Assertiveness In Marriage

04/11/23 • 34 min

Let's talk about the value of being assertive in marriage. Before we do, here are a few definitions of assertive:
“The quality of being self-assured and confident without being aggressive to defend a right point of view or a relevant statement.”
"A life skill that involves being able to express your thoughts and feelings in a confident, polite, and reasonable way.”

Assertiveness in relationship is all about needs - meeting those of your spouse, and expressing those of yourself.
Dive into this episode and we'll talk about five keys to becoming more assertive in your marriage.

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We're in week three of our deep dive into the Neuroscience of Connection, and today we'll be talking about the power of communication.
We've heard it said that "in the absence of communication, negativity fills the void." In marriage, the lack of communication is the death-bell for your relationship. So today, we'll be talking about the number one characteristic of good communication:
Becoming an active listener!
We're going to show you the eight typical bad habits of poor communicators, as well as the seven keys to becoming an active listener to strengthen communication.
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Time is not just a way to discover the hour of the day, it's also a way to bond you closely in marriage. We often thing quality time is the most important. While it's true, it also holds that quantity time is just as vital if you want a thriving relationship.
In today's episode, we're diving into the 5th installment of our series on the Neuroscience of Connection to focus on the value of TIME in marriage. We'll look at six keys to spending quality time together and how we can make sure our "special" time together is maximized to the fullest.
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Beauty in Battle Podcast - Assertiveness In Marriage

Transcript

Welcome back to The Beauty and Battle Podcast. We're pumped to be with you. We are in our series, our fourth installment in, uh, our eight part series, talking about the neuroscience of connection based on the book by Dr. Amen called You Happier. Um, we are going off of the acronym. Relating. Yeah. There you go.

Thank you Torah. Mm-hmm. Relating, um, that word. And we're gonna use that. So we already talked about R, which is responsibility. Um, we talked about e empathy, we talked about,