44 min
Anger: A Gift to Your Marriage (No, Really!) #056 Growing Up With Kids :: A Funny Parenting Podcast
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Sharing your true feelings--even the negative ones--is a gift to your spouse. True intimacy is built on both the positive and the negative things we think and feel.
This week we tackle how it is important to enter into our spouse's negative emotions in order to know them, to understand them, and to make them feel seen and heard. Otherwise, we negate their feelings, we isolate them and ourselves, and we don't get the intimacy we so deeply crave.
A few pointers to help you:
Be in your partner's cornerEvaluate and be aware of what you are feeling and why your partner's anger may threaten or scare you.Ask lots and lots of questions, and really listen to the answers.Have a reasonable conversation with lots of listening and receive the gift of anger from your spouse, which produces intimacy.
Stat of the Week about the two types of popularity and how they differ. (Side note: There is always a corresponding show tune.)
As always, thank you for listening! We hope you enjoy this episode, and if you do please take a moment to share the podcast with a friend who might be encouraged by this conversation or who just needs a good laugh.
Sharing your true feelings--even the negative ones--is a gift to your spouse. True intimacy is built on both the positive and the negative things we think and feel.
This week we tackle how it is important to enter into our spouse's negative emotions in order to know them, to understand them, and to make them feel seen and heard. Otherwise, we negate their feelings, we isolate them and ourselves, and we don't get the intimacy we so deeply crave.
A few pointers to help you:
Be in your partner's cornerEvaluate and be aware of what you are feeling and why your partner's anger may threaten or scare you.Ask lots and lots of questions, and really listen to the answers.Have a reasonable conversation with lots of listening and receive the gift of anger from your spouse, which produces intimacy.
Stat of the Week about the two types of popularity and how they differ. (Side note: There is always a corresponding show tune.)
As always, thank you for listening! We hope you enjoy this episode, and if you do please take a moment to share the podcast with a friend who might be encouraged by this conversation or who just needs a good laugh.
44 min