The Empowered Wife Podcast: Marriage Help with Laura Doyle

When your husband is going through a tough time, it's pretty hard to just stand by and watch without wanting to help him or fix things somehow. It's agonizing to see him suffering, and why should he struggle when you're right there ready to support him? Especially if you have solutions for him that, if he would only try them, would help him feel better and thus help you feel better too. But what if he's pushing you away? Or seems distant and isn't letting you contribute the way you'd like to? If you've already done all you can to be a good wife, only to feel more disconnected, you know how frustrating that is. So how are you supposed to be supportive when your partner is stressed or depressed? On today's episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast, we're talking about five ways to be supportive in a relationship. My guest Liz was sure she was doing things properly, but she and her husband had been separated for five years. It was painful and lonely, and she didn't know what to do about it. But then something happened that changed everything, and she now says that her marriage is wonderful and she couldn't be happier! She's going to tell us what she did so you can do it too. The Worst Relationship Advice of the Week Award goes to an article in a well-known publication that gets nominated for this award more than Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks get nominated for Academy Awards combined! If you're wondering how to interpret your spouse's withdrawal, this advice is sure to make the problem much, much worse! Download the FREE Adored Wife Roadmap now and start transforming your relationship today! Click here: lauradoyle.org/roadmap Here's what you'll get: 6 SIMPLE steps to bring back playfulness, passion, and connection to your marriage. The 3 COMMON mistakes wives make when trying to fix things (and how to avoid them!). A clear, actionable plan to create the joyful, loving marriage you deserve. Don't wait—your playful, passionate marriage is just one click away. Get started now: lauradoyle.org/roadmap

Listen and subscribe to the Empowered Wife podcast with New York Times bestselling author Laura Doyle, the world's most trusted relationship expert, so you can stop feeling lonely, exhausted and unloved and start feeling desired, taken care of and special again. Download the FREE Adored Wife Roadmap now and start transforming your relationship today! Click here: lauradoyle.org/roadmap Here's what you'll get: 6 SIMPLE steps to bring back playfulness, passion, and connection to your marriage. The 3 COMMON mistakes wives make when trying to fix things (and how to avoid them!). A clear, actionable plan to create the joyful, loving marriage you deserve. Don't wait—your playful, passionate marriage is just one click away. Get started now: lauradoyle.org/roadmap

Discover four impactful changes one can make to reignite a struggling marriage, as a guest shares her journey from betrayal to reconnection. Learn how to nourish respect and foster intimacy through gratitude and playfulness. Explore the significance of self-awareness, accountability, and setting healthy boundaries in relationships. Hear about overcoming resentment and the role of community support in rebuilding trust. Plus, uncover the worst relationship advice and how to respond to apologies without resistance.

If your husband keeps stuff in the garage, stuff in the yard, stuff in the dining room, stuff in the bedroom and more stuff in the living room, it can feel suffocating. Especially if most of it is junk. The trash that nobody would want is standing between you and having the tidy home you dream of. And if you've asked him to get rid of things and he won't or he just puts things somewhere else then brings home new stuff, it's frustrating. Especially because it seems a little crazy that someone would want to have so much junk around. It makes you wonder if you married a mentally stable person. On today's episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast, we're talking about two solutions when your husband hoards. My guest Kim's husband was always negative and moody, and she felt helpless to make her marriage feel hopeful and fun. But she started a practice that not only made him smile more, kiss her more and take her out on more dates, it made her happier too. She's going to tell us what she did so you can do it too. The Worst Relationship Advice of the Week Award winner explains the sinister, subconscious reasons you picked your husband and why you're probably doomed. Download the FREE Adored Wife Roadmap now and start transforming your relationship today! Click here: lauradoyle.org/roadmap Here's what you'll get: 6 SIMPLE steps to bring back playfulness, passion, and connection to your marriage. The 3 COMMON mistakes wives make when trying to fix things (and how to avoid them!). A clear, actionable plan to create the joyful, loving marriage you deserve. Don't wait—your playful, passionate marriage is just one click away. Get started now: lauradoyle.org/roadmap

Listen and subscribe to the Empowered Wife podcast with New York Times bestselling author Laura Doyle, the world's most trusted relationship expert, so you can stop feeling lonely, exhausted and unloved and start feeling desired, taken care of and special again. Download the FREE Adored Wife Roadmap now and start transforming your relationship today! Click here: lauradoyle.org/roadmap Here's what you'll get: 6 SIMPLE steps to bring back playfulness, passion, and connection to your marriage. The 3 COMMON mistakes wives make when trying to fix things (and how to avoid them!). A clear, actionable plan to create the joyful, loving marriage you deserve. Don't wait—your playful, passionate marriage is just one click away. Get started now: lauradoyle.org/roadmap

If your husband never does anything romantic, it's just sad. You know he's capable of being sweeter. I bet he turned on the charm to get that ring on you. But now that you've put in all the hard work to build a life together, it's like he values you less, not more. If you want to revive the romance and make it last, you're in the right place. On today's episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast, we're talking about when your husband never does anything special for you. I'll share four concrete steps you can take today to start feeling desired, taken care of and special–pronto. My guest Jessica's marriage was so lonely that she cried herself to sleep every night. They had big fights full of verbal onslaughts and criticism, especially about parenting, and she felt like her husband hated her. Her self-confidence and her marriage were at an all-time low when she Googled "how to stay married to a narcissist." She discovered something that changed the entire trajectory of their lives, and today she has a peaceful home filled with love and laughter. She's going to describe the steps she took to get there so you can get there too. The Worst Relationship Advice of the Week if your marriage looks dark has me booing in horror. Download the FREE Adored Wife Roadmap now and start transforming your relationship today! Click here: lauradoyle.org/roadmap Here's what you'll get: 6 SIMPLE steps to bring back playfulness, passion, and connection to your marriage. The 3 COMMON mistakes wives make when trying to fix things (and how to avoid them!). A clear, actionable plan to create the joyful, loving marriage you deserve. Don't wait—your playful, passionate marriage is just one click away. Get started now: lauradoyle.org/roadmap

One of the things I was not very good at back in the bad old days was knowing how I felt. Even if I did know how I was feeling, I didn't know what to do about it. So I mostly complained! That was all I knew to do. But it wasn't good for my marriage and it wasn't good for my happiness. Fortunately, the breakdown in my marriage taught me to focus on myself and pay attention to myself more. That was key for helping me become a happier wife and therefore have a happier marriage, since only happy people have happy marriages. On today's episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast, we're talking about how to know what you're feeling and what to do about it. My guest Susan felt so disconnected and unloved because her husband would often stay up until 3 a.m. relaxing but never with her. Nor did he help out with anything, so she felt like the only parent to their four children, which made her feel like she had a fifth child. But today she says her marriage is wonderful, with her husband always wanting to make her happy and giving her gifts, like a honeymoon. She's going to tell us what she did so you can do it too! The Worst Relationship Advice of the Week Award winner is from a doctor who advises that you sit down together with your man, each with pen and paper to answer these 26 questions. Sounds so helpful, right? Wrong! Brace yourself for some harmful hogwash! Download the FREE Adored Wife Roadmap now and start transforming your relationship today! Click here: lauradoyle.org/roadmap Here's what you'll get: 6 SIMPLE steps to bring back playfulness, passion, and connection to your marriage. The 3 COMMON mistakes wives make when trying to fix things (and how to avoid them!). A clear, actionable plan to create the joyful, loving marriage you deserve. Don't wait—your playful, passionate marriage is just one click away. Get started now: lauradoyle.org/roadmap

Sometimes when I'm talking to a woman who's struggling in her relationship and I mention feeling desired, cherished and adored, she looks disbelieving. Sure, she wants him to stop playing video games all the time, take out the trash before it's overflowing and pay more attention to her. Or if her relationship is in a crisis, she wants him to stop sleeping in the spare bedroom, texting another woman, or to move back home. But she can't imagine her man being tender, looking for ways to make her life easier and coming up behind her while she's cooking to kiss her neck. That seems completely unrealistic to her. On today's episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast, we're talking about how to use your feminine gifts in marriage so it's not pie in the sky. My guest Tiana and her husband argued all the time: about finances, parenting, home decor, in-laws, and even things that they agreed on! But today she says "big deals" aren't such big deals anymore. Instead of arguing all the time, they are relaxed, with lighthearted teasing and laughing. She's going to tell us what she did so you can do it too. The Worst Advice of the Week Award winner is from a student who sought support for her relationship and got a shocking response from the counselor. I'll let her explain in her own words. Download the FREE Adored Wife Roadmap now and start transforming your relationship today! Click here: lauradoyle.org/roadmap Here's what you'll get: 6 SIMPLE steps to bring back playfulness, passion, and connection to your marriage. The 3 COMMON mistakes wives make when trying to fix things (and how to avoid them!). A clear, actionable plan to create the joyful, loving marriage you deserve. Don't wait—your playful, passionate marriage is just one click away. Get started now: lauradoyle.org/roadmap

Listen and subscribe to the Empowered Wife podcast with New York Times bestselling author Laura Doyle, the world's most trusted relationship expert, so you can stop feeling lonely, exhausted and unloved and start feeling desired, taken care of and special again. Download the FREE Adored Wife Roadmap now and start transforming your relationship today! Click here: lauradoyle.org/roadmap Here's what you'll get: 6 SIMPLE steps to bring back playfulness, passion, and connection to your marriage. The 3 COMMON mistakes wives make when trying to fix things (and how to avoid them!). A clear, actionable plan to create the joyful, loving marriage you deserve. Don't wait—your playful, passionate marriage is just one click away. Get started now: lauradoyle.org/roadmap

Discover four practical solutions for when your husband seems distant or unresponsive. The discussion dives into the emotional nuances of feeling liked versus loved in marriage and emphasizes the role of connection, respect, and humor. Personal stories of transformation reveal the impact of self-care and communication in nurturing a loving relationship. Learn why conventional advice may not work and how intimacy skills can make a difference in rekindling connection and trust. It's all about evolving relationships through better understanding and shared experiences.