pain, breakups, parental stuff, or so many things...
See if in the emotional release you can spot, where the emotion is stored, where it's coming from, or where the trigger originated? This may or may not happen then and there.
I will discuss what you can do when you are triggered.
The more that you notice your triggers, and am responsible for them (moving the emotions through emotional release) the more you can tell them apart from the situations, and the more grace and ease you will move through your relationship. Your triggers are your responsibilities and an opportunity for growth and healing.
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On July 9, 2018 .... Jenny’s life changed.  Her husband of 33 years contracted encephalitis that nearly caused his demise. After 3 months in hospital, endless invasive tests and rehab he was discharged with a permanent brain injury and epilepsy. 
In Jenny’s words “I was told I would be Pete's CARER and I grieved about losing a mate and gaining a dependent.
Jenny talks about the life changes and how disorientating, confronting, frightening, frustrating and upsetting for them both this was.  The NEW NORMAL everyone kept telling them about.
Jenny’s use of mindfulness, positive self-talk, gratitude, and shifting her focus and energy when she’s in a downward spiral all help her stay above the line.
In this chat with Jenny, you will quickly get a sense of how important your mindset is sometimes you are dealt a card but it’s how you play it.  Jenny’s wisdom, love and compassion shine through an episode of the Empowered Marriage not to be missed.

Getting into a successful relationship isn’t easy, and maintaining one isn’t either. There are many factors that come into play when trying to determine whether your marriage/relationship will last, but there are some universal traits to look out for so you can have the best chance of staying together long-term.
Here are the 7 signs your marriage/relationship will last:
Does he/she get you? Open communication You have boundaries You can laugh at and with each other You share the same values and vision for the future Are you friends first? You own your stuff, your baggage Not all baggage comes in big black suitcases. Many couples bring along unresolved issues from their childhood or previous relationships. If you can identify and own those issues, you can take steps toward healing them or resolving them, this not only makes a healthy relationship possible, but it's also one that could last a lifetime.
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You may know Julie Mason as the business owner, a successful Accountability Coach, mentor, and one of the top LinkedIn sales strategists in the world. Meet Julie the wife of 30 years, and a mum of a fur baby. A personal insight into how she shows up in her marriage.
A very honest discussion of the ups and downs of marriage like so many of us grapple with. Julie shares her tools, mindset, intentions and practical ways she has been able to journey through her marriage.
Julie and her husband are two very different people as Julie is an extrovert and Greg an introvert. Julie talks about the years it’s taken her to understand and accept her husband just as he is and try not to change him.
Julie explains that communication is the key to a happy loving relationship of 30 years. Early on in Julie's relationship, she discovered the 3 Types of relationships and that was something they both live by.
Julie shares personal insights into her marriage, including her diagnosis, her therapy, when they drifted apart and the distrust that was beginning to show, and what they did about this. 
If you’re wondering how to better communicate with your partner, give yourself space, ask yourself quality questions, understand, respect and not change your partner then this insightful chat is for you. Whether you are male or female, in a new relationship or in a long-term marriage I know you’ll learn something about yourself and/or your partner.
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