Lauren’s partner, Sean Foley, returns to the podcast to answer a series of listener questions about his relationship with Lauren. Kicking off our conversation, we unpack the idea that a relationship is only as good as the person who cares about it the least in response to navigating what to do when one person wants to leave a relationship.
Next, we discuss the best place to look when you are in need of supportive advice and explore some of the things Lauren and Sean do to stay connected every day including daily check-ins at dinner time, weekly meetings, and more.
We touch on weekly date nights and Sean answers a few rapid-fire questions about his family life and what it truly means to him to be in an aligned relationship. Tune in today to hear all this and more!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Answering the listener question of how to reconcile when one is ready to leave.
- Understanding that a relationship is only as good as the person who cares about it the least.
- What is often behind wanting to leave a relationship.
- Lauren’s experience of shutting down in communication and how it is resolved together.
- The best person to seek advice from.
- Finding support in people who are for your relationship.
- How Lauren and Sean stay emotionally connected every day.
- Why Lauren and Sean do a weekly meeting.
- Daily check-ins at dinner time.
- How they prioritize financial planning together.
- Weekly date nights that they go on or stay in for once a week.
- Sean’s brother and the story of his high school sweetheart to whom he is married.
- What it means to Sean to be in an aligned relationship and what the word ‘aligned’ means to him.
- The value of finding what is truly important to you in an aligned and equally yoked relationship.
Quotes:
“A relationship is only as good as the person who cares about it the least.” — Sean Foley [0:02:24]
“Always providing support for each other is huge.” — Sean Foley [0:12:59]
“It should always feel safe, easy, and at home, that is what an aligned relationship means to me.” — Sean Foley [0:20:07]
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01/22/24 • 23 min
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