Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast, with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 182 or our show. Today’s episode is full of tools, tips, and Stuart’s pearls of wisdom to create a marriage that will last a lifetime.
Whether you had premarital counseling or not, this episode is to help you to learn how to make your relationship meaningful and significant. None of us get married to be finding ourselves in an empty, lonely relationship. Many times this happens because we don’t really understand what marriage is all about. Tune in today and keep your marriage alive, passionate, and close.
What you’ll learn from today’s podcast:
Authenticity and vulnerability 2:40 You need to have a plan 7:25 Learning how to communicate with your spouse 10:40 Triggers 16:45 3 main elements of communication 19:40 How do we learn how to navigate challenges 20:45 Setting yourself up for having realistic expectations 22:25 Children 25:45 You have to work on the trust you have for each other 28:05 What is going to change with marriage? 30:20 You have to talk about everything 31:40 Social media 37:20 Money and financial planning 39:00 Sex and intimacy 40:30The most important thing to remember about your first year of marriage is to enjoy your newlywed status. Also, memorize this: “The first year of marriage is a learning and transitional period for the rest of your life”
During this first year transition, you need to be able to view your conflicts and moments of disconnection as opportunities for growth. What may seem like a complaint from your partner, can be a gold mine to learn what they need.
If you work on all of these things, at the end of the day, you will be able to roll over in bed, look and your partner, smile and say “life is good.”
Thank you for spending part of your day with The Couples Experts. We hope you enjoyed the show and take away something meaningful to your relationship. Until next time stay connected!
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Next week: Join us in two weeks as Stuart talks about how to be accountable to yourself, learning how to communicate both in and out of the bedroom. Until then, stay connected.
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196 - When you Remarry Where do you Unpack the Baggage? With Guest Brian Mayer.
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193-Staying Together when Work Keeps You Away - Encore
193 - Living and Loving in Middle Age - Life After 50 - Encore
192 - Wheres the fire I feel like your my roommate - Encore
191-Are You a Good Partner?
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Banish Boredom in the Bedroom
188 - Emotional Intimacy - Bringing Sex Out of the Boardroom
Setting Meaningful Relationship Goals for the New Year
186 - Becoming the Diplomat of Authenticity in Attachmentland
185-RESPECT MY BOUNDARIES
184-The Importance of the Father and Son Relationship
183- Sexual Communication - Inside and Outside of the Bedroom
181-Where Did Our Sex Life Go
180 - Am I Lovable Enough?
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