110: 3 Ways to Deal with a Miserable Husband

12/28/21 • 56 min

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The Empowered Wife Podcast: Marriage Help with Laura Doyle

Do you wish your husband would help out around the house but, no matter how nicely you ask, he’s too busy binge watching Breaking Bad? Have you begged him to spend time with the kids, but he’s still more interested in his phone than his own children? Or asked him to have sex–or just spend time with you, period–but he’d rather work all hours than be with you? If you’re going through any of this, it’s natural to wonder if you’d be better off without him. But then you remember that you’d really rather keep your family together. Or maybe simply that you still love him and don’t want to be another divorce statistic. On today’s episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast, we’re talking about 3 ways to deal with a miserable husband.

My guest Jamie and her fiancé got engaged two years ago, but they were constantly fighting, with name-calling and cursing, and it seemed like they couldn’t get along long enough to actually get to the marriage. So she moved out and gave back the ring. But today, Jamie and her now husband have a light, fun, peaceful marriage with a blended family. She’s going to describe what she did so you can do it too!

The Worst Relationship Advice of the Week is about how to get your husband to appreciate your financial contributions to the household when you’re a stay-at-home mom, but it makes your marriage a lot harder than it needs to be!

Download the FREE Adored Wife Roadmap now and start transforming your relationship today! Click here: lauradoyle.org/roadmap

Here’s what you’ll get:

6 SIMPLE steps to bring back playfulness, passion, and connection to your marriage.
The 3 COMMON mistakes wives make when trying to fix things (and how to avoid them!).
A clear, actionable plan to create the joyful, loving marriage you deserve.

Don’t wait—your playful, passionate marriage is just one click away.

Get started now: lauradoyle.org/roadmap

Download the FREE Adored Wife Roadmap now and start transforming your relationship today! Click here: lauradoyle.org/roadmap

Here’s what you’ll get:

6 SIMPLE steps to bring back playfulness, passion, and connection to your marriage.
The 3 COMMON mistakes wives make when trying to fix things (and how to avoid them!).
A clear, actionable plan to create the joyful, loving marriage you deserve.

Don’t wait—your playful, passionate marriage is just one click away.

Get started now: lauradoyle.org/roadmap

Previous Episode

109: 4 Ways to Get the Romance Back

Wouldn’t it be a wonderful world if saying “We need to talk” made him gaze into your eyes and describe all the ways he’s so in love with you? Or if telling him he needs to be more affectionate and attentive made him turn off the TV and gallantly sweep you off to the bedroom? Unfortunately, calling him out doesn’t work. But if he’s not taking initiative to be romantic and you can’t tell him to do something about it, won’t you have to suffer forever and just get your romance needs met by watching Hallmark movies? Fortunately, there is plenty you can do to inspire him to be more romantic without saying a word about what he’s NOT doing. On today’s episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast we’re talking about 4 ways to get the romance back.

My guest Maggie’s marriage was full of verbal abuse, which was affecting their children and had her looking for nearby apartments. Her husband was so angry, resentful, critical and controlling. But today she says they have an indescribably deep connection and that he wants to take care of her heart. They’re having so much fun together and, when they do fight, it doesn’t last long and they can get back to their sweet spot fast. Her blended family feels healthy and strong.

The Worst Relationship Advice of the Week about how to know if you’re better off ending your relationship is likely to lead to exactly that if you follow it.

Download the FREE Adored Wife Roadmap now and start transforming your relationship today! Click here: lauradoyle.org/roadmap

Here’s what you’ll get:

6 SIMPLE steps to bring back playfulness, passion, and connection to your marriage.
The 3 COMMON mistakes wives make when trying to fix things (and how to avoid them!).
A clear, actionable plan to create the joyful, loving marriage you deserve.

Don’t wait—your playful, passionate marriage is just one click away.

Get started now: lauradoyle.org/roadmap

Next Episode

111: How to Stop Walking on Eggshells When He Yells

When you live with someone who loses his cool, it’s very scary and draining. It seems logical to try to minimize those blow-ups however you can. You try to keep the kids quiet or keep quiet yourself or just agree with him or remove yourself when you feel the tension rise. It's exhausting to always be thinking about how to keep the drama from happening. Even worse, it doesn’t always work, which makes the whole thing even more terrifying and tiring. When your best efforts to keep him calm by sucking it up don’t stop him from blowing up, it’s the worst! On today’s episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast, we’re talking about how to stop walking on eggshells when he yells.

Then, Master Coach Kathy Murray interviews a student who was lonely and sad that her husband didn’t love her or want to spend time with her, but she didn’t know why. Then she made some changes, and now he seeks out her company, conversation, and her hand for holding. He told her, “This is the best thing you could have done for us.” What exactly did she do? She’s going to share the specific steps she took so you can take them too, including joining the FREE Adored Wife Challenge, which starts on January 10, 2022.

The Worst Relationship Advice of the Week, about how a wife should handle her husband’s low self-esteem, is only two words, which could devastate this young family if she follows them.

Download the FREE Adored Wife Roadmap now and start transforming your relationship today! Click here: lauradoyle.org/roadmap

Here’s what you’ll get:

6 SIMPLE steps to bring back playfulness, passion, and connection to your marriage.
The 3 COMMON mistakes wives make when trying to fix things (and how to avoid them!).
A clear, actionable plan to create the joyful, loving marriage you deserve.

Don’t wait—your playful, passionate marriage is just one click away.

Get started now: lauradoyle.org/roadmap