EmPowered Couples with The Freemans

It is much less a question of if, but when, you will hit a season in your relationship that you both want different things. If you are currently in this season, it can look many different ways, maybe its about where you live, what you do as a profession, kids, lifestyle, or even an overall change in life. You do not need to avoid this season, as you are about to hear from our great guests, Robert & Vanessa Shaw, but have the right tools to handle a season of your relationship in which you find yourselves wanting different things.   In this episode you will: Hear from top business strategist and speaker Vanessa Shaw and her husband Robert, who runs the high level coaching and speaking business to seasoned entrepreneurs and large organization executives. You will know that seasons of wanting different things will arise in your relationship and can even be expected. You will have the practical tools and ways to shift your mindsets together to approach and handle these seasons so that you can feel closer, more on the same page, and even stronger together by going through these seasons. Listen in and meet Robert & Vanessa who share their story of living in Switzerland, being a diplomat for the UN, having major challenges arise with their son, Vanessa needing a change in her life, moving to America first on her own, and the incredible journey they have been on to create a massive coaching and speaking business, all while becoming even more connected over their now 24 years of marriage.   Questions asked in this interview Can you have everything you want in life, all at once? How do you integrate everything you desire and have it thrive all in one season? How do you best leverage each other’s differences and strengths? What allows you to approach these seasons of life from a “we” perspective? What were the steps to invite your partner into personal growth, when they had never even heard of the term before?   Quotes: “The ability to reinvent yourself is the most incredible and exciting opportunity you have in this life”   “When you have deep respect for each other’s differences, you are able to approach any life circumstance as a “WE” and not just an “I”.   Connect More With The Guests: View upcoming events and business coaching options at: https://vanessashaw.com/   Other resources: The FREE Communication Gap Masterclass: 3 Critical Mistakes That Even High Achieving Couples Make That Hurt Their Connection & Intimacy Follow Us On Instagram

Ever feel like you start to take steps forward as a couple, but then start to take 2 steps backwards? For example, you start to communicate well, and then something happens and you start to regress in your communication. Or the two of you start making more money and suddenly you get stalled financially or even lose money. This is a common pattern for so many couples and this episode will help you interrupt this pattern and keep your positive momentum in the direction you want to go. Join in as Jocelyn Freeman interviews special guest Aaron Freeman so that In this episode you will: KNOW: Why you feel like you make progress, and then regress HAVE: The 5 steps to keep momentum in a forward direction as a couple, and ultimately ‘manifest’ what you want in your relationship FEEL: relieved and inspired by both the ‘wins’ and the ‘challenges’ in your relationship   Other resources: Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Meet_TheFreemans/   NEW MASTERCLASS (FREE) this week: HERE Topic---> The 3 Biggest Mistakes Even High-Achieving Couples Make That Hurt Connection & Intimacy

You didn’t get into a relationship to just ‘get by’ through the routine of work during the week or have the weekends be just for catching up on tasks and errands. No, you want to create, have fun as a couple, and explore life! Then even have your relationship itself become the legacy that you leave behind for future generations! This is precisely why this was such a popular topic at our Couples Brunch and wanted to make it podcast episode. (For all of you that can’t be at the couples brunch in Arizona) —> Download this fun, one page exercise to do as a couple to create your new bucket list activities and desires here.   In this episode you will: Know what is the ‘new twist’ on a bucket list and why it will bond you as a couple though connection and inspiration. You will have the link to the new bucket list worksheet activity to do as a couple, and get new ideas on just what you would love to experience together.   All leaving you feeling creative and connected, learning new things about each other.   Resources: Join the next Couples Goals Accelerator group starting May 21, 2019 it only opens as the live program a few times per year.

There are a number of things that couples make assumptions on that have been passed on over the years and have now become more myth that fact. We are a new generation, always innovating in industry, tech, and reinventing who we are as individuals. In that environment wouldn’t relationships have to evolve as well? YES! But most see marriage as a fixed thing. In this episode we are LIVE in the home of Lindsey and Elliot, to explore how their own relationship has evolved as they have and how they see marriages as a whole transformed and what myths can now be BUSTED! As well as the idea that having major differences as individuals is something to overcome or change about the other person. When they can be leveraged to grow you even more! Bio of guest: Lindsey & Elliot Schwartz have been married for 8 years. Elliot is in medical device sales and responsible for the Southwest region. He is so effective that he is #1 on his team because of his authentic approach to sales that support the nursing staff as the heroes they are. Lindsey is the author of “Powerhouse Woman”, coach and founder of the influencer brand of the same name. She hosts the Powerhouse Women’s annual event that draws 200 plus women to come together, support each other’s genius and create a network of empowered women to pursue their passions.  Together they have built and run a health and wellness business, and volunteer their time coaching kids basketball leagues and mentoring young girls through JR high and High school to grow into the women they were meant to be. Questions asked in this interview Myths to bust: Man is head of household. You will have to sacrifice connection/fulfillment at some point (for career and supporting family, health, kids, travel ect) Have to agree on every decision. There is a honeymoon phase and it will always fade. Leverage Differences: What is really different about each other? How to you leverage that rather than trying to avoid or change the other? Quotes: “Go into every situation assuming your partner has the best intentions, you will be able to better understand what they really have going on internally”. - Lindsey "I have a short memory, that's why I have such a big heart" - Elliot Connect More With The Guests: Get your "Early Bird" ticket through May for the Sept 7th event!  PowerHouse Women’s Event: https://www.lindseyschwartz.com/ Other resources: Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Meet_TheFreemans/ Tour the Empowered Couples University: https://www.meetthefreemans.com/empowered-couples-university

Welcome to the next "Mini Chat With The Freemans"! How often have you found yourself trying to make your partner (or really yourself) feel better by being logical? Yeah how well did that work!? So what is the other option, how do you actually help your partner feel better and get back to a connected place together when one of you is really feeling frustration, doubt, or just upset?  In this episode you will: Know that leaning on logic to help your partner feel better emotionally, will never work. It will even have your partner feel worse. You will have the 2 reasons and examples why this logic doesn’t help your partner, as well as 2 new things to try that will support your partner the most when they are experiencing high emotion. Which will leave you feeling confidence in your ability to be with any emotion that your partner is feeling without making it personal and be the best partner you can be to support them in moving past emotion so you can reconnect as a couple. Quotes: “Rather than feeling you are two separate people and identities, you will feel you’re experiencing this emotion as one unit, called your relationship” Resources: Follow Jocelyn & Aaron on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Meet_TheFreemans/ This episode offered 5 limited gifts of a "Couples Vision Call". To schedule 1 of the 5 for you and your partner go to:  https://www.meetthefreemans.com/call

Things in life happen don't they? All of a sudden one day you feel that all you are doing is fighting fires, trying to stay on top of the task list to complete, stressing out about how to run your business and take care of the family at the same time.  With of of your attention on "life happening", what happened to your connection and passion with your partner? It's non-existent! Now it was't intention but it is essential for your fulfillment in your life... to prioritize your connection with your partner no matter what shows up in your life.  In this episode you will: Know that you can prioritize the connection with your partner, with no excuses and no sacrifices. Have new ways to connect with your partner when you have young kids, when you are starting and growing a business and family at the same time, and a new shift to the way you see stress and “busyness” in your life and your family. Leaving you feeling secure and confident that no matter what is going on in your life, prioritizing your connection with your partner is always the best solution!  Guest Bio: Meet Manasi & Poorak! They are Certified Empowered Couples Coaches, Speakers and Entrepreneurs. They have trained and coached couples to feel peaceful and abundant in their relationships and businesses for over 10 years. Manasi is a contributor to the Lake Country Mom Blog where she writes about creating thriving relationships. Their passion is to help multicultural couples and parents prioritize their connection regardless of what challenges life throws at them through their “Connected Couples” Coaching Business. Questions asked in this interview:   Did you have a particular season in your relationship where you felt the “busyness or stress”, take priority over your connection? Did it just happen unconsciously? What caused you to realize you had sacrificed your connection? How did you shift back and what difference did that make? What is your mindset around starting a family and a business at the same time? How do you not keep yourself from thinking you can only do one or the other? How do you both get creative with time so you both can fill your own cups? Have the opinions of other family members ever gotten in between you two? Especially coming from a culture that has some specific traditions around marriage? What is your philosophy about masculine and feminine roles in a co-leading household? What do you mean by a “Connected Couple” Tell us your experience of being a part of the Empowered Couples Community? And how does it feel to be certified coaches now ready to help other couples? Quotes: "The best thing you can do for your kids, is show them how you face challenges that come up and that you are striving for creating bigger things in your own life" "You can't be afraid to ask for help, even to create a support network" Connect More With The Guests: Schedule your Vision Call to be an even more connected couple: https://www.themodys.com/ Follow Connected Couples on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connected_couples/   Other resources: Follow The Freemans on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Meet_TheFreemans/ Tour the Empowered Couples University: https://www.meetthefreemans.com/empowered-couples-university

What do you do to ‘turn off’ the business relationship and turn on the the partner side?” This is a question we received on Instagram from @jessgoeseverywhere in our new style of episode “Ask The Freemans Anything” where we answer ANY relationship question. This is a way to connect us all as the tribe of high achieving empowered couples to continue to grow into the best partners we can be!    In this episode... You will know: That a lot of disconnection and feeling of routine in your relationship come from not transitioning out of your work mode back into home life. You will have 3 specific ways to effectively transition back into connect through eliminating distractions, having meaningful questions to ask, and creating a transition activity to circulate energy. You will leave feeling confident that you can be even more connected and present with your partner and consistently learning new things about them each day!   Other resources: Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Meet_TheFreemans/ Tour the Empowered Couples University: https://www.meetthefreemans.com/empowered-couples-university

Today’s mini chat with The Freemans is all about influencing your partner. Yes you could say “get them to do what you want”. Maybe you want them to change their mind about something or even more powerful, you want them to change their current state (maybe from one of stress or anxiety to one of peace or ease) Of course you are a team (possibly have your vision statement if you have done a vision statement creation call with us) so you are not intending anything less than what you feel would benefit them, they just are “stuck in their way” in this area. So what happens when you deeply want them to something that you already know they will enjoy and get value from, yet they just don’t want to do it? Then multiple times a week you now feel you are trying to convince them or even trick them into changing their minds or getting them to change their emotional state. In this episode... You will know: Influencing your partner starts with you being the example first You will have: 3 new actions to take for yourself within these conversations with your partner You will feel: More emotionally steady certain no matter how long it takes them to change their mind (if ever!)   Other resources: Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Meet_TheFreemans/ Tour the Empowered Couples University: https://www.meetthefreemans.com/empowered-couples-university

Today you will meet, hear from, and be inspired by Mike and Hannah Place. Not just for what they do as entrepreneur strategists and performance coaches, but by how they got to this place and the level of trust and playfulness they now have through that process. A process that you will be able to implement as in this episode you will know that your relationship is meant for you to learn and grow and an individual and that together, faith and trust are your foundations to creating your life and marriage. You will have the ways to reduce the significance in big decision making and the tips to stay connected even when your purpose calls you to be away from each other. You will end feeling a greater sense of trust and confidence in yourself and in your partner that you are making the best decisions for your future together. Questions Asked In This Episode: Rapid Fire Round: Where is home for you? How long have you been married? How did you first meet? Was it love at first sight? What is something your partner can do to always make you laugh?1) Was your commitment to making relationship connection attempts natural or more intentional? 2) What is an example of where you needed to use the code word to bring you back together? 3) Do you always need to find the middle ground or do you let the other take the lead in decision making? 4) Hannah, how do you balance the graceful and the gladiator energy as a female and as a wife? 5) Mike, what was it like to start to experience more of the g la di ator energy from Hannah? 6) What was it like to move to a completely new state, and how did you make that big decision? 7) With your traveling lifestyle, many times traveling apart, how do you stay connected? 8) What are separate ways you both make deposits into the love bank account? 9) How to you keep play alive and not have things be taken so seriously? Quotes:"Don't assume your partner knows you love them, show & tell them, then there is no question durning those difficult moments"! "An empowered couple isn't a perfect couple, it's a couple who commits to growth!"   Guest Resources: Women take your Gladiator Quiz here: hannahplace.com - "Graceful Gladiator Podcast"- new episode every Tuesday on iTunes and all other podcast apps. - Amplify Your Purpose academy: amplifyyourpurposenow.com Find the topics Mike speaks here: mikeplace.com Other resources: Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Meet_TheFreemans/ Tour the Empowered Couples University: https://www.meetthefreemans.com/ecu

First things first, listen into this episode to gain even more clarity on how to design an abundant life and relationship and what that authentically means for you and your partner! Second, this is actually an interview of us from the "Be That 1% Podcast" that reaches 75 countries! Listen into our answers to the powerful questions from host Amanda Silvas, that are noted below. It dives into their story of how we turned the almost break-up into a truly powerful partnership, changed career paths, created a successful business where we now empower couples to fulfill life, business, and relationship goals together!  Topics Discussed: -Moving past fear in relationships -Definition of the new power couple -Co-Creation is the purpose of life -Turning desires into something physical -Vision vs Goals -Relationship vs partnership -Make personal development a priority -Top Book recommendations -Power of the proximity principle -Building money habits and a healthy money mindset -Meaningful questions to bolster relationships Books Discussed: - Happy Pocket Full of Money - Power of Intention - Secrets of a Millionaire Mind Other resources: Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Meet_TheFreemans/ Tour the Empowered Couples University: https://www.meetthefreemans.com/empowered-couples-university