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The Better Man Podcast

041: 3 Practices to Strengthen Your Relationship (from Personal Experience)

Mar 30, 2023
29:37

Last episode, I mentioned how I’m the happiest I’ve been in recent memory. In this episode, I’m revealing why… 

When most guys want to become happier, their first instinct is to improve their fitness, their finances, or level up in their career. I’ve fallen into this trap myself. But these 3 things don’t make you nearly as happy as focusing on another aspect many guys tend to overlook:

Your relationships! 

In fact, according to Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist and author of Happiness Hypothesis, the best way to improve your overall happiness is by improving your relationships.  

That’s why in this episode, I’m revealing the 3 practices I’ve used to strengthen my most important relationship—my relationship with my wife—so you can use these strategies to strengthen your relationship with your spouse. 

Want to strengthen your relationships and improve your happiness? 

Listen now. 

Show highlights include: 

  • The top 3 practices to strengthen your relationship with your spouse (even if conflict frequently bubbles up) (3:08)
  • How to get a “personal trainer” for your mental wellbeing by doing this specific type of therapy (3:27) 
  • Why doing couples therapy even when your relationship is great can actually make it stronger and more rewarding (4:13) 
  • The changes that occur in your relationship when your wife becomes your children’s mother (5:45) 
  • The insidious “Chronic Contempt” trap long-term relationships fall into which poisons them from the inside out (7:48) 
  • Why seeking outside help for your relationship struggles is a sign of strength, not weakness or failure (9:51) 
  • The biggest mistake men make when trying to calm their spouse’s worries and anxieties actually make it worse (and how to fix it to strengthen your relationship) (15:56) 
  • How seeing your spouse as your role model can morph a healthy relationship into a toxic one (18:04) 
  • How to transform every conflict in your relationship into an opportunity to improve it (22:44) 

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