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Frustrated and Ready To Give Up? Don’t!: #25, Save The Marriage Podcast
150 150 Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D.

how to save your marriage when you are frustrated and want to give up.Just the other day, “Sue” wrote me to tell me she was ready to quit.  She told me that her husband had been involved in an emotional affair, and she discovered the emails.  When confronted, her husband told Sue that he did not love Sue and had been unhappy for years.

Sue decided to take matters in her own hands and save her marriage.  She changed herself and worked on improving the connection with her husband.  In fact, Sue went into “overdrive” in her efforts.  Several weeks in, she was exhausted, hurt and scared.  Her husband told her that he saw the efforts, but it was too late.

In her email, Sue told me she was ready to give up, but wanted to know what I thought.  She asked, “do I have a snowball’s chance in hell of saving this?”  Unfortunately, I don’t have a crystal ball.

But I do know this:  Sue was at a very normal, very predictable stage in the process of a marriage crisis.  In this audio, I will tell you the stages, and will also tell you one more thing:  sometimes people give up just before a breakthrough.  Sometimes, the resistance and frustration is highest just before a shift — but people either give up or try to force it.

Do you want to know the secret on what to do?  Take a listen to the audio.

Then let me know what you think in the comments area below!

Top 5 Things Your Marriage Therapist Will Not Tell You [Save The Marriage Podcast]
150 150 Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D.

Problems with Marriage TherapyIn this podcast, I tackle the top 5 things a marriage therapist will not tell you.  If you are in therapy, considering therapy, or have tried therapy, please listen!

Here are the Top 5 Things Your Marriage Therapist Will Not Tell You:

5)  Marriage therapy is not effective (let me tell you why).

4)  Your marriage therapist may not have the training (let me explain the training that is missing).

3)  The real issue is NOT communication (although many therapists focus solely on this).

2)  Talking your issues out may not help (and may actually do more harm).

1)  Your relationship may not be broken.

What would you add from your experience?  Please comment below.