4min chapter

Bare Marriage cover image

Episode 188: What We're Fighting For: A Glimpse 20 Years Down the Road

Bare Marriage

CHAPTER

The Importance of Listening Behind Criticism and Complaints

There's a lot of good studies that show that mental load is more on the women and that sort of stuff. And when they are asking for help from the men, the men perceive it as complaining. So we see this putting down of women when they're making requests. She might be making them in a non productive way. He says he wants you to listen behind the criticism and the complaint to hear that there's a wish or a want. But why wouldn't you just say, Hey guys, rather than perceiving what she's saying as a criticism or a complaint, perceive it as a wishes or a want? Yes. You know, because now your partner, because that is actually

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode